C04h Attachment 7 Yellow Field Bio Survey 2009 1284LM26Q0129.pdf

RARE PLANT MONITORING

SHEYENNE NATIONAL GRASSLAND

REPORT TO DAN SVINGEN

DAKOTA PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS

YELLOWFIELD BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS

2009 RARE PLANT MONITORING

SITE APIAME001 SPECIES Apios americana DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF044 PLOT SIZE 15m X 10m METHOD Density DIRECTION NW to SE

GPS 14T 630487 5155207

FINDINGS

Site was overrun by cattle within the past two weeks and badly trampled. There was no trace of APIAME nor many other species normally found in this habitat. It was a wetland below a spring seep that emerges from the base of the hillside. It levels out in the area of the historic APIAME and begins supporting woody species such as Cornus alternifolia, Tilia americana.

No plot posts were relocated.

Photo of trampling on reverse.

HABITAT

Wet meadow in spring seep below steep hill; Carex lacustris wetland

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Caltha palustris Cornus stolonifera Tilia americana Eupatorium maculatum Rhamnus cathartica Impatiens capensis Urtica dioica

None

MICROPLOT DATA

Trampling and grazing by cattle on microplot of APIAME001.

SITE CAMAPA001 SPECIES Campanula aparinoides DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF012 PLOT SIZE 30M x 8m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION S to N

GPS 14T 630042 630042

FINDINGS

Heavily shaded site below trees, shrubs, and dense Carex lacustris. Plants are widely scattered in site, not in flower, extending to reach sunlight. Most appear to be producing buds at the time of the survey.

About 25 plants seen in plot. This is a sedge/woodland/shrub wetland, with some standing water in spots.

About 1000 plants in entire population, which covers about 50m x 30m area.

Southernmost stake found.

Photo of plot and specimens on reverse.

Lowland Habitat Type; Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; Shrub wetland with dogwood, willow over sedges;

shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Thalictrum dasycarpum Alnus incana Toxicodendron rydbergii Impatiens capensis Ulmus americana Cornus stolonifera Tilia americana Ribes missouriense Eupatorium maculatum Thelypteris palustris

PLOT RESULT

1 P A A A 2 P P A A 3 A P P A 4 A A A A 5 P A P A 6 A A P A 7 A A A A 8 A A A A

Overview of microplot of CAMAPA001.

Detail of Campanula aparinoides at microplot CAMAPA001 .

SITE CAMAPA003 SPECIES Campanula aparinoides DATE 14-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF013 PLOT SIZE 6m X 10m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION S to N

GPS 14T 620083 5150616

FINDINGS

Plants are scattered throughout the site, most in flower or bud. They were growing in the shade of the dense Carex lacustris that dominates the plot. Site is saturated with standing water throughout. Shrubs dominate this wetland.

Menyanthes trifoliata also present here. They were measured in this microplot - see MENTRI001.

Neither post was relocated. Microplot was established based on GPS waypoint.

Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; Shrub wetland with dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges;

shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Alnus incana Betula pumila Cornus stolonifera Menyanthes trifoliata

1 A A A 2 A A A 3 A A A 4 A A A 5 A A A 6 A A A 7 P P A 8 P P P 9 P P P

10 P P A

Campanula aparinoides at CAMAPA003 site. Notice Menyanthes trifoliata in background.

SITE CAMAPA004 SPECIES Campanula aparinoides DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF014 PLOT SIZE 6m X 15m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION NW to SE

GPS 14T 629476 5154783

FINDINGS

Widely scattered plants beneath dense shade of Carex lacustris and shrubs. Plants were not flowering but were in bud, behind in phenology due to the shade. Plants were extended length, reaching for sunlight.

About 20 plants in the microplot and vicinity. The plants drop out when the Carex lacustris thickens in the areas where trees and shrubs are less prominent.

The northwest stake was found. The southeast stake was absent.

