Shoreline Habitat Classification
Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, channel/slough, eulittoral
Most channels and sloughs in Washington state occur through marshes and thus are unlikely to have gravel-sand substrates. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Class ID
72
Class name
Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, channel/slough, eulittoral
Length
0.60
Primary substrate
Gravel
Secondary substrate
Sand
Substrate stability
Mobile
Substrate key details
Few stable surface features
Wave exposure
Protected
Blue book classes
[No class in 1990 publication]
Diagnostic species
Exosphaeroma
Hemipodia simplex
Armandia brevis
Zostera marina
Salicornia depressa