For the City Gary 10-02-2018

Natural Features and Vascular

Plant Inventory

10-02-2018

90-Acre, 860 Lake Street Parcel Gary, Lake County, Indiana

OctoberGary 2018 Prepared for:

City Project #1808010

the Orbis Environmental Consulting P.O. Box 10235 • South Bend, Indiana 46680 Phone: (574) 635-1338

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NATURAL FEATURES AND VASCULAR PLANT INVENTORY 90-ACRE, 860 LAKE STREET PARCEL

CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 METHODS ...... 2 Protected Plant and Animal Species Habitat Assessment ...... 2 Flora, Fauna, and Natural Features Site Inventory ...... 2 Floristic Quality Assessment ...... 3 Wetland Delineation ...... 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ...... 4 Protected Plant and Animal Species ...... 4 Flora, Fauna, and Natural Features Site Inventory ...... 10 Vascular Plant Inventory ...... 10 Wildlife Observations ...... 11 Natural Community Descriptions ...... 12 Lake Dune ...... 10-02-201812 Panne ...... 13 Wetland Delineation ...... 14 CONCLUSIONS ...... 14 LITERATURE CITED ...... 15

FIGURESGary Figure 1. Location map...... 1 Figure 2. Aerial Map...... 2

TABLES Table 1. High quality naturalCity communities known to occur near the project site...... 4 Table 2. Protected species known to occur near the project site based on IPaC query ...... 4 Table 3. Protected species observed...... 5 Table 4. Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) results...... 11 Table 5. Surfacethe water Features Summary ...... 14 Table 6. Floristic Quality Assessment Summary ...... 14

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APPENDICES Appendix A – Figures (Topographic Map, Aerial Map, National Wetlands Inventory Map, NRCS Soils Map, Wetland Delineation Map) Appendix B - Natural Communities Appendix C – ETR Distribution Map Appendix D – Photographic Documentation of ETR Species Appendix E – Photographic Documentation of Select Habitats Appendix F – IDNR Lake County ETR List Appendix G – Natural Heritage Database Report Appendix H – Protected Species not observed by Orbis during survey but for which Suitable Habitat is Present Appendix I – Floristic Quality Assessment for Complete Site Appendix J – Wildlife Inventory 10-02-2018 Appendix K – Wetland Delineation Report

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During September of 2018, a natural features inventory was conducted within a 90-acre parcel at 860 Lake Street in Gary, Indiana, for the City of Gary through Michael Baker International (MBI). Prior to fieldwork, a desktop review for protected plant and animal species was conducted.

INTRODUCTION Orbis Environmental Consulting (Orbis) was contracted by the City of Gary through Michael Baker International to prepare a natural features inventory and10-02-2018 a desktop review for protected plant and animal species for an approximately 90-acre property between the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Marquette Park, north of the intersection of North Lake Street and Juniper Avenue in the Miller neighborhood (Figures 1 & 2). Field inspections to collect data on site conditions were conducted by Orbis on September 24-28, 2018. Results and analysis of field surveys of the site are included in this report. Gary

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FIGURE 1. LOCATION MAP.

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10-02-2018 FIGURE 2. AERIAL MAP.

METHODS Protected Plant and Animal Species Habitat Assessment Prior to the site visit, a request was submitted to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources – Division of Nature Preserves (IDNR-DNP) Natural Heritage Database to generate a list of endangered, threatened, rare, and watchGary list (ETR) plant species, endangered and special concern (ESC) animal species, and high quality natural communities known to occur within 0.5 mile of the project site (Appendix G). As part of this process, Orbis conducted an informal Information for Planning and Consulting (IPaC) query for the project area. Orbis also reviewed the list of protected species known from Lake County, Indiana. Orbis staff walked the site and searched for federal and state protected species, as well as for suitable habitat for these species, generally following the methodology of Goff et al. (1982). Flora, Fauna, and NaturalCity Features Site Inventory Prior to the site visit, soil maps (Soil Survey Staff 2017), the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) (USFWS 2018), and information on natural regions of Indiana (Homoya et al. 1985) were consulted to inform field surveys of the area. Field surveys were conducted September 24 – 28, 2018. Field investigations consisted of meander surveys (Goff et al. 1982), with more time spent in distinct microhabitats to ensure that all natural features were documented. During each site visit, all vascularthe plants observed were identified and recorded. Plant communities and assemblages were mapped during the site visit and quality grades (A, B, C, D, E) were assigned to natural communities based on successional state, degree of anthropogenic disturbance, and similarity to other (reference) natural communities. Dominant plant species in

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each mapped community or assemblage were recorded during each site survey (Appendix B). ETR plant species were mapped. Wildlife observations were recorded through casual observations. Representative photographs were taken of plant communities and ETR plant species (Appendices C & D). Orbis also reviewed recent bird checklists from ebird.org to gain a better understanding of the site’s avian diversity. Floristic Quality Assessment Vascular plant data were analyzed using the Universal Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) Calculator (Freyman and Masters 2013) using coefficient of conservatism (C) values from Rothrock (2004). FQA (Swink and Wilhelm 1994) generates three basic metrics: species richness, mean C, and Floristic Quality Index (FQI). These metrics were calculated for native species alone as well as for total species (natives and non-natives). Johnson (2018) assigned each native plant species in Indiana a C value from 0 to 10. The C value is an assessment of the fidelity of that species to a pre-settlement natural plant community and consequently reflects the ability of the species to withstand site degradation. Plants with C values of 10 are typically the first to be lost from a site when the site begins to become degraded. Conversely, plants with C values of 0 can withstand a large amount of site degradation. The mean C value is the average of the C values of all plants on a site (regardless of rarity or abundance on the site); the FQI takes into account10-02-2018 the mean C value and the number of species on the site through the equation: FQI = C

where C is the mean C value and is the number√푁 of species present in the sample area. Together, the mean C value and FQI comprise the FQA (Taft et al. 1997) and provide an understanding of the overall quality of푁 the site based on the plant species present. FQA can be used to identify natural areas, to compare the quality of a site relative to other sites, and to measure how the quality of a site has changed over time (Swink and Wilhelm 1994). A site with a mean C value of 3.5 or higher or an FQI of 35 or higher is likely of at least marginal natural area quality; a site with a mean C of 4.5 orGary higher or an FQI of 45 or higher is almost certainly a remnant natural area (Swink and Wilhelm 1994). Botanical nomenclature in this report generally follows that of Wilhelm and Rericha (2017) and IDNR (2016). Wetland Delineation Prior to fieldwork, Orbis reviewed available resource maps, including National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) maps, soilsCity maps, topographic maps, and aerial photography, to determine the potential presence of wetlands and surface water features on the site. This information was also used to determine site topography and soil types. The wetland delineation field visit was conducted on September 24-27, 2018. Identification of wetlands required characterization of plant community types, identification of hydric soils, and documentationthe of hydrologic indicators for each community type. The site was assessed using methodology from Environmental Laboratory (1987) and USACE (2012). Vascular plant inventories were recorded in all delineated wetland areas, and the FQA (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017) was applied to the resulting species inventories using the Chicago Region FQA

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Calculator (Herman et al. 2017) to obtain mean Coefficient of Conservatism (mean C) and Floristic Quality Index (FQI) values (Appendix K).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Protected Plant and Animal Species The desktop review revealed a variety of species and high-quality natural communities which have potential to occur. A total of 224 TE and ETR animals, 124 ETR plants and 24 high quality natural communities have been documented in Lake County (Appendix F). Included in the list are 16 species of federal concern. The IDNR-DNP database query for federal and state plant and animal species known from within a 0.5-mile radius of the site revealed 11 animals and 48 plants. Additionally, the database query identified the nearby presence of two high quality natural communities (Table 1). The full Natural Heritage Database report is presented as Appendix G. The informal IPaC query resulted in six federal TE species of concern, including two mammals, two birds, one insect, and one plant that may be present near the project site (Table 2). The IPaC also listed 16 migratory bird species, noting these are protected10-02-2018 under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and are listed as USFWS Birds of Conservation Concern (BCC).

TABLE 1. HIGH QUALITY NATURAL COMMUNITIES KNOWN TO OCCUR NEAR THE PROJECT SITE. Natural Community Common Name Status

Indiana State Significant (SG), Imperiled in Savanna – sand dry-mesic Dry-mesic Sand Savanna state to rare/uncommon (S2/S3)

Indiana State Significant (SG), Imperiled Wetland - panne Panne Gary globally (G2), Critically imperiled (S1)

TABLE 2. PROTECTED SPECIES KNOWN TO OCCUR NEAR THE PROJECT SITE BASED ON IPAC QUERY Latin Name Common Name Status MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Species of Special Antrostomus vociferous Eastern Whip-poor-will Concern (SSC) MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Species of Special Arenaria interpres morinella Ruddy Turnstone City Concern (SSC) Calidris alpine arcticola Dunlin MBTA (BBC)

Federally Threatened (LT), Indiana State Species of Calidris canutus rufa Red Knot Special Concern (SSC)

Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper MBTA (BBC)

MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Species of Special Calidris subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper the Concern (SSC) Federally Endangered (LE), Indiana State Charadrius melodus Piping Plover Endangered (SE)

Childonias niger Black Tern MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Endangered (SE)

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Latin Name Common Name Status

Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink MBTA (BBC)

Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher MBTA (BBC)

Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird MBTA (BBC)

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, MBTA (BBC), Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Indiana Species of Special Concern (SSC),

Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Endangered (SE)

MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Species of Special Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher Concern (SSC)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker MBTA (BBC)

Myotis septentrionalis Northern Long-eared Bat Federally Threatened (LT)

Federally Endangered (LE), Indiana State Myotis sodalis Indiana Bat Endangered (SE) MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Species of Special Pluvialis dominica American Golden-plover 10-02-2018Concern (SSC) Rallus elegans King Rail MBTA (BBC), Indiana State Endangered (SE)

Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs MBTA (BBC)

Orbis reviewed the site for habitat or occurrences of federally protected species known from Lake County, Indiana (USFWS 2018a; IDNR 2018). Recent eBird checklists by Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) and Kendall (2018) cited observations of the State Endangered ChlidoniasGary niger (black tern) on or directly adjacent to the site. Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) also recorded the State Special Concern Arenaria interpres (ruddy turnstone) and Falco peregrinus (Peregrine falcon) on or directly adjacent to the site. Orbis observed twenty-three (23) state-protected plant species within the project boundary (Table 3). ETR plant species were mapped (Appendix C). Appendix H lists protected species that were not observed on-site, but which have been documented from the vicinity of the project boundary and for which suitable habitat was observed at the site. CityTABLE 3. P ROTECTED SPECIES OBSERVED. Latin Name per Flora of Latin Name per IDNR (IDNR Chicago (Wilhelm and Common Name Status 2016) Rericha 2017) Indiana Watch Ammophila breviligulata Ammophila breviligulata Marram or Beach Grass List (WL) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. Indiana State Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry coactilisthe Rare (SR) Indiana State Aristida necopina Aristida intermedia Slim-spike Three-awn Grass Rare (SR) American Sea-rocket, Lake Indiana Watch Cakile lacustris Cakile edentula var. lacustris Rocket List (WL)

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Latin Name per Flora of Latin Name per IDNR (IDNR Chicago (Wilhelm and Common Name Status 2016) Rericha 2017) Indiana State Carex eburnea Carex eburnea Ivory Sedge Rare (SR) Indiana State Catalpa speciosa* (see note Catalpa speciosa Northern Cigar Tree under description) Rare (SR)* Indiana State Ceratophyllum echinatum Ceratophyllum echinatum Prickly Hornwort Rare (SR) Indiana State Chamaesyce polygonifolia Euphorbia polygonifolia Seaside Spurge Rare (SR)

Variegated Horsetail, Small Indiana State Equisetum variegatum Equisetum variegatum Scouring Rush Endangered (SE)

Indiana Watch Hypericum kalmianum Hypericum kalmianum Kalm’s St. John’s Wort List (WL) Indiana State Juncus balticus Juncus balticus var. littoralis Baltic Rush Rare (SR) Indiana State Juniperus communis Juniperus communis Ground or Common Juniper Rare (SR) Indiana Watch Liparis loeselii Liparis loeselii Loesel’s or Green Twayblade 10-02-2018List (WL) Indiana State Oligoneuron album Solidago ptarmicoides Prairie Goldenrod, Stiff Aster Rare (SR) Indiana State Pinus strobus Pinus strobus White Pine Rare (SR)

Leafy Northern Green Indiana State Platanthera aquilonis Platanthera hyperborea Orchis, Northern Bog Orchid Threatened (ST)

Rose Pogonia, Snake-mouth Indiana Watch Pogonia ophioglossoides Pogonia ophioglossoides Orchid List (WL) Rhus aromatica var. Indiana State Rhus aromatica varGary. arenaria Beach or Duneland Sumac arenaria Rare (SR)

Indiana State Solidago simplex Solidago simplex var. gillmanii Sticky or Dune Goldenrod Threatened (ST)

Indiana State Sparganium androcladum Sparganium androcladum Branching Bur-reed Threatened (ST)

Indiana State Spiranthes magnicamporum Spiranthes magnicamporum Great Plain’s Ladies’-tresses City Endangered (SE)

Indiana State Utricularia minor Utricularia minor Lesser or Small Bladderwort Threatened (ST)

Indiana State Utricularia subulata Utricularia subulata Zigzag or Hair Bladderwort the Threatened (ST)

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Ammophila breviligulata (marram grass) is included on the Indiana watch list and is dominant throughout the lower foredune and secondary dune communities (Appendices C & D). Ammophila breviligulata is common throughout the Chicago region within the foredune communities but rare outside of the Lake Michigan coastal zone. Associated species on the foredunes include Cakile lacustris (lake rocket), Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna (sand reed), Populus deltoides (cottonwood) and Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. coactilis (bearberry) is listed as state rare in Indiana, where it is found on the beach-ridge plain along Lake Michigan in in Lake, Porter, and La Porte counties. Only one individual was observed on the site (41°37'7.69"N, 87°16'14.73"W) (Appendix C). Associated species at the project site were not recorded. Aristida necopina (greater arrow feather) is listed as state rare in Indiana. In northwest Indiana, A. necopina grows in marly pannes and high-watertable sand flats along Lake Michigan (Wilhelm and Reicha 2017). Aristida necopina is frequent along the southern fringes of the large interdunal panne, especially throughout the southeastern lobe (Appendices C & D). Associated species in the panne include Agalinis purpurea (purple false foxglove), Cladium mariscoides (twig rush), Juncus balticus (lakeshore rush), Linum medium var.10-02-2018 texanum (small yellow flax), Lobelia kalmii (bog lobelia), Rhynchospora capillacea (hair beak rush), and Triglochin maritima (seaside arrowgrass). Cakile lacustris (lake rocket) is on Indiana’s watch list. Cakile lacustris is restricted to the lakeshore beach habitat in Indiana on what is sometimes referred to as the “storm beach” (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Cakile lacustris is found occasionally throughout the base of the foredune and lakeshore beach on the site (Appendices C & D). Associated species include Ammophila breviligulata, Chamaesyce polygonifolia, Corispermum americanum (American bugseed), and Corispermum pallasii (club bugseed)Gary. Carex eburnea (ivory sedge) is listed as state rare in Indiana. One population was found under black oaks on the far western margin of the large panne (41°37'7.01"N, 87°15'55.69"W) (Appendices C & D). In northwest Indiana, C. eburnea typically grows on the marly shores of the pannes, mesophytic pockets within the dune region, and on the beach-ridge plain (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Associated species include Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Oligoneuron album (stiff aster), Quercus velutina (black oak), and Solidago caesia (blue-stemmed goldenrod). City Catalpa speciosa (northern cigar tree) is state rare in Indiana; however, it is considered non- native in the Chicago region (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Its distribution in Indiana is restricted to the southwestern counties and in fertile, alluvial river floodplains (Barnes and Wagner. All the individuals present on site are escapes from cultivation. Ceratophyllumthe echinatum (spiny hornwort) is listed as state rare in Indiana. It is found sparsely throughout the open water of the large panne, primarily in shallow, shaded water. It co- occurs with the more common Ceratophyllum demersum (coontail), which is found primarily in more open, unshaded areas of the panne, as described by Scribailo and Alix (2002) (Appendix