Lowland Habitat Type; Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; Shrub wetland with dogwood, willow over sedges;

shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Rubus idaeus Vitis riparia Toxicodendron rydbergii Parthenocissus inserta Ulmus americana Cornus stolonifera Tilia americana Amphicarpa bracteata Urtica dioica Arisaema atrorubens Carex stricta Thelypteris palustris Cicuta maculata

2 P P A 3 A A A 4 A A A 5 A A A 6 A A A 7 A A A 8 A A A 9 A A A

10 A A A 11 A A A 12 A A A 13 A A A 14 A A A

Overview of CAMAPA004 site. Northwest corner stake in foreground.

Non-flowering Campanula aparinoides at CAMAPA004 site.

SITE CAMAPA005 SPECIES Campanula aparinoides DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF016 PLOT SIZE 14m X 6m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION E to W

GPS 14T 629573 5155107

FINDINGS

Plants are scattered throughout the site, most in flower or bud. They were growing in the shade of the dense Carex lacustris that dominates the plot. Site is saturated and boggy, with a small rivulet or two running through

it. Beavers have extensive dam complex to the north. Site is surrounded by wetland shrubs.

Equisetum palustre also present here, quite dense in spots. This is also EQUPAL002 site.

Both posts were relocated.

Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; some dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Alnus incana Equisetum palustre Impatiens capensis Betula pumila Asclepias incarnata Cornus stolonifera Carex stricta

Dryopteris cristata

1 A P P 2 A P P 3 P P P 4 P P P 5 P P P 6 P P P 7 A P P 8 P P P 9 P A A

10 P A A 11 P P P 12 A P P 13 P P P 14 A P P

Overview of CAMAPA005 / EQUPAL002 site.

West corner stake in foreground.

Campanula aparinoides at CAMAPA005 / EQUPAL002.

SITE CAMAPA007 SPECIES Campanula aparinoides DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF019 PLOT SIZE 13m X 6m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION E to W

GPS 14T 629733 5155410

FINDINGS

Population is prevalent throughout this wetland. A shrubby wetland with dogwood, bog birch, willow, alder over sedges and sphagnum. Pockets of standing water and some small flowing rivulets throughout the site.

Beavers have extensive dam complex to the south. A lot of shrubs have been cut by beaver. The plants were very robust here, many tall specimens vying for sunlight. About half were in flower, most were in bud.

Galium labradoricum also present here. Plants were widely scattered, in fruit.

One post was relocated, presumably the E post since the GPS coordinates were at that spot.

The NW post was missing.

Photo of plot and specimens on reverse.

HABITAT

Shrubby wetland with dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen;

sedge-cattail-willow wetland.

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Sparganium eurycarpum Alnus incana Galium labradoricum Eupatorium maculatum Betula pumila Caltha palustris Cornus stolonifera Carex lacustris Fraxinus pennsylvanica Lysimachia thyrsiflora Aster simplex Salix discolor Dryopteris carthusiana Impatiens capensis

2 A A A 3 P A A 4 P A A 5 A A A 6 A A A 7 P A A 8 P P P 9 P P P

10 A A A 11 A A A 12 A A A

Overview of CAMAPA007 site.

Southeast post in foreground.

Campanula aparinoides in flower at CAMAPA007.

SITE CAMAPA008 SPECIES Campanula aparinoides DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF024 PLOT SIZE 6m X 10m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION SE to NW

GPS 14T 629696 5155132

FINDINGS

Plants are scattered throughout the site, about one plant per square meter. most in flower or bud. They were growing in the shade of dense Carex lacustris and cattail that dominates the plot. Site is saturated, with some standing water. Beavers have extensive dam complex to the west. Some shrubs in the site have been cut by beaver. Some beaver channels run near and through the plot.

Galium labradoricum also present here. Plants were widely scattered, most in fruit.

Neither post was relocated. The microplot sample below is from an arbitrary site that begins at the waypoint.

No photos of plot or Campanula, but photos taken of Galium labradoricum—see GALLAB001.

Shrubby wetland with dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen;

sedge-cattail-willow wetland.

