ATTACHMENT D - Wolf Mountain Plant Survey Bundle Forms.pdf

2025 List of Rare Plants for the Ottawa NF Regional Forester Sensitive Species, State listed, and other species of potential viability concern, known or likely to occur on the Forest.

7/31/2025

Category Code Taxon Common Name Ottawa NF State Notes Plant ADFU Adlumia fungosa Climbing fumitory Extirpated Threatened One undated old collection.

Lichen AHAU Ahtiana aurescens Eastern Candlewax Lichen RFSS Not listed Plant ALSCS Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum Wild chives No records Threatened Plant AMRO Amerorchis rotundifolia Round-leaved orchis No records Endangered Lichen ANCO25 Anzia colpodes Black foam lichen Extirpated Not listed Last seen in 1968.

Plant APAM Apios americana Groundnut No records Not listed Collected from the Bad River in 1996.

Plant ARLU Artemisia ludoviciana White sage Watch Threatened Plant ARSE4 Artemisia serrata Sawtooth wormwood Watch Threatened Plant ASRH2 Asplenium rhizophyllum Walking fern No records Threatened Plant ASTR10 Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum Brightgreen spleenwort No records Special Concern = Asplenium viride Plant ASCA11 Astragalus canadensis Canadian milk-vetch RFSS Special Concern Plant ASNE2 Astragalus neglectus Cooper's milk-vetch RFSS Special Concern Plant BIDI Bidens discoidea Small beggarticks Watch Not listed Plant BOAC2 Botrychium acuminatum Pointed moonwort No records Not listed Plant BOAS2 Botrychium ascendens Trianglelobe moonwort No records Not listed Plant BOCR Botrychium crenulatum Scalloped moonwort No records Not listed Plant BOLU Botrychium lunaria Common moonwort No records Not listed Plant BOHE5 Botrychium michiganense Western moonwort RFSS Threatened = Botrychium hesperium (BOHE5) Plant BOMI Botrychium minganense Mingan moonwort RFSS Not listed Plant BOMO Botrychium mormo Goblin moonwort RFSS Endangered Plant BOON Botrychium oneidense Blunt-lobed grapefern RFSS Not listed Plant BOPA12 Botrychium pallidum Pale moonwort No records Special Concern Plant BOPS Botrychium pseudopinnatum False northwestern moonwort No records Not listed Plant BORU Botrychium rugulosum Ternate grapefern RFSS Not listed Plant BOSI Botrychium simplex Little moonwort RFSS Not listed Including B. tenebrossum.

Plant CASTI3 Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa New England Northern Reed Grass RFSS Not listed We do not have C. stricta ssp. stricta.

Plant CAHE2 Callitriche hermaphroditica Autumnal water-starwort Watch Special Concern Plant CAHE3 Callitriche heterophylla Large water-starwort Watch Threatened Lichen CAPA77 Caloplaca parvula Firedot Lichen Species RFSS Not listed Plant CANA Caltha natans Floating marsh marigold No records Endangered ADDED 2024.

Plant CABU Calypso bulbosa Fair slipper RFSS Threatened Plant CAMA36 Cardamine maxima Large toothwort Watch Special Concern = Dentaria maxima Plant CAPR3 Cardamine pratensis Cuckoo-flower Watch Not listed Sue recommended we add to watch list.

Plant CAAS2 Carex assiniboinensis Assiniboia sedge Watch Threatened Plant CABA3 Carex backii Back's sedge Delisted Not listed Was RFSS on the Ottawa NF in 2008.

Plant CAGY2 Carex gynocrates Northern bog sedge No records Not listed Plant CALA19 Carex laxiflora Loose-flowered Sedge Watch Not listed Discovered on the ONF in 2022.

Plant CALE8 Carex lenticularis Lakeshore sedge Watch Not listed Sue recommended we add to watch list.

Plant CALI Carex livida Livid sedge No records Not listed Plant CAMI15 Carex michauxiana Michaux's sedge No records Not listed Plant CATR8 Carex trichocarpa Hairy-fruited sedge No records Special Concern Plant CAVA2 Carex vaginata Sheathed sedge Watch Not listed Plant CAWO2 Carex woodii Pretty segde Watch Not listed Sue recommended we add to watch list.

Plant CEEC2 Ceratophyllum echinatum Spineless hornwort Watch Not listed Plant CLOC2 Clematis occidentalis Purple clematis Watch Not listed

Regional Forester Sensitive Species, State listed, and other species of potential viability concern, known or likely to occur on the Forest.

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Category Code Taxon Common Name Ottawa NF State Notes Plant COPA3 Collinsia parviflora Small blue-eyed mary Watch Special Concern Plant COAM Conopholis americana American cancer-root Watch Not listed Plant CRDO2 Crataegus douglasii Douglas's hawthorn No records Special Concern Plant CRST2 Cryptogramma stelleri Slender cliff-brake Watch Not listed Plant CYAR5 Cypripedium arietinum Ram's head lady's-slipper RFSS Not listed Plant CYPAM3 Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin Smaller Yellow Lady's Slipper RFSS Not listed Plant CYPAP3 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens Greater yellow lady’s slipper Watch Not listed Plant CTRE6 Cypripedium reginae Showy lady’s slipper RFSS Not listed Plant CYLA4 Cystopteris laurentiana Laurentian fragile fern P-RFSS Special Concern Discovered on the ONF in 2022. N2N3 & G3.

Plant DAIN Danthonia intermedia Wild oatgrass No records Special Concern Plant DRAN Drosera anglica English sundew No records Special Concern Plant DREX2 Dryopteris expansa Spreading woodfern Watch Not listed Plant DRFI2 Dryopteris filix-mas Male fern Watch Special Concern Plant DRFR Dryopteris fragrans Fragrant cliff woodfern Watch Special Concern Plant DRGO3 Dryopteris goldiana Goldie's wood fern Watch Not listed Plant DRMA4 Dryopteris marginalis Marginal wood fern Watch Not listed No specific sites mapped.