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C). Associates at the site include Ceratophyllum demersum, Elodea nuttallii (slender waterweed), Najas flexilis (slender naiad), Potamogeton illinoensis (Illinois pondweed), Utricularia macrorhiza (common bladderwort), and Utricularia minor (small bladderwort) Chamaesyce polygonifolia (seaside spurge) is listed as state rare in Indiana. Chamaesyce polygonifolia is restricted to the lakeshore beach and blowout habitats within the Chicago Region (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). It is found occasionally throughout the base of the foredune and lakeshore beach on the site (Appendices C & D). Associated species include Ammophila breviligulata, Cakile lacustris, Corispermum americanum, and Corispermum pallasii. Equisetum variegatum (small scouring rush) is a state endangered species in Indiana. Within the Chicago region, E. variegatum occurs on slopes of lake-border morainic bluffs, calcareous sand prairies, and marly pannes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Populations were found in the most northwestern interdunal panne (41°37'12.51"N, 87°15'59.49"W) and scattered throughout the southeastern lobe of the large panne (Appendices C & D). Associated species within the large panne include Cladium mariscoides, Cyperus flavescens (yellow flat sedge), Linum medium var. texanum, Lobelia kalmii, Rhynchospora capillacea, Triglochin maritima, and Utricularia subulata (hair bladderwort). Associated species in the northwestern panne include Carex viridula (little green sedge), Cyperus bipartitus (shining flat sedge), Cyperus flavescens, Equisetum hyemale (tall scouring rush), Equisetum x mackaii 10-02-2018(ditch horsetail), Rhynchospora capillacea, Sabatia angularis (rose gentian), and Salix myricoides (bayberry willow). Hypericum kalmianum (Kalm’s St. John’s wort) is on the watch list in Indiana. Within the Chicago region, H. kalmianum occurs mainly in calcareous wet to dry sand prairies and marly pannes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). It is occasional to frequent throughout the wet sands and swales on the project site (Appendices C & D). Associated species in the upland include Ammophila breviligulata, Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Oligoneuron album, Prunus pumila (sand cherry), Schizachyrium scoparium, Spiranthes cernua (nodding lady’s tresses), Symphyotrichum pilosum (hairy aster),Gary and Symphyotrichum dumosum (bushy aster). Associated species within the panne include Cladium mariscoides, Cyperus flavescens, Linum medium var. texanum, Lobelia kalmii, Rhynchospora capillacea, andTriglochin maritima. Juncus balticus (lakeshore rush) is state rare in Indiana, where it is typically found growing in marly pannes, shores, and wet to dry sand prairies near Lake Michigan (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Juncus balticus is frequent to common in wet areas on the project site (Appendices C & D). Associated species on the site include Carex viridula, Cyperus bipartitus, Cyperus flavescens, Juncus canadensisCity (Canadian rush), Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife), and Sabatia angularis. Juniperus communis (common juniper) is listed as state rare in Indiana, where it displays an “erratic distribution” but occurs frequently in the dunes (Deam 1940). Three individuals were located within the site (41°37'4.87"N, 87°16'4.78"W; 41°37'4.91"N, 87°16'5.72"W; 41°37'3.87"N, 87°15'51.25"W) (Appendices C & D). In the Chicago region, J. communis grows within the beach-ridgethe plain, dunes, and lake-border morainic bluffs (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Associated species on the site include Ammophila breviligulata, Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata, Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Opuntia cespitosa (eastern prickly pear), and Schizachyrium scoparium.

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Liparis loeselii (green twayblade) is on the Indiana watch list. This orchid grows throughout the saturated edges of the large panne as well as throughout the interdunal wetlands on the north portion of the site (Appendices C & D). It is frequent in wetland habitats throughout the Chicago region (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Associated species on the site include Carex viridula, Cyperus bipartitus, Cyperus flavescens, Juncus balticus, Lythrum salicaria, Sabatia angularis, and Typha x glauca (hybrid cattail). Oligoneuron album (stiff aster) is listed as state rare in Indiana. It is characteristic of calcareous wet to dry prairie remnants as well as the beach-ridge plain near Lake Michigan within the Chicago region (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). It was observed commonly throughout the fringes of the interdunal wetlands and pannes on the project site (Appendices C & D), where it is associated with Ammophila breviligulata, Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Hypericum kalmianum, Prunus pumila, Schizachyrium scoparium, Spiranthes cernua, Symphyotrichum pilosum, and Symphyotrichum dumosum. Pinus strobus (white pine) is state rare in Indiana. One young individual was found in the open dunes (41°37'3.53"N, 87°16'5.81"W) (Appendix C). Although planted throughout the state, its natural range is restricted to northern Indiana. Once common in the Chicago region, it is now restricted to the dune slopes and hydromesophytic swamp forests and sphagnum bogs near Lake Michigan; however, it is still quite common in Michigan (Voss10-02-2018 and Reznicek 2012, Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Associated species on the site are Ammophila breviligulata, Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata, Asclepias verticillata, Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Opuntia cespitosa, and Schizachyrium scoparium. Platanthera aquilonis (northern bog orchid) is listed as state threatened in Indiana. This orchid grows in marly wetlands in wet to wet-mesic calcareous sand prairies and fen systems within the Chicago region (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). One population of five plants (41°37'8.26"N, 87°15'46.11"W) was observed on an upland finger extending into the large panne (Appendices C & D). Associated species include DichantheliumGary columbianum (little dune panic grass), Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn), Lonicera maackii (amur honeysuckle), Quercus velutina, Saponaria officinalis (soapwort), Solidago altissima (tall goldenrod), Solidago caesia, and Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy). Pogonia ophioglossoides (snake-mouth orchid) is on Indiana’s watch list. In the Chicago region, this orchid grows in sphagnum bogs, prairie fens, and marly pannes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Individuals of this orchid are scattered on the southern drier area of the large panne (Appendices C &City D). Associated species on the site include Cladium mariscoides, Cyperus flavescens, Linum medium var. texanum, Lobelia kalmii, Oligoneuron album, Rhynchospora capillacea, and Triglochin maritima. Rhus aromatica var. arenaria (duneland sumac) is listed as state rare in Indiana. It is characteristic of the high, partially wooded dunes in the Chicago region, as well as marly pannes and mesic to dry black oak savannas (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). R. aromatica var. arenaria wasthe noted frequently, particularly where black oaks are growing. Other associated species at the site include Ammophila breviligulata, Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata, Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet), Schizachyrium scoparium, Solidago caesia, and Solidago simplex (dune goldenrod).

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Solidago simplex (dune goldenrod) is listed as state threatened in Indiana. It was locally frequent within the foredune complex and on high open dunes, mostly on the southern portion of the site (Appendices C & D). This species is “confined to the shores of the western Great Lakes… in the high dune section along Lake Michigan” (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Associated species on the site include Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata, Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna, Populus deltoides, Schizachyrium scoparium, Solidago nemoralis (old-field goldenrod), and Vitis riparia (riverbank grape).

Sparganium androcladum (branched bur reed) is listed as state threatened in Indiana. It has a scattered distribution within the Chicago region, where it occurs in fens and lakes (Swink and Wilhelm 1994). It is also very local in Michigan, where it occurs in marshes, lake shores and other moist ground (Voss and Reznicek 2012). S. androcladum is occasional at the site within the large central panne, where it is associated with Utricularia gibba (humped bladderwort) (Appendices C & D).

Spiranthes magnicamporum (Great Plains lady’s tresses) is listed as state endangered in Indiana. One individual was found on the upland adjacent to the northeast portion of the large panne (41°37'7.97"N, 87°15'47.51"W) (Appendices C & D). In the Chicago region, it grows mostly in calcareous habitats such as wet to dry sand prairies and marly pannes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Associated species at the project site were not recorded.10-02-2018 Utricularia minor (small bladderwort) is listed as state threatened in Indiana. Within the Chicago region, it occurs in sloughs and lakes within the dunes, glacial lakes, and sphagnum bogs (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). At the project site, it is frequent throughout the edges of the large panne (Appendix C). Associated species include Ceratophyllum demersum, Ceratophyllum echinatum, Elodea nuttallii, Najas flexilis, Potamogeton illinoensis, Stuckenia pectinata (sago pondweed), and Utricularia macrorhiza. Utricularia subulata (hair bladderwort) is listed as state threatened in Indiana. Within the Chicago region, it occurs in wet swales Gary within the dunes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). It is locally frequent within the mudflat transition area on the southeastern lobe of the large panne (Appendices C & D). Associated species include Cladium mariscoides, Cyperus flavescens (yellow flat sedge), Linum medium var. texanum, Lobelia kalmii, Rhynchospora capillacea, and Triglochin maritima. Flora, Fauna, and Natural Features Site Inventory Vascular Plant Inventory City Table 4 displays a summary of the FQA results for the site. A total of 253 vascular plant taxa were observed within the survey area (Appendix 1). All observed taxa were identified to the species level, and 202 of these (79.8%) are native to Indiana. Application of the FQA to the plant inventory resulted in a mean C value of 3.8 (native mean C value of 4.7) and an FQI of 60.4 (native FQI of 66.8). These results indicate that the site as a whole is at least of marginal natural areathe quality. A separate FQA was also applied to an inventory of plants specific to the large central panne. Within this panne, 126 taxa were observed, 112 of which (88.9%) are native to Indiana. The mean C value is 4.24 (native mean C value of 4.77) and the FQI is 47.57

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(native FQI of 50.46). These results indicate that the panne is at least of marginal natural area quality.

TABLE 4. FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT (FQA) RESULTS.

Conservatism-based Metrics and Species Richness

Entire Site Wetland (Large Panne)

Total Species: 253 126

Native Species: 202 (79.8%) 112 (88.9%)

Non-native Species: 51 (20.2%) 14 (11.1%)

Total Mean C: 3.8 4.24

Native Mean C: 4.7 4.77

Total FQI: 60.4 47.57

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Wildlife Observations Although a formal survey for wildlife species was not conducted as part of this project, our informal observations, as well as those of birders who entered data on eBird, revealed 41 species of birds, three herptiles, three species of mammals, and 11 species of insects (Appendix J). The lake beach community providesGary habitat for shorebirds such as Calidris bairdii (Baird’s sandpiper), Calidris alba (Sanderling), Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel), Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated plover), and Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed gull). The large panne community provides habitat for waterfowl such as Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard), Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler), and Aix sponsa (Wood duck), wading birds such as Antigone canadensis (Sandhill crane), Melanerpes carolinus (Red-bellied woodpecker), and Megaceryle alcyon (Belted kingfisher). This site serves as a potential nesting site for birds such as Megaceryle alcyon which nests near wetlandsCity in earthen banks such as open sand dunes, Antigone candensis which nests in small isolated wetlands such as interdunal swales, and Cistothorus palustris (marsh wren) which nests in large sedges, grasses and cattail within wetlands. The 90-acre site is likely an important location for migratory shorebirds, waterfowl, and waterbirds in part due to its place among almost two miles of undeveloped shoreline. Insects are abundant and are underrepresented in this survey, with dragonflies such as Erythemis simplicicollis (Eastern Pondhawkthe) and Sympetrum rubicundulum (Rusty Meadowhawk) being common throughout the wetlands. Herptiles are also underrepresented in this survey, with only Aspidoscelis sexlineata (Six-lined racerunner) and Lithobates clamitans (Green frog) identified to species and one sunbathing turtle that dove into the water before an identification was made. One Odocoileus

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virginianus var. borealis (White-tailed deer) was observed on site. Signs of Castor candensis (American beaver) such as chewed and fallen trees and foraging trails and canals were observed throughout the panne. Throughout the small oak dominated stands, Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern gray squirrels) were frequent. Natural Community Descriptions Homoya et al. (1985) divided Indiana into 12 natural regions, or generalized landscape units, based on relationships between biotic and abiotic factors including climate, soils, glacial history, topography, exposed bedrock, pre-settlement vegetation, species composition, physiography, and flora and fauna distribution. Many of these natural regions were then further divided into sections, or more specific subunits, leading to 25 distinct classification units within the state. The study area is located within the Lake Michigan Border Section, a region characterized by the presence of beach community, high dunes, and pannes. The primary substrate in the Lake Michigan Border Section is sand, with Oakville fine sand making up the high dunes and calcareous sands within the pannes. Mucks often occur within the interdunal wet depressions (Homoya et al. 1985). Approximately 9 acres of developed and disturbed land, including parking lots, a road, and building structures, were excluded from the natural community classification10-02-2018. Lake Dune The majority of the property consists of Lake dune (Jacquart et al. 2002), which includes four principal zones, or Associations, following the United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC 2017) (Appendix D): (1) Great Lakes Searocket Beach. This sparsely vegetated association forms the Lake Michigan shoreline. Wind, waves, ice, and foot traffic limit the establishment and persistence of vegetation to a narrow zone of patchy cover at the base of the foredune. Characteristic species are Ammophila breviligulata (marram grass, WL), Cakile edentula var. lacustris (American sea-rocket,Gary WL), Euphorbia polygonifolia (seaside spurge, SR), Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood) seedlings, and Salix interior (sandbar willow). Great Lakes Searocket Beach is classified as potentially vulnerable at the global scale (G3) due to its restricted occurrence along the Great Lakes shorelines (USNVC 2017). (2) Great Lakes Beachgrass Dune. This is the dominant association at the site, and consists of depositional areas, erosional areas, and stabilized dune fields (USNVC 2017). The foredune immediately adjacent to the Great Lakes Searocket Beach is shaped by the depositionCity of wind- and wave-carried sand and is dominated by Ammophila breviligulata (WL) and young Populus deltoides, associated with Solidago nemoralis (old-field goldenrod) and Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem), especially on the lee side of the foredune. Species richness is low. Landward, the foredune gives way to a stabilized dune field with erosional areas (blowouts) concentrated on the highest, steepest ridges. The dune field and blowouts are generally more diverse than thethe foredune, dominated by Ammophila breviligulata (WL) and/or Schizachyrium scoparium, associated with Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (beach wormwood), Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna (sand reed), Conyza canadensis (tall horseweed), Corispermum americanum (American bugseed), C. pallasii (club bugseed), Eupatorium altissimum (tall boneset), Monarda punctata (horse mint), Panicum virgatum (switch

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grass), Solidago nemoralis, and Triplasis purpurea (sand grass). Euphorbia polygonifolia (SR) was noted locally on eroded slopes. Great Lakes Beachgrass Dune is classified as globally vulnerable to secure (G3G5) (USNVC 2017). (3) Sandcherry Dune Shrubland. This shrub dune association is generally intermingled with the grass-dominated areas of the dune field, and many areas are co-dominated by shrubs and grasses. Among the most prevalent native woody species in this zone are Juniperus virginiana (red cedar), Populus deltoides, Prunus pumila (sand cherry), Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis (downy wafer ash), Quercus velutina (black oak), Rhus aromatica var. arenaria (beach sumac, SR), Salix myricoides (blue-leaved willow), and Vitis riparia (riverbank grape). Among non-native woody species, Lonicera ×bella (showy fly honeysuckle) and Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) are prevalent, and Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet) is abundant, clambering over other woody vegetation and forming dense tangles throughout the upper portions of the dune field. Sandcherry Dune Shrubland is classified as questionably globally imperiled (G2Q), depending on whether it is circumscribed as a unique entity (USNVC 2017). (4) Cottonwood Dune Open Woodland. This association occurs on the most stabilized portions of the dune field on the southern part of the site. Vegetation is characterized by groves of trees or scattered trees, primarily Populus deltoides, Quercus velutina, and Juniperus virginiana, associated with the other woody10-02-2018 species listed for Sandcherry Dune Shrubland, and smaller patches of herbaceous cover. Although Cottonwood Dune Open Woodland is considered critically imperiled to imperiled at the global scale (G1G2) (USNVC 2017), it consists primarily of disturbed edge habitat on the site. Most of the area categorized as Lake Dune is predominantly a grade C due to anthropogenic disturbances such as foot traffic and other recreational use, dumping, high levels of deer browse, and invasive plants, e.g., Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet). Nevertheless, the Lake Dune is for the most part dominated by native plants and supports a characteristic suite of dune-restricted species. Gary Panne The remainder of the natural habitat on site consists of Panne (Jacquart et al. 2002), or interdunal wetland (USNVC 2017) habitats, including one large central wetland and four smaller, ± linear wetlands between the foredune and stabilized dune field, comprising, in total, approximately 4.5 acres (Appendix D). Standard wetland delineations and Floristic Quality Assessments were conducted for these features and are described in the Wetland Delineation Report for the site (AppendixCity K). Most of the area categorized as this community type at the site is grade C, with areas in the southeastern part assigned as grade B. The ranking is due to persistent small infestations of Phragmites australis (common reed) and the presence of remnant semi-permeable rhizome mats associated with the previously larger infestation, was removed through recent mitigation activities. Continued restoration of the panne may improve its overall condition. Pannes are listed as Indianathe State Significant (SG) and are considered globally imperiled (G2) and critically imperiled within Indian (S1) (IDNR 2018).

