(CRAM) For Wetlands User's Manual Version 5.0.2

California Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands v. 5.0.2 – Table Contents
Table 4.15c: Rating of Hydrologic Connectivity for Estuarine, Depressional, Lacustrine, and
Slope wetlands, Playas, Individual Vernal Pools, and Vernal Pool Systems................64
Table 4.16: Rating of Structural Patch Richness (based on results from worksheets)....................70
Table 4.17: Typical indicators of Macro- and Micro-topographic Complexity................................71
Table 4.18a: Rating of Topographic Complexity for Depressional Wetlands, Playas,
Individual Vernal Pools, and Slope Wetlands...................................................................72
Table 4.18b: Rating of Topographic Complexity for all Estuarine Wetlands.....................................73
Table 4.18c: Rating of Topographic Complexity for all Riverine Wetlands.......................................73
Table 4.18d: Rating of Topographic Complexity for Vernal Pool Systems........................................74
Table 4.19: Ratings for submetrics of Plant Community Metric........................................................82
Table 4.20a: Rating of Horizontal Interspersion of Plant Zones for all AAs except
Riverine and Vernal Pool Systems. ....................................................................................86
Table 4.20b: Rating of Horizontal Interspersion of Plant Zones for Riverine AAs. ........................86
Table 4.20c: Rating of Horizontal Interspersion for Vernal Pool Systems. .......................................86
Table 4.21: Rating of Vertical Biotic Structure for Riverine AAs and for Lacustrine
and Depressional AAs supporting Tall or Very Tall plant layers ..................................88
Table 4.22: Rating of Vertical Biotic Structure for wetlands dominated by emergent
monocots or lacking Tall and Very Tall plant layers. ......................................................89
Table 5.1: Wetland disturbances and conversions..............................................................................91
x