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Ribes missouriense Alnus incana Galium labradoricum Impatiens capensis Betula pumila Salix discolor Cornus stolonifera Typha latifolia Carex lacustris

Caltha palustris

1 P A P 2 P A P 3 P A P 4 P P P 5 P P P 6 A A A 7 A A P 8 P P A 9 A A P

10 A A A

No photos

SITE CARFOR001 SPECIES Carex formosa DATE 16-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF007 PLOT SIZE 8m X 4m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION S to N

GPS 14T 636241 5155032

FINDINGS

About 100 plants within a few meters of the plot. Overstory is basswood, ironwood, bur oak, box elder, green ash. Open understory and ground layer. Leaf litter composes about 95% of the ground layer.

The species is widely scattered throughout the wooded hills above the Sheyenne River floodplain. There is about 1 plant every 500m². About 5% in fruit. Plants are generally robust, but about 20% have leaves that have been partially eaten. It probably numbers in the 1000's.

Both stakes were found.

Deciduous woodland; mesic oak woodland; bur oak savanna; upland woodland

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Quercus macrocarpa Celtis occidentalis Acer negundo Botrychium virginianum Tilia americana Osmorrhiza longistylis Corylus americana Lonicera canadensis Fraxinus pennysylvanica Carex sprengelii Ostrya virginiana Sanguinaria canadensis Populus tremuloides Circaea lutetiana

Also:

PLOT RESULT Ribes missouriense 1 A P A Carex assiniboienensis 2 P P A Rhamnus cathartica 3 P P P Rubus idaeus 4 A A A Parthenocissus inserta 5 A A P Asarum canadense 6 A P A Cryptotaenia canadensis 7 A P A Arisaema triphyllum 8 A A P Viola rugulosa

Galium triflorum

Overview of CARFOR001 site.

South stake is in background near backpack.

Detail of Carex formosa at CARFOR001.

SITE CARFOR004 SPECIES Carex formosa DATE 16-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF008 PLOT SIZE 6m X 12m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION W to E

GPS 14T 636050 5155062

FINDINGS

About 100 plants scattered in the woods within a distance of 20 meters of the plot. Overstory is ironwood, bur oak, green ash, quaking aspen. Open understory. Ground layer composed of about 95% leaf litter.

The species is widely scattered throughout the wooded hills above the Sheyenne River floodplain. There is about 1 plant every 500m². About 5% in fruit. Plants are generally robust, but about 20% have leaves that have been partially eaten. It probably numbers in the 1000's.

Neither stake was found, just an orange flag on an ironwood tree.

Deciduous woodland; mesic oak woodland; bur oak savanna; upland woodland

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Quercus macrocarpa Celtis occidentalis Acer negundo Botrychium virginianum Tilia americana Osmorrhiza longistylis Corylus americana Lonicera canadensis Fraxinus pennysylvanica Carex sprengelii Ostrya virginiana Sanguinaria canadensis Populus tremuloides Circaea lutetiana

Also:

PLOT RESULT Ribes missouriense 1 A P A Carex assiniboienensis 2 P P A Rhamnus cathartica 3 P P P Rubus idaeus 4 A A A Parthenocissus inserta 5 A A P Asarum canadense 6 A P A Cryptotaenia canadensis 7 A P A Arisaema triphyllum 8 A A P Viola rugulosa

Galium triflorum Sanicula marilandica Thalictrum dasycarpum Agrimonia striata Oxalis violacea Matteuccia struthiopteris Zizia aurea

Overview of CARFOR004 site. No post was at the site, but there was old orange flagging that is visible on the Ironwood tree.

Detail of Carex formosa at CARFOR004.

SITE CYPREG002 SPECIES Cypripedium reginae DATE 14-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF006 PLOT SIZE 35m X 10m METHOD Census DIRECTION NW to SE

GPS 14T 622200 5150879

FINDINGS

No CYPREG found at this site. It is a seep at the base of a steep slope, very boggy, like quicksand in spots.

Dense stinging nettle in the wettest portions at the base of the toe slope, then further out the wetland shows more diversity and gives way to shrubs, then trees. It is possible that the CYPREG is absent due to browsing by deer, yearly variations, weather, or misidentification in previous surveys. There were some Platanthera hyperborea, which when young might be mistaken for CYPREG.

Two stakes found in site, although only one would have been from original survey; they were only a few meters apart.