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Wetland Delineation Approximately 4.46 acres of potentially jurisdictional wetland were documented on the site. These results are summarized in Table 5 and each surface water feature is described in detail within the full Wetland Delineation Report (Appendix K). Results of the FQA conducted for each delineation wetland are summarized in Table 6.

TABLE 5. SURFACE WATER FEATURES SUMMARY

Wetland Area Feature Name Classification (ac)

Wetland-001-PEM Potentially Jurisdictional 4.03

Wetland-002- PEM Potentially Jurisdictional 0.23

Wetland-003- PEM Potentially Jurisdictional 0.10

Wetland-004- PEM Potentially Jurisdictional 0.06

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Wetland-001-PFO 4.24 4.77 47.57 50.46

Wetland-002-PFO 4.16 4.45 27.88 28.85

Wetland-003-PFO 4.03 Gary4.38 24.50 25.55

Wetland-004-PFO 3.77 4.19 20.63 21.75

Wetland-005-PFO 3.84 4.41 21.37 22.90

City CONCLUSIONS Orbis was contracted by the City of Gary through Michael Baker International to prepare a natural features inventory, a desktop review for protected plant and animal species, and a wetland delineation for an approximately 90-acre property. Field surveysthe conducted September 24 – 28, 2018 resulted in the identification of two plant community/assemblage types (Lake Dune and Panne), with four (4) zones within the Lake Dune community.

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FQA results applied to the vascular plant inventory indicate that, overall, the study area is at least of marginal natural area quality. A total of 253 vascular plant taxa were observed during the surveys, of which, 202 (79.8%) are native to this region. Thirty-one (31) of the plant species present at the site, most of which were found in the pannes, have C values of 9 or 10, meaning that they are restricted to remnant landscapes with very little post-settlement trauma (Appendices I & J). Incidental wildlife observations documented 15 bird species, 3 amphibian/reptile species, 3 mammal species, and 11 insect species (Appendix J). The 90-acre study area provides habitat for a range of wildlife species that require various habitats and vegetation structural components. The 90-acre parcel is one link within the two miles of beach and natural areas along the southern tip of Lake Michigan. Portions of the two-mile stretch have been ecologically disturbed, but high-quality remnants still remain such as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Miller Unit. Each of these natural areas is floristically unique; however. they share similar plant communities and rare species. This 90-acre parcel is a critically important ecological resource for the City of Gary and Lake County, Indiana that warrants ecological consideration for protection and management. 10-02-2018

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Johnson, K. 2018. Flora of the Chicago Region UFQA Database. 2018. [As per Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. 2017. Gerould Wilhelm and Laura Rericha. Indiana Academy of Science. Indianapolis, IN.] Kendall, J. 2018. eBird Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48159795. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: Date October 8, 2018). NatureServe. 2018. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available online at http://explorer.natureserve.org. [Accessed: October 2018]. Scribailo, R.W., and M.S. Alix. 2002. First reports of Ceratophyllum echinatum A. Gray from Indiana with notes on the distribution, ecology and phytosociology of the species. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 129: 164-171. Swink, F., and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region. 4th ed. Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science. 921 pp. Taft, J.B., G.S. Wilhelm, D.M. Ladd, and L.A. Masters. 1997. Floristic quality assessment for vegetation in Illinois: a method for assessing vegetation integrity. Erigenia 15: 3-95.

[USFWS] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2018. County Distribution of Federally-Listed Endangered and Threatened Species. https://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/lists/indiana-cty.html [Accessed October 2018]. [USNVC] United States National Vegetation Classification. 2017. United States National Vegetation Classification Database, V2.01. Federal Geographic Data Committee, Vegetation Subcommittee, Washington DC. [usnvc.org] (accessed 5 October 2018). 10-02-2018 Voss, E.G., and A.A. Reznicek. 2012. Field Manual of Michigan Flora. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1008 pp. Wilhelm, G. S. 1990. Special vegetation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program Report 90-02, Second edition. National Park Service, Department of Interior, Omaha, Nebraska. 373 pp. Wilhelm, G., and L. Rericha. 2017. Flora of the Chicago region: a floristic and ecological synthesis. Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science. 1371 pp.

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- Ammophila breviligulata, beach grass

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- Cakile edentula (syn. Cakile edentula var. lacustris), American sea-rocket

- Carex eburnea, ivory sedge

- Chamaesyce polygonifolia (syn. Euphorbia polygonifolia), seaside spurge

- Equisetum variegatum, small scouring rush

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- Liparis loeselii, green twayblade

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Sparganium androcladum, branched bur reed Spiranthes magnicamporum, great plains lady’s tresses State Status: State Threatened State Status: State Endangered City

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Mollusk: Bivalvia (Mussels) Plethobasus cyphyus Sheepnose LE SE G3 S1 Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC G4 S2

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Insect: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Acronicta dactylina the Fingered Dagger Moth SR G5 SNR Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 2 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

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Acronicta funeralis Funerary Dagger Moth SR G5 SNR Aethes patricia SE G3G4 S1 Agrotis stigmosa ST G4 S1S2 Agrotis vetusta A Moth SR G5 S2 Ancylis semiovana SR GNR S2S3 Anepia capsularis The Starry Campion Capsule SR G5 S1S2 Moth Apamea burgessi A Noctuid Moth ST G4 S1 Apamea indocilis The spastic apamea G5 S1S3 Apamea nigrior Black-dashed Apamea SR G5 S2S3 Archanara laeta ST G4 S1S2 Atrytonopsis hianna Dusted Skipper ST G4G5 S1S2 Boloria selene myrina Silver-bordered Fritillary ST G5T5 S2 Capis curvata A Noctuid Moth ST G5 S2S3 Catocala antinympha The Sweet Fern Underwing SE G5 S1 Catocala gracilis Graceful Underwing SR G5 S2S3 Catocala praeclara Praeclara Underwing SR G5 S2S3 Chortodes enervata The Many-lined Cordgrass Moth ST G4 S1 Chortodes inquinata Tufted Sedge Moth 10-02-2018ST GNR S1S2 Coenochroa illibella Dune Panic Grass Moth SR GNR S2S3 Crambus bidens SR GNR SNR Crambus murellus Prairie Sedge Moth ST GNR S1 Croesia semipurpurana SR GNR SNR Cyclophora pendulinaria Sweetfern Geometer SR G5 SNR Cycnia inopinatus The Unexpected Milkweed Moth SR G4 S2S3 Dichomeris aleatrix Aleatrix dichomeris GNR S1S2 Erynnis lucilius Columbine Duskywing ST G5 S1 Erynnis martialis Mottled DuskywingGary ST G3 S2S3 Erynnis persius persius Persius Duskywing SE G5T1T3 S1S2 Euchloe olympia Olympia Marble ST G5 S2 Eucoptocnemis fimbriaris A Noctuid Moth ST G4 S1 Eucosma albiguttana SR GNR SNR Eucosma bilineana SR GNR S1S2 Eucosma bipunctella A Moth SR GNR S1S2 Eucosma fulminana City SR GNR S1S2 Eucosma giganteana SR GNR S1S2 Eucosma umbrastriana SR GNR SNR Euphydryas phaeton Baltimore SR G5 S2 Euphyes bimacula Two-spotted Skipper ST G4 S2 Euphyes dion the Dion Skipper SR G4 S2S3 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 3 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Fagitana littera The Marsh Fern Moth ST G4 S1S2 Faronta rubripennis The Pine Streak ST G3G4 S1 Gabara subnivosella A Noctuid Moth SR G4 S1S2 Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi Silvery Blue SE G5T5 S1 Grammia figurata The Figured Grammia SR G5 S2S3 Grammia phyllira The Sand Barrens Grammia SR G4 S2S3 Grammia virguncula SR G5 S1S2 Hadena ectypa The Starry Campion Moth ST G3G4 S1S3 Hemaris gracilis The Blueberry Clearwing Sphinx SR G3G4 S1S2 Hesperia leonardus Leonard's Skipper SR G5 S2 Hesperia ottoe Ottoe Skipper SE G3G4 S1 Hypenodes caducus Large Hypenodes SR GNR SNR Hyperaeschra georgica A Prominent Moth G5 S2 Iodopepla u-album A Noctuid Moth SR G5 S2 Lemmeria digitalis A Noctuid Moth SR G4 S1S2 Lesmone detrahens A Moth SR G5 S2 Leucania inermis A Moth SR G5 S2S3 Leucania linita Salt Marsh Wainscot 10-02-2018SR GNR S2 Leucania multilinea SR G5 S1S2 Loxagrotis acclivis A Noctuid Moth ST G4G5 S2 Loxagrotis grotei Grote's Black-tipped Quaker ST G4 S2 Lycaeides melissa samuelis Karner Blue LE SE G5T2 S1 Lycaena dione Gray Copper G5 S1 Lycaena helloides Purplish Copper SR G5 S2S4 Lycaena xanthoides Great Copper SE G4 S1 Macaria multilineata Many-lined Angle SR G4 SNR Macrochilo absorptalis A Moth Gary SR G4G5 S2S3 Macrochilo hypocritalis A Noctuid Moth SR G4 S2 Macrochilo louisiana ST G4 S1S2 Melanomma auricinctaria Huckleberry Eye-spot Moth SR G4 S2S3 Melipotis jucunda A Noctuid Moth SR G5 S1S3 Meropleon ambifuscum Newman's Brocade ST G3G4 S1S2 Meropleon diversicolor A Noctuid Moth SR G5 S2S3 Metanema determinata Dark Metanema SR GNR SNR Metanema inatomaria CityPale Metanema SR G5 SNR Metarranthis apiciaria Barrens Metarranthis Moth SE G1G3 SH Nola cilicoides SR G5 SNR Notodonta scitipennis A Notodontid Moth G5 S1S2 Odontosia elegans Elegant Prominent SR G5 S1S2 Oligia obtusa the A Noctuid Moth SE G4 S1 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 4 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Oncocnemis riparia The Dune Oncocnemis Moth ST G4 S1S2 Pangrapta decoralis The Multicolored Huckleberry ST G5 S2 Moth Papaipema beeriana Beer's Blazing Star Borer Moth ST G2G3 S1S3 Papaipema cerina Golden Borer Moth ST G2G4 S1 Papaipema leucostigma Columbine Borer ST G4G5 S1S2 Papaipema lysimachiae The St. John'Swort Borer Moth SR G4G5 S1S3 Papaipema maritima The Giant Sunflower Borer Moth ST G3 S2 Papaipema pterisii Bracken Borer Moth WL G5 SNR Papaipema rigida A Borer Moth SR G4G5 S2S3 Papaipema sciata The Culver's Root Borer ST G3 S1S2 Papaipema silphii Silphium Borer Moth ST G3G4 S2 Papaipema speciosissima The Royal Fern Borer Moth ST G4 S2S3 Parasa indetermina A Moth SR G4 S1S2 Peoria gemmatella Gemmed Cordgrass Borer SR GNR S1 Peoria tetradella SR GNR SNR Phaneta ochroterminana SR GNR SNR Phaneta olivaceana SR GNR S1S2 Phaneta striatana 10-02-2018SR GNR SNR Phytometra ernestinana Ernestine's Moth SE G4 S1 Platyperigea meralis The Rare Sand Quaker ST G5 S2 Poanes massasoit Mulberry Wing Skipper SR G4 S3 Poanes viator viator Big Broad-winged Skipper ST G5T4 S2 Polites mystic Long Dash Skipper SR G5 S4 Polygonia progne Gray Comma SR G5 S2 Problema byssus Bunchgrass Skipper ST G3G4 S2 Protorthodes incincta Saturn quaker SR GNR S2 Pygarctia spraguei Sprague's PygarticGary SR G5 S1S2 Pyrausta laticlavia The Southern Purple Mint Moth SR GNR S1S2 Pyrrhia aurantiago False-foxglove Sun Moth ST G3G4 S1S2 Resapamea stipata The Four-lined Cordgrass Borer SE G4 S1 Satyrodes eurydice Eyed Brown SR G5 S2S3 Schinia indiana Phlox Moth SE G2G4 S1 Schinia sanguinea Bleeding Flower Moth G4 S2S3 Schinia septentrionalis CityA Noctuid Moth SR G3G4 S2S3 Scirpophaga perstrialis SR GNR SNR Semiothisa eremiata The Goat's Rue Looper SR G4 S2S3 Semiothisa mellistrigata A Geometrid Moth SR G5 SNR Sitochroa dasconalis Pearly Indigo Borer ST GNR S1S2 Spartiniphaga includens the The Included Cordgrass Borer ST G4 S1 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 5 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Spartiniphaga inops Spartina Borer Moth SR G3G4 S2S3 Spartiniphaga panatela Northern Cordgrass Borer ST GNR S1 Speyeria aphrodite Aphrodite Fritillary WL G5 S3 Speyeria idalia Regal Fritillary C SE G3 S1 Sphinx luscitiosa The Luscious Willow Sphinx SR G4G5 S1S2 Spilosoma latipennis The Red-legged Tussock Moth SR G4 S2S3 Tarachidia binocula Prairie tarachidia GNR S1S2 Thorybes pylades Northern Cloudywing SR G5 S2S3 Tricholita notata Marked Noctuid ST G5 S1S2 Trichosilia manifesta The Record Keeper Moth SR G4 S3S4 Zomaria interruptolineana Broken-lined Zomaria SR GNR SNR

Insect: Odonata (Dragonflies & Damselflies) Somatochlora hineana Hine's Emerald LE SX G2G3 SX Sympetrum semicinctum Band-winged Meadowhawk SR G5 S2S3