Plant ELOL Eleocharis olivacea Olivaceous spike-rush No records Not listed Plant ELQU2 Eleocharis quinqueflora Few-flowered spikerush No records Not listed Plant ELGL Elymus glaucus Blue wild-rye Extirpated Special Concern Last seen in 1979. McCormick Wilderness.

Plant ERAC2 Erigeron acris Fleabane No records Extirpated Plant ERCH7 Eriophorum chamissonis Russet cotton-grass Watch Threatened = Eriophorum russeolum Plant ERAL9 Erythronium albidum White trout-lily Watch Not listed Bryophyte FRSE Frullania selwyniana Selwyn's Scalewort RFSS Not listed Plant GASP5 Galearis spectabilis Showy orchis RFSS Threatened = Orchis spectabilis Plant GABR6 Galium brevipes Limestone swamp bedstraw No records Not listed Plant GELI3 Gentiana linearis Narrow-leaved gentian Watch Threatened Plant GELI2 Geocaulon lividum False toadflax No records Not listed Plant GRAU Gratiola aurea Hedge-hyssop Watch Threatened = Gratiola lutea Plant GYJE Gymnocarpium jessoense Northern oak fern No records Endangered Plant GYRO Gymnocarpium robertianum Limestone oak fern No records Threatened Plant HEMO2 Helianthus mollis Downy sunflower Watch Threatened We consider our one site introduced.

Plant HIOD Hierochloe odorata Sweet Grass Watch Not listed Plant HUAP Huperzia appalachiana Mountain fir-moss No records Special Concern Plant HUSE Huperzia selago Fir clubmoss RFSS Special Concern Plant HYVI Hydrophyllum virginianum Virginia waterleaf Watch Not listed Plant HYPR Hypericum prolificum Shrubby St. John's-wort Watch Not listed Lichen HYRE4 Hypotrachyna revoluta Powdered Loop Lichen Watch Not listed Fryday & Wetmore (2002) Plant JUCI Juglans cinerea Butternut RFSS Not listed Plant JUST Juncus stygius Moor rush Watch Endangered Plant LILO Liparis loeselii yellow widelip orchid Watch Not listed Plant LIAU2 Listera auriculata Suricled twayblade No records Not listed Plant LIUN Littorella uniflora American shore-grass RFSS Special Concern Plant LYVI4 Lycopus virginicus Virginia water horehound No records Special Concern Known from Ewen.

Plant LYHY Lysimachia hybrida Swamp candles Extirpated Extirpated Last seen in 1919.

Plant MABR5 Malaxis brachypoda White adder's mouth No records Not listed = M. monophylla var. brachypoda

Regional Forester Sensitive Species, State listed, and other species of potential viability concern, known or likely to occur on the Forest.

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Category Code Taxon Common Name Ottawa NF State Notes Plant MEPA Mertensia paniculata Northern bluebell Watch Special Concern Added 2024.

Plant MIGU Mimulus guttatus Western monkey-flower RFSS Special Concern Plant MIMO3 Mimulus moschatus muskflower Watch Not listed = Erythranthe moschata Plant MOMA3 Moehringia macrophylla Big-leaf sandwort RFSS Threatened = Arenaria macrophylla Plant MUUN Muhlenbergia uniflora bog muhly Watch Not listed Plant MYAL3 Myriophyllum alterniflorum Alternate-leaved water-milfoil Watch Special Concern Plant MYFA2 Myriophyllum farwellii Farwell's water-milfoil Watch Not listed Delisted by MI in 2023.

Plant NEAQ2 Neobeckia aquatica Lakecress No records Special Concern = Armoracia lacustris & Rorippa aquatica Plant NUPU2 Nuphar pumila Small yellow pond-lily RFSS Endangered = Nuphar microphylla Plant OMSY Omalotheca sylvatica Woodland cudweed Watch Threatened = Gnaphalium sylvaticum Plant OPPU3 Ophioglossum pusillum Northern adder's-tongue RFSS Not listed Plant ORUN Orobanche uniflora One-flowered broomrape Watch Not listed Plant PAIN11 Packera indecora Rayless mountain ragwort No records Threatened = Senecio indecorus Plant PAQU Panax quinquefolius American ginseng RFSS Threatened Plant PAPA8 Parnassia palustris Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus No records Threatened Plant PEAT2 Pellaea atropurpurea Purple cliff-brake No records Threatened Plant PACA8 Persicaria careyi Carey's smartweed Extirpated Threatened = Polygonum careyi. Last seen in 1987.

Plant PEFRS5 Petasites frigidus var. sagittatus Sweet-coltsfoot RFSS Threatened = Petasites sagittatus Plant PHHE11 Phegopteris hexagonoptera Broad Beech Fern RFSS Not listed Plant PIVU Pinguicula vulgaris Butterwort No records Special Concern Plant PICA19 Piptatheropsis canadensis Canada rice-grass No records Threatened = Piptatherum canadense & Oryzopsis canadensis Plant PLDI3 Platanthera dilatata Tall white bog orchid Watch Not listed ADDED 2024.

Plant PLOR4 Platanthera orbiculata Lesser Roundleaved Orchid Watch Not listed ADDED 2024.

Plant POOCL Polemonium occidentale ssp. lacustre Western Jacob's ladder No records Not known to occur RFSS on the Cheq-Nic.

Plant POLO4 Polystichum lonchitis Northern hollyfern Watch Not listed Plant POCO12 Potamogeton confervoides Alga pondweed RFSS Special Concern Plant POVA3 Potamogeton vaseyi Vasey's Pondweed Watch Threatened Plant PRMI Primula mistassinica Bird's-eye Primrose RFSS Not listed Plant PRHOH Prosartes hookeri var. oregana Fairy bells RFSS Threatened Plant PTAN2 Pterospora andromedea Pine-drops RFSS Not listed Bryophyte PYTE4 Pylaisiadelpha tenuirostris Pylaisiadelpha moss Watch Not listed Removed from Ottawa RFSS list in 2024.

Plant PYAM Pyrola americana Round-leaved pyrola Watch Not listed ADDED 2024. = Pyrola rotundifolia.