Apios americana found about 20 feet to SE of GPS point. One plant, twining up forbs and sedges.

HABITAT

Spring seep; River Terrace Habitat Association; Shrub/Carex wetland with dogwood, alder over sedges

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Urtica dioica Impatiens capensis Viburnum trilobum Toxicodendron rydbergii Rhamnus cathartica Arisaema atrorubens Cornus stolonifera Ribes americanum Carex lacustris Eupatorium maculatum Caltha palustris

No photos.

SITE CYPREG003 SPECIES Cypripedium reginae DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF010 PLOT SIZE 25m X 10m METHOD Census DIRECTION SW to NE

GPS 14T 630095 5152566

FINDINGS

No CYPREG found at this site. It is a seep at the base of a steep slope, deep black muck, shaded by the deciduous forest on the hillside above. Forbs are in the wettest portions at the base of the toe slope, then further out the wetland gives way to shrubs. It is possible that the CYPREG is absent due to browsing by deer, yearly variations, weather, or misidentification in previous surveys. There were twelve Platanthera hyperborea in the site, which when young might be mistaken for CYPREG.

One stake found in site, apparently the southern stake.

Photographs of site are shown on the reverse.

Spring seep; River Terrace Habitat Association; Shrub/Carex wetland with dogwood, alder over sedges

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Urtica dioica Impatiens capensis Viburnum trilobum Toxicodendron rydbergii Aster puniceus Parthenocissus inserta Cornus stolonifera Cicuta maculata Carex lacustris Alnus incana Eupatorium maculatum Caltha palustris Platanthera hypberborea Salix bebbiana

Overview of CYPREG003.

Plastic corner stake, the south stake, is in ground at base of tree with orange paint.

Platanthera hyperborea plants that might have been mistaken for Cypripedium reginae before flowering parts emerge.

SITE EQUPAL001 SPECIES Equisetum palustre DATE 14-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF002 PLOT SIZE 20m X 2m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION E to W

GPS 14T 622318 5149760

FINDINGS

Thousands of plants in dense clusters throughout the wetland. A clear, small creek flows through the center of the wetland, originating in a spring seep. This is ordinarily a shrub-carr wetland, but on this side of the fenceline, beavers have dammed up the creek and flooded out the shrub species, leaving sedges and forbs.

The population covers about 40m x 40m area.

One stake found, the easternmost one.

Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; some dogwood, willow, alder over sedges; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Cicuta maculata Carex hystricina Zizia aptera Salix candida Asclepias incarnata Cornus stolonifera Veronica americana Mimulus geyeri Solidago canadensis Eupatorium maculatum Carex lanuginosa Juncus balticus Typha latifolia

1 P P 2 A P 3 P P 4 P P 5 P P 6 P P 7 A P 8 A P 9 A P

10 A P 11 P P 12 P P 13 P A 14 A A 15 A A 16 A A 17 A A 18 A A 19 A P 20 P P

Detail of Equisetum palustre. Overview of EQUPAL001 site.

East stake is in background.

SITE EQUPAL002 SPECIES Equisetum palustre DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF016 PLOT SIZE 14m X 6m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION E to W

GPS 14T 629573 5155107

FINDINGS

A fairly dense population of the plants throughout the site, growing in the shade of the very dense Carex lacustris that dominates the plot. Site is saturated and boggy, with a small rivulet or two running through it.

Beavers have extensive dam complex to the north. Site is surrounded by wetland shrubs.

Campanula aparinoides also present here, scattered throughout the site.

Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; some dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Alnus incana Campanula aparinoides Impatiens capensis Betula pumila Asclepias incarnata Cornus stolonifera Carex stricta

Dryopteris cristata

2 P P P 3 A P P 4 P P P 5 P A P 6 A P P 7 P P P 8 A P P 9 P P P

10 P P P 11 P A P 12 A P P 13 A A A 14 P P A

Overview of CAMAPA005 / EQUPAL002 site.

West corner stake in foreground.

Equisetum palustre at CAMAPA005 / EQUPAL002.

