Shoreline Habitat Classification
Estuarine, intertidal, boulder, lagoon, eulittoral
Most lagoons in Washington state form behind sand-gravel spits and thus would not be placed into this boulder category, which may actually be artificial. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Class ID
55
Class name
Estuarine, intertidal, boulder, lagoon, eulittoral
Length
0.30
Primary substrate
Bedrock
Secondary substrate
Gravel
Substrate stability
Stable
Substrate key details
No mobile sediment
Wave exposure
Prot, Very Prot
Blue book classes
[No class in 1990 publication]
Diagnostic species
Fucus distichus
Littorina
Balanus glandula
Mytilus trossulus
Mopalia
Sargassum muticum