Plant PYAS Pyrola asarifolia Pink pyrola Watch Not listed Plant PYMI Pyrola minor Lesser pyrola No records Special Concern Plant QUAL Quercus alba White oak Watch Not listed Plant QUEL Quercus ellipsoidalis Northern pin oak Watch Not listed Plant QUMA2 Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak Watch Not listed Plant RACY Ranunculus cymbalaria Seaside crowfoot No records Extirpated Plant RAGM Ranunculus gmelinii Small Yellow Water Crowfoot RFSS Special Concern Plant RARH Ranunculus rhomboideus Prairie buttercup RFSS Threatened Plant RHFU Rhynchospora fusca Brown beaksedge Watch Not listed Plant RIOX Ribes oxyacanthoides Northern gooseberry Watch Special Concern Plant SANO Sagina nodosa Pearlwort No records Threatened Plant SAPE3 Salix pellita Satiny willow Watch Threatened One questionable 1982 record.

Bryophyte SCPE9 Schistostega pennata schistostega moss Extirpated Not listed Last seen in 1975.

Regional Forester Sensitive Species, State listed, and other species of potential viability concern, known or likely to occur on the Forest.

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Category Code Taxon Common Name Ottawa NF State Notes Plant SINI Silene nivea Evening campion RFSS Threatened Plant SIMOM Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum Mountain Blue-eyed Grass No records Not listed ADDED 2024.

Plant SIST4 Sisyrinchium strictum Strict Blue-eyed Grass RFSS Threatened Plant SMHE Smilax herbacea Smooth carrion-flower Watch Special Concern ADDED 2024.

Plant Spinulum canadense Northern clubmoss No records Special Concern ADDED 2024. No USDA code yet.

Plant STPI6 Stachys pilosa Hairy hedge-nettle Watch Special Concern ADDED 2024.

Lichen STBE2 Sticta beauvoisii Beauvois' Spotted Felt Lichen Extirpated Not listed Last seen in 1975.

Plant STAM2 Streptopus amplexifolius Twisted-stalk Watch Not listed Plant THVEC Thalictrum venulosum var. confine Veiny meadow-rue Watch Not listed Plant THNO Thelypteris noveboracensis New York fern Watch Not listed = Amauropelta n. RFSS delisted 2024.

Plant TICO Tiarella cordifolia Heartleaf foamflower Watch Not listed Plant TRSP2 Trisetum spicatum Downy oat-grass No records Special Concern Plant ULTH Ulmus thomasii Rock elm Watch Not listed Lichen USLO50 Usnea longissima Beard lichen Watch Not listed Removed from Ottawa RFSS list in 2024.

Plant UTGE Utricularia geminiscapa Hidden-fruited bladderwort Watch Not listed Plant UTGI Utricularia gibba Humped bladderwort Watch Not listed Plant UTRE Utricularia resupinata Lavender bladderwort Watch Not listed Plant VACE Vaccinium cespitosum Dwarf bilberry RFSS Threatened Plant VEVI4 Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's-root Watch Not listed Plant VIED Viburnum edule Squashberry No records Threatened Plant VILA4 Viola lanceolata Lance-leaved violet Watch Not listed Plant VINO Viola novae-angliae New England violet RFSS Threatened Both ssp. grisea & ssp. novae-angliae.

Plant WOAL Woodsia alpina Northern woodsia No records Endangered Plant WOOB2 Woodsia obtusa Blunt-lobed woodsia No records Threatened Plant ZIAQ Zizania aquatica Southern wild-rice No records Threatened Plant ZIPA3 Zizania palustris Northern wild-rice Watch Not listed Plant ZIAP Zizia aptera Prairie golden alexanders RFSS Threatened 162 species total. 99 are RFSS or State-listed. 63 are not.

New populations that are RFSS, P-RFSS, Ottawa NF extiraped, or State-listed should be documentended with a Michigan Special Plant Survey Form. Other species may be documented with GPS location, date, observer, area, at least one photo, and notes on abundance and habitat.

Contract Invasive Plant Priority List, Ottawa National Forest 2025

Priority Common name Scientific name High Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii High Glossy buckthorn Frangula alnus High Bell’s honeysuckle Lonicera × bella High Morrow’s honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii High Tartarian honeysuckle Lonicera tartarica High Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum* High Common buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica New Invader/High Siberian peashrub Caragana arborescens New Invader/High Houndstongue Cynoglossum officinale New Invader/High Paradise plant Daphne mezereum New Invader/High Cutleaf teasel Dipsacus laciniatus New Invader/High Autumn olive Elaeagnus umbellata New Invader/High Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum**, * New Invader/High Paleyellow iris Iris pseudacorus New Invader/High Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea New Invader/High Common reed Phragmites australis New Invader/High Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga New Invader/High Japanese knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum* New Invader/High Giant knotweed Polygonum sachalinense New Invader/High Curlyleaf pondweed Potamogeton crispus* New Invader/High Tansy ragwort Senecio jacobaea New Invader/High Japanese hedgeparsley Torilis japonica Medium Bishop’s goutweed Aegopodium podagraria Medium Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata Medium Wild chervil Anthriscus sylvestris Medium European swamp thistle Cirsium palustre Medium Leafy spurge Euphorbia esula Medium Dames rocket Hesperis matronalis Medium Flat pea Lathyrus sylvestris Medium Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria* Medium Wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa Medium Reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea Medium Scots pine Pinus sylvestris Medium Crown-vetch Securigera varia Medium Garden valerian Valeriana officinalis

* Michigan listed noxious weed, or Michigan prohibited or restricted species. ** Federally listed noxious weed.

WATCH: Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush), Conium laculatum (poison hemlock), Dipsacus fullonum (Common teasel), Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (European frogbit), Sorbaria sorbifolia (false spiraea). None of these are known on the Ottawa.

Record locations of invasive species on the ONF Invasive Plant Priority List (not including low priority species).

Contractor need not record sites of two Medium priority species: Cirsium palustre and Phalaris arundinacea; they are abundant. 38 species should be recorded (7 high, 15 new invader, 11 medium, 5 watch).