SITE EQUPAL003 SPECIES Equisetum palustre DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF020 PLOT SIZE 6m X 12m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION N to S

GPS 14T 629459 5151775

FINDINGS

Perhaps millions of plants in old abandoned beaver dam. Small clear creek runs through center of wetland.

Mostly forbs and sedges. Population covers about 30m x 100m area.

No stake found. Microplot based on GPS waypoint, which fell in midst of EQUPAL population.

Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Alnus rugosa Cicuta maculata Eleocharis palustris Juncus balticus Scirpus validus (tabernaemontani) Typha latifolia Scirpus pallidus Veronica americana Mimulus geyeri Carex hystricina Eupatorium maculatum Panicum virgatum Veronica americana

1 P P P 2 P P P 3 P P P 4 P P P 5 P P P 6 P P P 7 P P P 8 P P P 9 P P P

10 P P P 11 P P P 12 P P P

Overview of EQUPAL003 site. Creek leads to beaver dam in background.

Detail of Equisetum palustre.

SITE EUOATR001 SPECIES Euonymus atropurpureus DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF015 PLOT SIZE 6m X 14m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION W to E downhill

GPS 14T 629561 5155138

FINDINGS

GPS led to site that fit description of survey of 8/22/2001 which said it was "near the top of the hill overlooking the beaver ponds...in an opening and along the edges…the opening is mainly bluegrass and the edges are box elder and oak and poison ivy." However, no stakes were found, and no box elder was seen in the immediate vicinity. Box elder was downslope along the wetland edge. No Euonymus was seen despite a detailed survey of the opening and surrounding woods. There is the possibility that the GPS coordinates were innacurate or that the species has been extirpated from the site.

No plot posts were relocated.

Steep open grassy hillside between bur oak woods; oak savanna woodland opening

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Quercus macrocarpa Prunus virginiana Parthenocissus inserta Toxicodendron rydbergii Poa pratense Vitis vulpina

No photos.

SITE GALLAB0001 SPECIES Galium labradoricum DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF024 PLOT SIZE 6m X 10m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION SE to NW

GPS 14T 629696 5155132

FINDINGS

Plants are scattered throughout the site, about 1 plant/1m². All plants seen were in fruit. They were growing in the shade of the dense Carex lacustris and cattail that dominates the plot. Site is saturated, with some standing water. Beavers have extensive dam complex to the west. Some shrubs in the site have been cut by beaver. Some beaver channels run near and through the plot.

Campanula aparinoides also present here. Plants were widely scattered, most in flower or bud.

Neither post was relocated. The microplot sample below is from an arbitrary site that begins at the waypoint.

Shrubby wetland with dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges; shrub-carr or tall shrub fen;

sedge-cattail-willow wetland.

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Ribes missouriense Alnus incana Campanula aparinoides Impatiens capensis Betula pumila Salix discolor Cornus stolonifera Typha latifolia Carex lacustris

Caltha palustris

2 P A A 3 A P A 4 A A A 5 P A P 6 A A A 7 A A A 8 A A A 9 P A A

10 A A A

Detail of Galium labradoricum from site GALLAB001.

SITE GYMDRY001 SPECIES Gymnocarpium dryopteris DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF020 PLOT SIZE 8m X 4m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION SW to NE

GPS 14T 630028 5152488

FINDINGS

About 300 plants scattered along dry edge of toe slope at base of steep sided, wooded hill. A spring seep emerges just below the population. Overstory is deciduous woodland. Spring seep is dominated by alder.

Entire population covers about 7m X 2m area.

One stake found, the eastern stake. GPS led to the western edge of the population.

Deciduous woodlands; Upland Woodland Habitat Association; Quercus macrocarpa - Populus tremuloides - Fraxinus pennsylvanica woodland community

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Ostrya virginiana Parthenocissus inserta Tilia americana Toxicodendron rydbergii Quercus macrocarpa Actaea rubra Thelypteris palustris Pyrola secunda Fraxinus pennsylvanica Equisetum arvense Sanicula marilandica Smilacina stellata Osmorrhiza longistylis Heracleum lanatum

1 A A A A 2 A A P P 3 P A P A 4 A P A A 5 A P P A 6 A A P A 7 A P A A 8 A P A A

Detail of Gymnocarpium dryopteris from GYMDRY001 site.

