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Definition of "Wetlands" - General Code 500: Vegetated areas where plants are rooted in water or water saturated soil or that regularly tolerate flooding for extensive time periods. |
Wetlands: Estuaries including all vegetation types (510)
Descriptive Habitat Code: Estuaries (5) are wetlands where plants are rooted in salt water (1) or that regularly tolerate tidal changes that include all wetland vegetation (0). | |
Photo: KMD |
American wigeon Anas americana Code: ANAAM Photo: RA | Distribution and
Habitat: It is distributed across North America from Alaska southward to Costa Rica Diet: Interesting fact: |
Gapper's red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi Code: CLGA Photo: WDFW |
Distribution and Habitat: This species is found from sea level to the timberline on both sides of Washington State. Diet: Interesting fact: |
Pacific harbor seal Phoca vituline Code: PHVI Photo: KMD |
Distribution and Habitat: It is found in coastal waters, marine estuaries and rivers in areas free from ice. Diet: Interesting fact: |
Dunlins Calidris alpina Code: CAALP Photo: RA |
Distribution and Habitat: It is found in coastal areas as well as in the Great Lakes Region. Diet: Interesting fact: |
Green heron Butorides striatus Code: BUST Photo: RA | Distribution and
Habitat: The green heron is found in secluded wetlands, wooded sloughs, and along slow-moving water in ditches. Diet: Interesting fact: |
Ring-billed gull Laurs delawarensis Code: LADE Photo: RA |
Distribution and
Habitat: It is found distributed across North America from southern British Columbia southward to southern Mexico, Cuba and Bermuda. Diet: Interesting fact: |
River otter Lutra canadensis Code: LUCA Photo: RA |
Distribution and Habitat: It can be found in coastal marine areas, rivers and lakes. Diet:
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