Insect: Orthoptera Chloealtis conspersa Sprinkled Locust SR G5 S2S3 Conocephalus saltans Prairie Meadow Katydid SR G5 S1S2 Hesperotettix viridis pratensis A Grasshopper 10-02-2018SR G5T5 S1S2 Melanoplus fasciatus Huckleberry Spur-throat SR G5 S2 Grasshopper Melanoplus keeleri luridus Keeler's Spur-throated SR G5T5 S1S2 Grasshopper Neoconocephalus nebrascensis Nebraska Conehead SR GNR S1S2 Orphulella pelidna Spotted-wing Grasshopper SR G5 S1S2 Pardalophora phoenicoptera Orange-winged Grasshopper SR G5 S1S2 Paroxya atlantica A Grasshopper ST GU S1S2 Phoetaliotes nebrascensis Large-headed Grasshopper ST G5 S1 Psinidia fenestralis Sand LocustGary SR G5 S1S2 Trimerotropis maritima Seaside Grasshopper ST G5 S2

Fish Acipenser fulvescens Lake Sturgeon SE G3G4 S1

Amphibian Acris blanchardi Northern Cricket Frog SSC G5 S4 Ambystoma laterale Blue-spotted Salamander SSC G5 S2 Lithobates pipiens CityNorthern Leopard Frog SSC G5 S2 Necturus maculosus Common mudpuppy SSC G5 S2

Reptile Clemmys guttata Spotted Turtle C SE G5 S2 Clonophis kirtlandii Kirtland's Snake C SE G2 S2 Emydoidea blandingii the Blanding's Turtle C SE G4 S2 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 6 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Green Snake SE G5 S2 Sistrurus catenatus catenatus Eastern Massasauga LT SE G3 S2 Terrapene ornata ornata Ornate Box Turtle SE G5T5 S1 Thamnophis proximus proximus Western Ribbon Snake SSC G5T5 S3

Bird Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow SE G4 S3B Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler G5 SHB Ardea alba Great Egret SSC G5 S1B Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper SE G5 S3B Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern SE G5 S2B Buteo lineatus Red-shouldered Hawk SSC G5 S3 Certhia americana Brown Creeper G5 S2B Charadrius melodus Piping Plover LE SE G3 SXB Chlidonias niger Black Tern SE G4G5 S1B Cistothorus palustris Marsh Wren SE G5 S3B Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren SE G5 S3B Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan SE G4 S1B Euphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's Blackbird 10-02-2018G5 SHB,S1N Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon SSC G4 S2B Gallinula galeata Common gallinule SE G5 S3B Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane SSC G5 S2B,S1N Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle SSC G5 S2 Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern G5 S1B Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern SE G5 S3B Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike SE G4 S3B Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail SE G3G4 SHB Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-crownedGary Night-heron SE G5 S2B Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-heron SE G5 S1B Pandion haliaetus Osprey SE G5 S1B Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope SSC G5 SHB Rallus elegans King Rail SE G4 S1B Rallus limicola Virginia Rail SE G5 S3B Tyto alba Barn Owl SE G5 S2 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus CityYellow-headed Blackbird SE G5 S1B Mammal Lasiurus borealis Eastern Red Bat SSC G3G4 S4 Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat SSC G3G4 S4 Myotis septentrionalis Northern Long Eared Bat LT SSC G1G2 S2S3 Reithrodontomys megalotis Western Harvest Mouse G5 S2 Spermophilus franklinii the Franklin's Ground Squirrel SE G5 S2 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 7 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Taxidea taxus American Badger SSC G5 S2

Vascular Plant Agalinis auriculata Earleaf Foxglove ST G3 S1 Agalinis skinneriana Pale False Foxglove ST G3G4 S1 Alnus incana ssp. rugosa Speckled Alder WL G5T5 S3 Amelanchier humilis Running Serviceberry SE G5 S1 Androsace occidentalis Western Rockjasmine ST G5 S2 Aralia hispida Bristly Sarsaparilla SE G5 S1 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry SR G5 S2 Arethusa bulbosa Swamp-pink SX G5 SX Aristida intermedia Slim-spike Three-awn Grass SR GNR S2 Aristida tuberculosa Seabeach Needlegrass SR G5 S2 Armoracia aquatica Lake Cress SE G4? S1 Asclepias meadii Mead's Milkweed LT SRE G2 SX Aureolaria grandiflora var. pulchra Large-flower False-foxglove SX G4G5T4T5 SX Baptisia tinctoria Yellow Wild-indigo WL G5 S3 Betula papyrifera Paper Birch WL G5 S3 Betula populifolia Gray Birch 10-02-2018SE G5 S1 Bidens beckii Beck Water-marigold ST G5 S1 Botrychium matricariifolium Chamomile Grape-fern SR G5 S2 Botrychium simplex Least Grape-fern SE G5 S1 Buchnera americana Bluehearts SE G5? S1 Calopogon oklahomensis Oklahoma grass-pink SE G3 SH Carex aurea Golden-fruited Sedge SR G5 S2 Carex bebbii Bebb's Sedge ST G5 S2 Carex brunnescens Brownish Sedge SE G5 S1 Carex conoidea Prairie GrayGary Sedge ST G5 S1 Carex crawei Crawe Sedge ST G5 S2 Carex cumulata Clustered Sedge SE G4G5 S1 Carex eburnea Ebony Sedge SR G5 S2 Carex echinata Little Prickly Sedge SE G5 S1 Carex garberi Elk Sedge ST G5 S2 Carex limosa Mud Sedge SE G5 S1 Carex richardsonii Richardson Sedge ST G5 S1 Carex seorsa City SR G5 S2 Weak Stellate Sedge Carex straminea Straw Sedge ST G5 S2 Carex trichocarpa Hairy-fruit Sedge WL G4 S3 Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa SR G4? S2 Ceanothus herbaceus Prairie Redroot SE G5 S1 Cirsium hillii the Hill's Thistle SE G3 S1 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 8 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Cirsium pitcheri Dune Thistle LT ST G2G3 S2 Clintonia borealis Clinton Lily SE G5 S1 Coeloglossum viride var. virescens Long-bract Green Orchis ST G5T5 S2 Cornus amomum ssp. amomum Silky Dogwood SE G5T5 S1 Cornus canadensis Bunchberry SE G5 S1 Cornus rugosa Roundleaf Dogwood SR G5 S2 Corydalis sempervirens Pale Corydalis ST G5 S1 Cyperus dentatus Toothed Sedge SE G4 S1 Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum Small Yellow Lady's-slipper SR G5 S2 Cypripedium candidum Small White Lady's-slipper WL G4 S2 Dichanthelium boreale Northern Witchgrass SR G5 S2 Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium Hemlock Panic-grass SR G5T5 S2 Diervilla lonicera Northern Bush-honeysuckle SR G5 S2 Drosera intermedia Spoon-leaved Sundew SR G5 S2 Eleocharis geniculata Capitate Spike-rush ST G5 S2 Eleocharis melanocarpa Black-fruited Spike-rush ST G4 S2 Eleocharis wolfii Wolf Spikerush SR G3G5 S2 Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus 10-02-2018WL G5 S3 Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed SE G5 S1 Epilobium ciliatum Hairy Willow-herb SX G5 SX Equisetum variegatum Variegated Horsetail SE G5 S1 Eriophorum angustifolium Narrow-leaved Cotton-grass SR G5 S2 Eriophorum gracile Slender Cotton-grass ST G5 S2 Eurybia furcata Forked Aster SR G3 S2 Fimbristylis puberula Carolina Fimbry SE G5 S1 Gentiana alba Yellow Gentian SR G4 S2 Gentiana puberulenta Downy GentianGary ST G4G5 S2 Geranium bicknellii Bicknell Northern Crane's-bill SE G5 S1 Glyceria borealis Small Floating Manna-grass SE G5 S1 Hemicarpha drummondii Drummond Hemicarpha SE G4G5 S1 Hudsonia tomentosa Sand-heather ST G5 S2 Hydrastis canadensis Golden Seal WL G3G4 S3 Hypericum adpressum Creeping St. John's-wort SE G3 S1 Hypericum kalmianum Kalm St. John's-wort WL G4 S3 Juglans cinerea CityButternut WL G4 S3 Juncus articulatus Jointed Rush SE G5 S1 Juncus balticus var. littoralis Baltic Rush SR G5T5 S2 Juncus pelocarpus Brown-fruited Rush SE G5 S2 Juncus scirpoides Scirpus-like Rush ST G5 S2 Juniperus communis the Ground Juniper SR G5 S2 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 9 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Lathyrus maritimus var. glaber Beach Peavine SE G5T4T5 S1 Lathyrus venosus Smooth Veiny Pea ST G5 S2 Lechea stricta Upright Pinweed SX G4? SX Liatris pycnostachya Cattail Gay-feather ST G5 S2 Linnaea borealis Twinflower SX G5 SX Linum sulcatum Grooved Yellow Flax SR G5 S2 Liparis loeselii Loesel's Twayblade WL G5 S3 Ludwigia sphaerocarpa Globe-fruited False-loosestrife SE G5 S1 Lycopodiella inundata Northern Bog Clubmoss SE G5 S1 Malaxis unifolia Green Adder's-mouth Orchid SE G5 S1 Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich Fern SR G5 S2 Melampyrum lineare American Cow-wheat SR G5 S2 Mikania scandens Climbing Hempweed SE G5 S1 Minuartia michauxii var. michauxii Michaux's Stitchwort SR G5T5 S2 Myosotis laxa Smaller Forget-me-not ST G5 S1 Myriophyllum verticillatum Whorled Water-milfoil SR G5 S2 Oenothera perennis Small Sundrops SR G5 S2 Oligoneuron album Prairie Goldenrod 10-02-2018SR G5 S2 Orobanche fasciculata Clustered Broomrape SE G4G5 S1 Orthilia secunda One-sided Wintergreen SX G5 SX Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng WL G3G4 S3 Panicum leibergii Leiberg's Witchgrass ST G4 S2 Perideridia americana Eastern Eulophus SE G4 S1 Pinus banksiana Jack Pine SR G5 S2 Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine SR G5 S2 Plantago cordata Heart-leaved Plantain SE G4 S1 Platanthera ciliaris Yellow-fringeGary Orchis SE G5 S1 Platanthera flava var. herbiola Pale Green Orchis WL G4?T4Q S3 Platanthera hookeri Hooker Orchis SX G4 SX Platanthera hyperborea Leafy Northern Green Orchis ST G5 S2 Platanthera lacera Green-fringe Orchis WL G5 S3 Platanthera leucophaea Prairie White-fringed Orchid LT SE G2G3 S1 Platanthera psycodes Small Purple-fringe Orchis SR G5 S2 Polygonella articulata Eastern Jointweed SR G5 S2 Polygonum careyi CityCarey's Smartweed ST G4 S2 Polytaenia nuttallii Prairie Parsley SE G5 S1 Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar SE G5 S1 Potamogeton pulcher Spotted Pondweed SE G5 S1 Potamogeton pusillus Slender Pondweed WL G5 S2 Potamogeton richardsonii the Redheadgrass SR G5 S2 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 10 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Potamogeton robbinsii Flatleaf Pondweed SR G5 S2 Potamogeton strictifolius Straight-leaf Pondweed ST G5 S1 Potentilla anserina Silverweed ST G5 S2 Prenanthes aspera Rough Rattlesnake-root SR G4? S2 Prunus pensylvanica Fire Cherry SR G5 S2 Pyrola americana American Wintergreen SR G5 S2 Rhus aromatica var. arenaria Beach Sumac SR G5T3Q S2 Rhynchospora macrostachya Tall Beaked-rush SR G4 S2 Rhynchospora recognita Globe Beaked-rush SE G5? S1 Rhynchospora scirpoides Long-beaked Baldrush ST G4 S2 Rubus enslenii Southern Dewberry SE G4G5Q S1 Rubus setosus Small Bristleberry SE G5 S1 Salix cordata Heartleaf Willow ST G4 S2 Satureja glabella var. angustifolia Calamint SE G5 S1 Schoenoplectus hallii Hall's Bulrush C SE G2G3 S1 Schoenoplectus smithii Smith's Bulrush SE G5? S1 Schoenoplectus torreyi Torrey's Bulrush SE G5? S1 Scirpus subterminalis Water Bulrush 10-02-2018SR G5 S2 Scleria reticularis Reticulated Nutrush ST G4 S2 Selaginella apoda Meadow Spike-moss WL G5 S1 Selaginella rupestris Ledge Spike-moss ST G5 S2 Shepherdia canadensis Canada Buffalo-berry SX G5 SX Sisyrinchium montanum Strict Blue-eyed-grass SE G5 S1 Solidago simplex var. gillmanii Sticky Goldenrod ST G5T3? S2 Spiranthes lucida Shining Ladies'-tresses SR G4 S2 Spiranthes magnicamporum Great Plains Ladies'-tresses SE G3G4 S1 Spiranthes ovalis Lesser Ladies'-tressesGary WL G5? S3 Strophostyles leiosperma Slick-seed Wild-bean ST G5 S2 Styrax americanus American Snowbell WL G5 S3 Symphyotrichum boreale Rushlike Aster SR G5 S2 Symphyotrichum sericeum Western Silvery Aster SR G5 S2 Talinum rugospermum Prairie Fame-flower ST G3G4 S2 Thuja occidentalis Northern White Cedar SE G5 S1 Tofieldia glutinosa False Asphodel SR G5 S2 Trichostema dichotomum CityForked Bluecurl SR G5 S2 Triglochin palustris Marsh Arrow-grass SR G5 S2 Utricularia cornuta Horned Bladderwort ST G5 S2 Utricularia intermedia Flatleaf Bladderwort WL G5 S3 Utricularia minor Lesser Bladderwort ST G5 S1 Utricularia purpurea the Purple Bladderwort SR G5 S2 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked Page 11 of 11 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 02/05/2018 County: Lake

Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK

Utricularia resupinata Northeastern Bladderwort SE G4 S1 Utricularia subulata Zigzag Bladderwort ST G5 S2 Vaccinium myrtilloides Velvetleaf Blueberry SE G5 S1 Valerianella chenopodiifolia Goose-foot Corn-salad SE G4 S1 Viburnum opulus var. americanum Highbush-cranberry SE G5T5 S1 Viola pedatifida Prairie Violet ST G5 S2 Zannichellia palustris Horned Pondweed SR G5 S2

High Quality Natural Community Forest - floodplain wet Wet Floodplain Forest SG G3? S3 Forest - floodplain wet-mesic Wet-mesic Floodplain Forest SG G3? S3 Forest - upland dry Northwestern Morainal Northwestern Morainal Dry GNR S1 Upland Forest Forest - upland dry-mesic Northwestern Northwestern Morainal Dry-mesic GNR S1 Morainal Upland Forest Forest - upland mesic Northwestern Morainal Northwestern Morainal Mesic GNR S1 Upland Forest Lake - pond Pond SG GNR SNR Prairie - dry-mesic Dry-mesic Prairie SG G3 S2 Prairie - mesic Mesic Prairie 10-02-2018SG G2 S2 Prairie - sand dry Dry Sand Prairie SG G3 S2 Prairie - sand dry-mesic Dry-mesic Sand Prairie SG G3 S3 Prairie - sand mesic Mesic Sand Prairie SG GNR SNR Prairie - sand wet Wet Sand Prairie SG G3 S3 Prairie - sand wet-mesic Wet-mesic Sand Prairie SG G1? S2 Prairie - wet Wet Prairie SG G3 S1 Primary - dune lake Foredune SG G3 S1 Savanna - mesic Mesic Savanna SG GNR SNR Savanna - sand dry Dry Sand SavannaGary SG G2? S2 Savanna - sand dry-mesic Dry-mesic Sand Savanna SG G2? S2S3 Savanna - sand mesic Mesic Sand Savanna SG GNR SNR Wetland - fen Fen SG G3 S3 Wetland - marsh Marsh SG GU S4 Wetland - meadow sedge Sedge Meadow SG G3? S1 Wetland - panne Panne SG G2 S1 Wetland - swamp shrub CityShrub Swamp SG GU S2 Other Significant Feature Migratory Bird Concentration Area Migratory Bird Concentration Site SG G3 SNR the Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status For unranked NATURAL FEATURES AND VASCULAR PLANT INVENTORY 90-ACRE, 860 LAKE STREET PARCEL