Overview of GYMDRY001 site. Oak fern is visi-ble in foreground along toe slope.

SITE MENTRI001 SPECIES Menyanthes trifoliata DATE 14-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF013 PLOT SIZE 6m X 10m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION S to N

GPS 14T 620083 5150616

FINDINGS

Original GPS waypoints led to a location beneath dense, tall shrubs, without any trace of MENTRI. This is probably due to GPS error in survey of 2001. Thus, the microplot was relocated to a population of MENTRI at CAMAPA003 microplot locale. The two populations were combined into one microplot. The new GPS waypoints are shown above. Neither post was relocated at the CAMAPA microplot, so a new microplot was established based on the CAMAPA waypoint.

MENTRI are scattered throughout the site, only a handful in fruit. They were growing in the shade of the dense Carex lacustris that dominates the plot. Site is saturated with standing water throughout. Shrubs dominate.

Photo of plot and specimens on reverse.

HABITAT

Sedge-cattail-willow wetland; Shrub wetland with dogwood, willow, bog birch, alder over sedges;

shrub-carr or tall shrub fen

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Carex lacustris Alnus incana Betula pumila Cornus stolonifera Campanula aparinoides

2 A A A 3 A A A 4 A A A 5 P A A 6 P A A 7 P P P 8 P P P 9 P P P

10 P P A

Menyanthes trifoliata at CAMAP003 site.

SITE ONOSEN001 SPECIES Onoclea sensibilis DATE 16-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF021 PLOT SIZE 6m X 15m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION SW to NE

GPS 14T 635326 5154687

FINDINGS

100's of plants, densely grouped, within 10m of plot. Plot contains most of population. Standing water in site.

Carex lacustris wetland with numerous shrubs. Plants are robust.

Shrub wetland with dogwood, buckthorn, alder over sedges; shrub-carr; tall shrub fen;

sedge-cattail-willow wetland.

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Rhamnus cathartica Alnus incana Matteuccia struthiopteris Eupatorium maculatum Arisaema atrorubens Caltha palustris Cornus stolonifera Carex lacustris Fraxinus pennsylvanica Viburnum trilobum Amphicarpa bracteata Celastrus scandens Vitis riparia Impatiens capensis

1 P P P 2 P P P 3 P P P 4 P P P 5 P P P 6 P P P 7 A P P 8 P P P 9 P P P

10 P P P

Overview of ONOSEN001 site. Some Sensitive fern is visible to right of stake.

Stake is the southwest stake.

Detail of Onoclea sensibilis.

SITE SOLFLE001 SPECIES Solidago flexicaulis DATE 15-Jul-09 SURVEYOR David Schmoller PLOT ID FS01080101KF022 PLOT SIZE 6m X 12m METHOD Frequency DIRECTION SE to NW

GPS 14T 630453 5155149

FINDINGS

Site was overrun by cattle within the past two weeks and badly trampled. SOLFLE was infrequent and scattered in the trampled zone. Most of the ground layer was bare soil. The population inhabits the bench above a spring seep at the base of a steep sided hill facing east. About 20 plants scattered in 10m X 5m area.

There was some difficulty identifying some plants with certainty due to the damage from the cattle trampling.

No plants were in flower or fruit, all were vegetative.

One plot post was relocated, presumably the SE post, since the GPS coordinates led to this post.

The NW post was miss-ing.

Photo of plot and specimens on reverse.

HABITAT

Toe slope at base of steep hill above spring seep; upland deciduous forest

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Laportea canadensis Osmorhiza longistylis Ostrya virginiana Tilia americana Circaea lutetiana Matteuccia struthiopteris Fragaria virginiana Corylus americana

2 A A A 3 P A A 4 P A A 5 A A A 6 A A A 7 P A A 8 P P P 9 P P P 10 A A A 11 A A A 12 A A A

Overview of

SOLFLE001.

Detail of Solidago flexicaulis www.biologicalsurveys.com