Contractors may use the Ottawa National Forest Weed Reporting Form to document new invasive plant sites. Note the six required fields: species, location (GPS latitude & longitude, NAD83), gross area, percent cover, observer, and date. Additional information such as number of plants and location details are encouraged but not required.

Contractors may fill out a form for each site or prepare an Excel spreadsheet with rows for all sites and columns for all required fields. If Contractors find any other exotic lants that seem noteworthy or to be cause for concern, please note them in the stand tracker. For example, you might mention an uncommon exotic plant not on the list, or abundant Cirsium palustre along a road or in a wetland.

LOW PRIORITY: Arctium minus (burdock), Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum), Bromus inermis (smooth brome), Centaurea stoebe (spotted knapweed), Cirsium arvense* (Canada thistle), Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle), Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass), Daucus carota* (Queen Anne’s lace), Galeopsis tetrahit (hemp-nettle), Hieracium aurantiacum (orange hawkweed), Hieracium piloselloides (tall hawkweed), Hypericum perforatum (common St.

Johnswort), Lapsana communis (nipplewort), Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy), Linaria vulgaris (butter-and-eggs), Lotus corniculata (bird’s-foot trefoil), Lupinus polyphyllus (bigleaf lupine), Melilotus officinalis (sweet-clover), Myosotis scorpioides (true forget-me-not), Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup), Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust), Rumex crispus (curly dock), Salix fragilis & S. X rubens (crack willow), Solanum dulcamara (climbing nightshade), Sonchus arvensis* (field sowthistle), Tanacetum vulgare (common tansy), Vinca minor (common periwinkle).

Red text are low priority species we may still track in GIS, especially if the infestation is somehow noteworthy. But recording Low Priority species is not required.

The six items in bold must be filled out! 7 December 2022

Ottawa National Forest Invasive Plant Reporting Form

Weed Species: ____________________________________ Occurrence number: ____________

Project name: ____________________________________ Site name: ____________________

Location (Fill in either the legal description, latitude and longitude, UTM, or attach a map)

Legal Description: Twp ______ Rng ______ Sec _____ ¼ sec ______ ¼¼ sec _____

Latitude _______________ Longitude _______________

UTM __________________________________________________

District: ________ Compartment: _______ Stand: _______

Directions to site (or include a detailed map) : _____________________________________________________

Owner: ______________________________ County: _________________________________

Infested gross area (acres): ____________________

% Gross Area Infested (typically 100%): __________________

% Cover (canopy cover of the weed, 1 to 100): _____________

Count: ____________________ (Circle one: plants or stems)

Dominant life form (circle one): Forbs, Graminoids, Nonvascular plants, Shrubs, Trees

Phenology (circle one): Pre-flowering , Flowering , Fruiting , Senescent

Distribution (circle one): Clumpy , Scattered patchy , Scattered even , Linear

Observer: ____________________________________________ Date observed: _______________

Address: ____________________________________________ Phone: _______________

Comments: ______________________________________________________________________________ living room = .004 acres (12’ x 16’) baseball diamond = 0.2 acres (90’ x 90’) football field = 1.1 acres (300’ x 160’)

7 December 2022

Ottawa National Forest Weed Reporting Form: Field Definitions

These definitions are primarily taken from the 2005 Invasive Plant Inventory, Monitoring and Mapping Protocol Field Guide, available at the NRIS FSWeb web page: http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/index.shtml

Weed species: Enter the scientific or common name for the weed species observed. Priority weeds to report include garlic mustard, Japanese barberry, non-native honeysuckles, purple loosestrife, non-native buckthorns, Eurasian water-milfoil, curlyleaf pondweed, Japanese knotweed, giant knotweed, wild chervil, crown vetch, garden valerian, leafy spurge, autumn olive, large knapweed or thistle infestations, and major infestations of any other non-native species.

Project name: If the observation of this weed was not associated with any specific project or inventory, then enter “None”.

Occurrence number: Will be completed in the office.

Site name: Enter a name for the site. For example, “Bobcat Lake Campground.”

Location: Fill in either the legal description, latitude and longitude, or UTM. If using GPS, set your receiver to map datum = NAD83.

Directions to site: Include other location details, such as the name of an associated road, lake, or stream.

Owner: Record the landownership where the site is located. For example, “USFS” for Ottawa National Forest land.

Infested gross area: Defined by drawing a line around the general perimeter of the infestation.

Percent (%) gross area infested: Proportion of the gross area that contains the target invasive weed. Typically =

100%. If, for some reason, your polygon is larger then the infestation boundary, use less than 100% (e.g. linear infestations within a larger area).

Percent (%) cover: The canopy cover of the weed within the infested gross area. Use a whole number, 1 to 100.

Infested area: Not on the form. Gross area X percent infested = Infested Area. Infested Area was redefined in 2009 as the area of land, in acres, containing a single invasive species delineated by the actual perimeter of the infestation or population as defined by the outer edge of the canopy cover of the plants or the visible population of other taxa, excluding adjacent areas not infested and outside the perimeter of the population. Now infested area will usually equal gross area.

Count: The total number of plants or stems across the population or infestation. Estimates are okay, although we cannot enter a range of numbers.

Dominant life form: Dominant life form on the site (not the life form of the weed). Dominant life form is defined as the characteristic form or appearance of a species at maturity.

Phenology: The stage of plant development of the weed related to buds, flowers, or fruit. The field indicates the phenology of most of the plants at the time of sampling.

Distribution: The spatial distribution of individual plants within a population and across the landscape

Comments: Include other details, such as a description of the habitat and surroundings, associated species, and specific resource concerns. Please note if you conducted any treatment (pull, spray) of the weeds.

Instructions for Reporting Plants of Cultural Significance Ottawa National Forest 1/4/2024

Beginning in 2024, the Ottawa NF seeks to use our botany surveys to record locations of not just rare and invasive plants, but also plants of cultural significance. Our list of 18 plants of cultural significance came from GLIFWC Climate Change Team (2023)1, with some changes in consultation with Tribal partners.