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90 Ac Site Miller Neighboorhood, Marquette Park to IDNL, Gary, Lake County Sci. Name Com. Name State Fed. Date TRS Site

Amphibian Ambystoma laterale Blue-spotted SSC 1985 036N007W 6 Salamander

Lithobates pipiens Northern Leopard SSC 1935 036N008W 1 Frog

Lithobates pipiens Northern Leopard SSC 1948 036N007W 4 Frog

Bird Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern SE 1943 037N007W 31

Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern SE 1990 10-02-2018 036N007W 06 NWQ

Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern SE 1985 037N007W 31

Fish Acipenser fulvescens Lake Sturgeon SE 2005 038N005W 36 LAKE MICHIGAN

High Quality Natural Community Gary Savanna - sand Dry-mesic Sand SG 1979 037N007W 31 dry-mesic Savanna SWQ

Wetland - panne Panne SG 1980 037N008W 36 NEQ NEQ Insect Lepidoptera City Lycaeides melissa Karner Blue SE LE 2005 037N007W 31 MILLER WOODS samuelis SWQ SITE

Problema byssus Bunchgrass Skipper ST 1992 036N007W 4 MARQUETTE TRAIL SITE Mammal the Fed: LE= Listed Federal endangered; C = Federal candidate species State: SE = State endangered; ST= State threatened; SR = State rare; SSC = State species of special concern; SG = State significant; WL = watch list; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status For Page 1 of 5 Sci. Name Com. Name State Fed. Date TRS Site

Spermophilus Franklin's Ground SE 1949 036N007W 1 NEWP FGS #018 franklinii Squirrel

Reptile Emydoidea Blanding's Turtle SE C 2007 037N008W 36 blandingii

Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Green Snake SE 1920 037N007W MILLER AREA

Thamnophis Western Ribbon SSC 1987 036N007W 06 proximus proximus Snake NWQ NWQ NEQ

Vascular Plant Aralia hispida Bristly Sarsaparilla SE 1908 037N007W 31

Clintonia borealis Clinton Lily SE 1898 036N007W 1

Cornus amomum ssp. Silky Dogwood SE 1897 10-02-2018036N007W 1 amomum

Equisetum Variegated Horsetail SE 1980 037N007W 31 variegatum NWQ

Glyceria borealis Small Floating SE 1985 036N007W 06 Manna-grass NWQ Juncus pelocarpus Brown-fruited Rush SE Gary 1898 Lathyrus maritimus Beach Peavine SE 1978 037N007W 31 var. glaber

Lycopodiella Northern Bog SE 1879 inundata Clubmoss

Perideridia Eastern Eulophus SE 1878 036N007W 1 americana City Platanthera ciliaris Yellow-fringe Orchis SE 1908 037N007W 31

Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar SE 1941 037N007W 32

Potamogeton pulcher Spotted Pondweed SE 2002 037N007W 31 Miller Woods the Pannes Fed: LE= Listed Federal endangered; C = Federal candidate species State: SE = State endangered; ST= State threatened; SR = State rare; SSC = State species of special concern; SG = State significant; WL = watch list; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status For Page 2 of 5 Sci. Name Com. Name State Fed. Date TRS Site

Satureja glabella var. Calamint SE 1979 037N007W 31 angustifolia

Arctostaphylos Bearberry SR 1987 037N007W 31 uva-ursi SWQ NWQ

Aristida intermedia Slim-spike SR 1987 037N007W 31 Three-awn Grass

Aristida tuberculosa Seabeach SR 1931 037N007W Needlegrass MILLER AREA

Carex aurea Golden-fruited Sedge SR 1947 037N007W 31

Cornus rugosa Roundleaf Dogwood SR 2008 036N007W 6 MILLER WOODS B

Cornus rugosa Roundleaf Dogwood SR 1990 037N007W 31 SEQ NWQ SEQ Diervilla lonicera Northern SR 1984 10-02-2018036N007W 6 Bush-honeysuckle

Drosera intermedia Spoon-leaved Sundew SR 1917 036N007W 1

Juncus balticus var. Baltic Rush SR 1984 036N007W 06 littoralis NWQ NWQ

Juniperus communis Ground Juniper SR 1986 037N007W 31 Gary NWQ Melampyrum lineare American Cow-wheat SR 1916 037N007W 31

Minuartia michauxii Michaux's Stitchwort SR 1916 037N007W var. michauxii MILLER AREA

Minuartia michauxii Michaux's Stitchwort SR 1993 037N008W 36 var. michauxii City NWQ NEQ SEQ

Myriophyllum Whorled SR 2002 037N007W 31 MILLER WOODS verticillatum Water-milfoil NWQ SWQ POND 21

Myriophyllum Whorled SR 2002 037N007W 31 MILLER WOODS verticillatum theWater-milfoil NWQ SWQ POND 22 Fed: LE= Listed Federal endangered; C = Federal candidate species State: SE = State endangered; ST= State threatened; SR = State rare; SSC = State species of special concern; SG = State significant; WL = watch list; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status For Page 3 of 5 Sci. Name Com. Name State Fed. Date TRS Site

Myriophyllum Whorled SR 2002 037N008W 36 MILLER WOODS verticillatum Water-milfoil NEQ SEQ POND 24

Oligoneuron album Prairie Goldenrod SR 1991 037N007W 31 MILLER HIGH NWQ DUNES

Oligoneuron album Prairie Goldenrod SR 1917 036N007W 5

Pinus banksiana Jack Pine SR 1991 037N007W 31 MILLER HIGH NWQ DUNES

Polygonella Eastern Jointweed SR 1988 036N007W 06 articulata NWQ NWQ

Potamogeton Flatleaf Pondweed SR 1982 037N007W 31 Miller Beach and robbinsii SWQ NWQ Dunes

Potamogeton Flatleaf Pondweed SR 2002 037N007W 31 Miller Woods robbinsii Pannes

Rhus aromatica var. Beach Sumac SR 1987 037N007W 31 arenaria NWQ SWQ 10-02-2018NWQ Rhus aromatica var. Beach Sumac SR 1911 036N007W 05 arenaria

Rhus aromatica var. Beach Sumac SR 1990 037N007W 31 arenaria SEQ NWQ SEQ

Rhus aromatica var. Beach Sumac SR 1993 037N008W 36 arenaria NWQ NEQ Gary SEQ Rhynchospora Tall Beaked-rush SR 1898 036N007W 1 macrostachya

Symphyotrichum Rushlike Aster SR 1979 037N007W 31 boreale

Symphyotrichum Western Silvery SR 1900 037N007W sericeum Aster MILLER City AREA Carex garberi Elk Sedge ST 1980 037N007W 31 NWQ NWQ

Carex garberi Elk Sedge ST 1984 036N007W 06 the NWQ Fed: LE= Listed Federal endangered; C = Federal candidate species State: SE = State endangered; ST= State threatened; SR = State rare; SSC = State species of special concern; SG = State significant; WL = watch list; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status For Page 4 of 5 Sci. Name Com. Name State Fed. Date TRS Site

Cirsium pitcheri Dune Thistle ST LT 1991 037N007W 31 MILLER HIGH SWQ NWQ DUNES NWQ

Eleocharis geniculata Capitate Spike-rush ST 1988 037N007W 31 EH NWQ NWQ

Hudsonia tomentosa Sand-heather ST 1893

Juncus scirpoides Scirpus-like Rush ST 1984 036N007W 06 NWQ NWQ

Myosotis laxa Smaller ST 1898 036N007W 1 Forget-me-not

Platanthera Leafy Northern ST 1989 037N007W 31 hyperborea Green Orchis

Salix cordata Heartleaf Willow ST 1980 037N007W 31 NWQ NWQ

Solidago simplex var. Sticky Goldenrod ST 1979 037N007W 31 gillmanii 10-02-2018

Talinum Prairie Fame-flower ST 1952 036N007W 06 rugospermum

Utricularia cornuta Horned Bladderwort ST 1988 037N007W 31

Utricularia subulata Zigzag Bladderwort ST 1989 037N007W 31 SH NEQ NEQ

Arethusa bulbosa Swamp-pink SX Gary 1879 037N007W 31

Aureolaria Large-flower SX 1897 037N007W 31 grandiflora var. False-foxglove pulchra Orthilia secunda One-sided SX 1916 037N007W 31 Wintergreen

Potamogeton pusillus Slender PondweedCityWL 1982 037N007W 31 SWQ SWQ the Fed: LE= Listed Federal endangered; C = Federal candidate species State: SE = State endangered; ST= State threatened; SR = State rare; SSC = State species of special concern; SG = State significant; WL = watch list; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status For Page 5 of 5 NATURAL FEATURES AND VASCULAR PLANT INVENTORY 90-ACRE, 860 LAKE STREET PARCEL

Protected Species not observed by Appendix H Orbis during survey but for which Suitable Habitat is Present

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Latin Name Common Name Habitat

Ambystoma laterale Blue‐spotted Salamander Moist sandy woodland, second growth woodland (Minton 2001).

Arenaria interpres morinella Ruddy Turnstone Open landscapes and shorelines (Alsop 2001).

High dunes, barrens, dry‐mesic to dry black oak savannas (Wilhelm and Aristida tuberculosa Seabeach Needlegrass Rericha 2017).

Aureolaria grandiflora var. pulchra Large‐flower False‐foxglove Mesic to dry‐mesic calcareous savannas (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Typha spp. (cattail) marshes (Brock 1997).

Herbaceous wetland, tidal flat, shore, bog/fen, riparian, temporary pool, Calidris alpina arcticola Dunlin sand/dune, tundra (NatureServe 2018).

Herbaceous wetland, estuary, tidal flat, shore, sand/dune (NatureServe Calidris canutus rufa Red Knot 2018). Tidal flat, shore, riparian, temporary pool, grassland/herbaceous, Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper sand/dune, tundra (NatureServe 2018). 10-02-2018 Tidal flat, shore, riparian, cropland, hedgerow, grassland/herbaceous, Calidris subruficollis Buff‐breasted Sandpiper tundra (NatureServe 2018).

Carex aurea Golden‐fruited Sedge Calcareous swale ridges and marly pannes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Carex garberi Elk Sedge Marly pannes and marly outwashes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Charadrius melodus Piping Plover Tidal flat, shore, riparian, sand/dune (NatureServe 2018).

Marine, bay/sound, lagoon, estuary, tidal flat, shore, river, deep, Garylake/ponds, herbaceous wetland, r iparian, grassland/herbaceous Chlidonias niger Black Tern (NatureServe 2018).

Cirsium pitcheri Dune Thistle/Pitcher’s Thistle Sand dunes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Cornus rugosa Roundleaf Dogwood Dune slopes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Diervilla lonicera CityNorthern Bush‐honeysuckle Open oak woodlands, oak savannas (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Herbaceous wetland, cropland/hedgerows, grassland/herbaceous Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink (NatureServe 2018).

Eleocharis geniculata Capitate Spike‐rush Marly swales and pannes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017)

Forested wetland, riparian, old field, shrubland/chaparral, woodland – Empidonax traillii the Willow Flycatcher hardwood and mixed (NatureServe 2018).

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Latin Name Common Name Habitat

Shallow, slow‐moving water such as in ponds, wetlands, and river oxbows. Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle This species prefers wet areas with a muddy bottom and aquatic vegetation (Kofron and Schreiber 1985).

Bog/fen, forested wetland, riparian, shrub/scrub, shrub wetland, Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird cropland/hedgerow, grassland/herbaceous, woodland – conifer (NatureServe 2018).

Glyceria borealis Small Floating Manna‐grass Kettle ponds and interdunal sloughs (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Nesting and foraging habitat near open‐water (Alsop 2001).

Hudsonia tomentosa Sand‐heather Open sand dunes and blowouts (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern Marshes, particularly with Typha spp. (Brock 1997).

Moist sand prairies, sand flats, shores of interdunal sloughs, dry sand Juncus scirpoides Scirpus‐like Rush barrens (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Lathyrus maritimus var. glaber Beach Peavine Beach and foredunes (Wilh10-02-2018elm and Rericha 2017). Herbaceous wetland, tidal flat, shore, bog/fen, riparian, temporary pool, Limnodromus griseus Short‐billed Dowitcher grassland/herbaceous, sand/dune, tundra (NatureServe 2018).

Permanent water with rooted aquatic vegetation such as in springs, slow streams, marshes, bogs, ponds, canals, flood plains, reservoirs, and lakes. In Lithobates pipiens Northern Leopard Frog summer, habitat includes wet meadows and fields. Winter habitat includes underwater or underground sites. This species ventures well away from Garywater (Conant and Collins 1998, NatureServe 2018). Lycopodiella inundata Northern Bog Clubmoss Acid sand flats and swales (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017)

Riparian, suburban, woodland – hardwood and mixed including standing Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red‐headed Woodpecker snags (NatureServe 2018).

Minuartia michauxii var. michauxii Michaux's Stitchwort Calcareous sand prairies (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Summer foraging habitat consists of forest, woods, forest edge, riparian, agricultural fields, wooded fencerows, wooded corridors, wetlands, old Myotis septentrionalis CityNorthern Long‐eared Bat fields, and pasture. Roosting habitat includes trees ≥3 inches DBH with exfoliating bark, cracks, crevices and human‐made structures (USFWS 2018b).

Summer foraging habitat consists of forest, woods, forest edge, riparian, agricultural fields, wooded fencerows, wooded corridors, wetlands, old Myotis sodalis Indiana Bat fields, and pasture. Roosting habitat includes trees ≥5 inches DBH with the exfoliating bark, cracks, crevices (USFWS 2018b). Deep marshes, glacial lakes, base‐flow streams, interdunal sloughs (Wilhelm Myriophyllum verticillatum Whorled Water‐milfoil and Rericha 2017).

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Latin Name Common Name Habitat

Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Green Snake Sandy oak woods and tall grass prairie (Minton 2001).

Fringes of marly pannes, interdunal swales, dry to dry‐mesic sand prairies, Pinus banksiana Jack Pine dry Black Oak savannas on high foredunes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Wet‐mesic to mesic sand prairies, mesic black oak savannas, and sphagnum Platanthera ciliaris Yellow‐fringe Orchis bogs (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Tidal flat, shore, riparian, cropland/hedgerow, grassland/herbaceous, Pluvialis dominica American Golden‐plover sand/dune, tundra (NatureServe 2018).

Polygonella articulata Eastern Jointweed Sand barrens, black oak savannas (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar Open sand, dune slopes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Potamogeton pulcher Spotted Pondweed Deep marshes, sandy lakes, glacial lakes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Potamogeton pusillus Slender Pondweed Sandy lakes, sloughs, deep marshes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Potamogeton robbinsii Flatleaf Pondweed Glacial lakes, sand lakes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Rallus elegans King Rail Typha spp. marshes (Brock 1997).

Coastal plain marshes, mud flats, floating peatmats/islands, outwash plains Rhynchospora macrostachya Tall Beaked‐rush 10-02-2018(Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Salix cordata Heartleaf Willow Dry beach ridges and dunes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017).

Wet mesic sand prairies, lakeshore beach‐ridge plains, dry‐mesic dolomite Satureja glabella var. angustifolia Calamint prairies, prairie fens (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017)

Open areas with cover often found along roads and railroad rights‐of‐way Spermophilus franklinii Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Whitaker and Hamilton 1998).

