State Potentially Extirpated Plant Species : Also referred to as Possibly Extinct or Possibly Extirpated. 

 Plant taxa thought to be extinct or extirpated in Washington. Plants in this category are all high 



priorities for field ir.-.c^tication. if found. !'--:v will be as-ijzncd Endangered, Threatened, or Scn-iti'.o 

 status. 



State rriority Game Species : Hunted spociv.> whose popuKitions have declined from histonc levels to a 

 p^'int \shore thev rc-^airc ;rui.r.~i»v. :";.a;"..;::i. ~. ,,nt, due larj;^'.) to har.t.u 'iO>^ or oth^r hur.iar, 



State Sensitive Speacs : Anin^l and plant species that could become Threatened in Washington due to 

 linnited papulation size and distribution, sensitivity to disturbance during critical stages in their life 

 cycle, or depjcndence on a very specific habitat typx?. 



State Threatened Species : Animals and Plant species are those that are not presently Endangered in 

 Washington but could become so in the foreseeable future. 



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