Name1 Name2 Scientific Name Method Manoomin Northern Wild Rice Zizania palustris A Jiisens American Ginseng Panax quinquefolius A Wiigwaasaatig Paper Birch Betula papyrifera B Namepin Wild Ginger Asarum canadense. C Bagwaji’zhigaagawanzh Wild Leek Allium tricoccum D Aagimaak White Ash Fraxinus americana E

Gaagigebag Princess Pine Lycopodium obscurum, L.

dendroideum, L. hickeyi D

Miskojiibik Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis D Wiikenh Sweet Flag Acorus americanus F Bagwajipin Broadleaf Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia D

Miin Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium and V.

myrtilloides D

Wiigobaatig American Basswood Tilia americana E Wiingashk Sweetgrass Anthoxanthum hirtum F Miskwaabiimizh Red-osier Dogwood Cornus sericea G Ode’imin Strawberry Fragaria virginiana & F. vesca G Mashkodewashk Wild Sage Artemisia ludoviciana A Anaaganabag Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris G

Odatagaagominagaawanzh Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis, R.

canadensis, R. pensilvanicus G

We have assigned each species one of seven recording methods:

A. This species is also rare. Record all sites and follow instructions for rare species and complete an MNFI Special

Plant Survey Form.

B. Paper birch. Record date and location of trees greater than 12 inches diameter. Contractor may stop after five locations total.

C. Wild ginger. Record all locations by date and location. If abundant then record a minimum of one location per stand, and mention in stand tracker notes.

D. Record large patches by date and location. Contractor may define large patches and stop after five locations.

Mentioning in stand tracker is optional.

E. White ash and basswood. Point locations not needed. Instead note if this species was especially abundant in the stand tracker.

F. Sweet flag and sweetgrass. Record all locations by date, location, and abundance.

G. Record large patches that are easily accessible (near a road open to motor vehicles). Record date and location. Contractor may stop after five locations total.

At the completion of the contract, submit a document listing all 18 species, what was found, and where to find the location data, such as GIS data and the stand tracker.

1 GLIFWC Climate Change Team. 2023. Aanji-bimaadiziimagak o’ow aki. Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, Wisconsin. 332 p. https://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/VulnerabilityAssessment.html https://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/VulnerabilityAssessment.html

Ottawa National Forest Botany Program Protocol for Rare Plant Surveys

12/7/22 Update Ian Shackleford

I. Survey Protocol Pre-field review Review topographic maps; aerial photographs; compartment maps; stand type and other information prior to field work to select the most likely rare plant habitat areas within your survey area. Use rare plant guides;

element stewardship abstracts; floras; and other relevant information to determine which listed species are likely to occur in the project area. Review locations of documented element occurrences in/near your survey area. Select access routes and check with COR or District personnel regarding condition of roads, trails, location of gates, etc. Contact Ranger or COR if administrative use of roads not on Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) is needed.

Stand type legend:

Code Forest/Cover Type 01 jack pine 02 red pine 03 white pine 04 eastern white pine - hemlock 05 hemlock 08 white spruce 11 balsam fir - aspen/paper birch 12 black spruce 14 northern white cedar 15 tamarack 16 white spruce - balsam fir 17 upland black spruce 18 mixed swamp conifer (fir, hemlock, black spruce, tamarack, white cedar) 19 northern white cedar - aspen/paper birch 20 northern hardwoods - hemlock 41 eastern white pine - northern red oak/white ash 43 oak - eastern white pine 47 oak - aspen 48 jack pine - oak 49 red pine - oak 55 northern red oak 71 black ash - American elm/red maple 76 red maple (wet site) 79 mixed lowland hardwoods 80 sugar maple -northern red oak 81 sugar maple - yellow birch 82 sugar maple - basswood 84 red maple (dry site) 85 sugar maple

87 sugar maple - yellow birch/hemlock 89 mixed upland hardwoods 91 quaking aspen 92 paper birch 93 bigtooth aspen 95 aspen - white spruce /balsam fir 97 lowland shrubs (alder, dogwood, willow) 98 upland shrubs 99 open (could be upland or lowland)

Stand size density legend:

Code Stocking 0 nonstocked (<16% stocked) 1 seedling/sapling (16-39%) 2 seedling/sapling (40-69%) 3 seedling/sapling (>70%) 4 poletimber (16-39%) 5 poletimber (40-69%) 6 poletimber (>70%) 7 sawtimber (16-39%) 8 sawtimber (40-69%) 9 sawtimber (>70%) poletimber = 5-8.9" DBH for aspen & conifers; 5-10.9" DBH for hardwoods sawtimber = >= 9" DBH for aspen & conifers; >= 11" DBH for hardwoods

Field surveys Conduct field surveys on a controlled intuitive or meander basis. That is, crisscross the survey stands while detouring to the most likely habitats for listed plants, such as rock outcrops, wetland inclusions, etc. Check both homogenous and heterogenous parts of stands, paying particular attention to ecotones. Sample the full range of habitats and site conditions included in the survey stands. Conduct one or two rounds of surveys in hardwood and other mesic stands, with greater potential for rare plants. Surveys should occur between May 25 and July 14 and July 15 and September 15, with repeat surveys at least 3 weeks apart. In drier cover types with lower potential for rare plants, and for projects with lesser disturbance (such as wildlife openings, special use permits, culvert replacements), conduct only one round of survey, between May 20 and Sept. 15. Follow different routes on repeat surveys to obtain greater stand coverage (unless rechecking specific areas or species of interest).

Mark in the field (e.g. with flagging tape) and/or take a GPS waypoint for particular areas or plant populations noted while surveying that need special attention in a subsequent survey, so you can easily relocate them. Use Botany assigned-color flagging: yellow/black diagonal stripe (can be tied with orange for greater visibility but do not flag with orange alone). Do not extensively mark populations of listed plants other than temporarily, to avoid drawing undue attention to these areas.

Record a GPS track for your survey (use NAD83 datum). Submit tracks in format compatible with the Ottawa GIS, showing dates surveyed. Check with COR to ensure compatibility of computer systems.