Calcareous sedge meadows, floating mats in fen systems, and calcareous Symphyotrichum boreale Rushlike Aster glacial lakes (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017). Dry mesic to dry gravely sand prairies and savannas (Wilhelm and Rericha Symphyotrichum sericeum Western Silvery Aster Gary 2017). Open sand, dry‐mesic to dry black oak savannas (Wilhelm and Rericha Talinum rugospermum Prairie Fame‐flower 2017). Sandy areas near water, marshes, wet meadows, margins of ponds, lakes, Thamnophis proximus proximus Western Ribbon Snake sloughs, swampy woods, sluggish creeks, occasionally in ditches (Minton 2001).

Herbaceous wetland, lagoon, tidal flats, ponds, bog/fen, forested wetland, Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs riparian, temporary pool, grassland/herbaceous, tundra, woodland‐confer City (NatureServe 2018).

Marly pannes and calcareous swales, prairie fens (Wilhelm and Rericha Utricularia cornuta Horned Bladderwort 2017).

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LITERATURE CITED

Alsop, F.J., III. 2001. Smithsonian Birds of North America. DK Publishing Company, New York, New York. 752 pp.

Brock, K.J. 1997. Birds of the Indiana Dunes. Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, Valparaiso, Indiana. 251 pp.

Conant, R and J.T. Collins. 1998. A field guide to reptiles and amphibians in eastern and central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, New York. 616 pp.

Kofron, C.P., and A.A. Schreiber. 1985. Ecology of two endangered aquatic turtles in Missouri: Kinosternon flavescens and Emydoidea blandingii. Journal of Herpetology. 19: 27-40.

Minton, S.A. 2001. Amphibians and Reptiles of Indiana. Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, Indiana. 422 pp.

NatureServe. 2018. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available online at http://explorer.natureserve.org. [Accessed: October 2018].

[USFWS] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2018. 2018 Range-wide Indiana Bat Summer Survey Guidelines. https://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/mammals/inba/surveys/pdf/2018RangewideIBatSurveyGu idelines.pdf [Accessed August 2018]. 10-02-2018 Whitaker, J.O., and J.H. William. 1998. Mammals of the eastern United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. 608 pp. Wilhelm, G., and L. Rericha. 2017. Flora of the Chicago region: a floristic and ecological synthesis. Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science. 1371 pp.

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Floristic Quality Assessment for Appendix I Complete Site

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FQA DB Region: Flora of the Chicago Region FQA DB Publication Year: 2017 FQA DB Description: Flora of the Chicago Region UFQA Database. 2018. Kenneth Johnson. [As per Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. 2017. Gerould Wilhelm and Laura Rericha. Indiana Academy of Science. Indianapolis, IN.]

Practitioner: Nathanael J. Pilla, Bradford Slaughter & Scott Namestnik Duration Notes: September 24‐29th

Conservatism‐Based Metrics: Species Richness: Total Mean C: 3.8 Total Species: 253 Native Mean C: 4.7 Native Species: 202 79.8% Total FQI: 60.4 Non‐native Species: 51 20.2% Native FQI: 66.8 Adjusted FQI: 42 % C value 0: 27.3 Species Wetness: % C value 1‐3: 23.3 Mean Wetness: 0.1 % C value 4‐6: 26.9 Native Mean Wetness: ‐0.2 % C value 7‐10: 22.5 Native Tree Mean C: 3.8 Native Shrub Mean C: 6 Native Herbaceous Mean C: 4.7

Physiognomy Metrics: Tree: 17 6.7% 10-02-2018 Shrub: 23 9.1% Vine: 8 3.2% Forb: 144 56.9% Grass: 26 10.3% Sedge: 28 11.1% Fern: 7 2.80% Bryophyte: 0 0%

Duration Metrics: Annual: 51 20.2% Perennial: 191 75.5% Biennial: 11 4.3% Gary Native Annual: 42 16.6% Native Perennial: 153 60.5% Native Biennial: 7 2.8%

SPECIES

Scientific Name Family Acronym Native? C W Physiognomy Duration Common Name ETR Acer rubrum Sapindaceae City ACERUB native 5 0 tree perennial red maple Agalinis purpurea Orobanchaceae AGAPUR native 6 ‐1 forb annual purple false foxglove

Agalinis tenuifolia Orobanchaceae AGATEN native 3 ‐1 forb annual slender false foxglove

Ageratina altissima Asteraceae AGEALT native 3 1 forb perennial white snakeroot

Agrostis gigantea Poaceae AGRGIG non‐native 0 ‐1 grass perennial redtop

Ailanthus altissima Simaroubaceae AILALT non‐native 0 1 tree perennial tree of heaven

Alisma subcordatum Alismataceae ALISUB native 3 ‐2 forb perennial common water plantain the large‐flowered water Alisma triviale Alismataceae ALITRI native 3 ‐2 forb perennial plantain

Allium cernuum Alliaceae ALLCER native 7 1 forb perennial nodding wild onion

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Ambrosia artemisiifolia Asteraceae AMBART native 0 1 forb annual common ragweed

Ammophila breviligulata Poaceae AMMBRE native 6 2 grass perennial marram grass WL

Anemone cylindrica Ranunculaceae ANECYL native 8 2 forb perennial thimbleweed

Apocynum cannabinum Apocynaceae APOCAC native 6 ‐1 forb perennial hairy dogbane

Apocynum sibiricum Apocynaceae APOSIS native 2 0 forb perennial smooth Indian hemp

Arabidopsis lyrata Brassicaceae ARALYR native 5 2 forb annual sand cress

Arctostaphylos uva‐ursi var. coactilis Ericaceae ARCUVC native 10 2 shrub perennial bearberry SR

Arenaria serpyllifolia Caryophyllaceae ARESER non‐native 0 0 forb annual thyme‐leaved sandwort

Aristida necopina Poaceae ARINEC native 3 ‐1 grass annual greater arrow feather SR

Aristida purpurascens Poaceae ARIPUR native 5 2 grass perennial purple arrow feather

Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata Asteraceae ARTCAC native 5 2 forb biennial beach wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana Asteraceae ARTLUD non‐native 0 2 forb perennial white sage

Asclepias incarnata Asclepiadaceae ASCINC native 3 ‐2 forb perennial swamp milkweed

Asclepias syriaca Asclepiadaceae ASCSYR native 0 1 forb perennial common milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa Asclepiadaceae ASCTUB native 8 2 forb perennial butterfly weed

Asclepias verticillata Asclepiadaceae ASCVER native 1 2 forb perennial whorled milkweed

Asplenium platyneuron Aspleniaceae ASPPLA native 3 1 fern perennial ebony spleenwort

Betula pendula Betulaceae BETPEN non‐native 0 1 tree perennial European white birch

Bidens bipinnata Asteraceae BIDBIP non‐native 0 1 forb annual Spanish needles Bidens cernua Asteraceae BIDCER native 3 ‐2 forb 10-02-2018annual nodding bur marigold Bidens comosa Asteraceae BIDCOM native 3 ‐2 forb annual straw‐stemmed tickseed

Bidens frondosa Asteraceae BIDFRO native 1 ‐1 forb annual common beggars ticks

Brasenia schreberi Cabombaceae BRASCH native 10 ‐2 forb perennial water shield

Brickellia eupatorioides var. Asteraceae BRIEUC native 6 2 forb perennial false boneset corymbulosa

Cakile lacustris Brassicaceae CAKLAC native 7 1 forb annual lake rocket WL

Calamagrostis canadensis Poaceae CALCAN native 6 ‐2 grass perennial blue joint grass

Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna Poaceae CALLOM native 8 2 grass perennial sand reed

Calystegia sepium Convolvulaceae CALSES native 1 0 forb perennial hedge bindweed Carex comosa Cyperaceae CXCOMO Gary native 5 ‐2 sedge perennial bristly sedge Carex cristatella Cyperaceae CXCRIS native 4 ‐2 sedge perennial crested oval sedge

Carex cryptolepis Cyperaceae CXCRYP native 4 ‐2 sedge perennial small yellow sedge

Carex eburnea Cyperaceae CXEBUR native 10 2 sedge perennial ivory sedge SR

Carex granularis Cyperaceae CXGRAN native 3 0 sedge perennial pale sedge

Carex lurida Cyperaceae CXLURI native 5 ‐2 sedge perennial bottlebrush sedge

Carex pensylvanica Cyperaceae CXPENS native 5 2 sedge perennial common oak sedge

Carex viridula Cyperaceae CXVIRL native 5 ‐2 sedge perennial green yellow sedge Carex vulpinoidea Cyperaceae CityCXVULP native 2 ‐1 sedge perennial brown fox sedge Catalpa speciosa Bignoniaceae CATSPE non‐native 0 1 tree perennial northern cigar tree SR

Celastrus orbiculatus Celastraceae CELORB non‐native 0 2 vine perennial oriental bittersweet

Celtis occidentalis Ulmaceae CELOCC native 2 0 tree perennial hackberry

Cenchrus longispinus Poaceae CENLON native 0 2 grass annual common sandbur

Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos Asteraceae CENSTM non‐native 0 2 forb perennial spotted knapweed

Ceratophyllum demersum Ceratophyllaceae CERDEM native 2 ‐2 forb perennial coontail

Ceratophyllum echinatum theCeratophyllaceae CERECH native 9 ‐2 forb perennial spiny hornwort SR

Chamaesyce polygonifolia Euphorbiaceae CHAPOL native 10 2 forb annual seaside spurge SR

Chenopodium album Chenopodiaceae CHEALB non‐native 0 1 forb annual lambs quarters

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Chenopodium pratericola Chenopodiaceae CHEPRA native 5 2 forb annual meadow goosefoot

Cirsium arvense Asteraceae CIRARV non‐native 0 1 forb perennial field thistle

Cladium mariscoides Cyperaceae CLAMAR native 10 ‐2 sedge perennial twig rush

Commelina communis Commelinaceae COMCOM non‐native 0 1 forb annual common day flower

Conyza canadensis Asteraceae CONCAN native 0 1 forb annual tall horseweed

Corallorhiza odontorhiza Orchidaceae CORODO native 5 2 forb perennial late coral root

Corispermum americanum Chenopodiaceae CORAMM native 4 2 forb annual American bugseed

Corispermum pallasii Chenopodiaceae CORPAI native 2 2 forb annual club bugseed

Cornus baileyi Cornaceae CORBAI native 10 1 shrub perennial lakeside red sticks

Cornus sericea Cornaceae CORSER native 5 ‐1 shrub perennial red sticks

Corylus americana Betulaceae CORAMA native 5 1 shrub perennial American hazelnut

Cuscuta gronovii Cuscutaceae CUSGRO native 5 ‐1 forb annual common dodder

Cycloloma atriplicifolium Chenopodiaceae CYCATR native 3 2 forb annual winged pigweed

Cyperus bipartitus Cyperaceae CYPBIP native 3 ‐1 sedge annual brook flat sedge

Cyperus esculentus var. Cyperaceae CYPESM non‐native 0 2 sedge perennial dune nut sedge macrostachyus

Cyperus flavescens Cyperaceae CYPFLA native 10 ‐2 sedge annual yellow flat sedge

Cyperus odoratus Cyperaceae CYPODO native 2 ‐1 sedge annual rusty nut sedge

Cyperus schweinitzii Cyperaceae CYPSCH native 5 2 sedge perennial rough sand sedge Cyperus strigosus Cyperaceae CYPSTR native 1 ‐1 sedge 10-02-2018perennial long‐scaled nut sedge Cyperus x nieuwlandii Cyperaceae CYPNIE native 5 ‐2 sedge annual Nieuwland’s flat sedge

Daucus carota Apiaceae DAUCAR non‐native 0 2 forb biennial queen annes lace

Dichanthelium columbianum Poaceae DICCOL native 8 2 grass perennial little dune panic grass

Dichanthelium scribnerianum Poaceae DICSCR native 4 1 grass perennial Scribner’s panic grass

Dichanthelium tennesseense Poaceae DICTEN native 8 ‐2 grass perennial Tennessee panic grass

Echinochloa crus‐galli Poaceae ECHCRU non‐native 0 0 grass annual barnyard grass

Echinochloa muricata Poaceae ECHMUA native 4 ‐2 grass annual spiny barnyard grass

Elaeagnus umbellata Elaeagnaceae ELAUMU non‐native 0 2 shrub perennial Asian autumn olive

Eleocharis elliptica Cyperaceae ELEELL native 10 ‐2 sedge perennial golden‐seeded spikerush Eleocharis erythropoda Cyperaceae ELEERY Gary native 1 ‐2 sedge perennial red‐rooted spikerush Eleocharis obtusa Cyperaceae ELEOBT native 3 ‐2 sedge annual blunt spikerush

Elodea nuttallii Hydrocharitaceae ELONUT native 3 ‐2 forb perennial slender waterweed

Elymus canadensis Poaceae ELYCAN native 4 1 grass perennial Canada wild rye

Elytrigia repens Poaceae ELYREP non‐native 0 1 grass perennial quack grass

Epilobium coloratum Onagraceae EPICOL native 3 ‐2 forb annual cinnamon willowherb

Equisetum hyemale Equisetaceae EQUHYE native 1 1 fern perennial tall scouring rush

Equisetum laevigatum Equisetaceae EQULAE native 3 ‐1 fern perennial smooth scouring rush Equisetum variegatum Equisetaceae City EQUVAR native 10 ‐2 fern perennial small scouring rush SE Equisetum x mackaii Equisetaceae EQUMAC native 10 ‐2 fern perennial MacKay’s horsetail

Erechtites hieraciifolius Asteraceae EREHIE native 0 0 forb annual American burnweed

Erigeron annuus Asteraceae ERIANS native 0 1 forb annual annual fleabane

Euonymus fortunei Celastraceae EUOFOR non‐native 0 2 shrub perennial wintercreeper

Eupatorium altissimum Asteraceae EUPALT native 0 1 forb perennial tall boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum Asteraceae EUPPER native 4 ‐2 forb perennial common boneset

Eupatorium serotinum theAsteraceae EUPSER native 0 0 forb perennial late boneset

Euphorbia corollata Euphorbiaceae EUPCOR native 4 2 forb perennial flowering spurge

Euphorbia davidii Euphorbiaceae EUPDAV non‐native 0 2 forb annual David’s spurge

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smooth grass‐leaved Euthamia graminifolia Asteraceae EUTGRA native 4 0 forb perennial goldenrod

viscid grass‐leaved Euthamia gymnospermoides Asteraceae EUTGYM native 4 ‐1 forb perennial goldenrod

hairy grass‐leaved Euthamia nuttallii Asteraceae EUTNUT native 3 1 forb perennial goldenrod

Fimbristylis autumnalis Cyperaceae FIMAUT native 9 ‐2 sedge annual autumn sedge

Fragaria virginiana Rosaceae FRAVIV native 0 1 forb perennial wild strawberry

Frangula alnus Rhamnaceae FRAALN non‐native 0 ‐1 shrub perennial glossy buckthorn

Fraxinus lanceolata Oleaceae FRALAN native 1 0 tree perennial green ash

Galium pilosum Rubiaceae GALPIL native 9 2 forb perennial hairy bedstraw

Galium tinctorium Rubiaceae GALTIN native 8 ‐2 forb perennial stiff bedstraw

Gentianopsis crinita Gentianaceae GENCRI native 9 ‐1 forb annual fringed gentian

Helianthus petiolaris Asteraceae HELPET non‐native 0 2 forb annual petioled sunflower

Hieracium caespitosum Asteraceae HIECAE non‐native 0 2 forb perennial yellow field hawkweed

Hypericum kalmianum Hypericaceae HYPKAL native 10 ‐1 shrub perennial Kalm’s St. John’s wort WL

