Green Mountain Forest Rare Plant Monitoring Question and Answer Document..pdf

Q: Can you provide additional details, including coordinates/location descriptions for each of the 20 sites to supplement the map attached to the original solicitation?

A: The following documents are below. A summary of site locations, towns, habitats, and a list of plant species, our current Regional Forester Sensitive Species List, and 2 maps – one for the North District of the forest and one for the South District.

Draft Currently In Review - Final Copy Expected May 2024

2024 GMNF RFSS Scientific Name Common Name

NONVASCULAR PLANTS Metzgeria crassipilis A Liverwort

NONVASCULAR PLANTS Sphagnum pulchrum Sphagnum

PLANTS Agalinis paupercula var. paupercula Small-flower False Foxglove

PLANTS Alopecurus aequalis Short-awn Foxtail

PLANTS Arceuthobium pusillum Eastern Dwarf-mistletoe

PLANTS Asclepias exaltata Poke Milkweed

PLANTS Aureolaria flava Smooth Yellow False Foxglove

PLANTS Aureolaria pedicularia Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove

PLANTS Blephilia hirsuta Hairy Woodmint

PLANTS Boechera stricta Drummond's Rockcress

PLANTS Botrychium ascendens Trianglelobe Moonwort

PLANTS Botrychium multifidum Leathery Grapefern

PLANTS Botrychium oneidense Bluntlobe Grapefern

PLANTS Botrychium spathulatum Spoon-leaf Moonwort

PLANTS Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa New England Northern Reed Grass

PLANTS Callitriche heterophylla Twoheaded Water-starwort

PLANTS Cardamine concatenata Cutleaf Toothwort

PLANTS Cardamine maxima Large Toothwort

PLANTS Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola Sand Bittercress

PLANTS Carex aestivalis Summer Sedge

PLANTS Carex aquatilis var. substricta Calcareous Water Sedge

PLANTS Carex argyrantha Hay Sedge

PLANTS Carex backii Rocky Mountain Sedge

PLANTS Carex bigelowii Bigelow's Sedge

PLANTS Carex cryptolepis Northern sedge

PLANTS Carex foenea Dryspike Sedge

PLANTS Carex lenticularis Shore Sedge

PLANTS Carex merritt-fernaldii Merritt Fernald's Sedge

PLANTS Carex michauxiana Michaux's Sedge

PLANTS Carex oligosperma Fewseed Sedge

PLANTS Carex schweinitzii Schweinitz's Sedge

PLANTS Carex scirpoidea Bulrush Sedge

PLANTS Carex wiegandii Wiegand's Sedge

PLANTS Carya glabra Sweet Pignut Hickory

PLANTS Celastrus scandens American Bittersweet

PLANTS Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis Purple Clematis var. occidentalis

PLANTS Collinsonia canadensis Canada Horse-balm

PLANTS Conopholis americana American cancer-root

PLANTS Cryptogramma stelleri Fragile Rockbrake

PLANTS Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens Greater Yellow Lady's-slipper

PLANTS Cypripedium reginae Showy Lady's-slipper

PLANTS Cystopteris laurentiana St. Lawrence Bladderfern

PLANTS Dactylorhiza viridis Long-bract Green Orchis

PLANTS Desmodium paniculatum Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil

PLANTS Desmodium perplexum Perplexed Ticktrefoil

PLANTS Diplazium pycnocarpon Glade Fern

PLANTS Draba arabisans Rock Whitlow-grass

PLANTS Drymocallis arguta Tall Cinquefoil

PLANTS Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern

PLANTS Eleocharis intermedia Matted Spikerush

PLANTS Eleocharis olivacea Bright Green Spikerush

PLANTS Epilobium palustre Marsh Willowherb

PLANTS Equisetum pratense Meadow Horsetail

PLANTS Eriophorum tenellum Rough Cotton-grass

PLANTS Eupatorium purpureum Sweet Joe-pyeweed

PLANTS Eurybia radula Rough Wood-aster

PLANTS Galium kamtschaticum Boreal Bedstraw

PLANTS Gentianopsis crinita Fringed Gentian

PLANTS Glyceria septentrionalis Floating Mannagrass

PLANTS Hackelia deflexa var. americana Northern Stickseed

PLANTS Helianthus strumosus Harsh Sunflower

PLANTS Hieracium venosum Rattlesnakeweed

PLANTS Isoetes lacustris Western Lake Quillwort

PLANTS Isoetes viridimontana A Quillwort

PLANTS Isotria verticillata Large Whorled Pogonia

PLANTS Juglans cinerea Butternut

PLANTS Juncus trifidus Highland Rush

PLANTS Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel

PLANTS Lespedeza hirta Hairy Lespedeza

PLANTS Lespedeza violacea Violet Lespedeza

PLANTS Littorella uniflora (syn = L. americana) American Shoregrass

PLANTS Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia

PLANTS Lonicera hirsuta Hairy Honeysuckle

PLANTS Myriophyllum farwellii Farwell's Water-milfoil

PLANTS Myriophyllum humile Low Water-milfoil

PLANTS Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum

PLANTS Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng

PLANTS Parathelypteris simulata Bog Fern

PLANTS Peltandra virginica Green Arrow-arum

PLANTS Phegopteris hexagonoptera Broad Beechfern

PLANTS Pinus rigida Pitch Pine

PLANTS Platanthera hookeri Hooker's Orchid

PLANTS Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis Fragrant Green Orchid