II. Plant Survey General (aka Habitat) Form Complete the form as described below:

Post survey edits completed: after all seasons' surveys are complete, and you have checked the forms for completeness and legibility, including the associated species forms, write your name and the date. Make sure you have identified all remaining unknowns. (For plants too immature to identify, check in a subsequent season or ensure your identification to genus or subgenus level sufficient to know the plant is not a listed taxon. Note this in comments.) Make sure you have submitted all photographs (see below) and completed any MNFI forms (see below). Make sure any collected specimens have a "final"/office ID and label provided. This field is the last one to be completed on the form by the original surveyor. This field signifies that the project survey records are ready for review by staff botanists.

Reviewed: An ONF botanist signs and dates this form after review, checking any tentative ID(s), confirmation or change of ID(s) by experts (MICH), confirming any unclear data with original surveyor. When completed, this field signifies that the project report is complete and may be used in biological evaluations, NEPA documents, etc. Contractors skip this field.

Project: List the project name, including type such as vegetation management project (VMP), gravel pit, land exchange (LX), trail, etc.

District: Use a 3-letter abbreviation for the Ranger District where the project occurs, as follows:

BER = Bergland BES = Bessemer IRN = Iron River KEN = Kenton ONT = Ontonagon WAT = Watersmeet.

Quad(s): List the name(s) of the topographic quad(s) which cover the project area. For large timber sale projects under contract, this block may be skipped since this information is in the contract.

T, R, Sec(s), (QQ), Compartment(s) and stand number(s): List the township, range, sections, partial sections, compartments, and stand numbers which cover the survey area, as applicable. Quarter-quarter designations may only apply to smaller projects, like gravel pit surveys. For large timber sale projects under contract, this block may be skipped since this information is in the contract.

Total ac/mi surveyed: List the total acres (most projects) or miles (e.g. for linear features like trails) which have been covered by one or more surveys in the project area. Circle the units used. This number is not a sum of the acreage or miles covered each time surveys occurred. (This number is used to calculate the percent of the project area which was surveyed.) For large timber sale projects under contract, this block may be skipped since acreage is in the contract.

Project area acres/mi: List the size of the project in acres or miles (linear projects). Circle the units used. This information should be provided by the staff botanist/COR.

Hours by survey fields: List the hours spent for each survey (spring, summer, fall) as follows:

1-way travel hrs: list hours (to nearest quarter) spent to get to the project area from your duty station/office, in one direction. If you begin travel somewhere other than your duty station, estimate the time as if you had started at your normal duty station. If you travel to a second project area on the same day, estimate the one-way travel time to the second site from your duty station. If more than one botanist is participating in the survey and surveying different areas, count the time as if each person traveled separately to reach the site. If you, or a second botanist, goes to the site on another day, count the travel time again. (These data are used to estimate unit survey costs and effort expended on surveys). For large timber sale projects under contract, this block may be skipped. Use Summer and Fall blocks for 1st and 2nd surveys with the 2 survey system.

Survey hrs: list hours spent on site, actually surveying (i.e. exclude lunch break). If more than one botanist is participating in the survey (without completing his/her own set of forms), list the total botanist-hours (e.g. 2 botanists are on site from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a ½ hour lunch; survey hours = 11). List total for all the days spent in a given season.

Key hrs: list hours spent keying out unknown plants (off-site; keying time while in field is included in survey hrs), summed for all botanists participating in the survey under one set of field forms.

TES plants, Taxon, and MNFI forms done fields: Circle Y for yes or N for no. If TES plants are found, list the taxa.

MNFI forms must be completed before the project is complete.

Photos taken etc. fields: If you take photographs/slides of plants during a survey, circle Y for yes. Otherwise circle N for no. Staff botanists should record where they are filed (e.g. the District Office or Supervisor's Office).

Be sure photo filename or properties includes species or topic of photo. Provide photos in .jpg format at resolution no greater than 2400x3000 pixels (less is fine for habitat photos). Typically this equates to a camera setting of ~7 mp; 4-5 megapixel setting will suffice for habitat shots.

Description of area: Note directions to site, a general description of the project area, its landscape context, any access complexities (e.g. need to cross private land), general features.

HABITAT 1. In this field, describe the first habitat you encounter during the survey, giving information on overstory and community types, topography, aspect, drainage features, geology, soils, seral state, disturbance, etc.

HABITAT 2-5. In these fields, record similar information for the second, third, fourth, fifth habitats you encounter. Consider it a new habitat if a major change in vegetation occurs, such as the following:

a) a change from forest to non-forest, from shrub to herb domination, or vice versa;

b) within forest, a change from one overstory series to another, such as from hardwood to pine or aspen, or from upland hardwoods to lowland hardwoods, or from jack pine to red pine;

c) in herbaceous areas, a change from forb dominated to graminoid dominated or to moss-lichen dominated, or from terrestrial herbaceous to aquatic herbaceous dominated.

For small inclusions, you do not need to start a new habitat block, but note in the description that the habitat includes inclusions of specified type (e.g. "several small vernal pools as inclusions"). However, if you expect to encounter the inclusion type elsewhere in the project area, start a new habitat block, and use it and the associated species form each time you cross into it (e.g., you may have a habitat block for intermittent drainage riparian areas).

If you need more than five habitat blocks, use a second general form and change the numbers to Habitat 6, 7, etc. Record the project name at the top, and write CONTINUED. You do not need to repeat the information at the top of the continuation form, just skip to the habitat blocks.

COMMENTS: Record any other relevant information, such as stand health, understory regeneration, other projects surveyed in the area, unique features, trash dumps, invasive plant or worm infestations, threats to the site, deer herbivory levels, whether additional surveys are needed, rare animals seen (report to District Biologist), heritage sites seen (report to Forest Archaeologist), etc. For timber project contract surveys, most of this type of information should be put in the Stand Tracker form.

NOTE: Some of the above fields may be completed partially before going to the field, and partially afterwards, in the office. All fields MUST be legible. If your field copy is not legible, prepare a clean copy after field surveys are complete. Turn in all forms, survey routes, pressed specimens, and photos/slides to staff botanists by the end of the field season. Electronic versions of the form, with information typed in, are preferred for the final forms and are required for contracts.