Iris virginica var. shrevei Iridaceae IRIVIS native 5 ‐2 forb perennial blue flag

Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncaceae JUNALP native 8 ‐1 forb perennial Richardson’s rush

Juncus balticus Juncaceae JUNBAL native 2 ‐1 forb perennial lakeshore rush SR

Juncus canadensis Juncaceae JUNCAN native 5 ‐2 forb perennial Canadian rush Juncus dudleyi Juncaceae JUNDUD native 2 0 forb 10-02-2018 perennial Dudley’s rush Juncus nodosus Juncaceae JUNNOO native 8 ‐2 forb perennial joint rush

Juncus torreyi Juncaceae JUNTOR native 2 ‐1 forb perennial Torrey’s rush

Juniperus communis Cupressaceae JUNCON native 8 2 shrub perennial common juniper SR

Juniperus virginiana Cupressaceae JUNVIR native 0 1 shrub perennial red cedar

Lactuca canadensis Asteraceae LACCAN native 1 1 forb biennial wild lettuce

Leersia oryzoides Poaceae LEEORY native 3 ‐2 grass perennial rice cut grass

Lemna minor Lemnaceae LEMMIR native 5 ‐2 forb annual green duckweed

Lemna turionifera Lemnaceae LEMTUR native 2 ‐2 forb annual red duckweed

Lepidium virginicum Brassicaceae LEPVIR native 0 1 forb annual common pepper cress Leymus arenarius Poaceae LEYARE Gary non‐native 0 2 grass perennial Lyme grass Linum medium var. texanum Linaceae LINMET native 8 ‐1 forb perennial small yellow flax

Liparis loeselii Orchidaceae LIPLOE native 4 ‐1 forb perennial green twayblade WL

Lithospermum canescens Boraginaceae LITCAN native 8 2 forb perennial hoary puccoon

Lobelia kalmii Lobeliaceae LOBKAL native 10 ‐2 forb annual bog lobelia

Lonicera maackii Caprifoliaceae LONMAA non‐native 0 2 shrub perennial amur honeysuckle

Lonicera x bella Caprifoliaceae LONBEL non‐native 0 2 shrub perennial showy fly honeysuckle

common water Lycopus americanus Lamiaceae LYCAME native 4 ‐2 forb perennial City horehound European water Lycopus europaeus Lamiaceae LYCEUR non‐native 0 ‐2 forb perennial horehound

Lycopus uniflorus Lamiaceae LYCUNI native 4 ‐2 forb perennial northern bugleweed

Lythrum alatum Lythraceae LYTALA native 7 ‐2 forb perennial winged loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria Lythraceae LYTSAL non‐native 0 ‐1 forb perennial purple loosestrife

Mahonia aquifolium Berberidaceae MAHAQU non‐native 0 2 shrub perennial Oregon grape holly

Maianthemum canadense var. Convallariaceae MAICAI native 7 1 forb perennial hairy mayflower interius the Melilotus albus Fabaceae MELALB non‐native 0 1 forb biennial white sweet clover

Mentha canadensis Lamiaceae MENCAS native 5 ‐2 forb perennial wild mint

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Mimulus ringens Scrophulariaceae MIMRIN native 4 ‐2 forb perennial monkey flower

Mirabilis nyctaginea Nyctaginaceae MIRNYC non‐native 0 2 forb perennial wild four o’clock

Monarda fistulosa Lamiaceae MONFIS native 4 1 forb perennial wild bergamot

Monarda punctata Lamiaceae MONPUN native 4 2 forb perennial horse mint

Morus alba Moraceae MORALA non‐native 0 1 tree perennial white mulberry

Najas flexilis Najadaceae NAJFLE native 1 ‐2 forb annual slender naiad

Nymphaea odorata Nymphaeaceae NYMODO native 7 ‐2 forb perennial fragrant water lily

common evening Oenothera biennis Onagraceae OENBIE native 0 1 forb biennial primrose

Oenothera oakesiana Onagraceae OENOAK native 2 2 forb biennial dune evening primrose

Oligoneuron album Asteraceae OLIALB native 10 1 forb perennial stiff aster SR

Opuntia cespitosa Cactaceae OPUCES native 4 2 forb perennial eastern prickly pear

Osmunda spectabilis Osmundaceae OSMSPE native 8 ‐2 fern perennial royal fern

Packera paupercula Asteraceae PACPPA native 4 0 forb perennial balsam ragwort

Panicum virgatum Poaceae PANVIR native 3 0 grass perennial switch grass

Parthenocissus inserta Vitaceae PARINS native 0 1 vine perennial thicket creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia Vitaceae PARQUI native 4 1 vine perennial Virginia creeper

Paspalum setaceum var. stramineum Poaceae PASSES native 3 2 grass perennial downy lens grass

Persicaria hydropiperoides Polygonaceae PERHYS native 6 ‐2 forb perennial mild water pepper Persicaria pensylvanica Polygonaceae PERPEN native 0 ‐1 forb 10-02-2018annual pinkweed Persicaria punctata Polygonaceae PERPUN native 4 ‐2 forb annual water pepper

Phragmites australis Poaceae PHRAUA non‐native 0 0 grass perennial common reed

Pinus strobus Pinaceae PINSTR native 10 1 tree perennial white pine SR

Pinus sylvestris Pinaceae PINSYL non‐native 0 2 tree perennial Scotch pine

Platanthera aquilonis Orchidaceae PLAAQU native 10 ‐2 forb perennial northern bog orchid ST

Poa compressa Poaceae POACOM non‐native 0 1 grass perennial Canada bluegrass

Poa pratensis Poaceae POAPRA non‐native 0 1 grass perennial Kentucky bluegrass

Pogonia ophioglossoides Orchidaceae POGOPH native 10 ‐2 forb perennial snake‐mouth orchid WL

Populus deltoides Salicaceae POPDEL native 0 0 tree perennial eastern cottonwood Populus tremuloides Salicaceae POPTRE Gary native 3 0 tree perennial quaking aspen Potamogeton foliosus Zosteraceae POTFOL native 2 ‐2 forb perennial leafy pondweed

Potamogeton illinoensis Zosteraceae POTILL native 8 ‐2 forb perennial Illinois pondweed

Prenanthes alba Asteraceae PREALB native 5 1 forb perennial white lettuce

Prunus pumila Rosaceae PRUPUP native 9 2 shrub perennial sand cherry

Prunus virginiana Rosaceae PRUVIR native 3 1 shrub perennial choke cherry

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Asteraceae PSEOBT native 2 2 forb biennial old‐field balsam

Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis Rutaceae PTETRM native 6 2 shrub perennial downy wafer ash Quercus velutina Fagaceae CityQUEVEL native 5 2 tree perennial black oak Ranunculus abortivus Ranunculaceae RANABO native 1 0 forb biennial small‐flowered buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus Ranunculaceae RANSCE native 4 ‐2 forb annual cursed buttercup

Rhus aromatica var. arenaria Anacardiaceae RHUAAR native 10 2 shrub perennial Duneland sumac SR

Rhus copallinum Anacardiaceae RHUCOP native 3 2 shrub perennial winged sumac

Rhus typhina Anacardiaceae RHUTYT native 1 2 shrub perennial staghorn sumac

Rhynchospora capillacea Cyperaceae RHYCAL native 9 ‐2 sedge perennial hair beak rush

Rhynchospora capitellata theCyperaceae RHYCAT native 8 ‐2 sedge annual brown beak rush

Robinia pseudoacacia Fabaceae ROBPSE non‐native 0 1 tree perennial black locust

Rosa multiflora Rosaceae ROSMUL non‐native 0 1 shrub perennial multiflora rose

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narrow‐leaved black‐ Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima Asteraceae RUDHIP native 5 1 forb perennial eyed Susan

Rumex acetosella Polygonaceae RUMACE non‐native 0 2 forb perennial field sorrel

Sabatia angularis Gentianaceae SABANG native 10 ‐1 forb biennial rose gentian

Salix amygdaloides Salicaceae SALAMY native 4 ‐1 tree perennial peach‐leaved willow

Salix interior Salicaceae SALINT native 2 ‐1 shrub perennial sandbar willow

Salix myricoides Salicaceae SALMYR native 7 ‐1 shrub perennial blue‐leaved willow

Salsola tragus Chenopodiaceae SALTRA non‐native 0 2 forb annual common Russian thistle

Saponaria officinalis Caryophyllaceae SAPOFF non‐native 0 1 forb perennial soapwort

Sassafras albidum Lauraceae SASALB native 3 1 tree perennial sassafras

Schizachyrium scoparium Poaceae SCHSCO native 5 1 grass perennial little bluestem

Schoenoplectus pungens Cyperaceae SCHPUN native 4 ‐1 sedge perennial chair‐makers rush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Cyperaceae SCHTAB native 3 ‐2 sedge perennial great bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens Cyperaceae SCIATR native 4 ‐2 sedge perennial dark green rush

Scirpus cyperinus Cyperaceae SCICYP native 6 ‐2 sedge perennial woolgrass

Scleria verticillata Cyperaceae SCLVER native 10 ‐2 sedge annual low nut rush

Scutellaria lateriflora Lamiaceae SCULAT native 4 ‐2 forb perennial mad‐dog skullcap

Setaria pumila Poaceae SETPUM non‐native 0 0 grass annual yellow foxtail

Silene vulgaris Caryophyllaceae SILVUL non‐native 0 2 forb perennial bladder campion

starry false Solomon’s Smilacina stellata Convallariaceae SMISTE native 5 0 forb perennial 10-02-2018seal Smilax hispida Smilacaceae SMIHIS native 4 2 vine perennial bristly cat brier

Solanum dulcamara Solanaceae SOLDUL non‐native 0 0 vine perennial deadly nightshade

Solanum ptychanthum Solanaceae SOLPTY native 0 1 forb annual black nightshade

Solidago altissima Asteraceae SOLALT native 1 1 forb perennial tall goldenrod

Solidago caesia Asteraceae SOLCAE native 8 1 forb perennial blue‐stemmed goldenrod

Solidago canadensis Asteraceae SOLCAN native 1 1 forb perennial Canada goldenrod

Solidago decemflora Asteraceae SOLDEC native 6 2 forb perennial gray goldenrod

Solidago gigantea Asteraceae SOLGIG native 4 ‐1 forb perennial late goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis Asteraceae SOLNEN native 3 2 forb perennial old‐field goldenrod

Solidago simplex Asteraceae SOLSIM Gary native 10 2 forb perennial dune goldenrod ST

Solidago speciosa Asteraceae SOLSPE native 8 2 forb perennial showy goldenrod

Sparganium androcladum Sparganiaceae SPAAND native 10 ‐2 forb perennial branched bur reed ST

Spiranthes cernua Orchidaceae SPICER native 4 ‐1 forb perennial nodding lady’s tresses

Spiranthes magnicamporum Orchidaceae SPIMAG native 8 1 forb perennial great plains lady’s tresses SE

Sporobolus cryptandrus Poaceae SPOCRY native 3 2 grass perennial sand dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis Poaceae SPOHET native 10 1 grass perennial prairie dropseed Stuckenia pectinata Zosteraceae CitySTUPEC native 2 ‐2 forb perennial sago pondweed Symphyotrichum dumosum Asteraceae SYMDUM native 5 0 forb perennial bushy aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum Asteraceae SYMLAL native 3 ‐1 forb perennial panicled aster

Symphyotrichum novae‐angliae Asteraceae SYMNOV native 3 0 forb perennial New England aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum Asteraceae SYMPIM native 0 0 forb perennial hairy aster

Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae TAROFF non‐native 0 1 forb perennial common dandelion

Thelypteris palustris Thelypteridaceae THEPAL native 7 ‐2 fern perennial marsh shield fern Tilia americana theTiliaceae TILAMA native 5 1 tree perennial American linden Toxicodendron rydbergii Anacardiaceae TOXRYD native 7 2 shrub perennial western poison ivy

Tradescantia ohiensis Commelinaceae TRAOHI native 3 1 forb perennial common spiderwort

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Tragopogon dubius Asteraceae TRADUB non‐native 0 2 forb biennial sand goat’s beard

Trifolium repens Fabaceae TRIRER non‐native 0 2 forb perennial white clover

Triglochin maritima Juncaginaceae TRIMAR native 10 ‐2 forb perennial seaside arrowgrass

Triplasis purpurea Poaceae TRIPUR native 5 2 grass annual sand grass

Typha angustifolia Typhaceae TYPANG non‐native 0 ‐2 forb perennial narrow‐leaved cattail

Typha x glauca Typhaceae TYPGLA non‐native 0 ‐2 forb perennial hybrid cattail

Ulmus pumila Ulmaceae ULMPUM non‐native 0 1 tree perennial Siberian elm

Utricularia gibba Lentibulariaceae UTRGIB native 8 ‐2 forb perennial humped bladderwort

Utricularia macrorhiza Lentibulariaceae UTRMAC native 5 ‐2 forb perennial common bladderwort

Utricularia minor Lentibulariaceae UTRMIN native 10 ‐2 forb perennial small bladderwort ST

Utricularia subulata Lentibulariaceae UTRSUB native 10 ‐2 forb annual hair bladderwort ST

Verbascum thapsus Scrophulariaceae VERTHA non‐native 0 2 forb biennial common mullein

Verbena hastata Verbenaceae VERHAS native 4 ‐1 forb perennial blue vervain

Vitis labrusca Vitaceae VITLAB native 5 1 vine perennial fox grape

Vitis riparia Vitaceae VITRIR native 1 0 vine perennial riverbank grape

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Practitioner: Nathanael J. Pilla, Bradford Slaughter & Scott Namestnik Duration Notes: September 24‐29, 2018

Birds eBird Checklists: Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) eBird Checklists: Kendell (2018) Duration Notes: September 6, 2018 Duration Notes: August 29, 2018

COMMON NAME SPECIES PRACTITIONER Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik; Bumgardner American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos and Beatty (2018) Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik; Bumgardner American goldfinch Spinus tristis and Beatty (2018) American wigeon Anas americana Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Baird's sandpiper Calidris bairdii Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Black tern Chlidonias niger (2018) Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Blue-winged teal Anas discors (2018) 10-02-2018 Chroicocephalus Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Bonaparte's gull philadelphia (2018) Canada goose Branta canadensis Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia (2018) Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Common tern Sterna hirundo (2018) Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (2018) Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Forster's tern Sterna forsteri Gary(2018) Gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Green-winged teal Anas carolinensis (2018) Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Herring gull Larus argentatus (2018) Horned grebe Podiceps auritus Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica Kendall (2018) Long-tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Kendall (2018) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Merlin Falco columbarius Kendall (2018) Northern flicker CityColaptes auratus Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Northern shoveler Anas clypeata Kendall (2018) Bumgardner and Beatty (2018); Kendall Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus (2018) Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik; Bumgardner Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis and Beatty (2018); Kendall (2018) Ruddy turnstonethe Arenaria interpres Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik; Bumgardner Sanderling Calidris alba and Beatty (2018); Kendall (2018)

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Semipalmated plover Calidris pusilla Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Song sparrow Melospiza melodia Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Turkey vulture Cathartes aura Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Bumgardner and Beatty (2018) Wood duck Aix sponsa Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik Yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata Pilla, Slaughter, & Namestnik

Insects COMMON NAME SPECIES American painted lady Vanessa virginiensis Cabbage white Pieris rapae Common buckeye Junonia coenia Eastern pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis Monarch Danaus plexippus Orange sulphur Colias eurytheme Pearl crescent Phyciodes tharos Red admiral Vanessa atalanta Rusty meadowhawk Sympetrum rubicundulum Variegated fritillary Euptoieta claudia Common whitetail Plathemis lydia

Amphibians/Reptiles COMMON NAME SPECIES Six-lined racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata10-02-2018 Green frog Lithobates clamitans Unidentified turtle

Mammals COMMON NAME SPECIES White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus var. borealis Beaver Castor canadensis Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Gary

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CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 METHODS ...... 1 RESULTS ...... 2 Literature Review ...... 2 Site Visit Results ...... 3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 5 LITERATURE CITED ...... 6

TABLES Table 1. Soils Mapped for the Project Site...... 3 Table 2. Surface water Features Summary ...... 3 Table 3. Floristic Quality Assessment Summary ...... 10-02-2018 4

APPENDICES Appendix A – Figures Appendix B – Site Photographs Appendix C – USACE Data Forms Appendix D – Floristic Quality AssessmentGary Results

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WETLAND DELINEATION REPORT 90-ACRE, 860 LAKE STREET PARCEL October 3, 2018 Nathanael J. Pilla Orbis Environmental Consulting P.O. Box 10235 South Bend, Indiana 46680

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A wetland delineation was conducted at the approximately 90-acre property located at 860 Lake Street in the Miller neighborhood of Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Fieldwork was conducted September 24-27, 2018, to identify all surface water features within the study area. Five wetlands totaling approximately 4.46 acres of potentially jurisdictional wetland were located on the site. The location, extent, and jurisdictional status of any surface water feature is considered potential until verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). It is recommended to submit this report to the USACE – Chicago District for verification prior to any construction activities on the site.10-02-2018

INTRODUCTION Michael Baker International (MBI) contracted Orbis Environmental Consulting (Orbis) to conduct a wetland delineation at the property located at parcel number 45-05-31-201-001.000-004, west and east of Lake Street, north of Gary Beach Subdivision, Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Fieldwork was conducted September 24-27, 2018, within the approximately 90-acre study area following a desktop review of resource maps and materials. The proposed development is intended to accommodate potential futureGary retail, hospitality, and commercial construction. Figures depicting the site are presented in Appendix A, photographs of the site are presented in Appendix B, USACE data forms are presented in Appendix C, and results of the Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) for each wetland are presented in Appendix D.

