Appendix_A_2009_r10_sensitive_species_list.pdf

Alaska Region Sensitive Species List Approved February 2009

Replaces 2002 List

Common Name Scientific Name Occurrence

CNF TNF

Plants

Eschscholtz's little nightmare Aphragmus eschscholtzianus Y* S Moosewort fern Botrychium tunux S Y Spatulate moonwort fern Botrychium spathulatum S Y Moonwort, no common name Botrychium yaaxudakeit S Y Edible thistle Cirsium edule var. macounii Y Sessileleaf scurvygrass Cochlearia sessilifolia S Spotted lady’s slipper Cypripedium guttatum Y Mountain lady’s slipper Cypripedium montanum S Y Large yellow lady’s slipper Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens S Y Calder’s loveage Ligusticum calderi S Y Pale poppy Papaver alboroseum Y S Alaska rein orchid Piperia unalascensis S Y Lesser round-leaved orchid Platanthera orbiculata Y Kruckeberg’s swordfern Polystichum kruckebergii Y Unalaska mist-maid Romanzoffia unalaschcensis Y Y Henderson’s checkermallow Sidalcea hendersonii Y Dune tansy Tanacetum bipinnatum subsp. huronense S Y Lichen

Lichen, no common name Lobaria amplissima S Y Animals**

Queen Charlotte goshawk Accipiter gentilis laingi Y Dusky Canada goose Branta canadensis occidentalis Y Black oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani Y Y Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica Y Y Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris*** Y Y

* Y indicates known occurrence and S indicates suspected occurrence on the Chugach National Forest (CNF) and Tongass National Forest (TNF).

** No fish or mammals are designated as sensitive.

*** Also a U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Candidate Species.