III. Plant Survey Species Form Project: Write project name.

Habitat #: List the habitat number from the general form to which the species list corresponds. You may cross in and out of this habitat during your survey: switch to another page for the new habitat, and then return to your original page when you cross back into the original habitat.

Survey extent: only use this field for surveys where stand acreage is NOT provided in contract. List the total extent of acres or miles covered by surveys each time you survey, separated by semicolons. Circle the units used. Consider survey extent to include actual acreage examined as well as immediately adjacent comparable habitat. That is, you are listing the acreage/miles to which the species list applies.

Surveyor(s) and survey dates: List the surveyor(s) names and dates of surveys, separated by semicolons. This block may be skipped for contracts. Example:

survey extent (miles/acres): 60; 46; 29; 100 surveyor(s) and survey dates: SJ Trull 5/25/98; Trull/C Matula 6/19/98; Matula 6/20/98; Trull 8/31/98.

Species Rows Mark the taxa observed in the subject habitat. Use a different symbol for different seasons/survey round as shown in legend on form. You do not need to mark a second or third time if you note a species already observed in a previous season, just mark those species newly observed each season. Write in species epithets as needed (e.g. Carex intumescens). If you find a species not listed, list it on the blank lines. If you can only identify a plant to genus, note it as sp. and check in the next season. Finish the identification if you find the plant the next season. If you still cannot identify it to the species level, describe in the comments field why you can't and justify how you know the plant could not be a listed taxon (e.g. an orchid too immature to identify past Cypripedium, but the leaves are not right for C. arietinum). This is a last resort and you should get an identification to species in nearly all cases. Collect samples to identify in the office as needed. Some lines show multiple species epithets. This is done to save space on the form, it does not mean to lump these taxa together;

be sure to mark which were observed by circling the observed epithets.

Back side: Collected Species Data For those species that you collect to press and submit to an herbarium (as opposed to those you collect or "top-snatch" to identify in the office, which are already represented in our herbarium, are not unusual, and you just need reference books, a microscope, or more time to identify), complete the fields on the form (for tracking specimens).

For such specimens, also record, while in the field, the following information which is needed for the herbarium label: collector's name, collection number; tentative ID; precise location where the plant is collected, including township, range, section, lat-long as well as relevant details such as road numbers or local landmarks; habitat; topography; geology; soil moisture or water regime; aspect; associated species; color;

abundance; apparent health or vigor; anomalies, etc. You may record this information in your bound collecting record book if you carry one, or on the field form, or on field notepaper you are carrying. Subsequently, you must prepare a typed label for the voucher specimen and include it in the newspaper with the plant. FOLLOW ETHICAL COLLECTING PRACTICES and take good care of your specimens so that the herbarium sheet prepared with them will be as informative as possible. Specimens should easily fit within a standard folded ½ page of newspaper; do not extend the newspaper folder with additional paper. Please review Dr. Ed Voss’ article on labeling prior to preparing labels. Typed labels may be submitted on paper or electronically; if the latter, the Forest will print onto high quality paper and submit with specimens.

NOTE: As a federal employee, or contractor to the Ottawa National Forest, you do not need a permit to collect plants on Ottawa national forest system lands, even if the plants are included on the State of Michigan special plants list. Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) disagrees with this. The issue has been discussed and no agreement reached with MNFI, but this is USDA Forest Service policy verified by the Office of General Counsel. If you collect MI-listed plants off the Forest or on private land within the Forest, you do need a collection permit from the DNR.

Collector and number: List your name and the collection number using your chosen numbering system.

Field ID: List a tentative ID and any needed notes.

Final ID: List the ID you determine after consulting reference books, herbarium specimens, other Ottawa botanists, etc. This may be changed after submission to an expert on the genus, but will be the name put on the specimen's label.

OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST BOTANY PROGRAM: PLANT SURVEY GENERAL FORM ***Contractors skip gray data fields*** USDA FS 2/16

Post-survey edits completed Reviewed

(name, date): _____________________________________________ (name, date): __________________________________________

Project District Quad(s)

T R Sec(s) (QQ) Compartment(s) and stand number(s) tot ac/mi surveyed (1+ times) project area acres/mi

1-way travel hrs survey hrs key hrs TES plants: Y N Photos taken?

spring Taxon: _____________________________________________ Y N summer Taxon: _____________________________________________ filed at:

fall MNFI Forms done: Y N date filed:

DESCRIPTION OF AREA (directions to site, etc.):

HABITAT 1 (describe community type, aspect, topography, drainage features, geology, soils, seral stage, etc.):

HABITAT 2 (describe community type, aspect, topography, drainage features, geology, soils, seral stage, etc.):

HABITAT 3 (describe community type, aspect, topography, drainage features, geology, soils, seral stage, etc.):

HABITAT 4 (describe community type, aspect, topography, drainage features, geology, soils, seral stage, etc.):

HABITAT 5 (describe community type, aspect, topography, drainage features, geology, soils, seral stage, etc.):

COMMENTS (other projects in area, special features, threats, invasive species, additional surveys needed, etc.):

OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST BOTANY PROGRAM: PLANT SURVEY SPECIES FORM *** Contractors: skip gray blocks*** USDA FS 3/19 Survey extent (miles/acres):

Project:

Habitat # Surveyor(s)/dates:

TREES FORBS, cont'd.