PLANTS Platanthera orbiculata Lesser Roundleaved Orchid

PLANTS Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla Large Roundleaf Orchid

PLANTS Podostemum ceratophyllum Threadfoot

PLANTS Polemonium vanbruntiae Bog Jacob's-ladder

PLANTS Polygala verticillata Whorled Milkwort

PLANTS Polygala verticillata var. ambigua Whorled Milkwort

PLANTS Potamogeton bicupulatus Snail-seed Pondweed

PLANTS Potamogeton confervoides Algae-like Pondweed

PLANTS Potamogeton hillii Hill's Pondweed

PLANTS Ranunculus pensylvanicus Pennsylvania Buttercup

PLANTS Rhodiola rosea Roseroot Stonecrop

PLANTS Salix candida Hoary Willow

PLANTS Salix pedicellaris Bog Willow

PLANTS Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis Canadian Black-snakeroot var. canadensis

PLANTS Sanicula trifoliata Largefruit Blacksnakeroot

PLANTS Saxifraga paniculata White Mountain Saxifrage

PLANTS Scheuchzeria palustris ssp. americana American Scheuchzeria

PLANTS Schoenoplectus torreyi Torrey's Bulrush

PLANTS Selaginella apoda Meadow Spike-moss

PLANTS Sisyrinchium angustifolium Pointed Blue-eyed-grass

PLANTS Sisyrinchium atlanticum Eastern Blue-eyed-grass

PLANTS Solidago patula Roundleaf Goldenrod

PLANTS Solidago simplex ssp. randii Rand's Goldenrod

PLANTS Solidago squarrosa Squarrose Goldenrod

PLANTS Sparganium natans Small Bur-reed

PLANTS Stellaria alsine Bog Chickweed

PLANTS Trillium cernuum Whip-poor-will Flower

PLANTS Utricularia resupinata Northeastern Bladderwort

PLANTS Uvularia perfoliata Perfoliate Bellwort

PLANTS Vaccinium uliginosum Alpine Blueberry

PLANTS Viburnum rafinesqueanum Downy Arrow-wood

PLANTS Woodsia glabella Smooth Woodsia

GMNF Rare Plant Contract sites, 2024

Rare Plant Contract Site Locations Town Habitat

Leicester Hollow Leicester Rich northern hardwood forest; hollow

Silver Lake Leicester Rich northern hardwood forest

Mount Abraham Lincoln Subalpine; alpine meadow

Elephant Mountain Middlebury

Temperate calcareous outcrop; dry oak-hickory-hophornbeam forest; northern hardwood forest

Oxbow Middlebury Partly open hot acid rock slab with thin soil layer

Old Job Timber Sale Mount Tabor Rich northern hardwood forest

Falls of Lana Salisbury Sugar maple/beech/yellow birch forest

Rattlesnake Point - Mt. Moosalamoo Salisbury Temperate calcareous cliff

Burnt Mountain Salisbury Pitch pine-oak-heath rocky summit

Bully Brook Timber Sale Wallingford Rich northern hardwood forest

Rare Plant Species Common Name

Blephilia hirsuta (var. hirsuta) Hairy Woodmint

Botrychium oneidense Bluntlobe Grapefern

Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola Sand Bittercress

Carex bigelowii Bigelow's Sedge

Carex foenea Dryspike Sedge

Lespedeza hirta Hairy Lespedeza

Pinus rigida Pitch pine

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla Large Roundleaf Orchid

Platanthera orbiculata Lesser Roundleaved Orchid

Goshen

Ripton

Warren

Cornwall

Lincoln

Granville

New Haven

Leicester

Bristol

Rochester

Middlebury

HancockSalisbury

Roxbury

Burnt Mtn.

Salisbury

Mount Abraham

Silver Lake Leicester Hollow

Rattlesnake Point

Elephant Mountain

Oxbow

Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, USGS, Intermap, INCREMENT P, NRCan, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri Korea, Esri (Thailand), NGCC, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

² 0 3.5 71.75 Miles

Legend RarePlantContractSites2024_March_19_b Town Boundary GMNF Proclaimed Forest Boundary (EDW)

GMFL Rare Plant Monitoring Sites - North District

Ira

Weston

Tinmouth

Danby

Landgrove

Clarendon

Mount Tabor

Shrewsbury

Mount Holly

Ludlow

Dorset Peru

Plymouth Middletown

Springs

Wallingford

Londonderry

Andover

ESH

OLD

JOB

ESH OLD

JOBS

compartment 5, stand 6, bully brook timber harvest

Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, USGS, Intermap, INCREMENT P, NRCan, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri Korea, Esri (Thailand), NGCC, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

² 0 3.5 71.75 Miles

Legend RarePlantContractSites2024_March_19_b Town Boundary GMNF Proclaimed Forest Boundary (EDW)

GMFL Rare Plant Monitoring Sites - South District