Abies balsamea Ranunculus ____________________ Acer rubrum/saccharum Rumex acetosel/crispus/__________ Betula alleghaniensis/papyrifera Sanguinaria canadensis Fraxinus nigra/americana/pennsylv Sanicula marilandica Larix laricina Scutellaria galericulata/lateriflora Picea glauca/mariana Sium suave Pinus banksiana/resinosa/strobus Smilacina racem/stellata/trifolia Populus balsam/grandi/tremu Solidago altis/canaden/flexicaul Prunus pensyl/serotina/virginiana Solidago hispida/nemoral/uliginosa

GRAMINOIDS

Agrostis peren/hyemalis/_________ Brachyelytrum aristosum Bromus ciliatus/inermis/__________ Calamagrostis canadensis Carex arctata/brunnescens/canesc C. crinita/deweyana/disperma C. gracillima/gynandra/intumescens C. lacustris/leptonervia/pedunculata C. pensylvanica/retrorsa/scabrata

Quercus rubra Stellaria ______________________ C. stipata/stricta/trisperma Thuja occidentalis Streptopus amplexifolius/roseus Carex ________________________ Tilia americana Taraxacum officinale Carex ________________________ Tsuga canadensis Thalictrum dasy/dio/_____________ Carex ________________________ Ulmus americana Triadenum fraseri Cinna latifolia _____________________________ Trientalis borealis Danthonia spicata/compressa

Trifolium aureum/pratense/repens Dactylis glomerata SHRUBS, SUBSHRUBS, VINES Trillium cernuum/grandiflorum Elymus hystrix/_________________ Acer spicatum Typha angustifolia/latifolia Festuca rubra/_________________ Alnus crispa/rugosa (=incana) Urtica dioica Glyceria canadensis/grandis/striata Amelanchier __________________ Uvularia grandiflora/sessilifolia Juncus effusus/tenuis/___________ Andromeda glaucophylla Verbascum thapsus Luzula acuminata Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Verbena hastata/urticifolia Milium effusum Aronia prunifolia Veronica officin/serpyl/___________ Muhlenbergia _________________ Carpinus caroliniana Viola adunca/canaden/conspersa Oryzopsis asperfolia Chamaedaphne calyculata Viola cucullata/pubesc/renifolia Phalaris arundinacea Clematis occidentalis/virginiana Viola ________________________ Phleum pratense Comptonia peregrina Waldsteinia fragarioides Panicum _____________________ Cornus altern/canad/stolonifera Poa praten/saltuen/_____________ Corylus cornuta _____________________________ Schizachne purpurascens Crataegus __________________ Scirpus atro/cyper/______________ Diervilla lonicera _____________________________ Dirca palustris _____________________________ Epigaea repens _____________________________

Gaultheria hispidula/procumbens FERNS AND ALLIES ADDITIONAL SPECIES Ilex verticillata Adiantum pedatum Kalmia polifolia Asplenium trichomanes _____________________________ Ledum groenlandicum Athyrium filix-femina Linnaea borealis Botrychium dissectum v. dis/v. obliq _____________________________ Lonicera canad/oblong/__________ Botrychium lanceo v. ang/matricari Mitchella repens Botrychium multifidum/virginianum _____________________________ Nemopanthus mucronatus Botrychium ___________________ Ostrya virginiana Cystopteris bulbifera/fragilis _____________________________ Parthenocissus inserta/quinque Deparia acrostichoides Rhamnus alni/cathar/frangula Dryopteris carthus/cristata/intermed _____________________________ Rhus ________________________ Dryopteris ____________________ Ribes cyno/lacus/triste/__________ Gymnocarpium dryopteris _____________________________ Rosa blanda/__________________ Matteuccia struthiopteris Rubus allegheniensis/hispidus Onoclea sensibilis _____________________________ Rubus idaeus/parviflor/pubescens Osmunda cinnam/clayton/regalis Rubus _______________________ Phegopteris connectilis/hexagon _____________________________ Salix ________________________ Polypodium virginianum Sambucus canadensis/racemosa Polystichum braunii/lonchitis _____________________________ Smilax _______________________ Pteridium aquilinum Sorbus americana/decora Thelypteris palustris/___________ _____________________________ Taxus canadensis Woodsia ilvensis Vaccinium angustif/myrtilloides Equisetum arvense/fluviat/pratense _____________________________ Vaccinium macrocarp/oxycoccos Equisetum scirpoides/sylvatic Viburnum _____________________ Diphasiastrum complan/digitat _____________________________ _____________________________ Huperzia lucidula

Lycopodium annotinum/clavatum _____________________________ FORBS Lycopodium dendroideum/obscur Achillea millefolium Selaginella rupestris _____________________________ Actaea pachypoda/rubra Agrimonia gryposepala/striata ___________________________ _____________________________ Allium tricoccum Anaphalis margaritacea ___________________________ _____________________________ Anemone canad/quinque/__________ Survey symbols: 1st / 2nd X Antennaria howellii/_______________ ___________________________ or Spring / Summer X Fall o Apocynum androsaem/cannabin Aquilegia canadensis

FORBS, cont'd.

Aralia nudicaulis/racem/hispida Arctium minus Arisaema triphyllum Asarum canadense Aster ciliolatus/lanceo/lateriflorus Aster macrophyl/puniceus/umbella Barbarea vulgaris_______________ Bidens cernuus/connatus/frondosus Calla palustris Caltha palustris Campanula ___________________ Cardamine diphylla/laciniata/______ Caulophyllum thalictroides Centaurea jacea/stoebe/__________ Chrysosplenium americanum Cicuta bulbifera/maculata Circaea alpina/lutetiana Cirsium arv/muticum/palustre/vulgare Claytonia caroliniana Clinopodium vulgare Clintonia borealis Coptis trifolia Corallorhiza maculata/tridifa Cypridedium acaule/____________ Dicentra cucullaria/canadensis Epilobium ang/cili/color/_________ Epipactis helleborine Erigeron annuus/philad/strigosus Erythronium americanum Eupatorium perfoliatum Euthamia graminifolia Eutrochium maculatum Fragaria vesca/virginiana

Galeopsis tetrahit Galium asprell/triflor/_____________ Geum aleppi/canadense/macro Goodyera oblon/pubes/repens/tess Hepatica acutiloba/americana Hieracium auran/piloselloides/_____ Hypericum perforatum/___________ Impatiens capensis Iris versicolor Lactuca biennis/canad/___________ Laportea canadensis Lapsana communis Leucanthemum vulgare Lobelia inflata Lotus corniculatus Lycopus americanus/uniflorus Maianthemum…