City METHODS Prior to fieldwork, Orbis reviewed available resource maps, including National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) maps, soils maps, topographic maps, and aerial photography, to determine the potential presence of wetlands and surface water features on the site. This information was also used to determine site topography, soil types, and whether any portions of the site are located within mapped floodways of drainage features. The wetlandthe delineation field visit was conducted on September 24-27, 2018. Identification of wetlands required characterization of plant community types, identification of hydric soils, and documentation of hydrologic indicators for each community type. The site was assessed using methodology from Environmental Laboratory (1987) and USACE (2012). Vascular plant

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inventories were recorded in all delineated wetland areas, and the FQA (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017) was applied to the resulting species inventories using the Chicago Region FQA Calculator (Herman et al. 2017) to obtain mean Coefficient of Conservatism (mean C) and Floristic Quality Index (FQI) values.

RESULTS Literature Review As shown in Figure 1, the site lies between approximately 579-609 feet in elevation (National Geodetic Vertical Datum) according to the USGS 7.5' Series Gary, Indiana (1991) quadrangle map. No wetlands or marsh symbols are mapped for the site. As shown on Figure 2, the aerial map depicts a largely dune and swale study area with two existing paved parking lots directly northwest and northeast of Lake Street near the western portion of the site. One building is just north of the eastern parking lot. A paved trail (Chanute Trail) cuts through the property connecting Marquette Park to the parking area. The areas east and west of the parking lots are composed of open dunes and swales. The area north of the site is composed of open beach and Lake Michigan, while the area10-02-2018 south of the site appears to be primarily residential development. The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory Map (NWI) was reviewed for the site (USFWS 2014). As shown on Figure 3, one seasonally flooded, persistent emergent palustrine wetland (PEM1C), intermittently exposed unconsolidated bottom littoral lacustrine habitat (L2UBG), and one intermittently flooded unconsolidated shore littoral lacustrine habitat (L2USJ) are mapped for the site. According to the Web Soil Survey (NRCS-USDA 2014) (Figure 4), two soils are mapped for the site; these soils are described in Table 1. AccordingGary to the National Hydric Soils List for Indiana (2017), Dune land (Du) is a soil type that has a parent material of Eolian sands. Dune land soils are non-hydric soils that do not contain any hydric components. Lake beaches (Lb) is a soil type that has a parent material of beach sand. Lake beaches soil is non-hydric soil that does not contain any hydric components.

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TABLE 1. SOILS MAPPED FOR THE PROJECT SITE.

Location of Hydric Mapped Soil Unit Hydric Status Type of Inclusions Inclusions

Dune land (Du) Non-hydric - -

Lake beaches (Lb) Non-hydric - -

Site Visit Results The study area is primarily sand dunes, however portions of the site were interdunal communities and disturbed beach access amendments (parking lot, buildings, etc.). Two existing paved parking lots are directly northwest and northeast of Lake Street near the western portion of the site. One building is just north of the eastern parking lot. A paved trail (Chanute Trail) cuts through the property connecting Marquette Park to the parking area. The area to the east and west of the parking lots are intact sand dunes with interdunal10-02-2018 features and blowouts. The area north of the site is the lake beach and Lake Michigan, and on the southern boundary is residential development. Five wetlands totaling approximately 4.46 acres of potentially jurisdictional wetland were documented on the site. These results are summarized in Table 2 and each surface water feature is described in detail below. Results of the FQA conducted for each delineated wetland are summarized in Table 3.

TABLE 2. SURFACE WATER FEATURES SUMMARY

Stream Length Wetland Area Feature Name Classification Gary (ln ft) (ac) Potentially Wetland-001-PEM - 4.03 Jurisdictional Potentially Wetland-002- PEM - 0.23 Jurisdictional Potentially Wetland-003- PEM - 0.10 Jurisdictional Potentially Wetland-004- PEM - 0.06 CityJurisdictional Potentially Wetland-005- PEM - 0.04 Jurisdictional Total - 4.46

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TABLE 3. FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Feature Name Mean C/Native Mean C FQI/Native FQI

Wetland-001-PEM 4.24/4.77 47.57/50.46

Wetland-002-PEM 4.16/4.45 27.88/28.85

Wetland-003-PEM 4.03/4.38 24.50/25.55

Wetland-004-PEM 3.77/4.19 20.63/21.75

Wetland-005-PEM 3.84/4.41 21.37/22.90

Wetland-001-PEM is located within a series of dunes north of the Chanute trail. The wetland comprises approximately 4.03 acres. The USACE data form recorded at Data Point 1 shows that dominant vegetation in the wetland includes Schoenoplectus pungens (three-square, OBL) and Triglochin maritima (seaside arrow-grass, OBL). The hydric soil indicators are depleted below dark surface (A11), sandy mucky mineral (S1), dark surface (S7), and thin dark surface (S9). Indicators of wetland hydrology include high water table (A2), saturation (A3), inundation visible on aerial imagery (B7), dry-season water table (C2), 10-02-2018and FAC-neutral test (D5); in addition, standing water was observed near the plot. Wetland-001-PEM water table is determined in part by Lake Michigan and would potentially be considered a jurisdictional “waters of the US.” An FQA for Wetland-001-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 4.24 (native mean C value of 4.77) and an FQI of 47.57 (native FQI of 50.46). Data Point 2 was recorded in adjacent uplands near Wetland-001-PEM. Dominant vegetation includes Quercus velutina (black oak, UPL), Schizachyrium scoparium (little false bluestem, FACU), Ammophila breviligulata (beach grass, UPL), and Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod, UPL). No indicators of hydric soils or wetland hydrology were observed. As the area does not exhibit hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soilsGary, or wetland hydrolog y Data Point 2 was determined to be upland. Wetland-002-PEM is located in interdunal swale south of a foredune. The wetland comprises approximately of 0.23 acre. The USACE data form recorded at Data Point 3 shows that dominant vegetation in the wetland includes Cyperus bipartitus (shining flat sedge, FACW) and Cyperus flavescens (yellow flat sedge, OBL). The hydric soil indicator is sandy redox (S5). Indicators of wetland hydrology include surface water (A1), high water table (A2), saturation (A3), algal mat or crust (B7), inundation visible on aerial imagery (B7), oxidized rhizospheres on living roots (C3), dry-seasonCity water table (C2), saturation visible on aerial imagery (C9), and FAC-neutral test (D5). This area displays hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soil, and indicators of wetland hydrology and was considered wetland. Wetland-002-PEM water table is determined in part by Lake Michigan and would potentially be considered a jurisdictional “waters of the US.” An FQA for Wetland-002-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 4.16 (native mean C value of 4.45) and an FQI of 27.88 (native FQI of 28.85). Data Pointthe 4 was recorded in adjacent upland near Wetland-002-PEM. Dominant vegetation includes Populus deltoides (Eastern cottonwood, FAC) in both the tree and shrub/sapling strata and Ammophila breviligulata (beach grass, UPL). No indicators of hydric soils or wetland

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hydrology were observed. As the area does not exhibit hydric soils or wetland hydrology Data Point 4 was determined to be upland. Wetland-003-PEM, Wetland-004-PEM, and Wetland-005-PEM are located in an interdunal swale south of a foredune, in very close proximity to Wetland-002-PEM. Each of these wetlands contained similar composition to that in W-002-PEM and were only separated due to the accumulation of sand that’s blown in from the foredune between them; therefore, only one data point was taken to represent this strip of wetlands (see Wetland-002-PEM). Combined, Wetland-003-PEM, Wetland-004-PEM, and Wetland-005-PEM make up 0.20 acre. The water table of these wetlands is determined in part by Lake Michigan and as a result they would potentially be considered a jurisdictional “waters of the US.” An FQA for Wetland-003-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 4.03 (native mean C value of 4.38) and an FQI of 24.50 (native FQI of 25.55). An FQA for Wetland-004-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 3.77 (native mean C value of 4.19) and an FQI of 20.63 (native FQI of 21.75). An FQA for Wetland-005-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 3.84 (native mean C value of 4.41) and an FQI of 21.37 (native FQI of 22.90).

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS10-02-2018 A wetland delineation was conducted for MBI at the approximately 90-acre proposed development site in the Miller neighborhood of Gary, Indiana on September 24-27, 2018. Five potentially jurisdictional wetlands, comprising approximately 4.46 acres, were observed on the site. The location, extent, and jurisdictional status of any surface water feature is considered potential until verified by the USACE. It is recommended to forward this report to the USACE – Chicago District for verification prior to any construction activities. Gary

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LITERATURE CITED Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, Technical Report Y-87-1, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss. Herman, B., R. Sliwinski, and S. Whitaker. 2017. Chicago Region FQA (Floristic Quality Assessment) Calculator. September 29, 2014. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, IL. Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (NRCS-USDA). 2014. Web Soil Survey. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/ [Accessed 10/02/2018]. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 2012. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Northcentral-Northeast Region (Version 2.0), ed. J.S. Wakeley, R.W. Lichvar, C.V. Noble, and J.F. Berkowitz. ERDC/EL TR-12-1. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA- NRCS). 2014. National Hydric Soils List by State. Available online from the website of the Natural Resources Conservation Service: 10-02-2018 http://soils.usda.gov/use/hydric/ [Accessed 10/02/2018].

United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2014. National Wetlands Inventory Map. Available from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

United States Geological Service (USGS). Gary, Indiana (1991) Quadrangle, 7.5 minute Series (Topographic). Maps prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and revised in cooperation with State of Indiana Agencies.

Wilhelm, G. and L. Rericha. 2017. FloraGary of the Chicago region: a floristic and ecological synthesis. Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science.

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Photo 1. View of Wetland-001-PEM, data point 1 (DP1) facing north. (Orbis, 09/24/2018)

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Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/24/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP1 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Scott Namestnik, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): panne Local relief (concave, convex, none): concave Slope %: 0 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6183 Long: -87.2636 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune Land) NWI classification: PEM1C Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present?Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes XNo Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes XNowithin a Wetland? Yes X No Wetland Hydrology Present? YesXNo If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: W-001-PEM Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photo 128: N-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) X High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) X Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15)x Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2) Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) x Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)X FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yesx No Depth (inches): 2 Saturation Present? Yesx No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

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For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP1 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. None Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 2 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100.0% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: r = 15' ) OBL species 88x 1 = 88 1. None FACW species 3 x 2 = 6 2. FAC species 0x 3 = 0 3. FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 4. UPL species 1x 5 = 5 5. Column Totals:92 (A) 99 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 1.08 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: r = 5' )10-02-2018X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Schoenoplectus pungens 60 Yes OBLX 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Triglochin maritima 20 Yes OBL 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Hypericum kalmianum 2 No FACW 4. Scleria verticillata 2 No OBL Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. Cladium mariscoides 1 No OBL 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. Cyperus flavescens 1 No OBL be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Juncus balticus 1 No OBL Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Juncus canadensis 1 No OBL Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. Lycopus americanus 1NoOBL diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Lythrum salicaria 1 No OBL Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. Phragmites australis 1 No FACW and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Rhus typhina 1 No UPL Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 92 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. None City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? Yes X No =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photothe numbers here or on a separate sheet.)

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP1 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

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1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3)x Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) x Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) x Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) x Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) x Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? YesX No

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Northcentral and Northeast Region

Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/24/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP2 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Scott Namestnik, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): dune Local relief (concave, convex, none): convex Slope %: 15 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6181 Long: -87.2636 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune land) NWI classification: none Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present?Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No X Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes No Xwithin a Wetland? Yes No X Wetland Hydrology Present? YesNo X If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photo 132: S-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15) Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2) Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Saturation Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: none observed the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP2 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. Quercus velutina 20 Yes UPL Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0.0% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 20 =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: r = 15' ) OBL species 00x 1 = 1. Quercus velutina 2NoUPL FACW species 2 x 2 = 4 2. Lonicera X bella 1 No FACU FAC species 1x 3 = 3 3. FACU species 18 x 4 = 72 4. UPL species 50x 5 = 250 5. Column Totals:71 (A) 329 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 4.63 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 3 =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: r = 5' )10-02-2018 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Schizachyrium scoparium 15 Yes FACU 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Ammophila breviligulata 10 Yes UPL 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Solidago nemoralis 10 Yes UPL 4. Calamovilfa longifolia 5 No UPL Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. Artemisia campestris 2 No UPL 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. Equisetum laevigatum 2 No FACW be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Arabidopsis lyrata 1 No FACU Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Arenaria serpyllifolia 1 No FAC Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. Corispermum americanum 1NoFACU diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Monarda punctata 1 No UPL Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 48 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. None City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? Yes No X =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photothe numbers here or on a separate sheet.)

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP2 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-4 10YR 4/2 70 Sandy mixed

10YR 4/3 30

4-16 10YR 6/3 85 Sandy mixed

10YR 4/6 15

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Northcentral and Northeast Region

Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/26/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP3 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): panne Local relief (concave, convex, none): concave Slope %: 1 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6203 Long: -87.2623 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune land) NWI classification: L2USJ Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present? Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes XNo Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes XNowithin a Wetland? Yes X No Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes XNo If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: W-002-PEM Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photos 515-519: W-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) X Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) X High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) X Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15)x Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2)xx Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) x Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) x Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) X FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes x No Depth (inches): 0.5 Water Table Present? Yes x No Depth (inches): 1 Saturation Present? Yes x No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP3 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. None Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 2 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100.0% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland ) OBL species 33x 1 = 33 1. Populus deltoides 1 No FAC FACW species 61 x 2 = 122 2. Salix interior 1 No FACW FAC species 2x 3 = 6 3. Salix myricoides 1 No FACW FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 4. UPL species 0x 5 = 0 5. Column Totals:96 (A) 161 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 1.68 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 3 =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland )10-02-2018X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Cyperus bipartitus 50 Yes FACWX 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Cyperus flavescens 20 Yes OBL 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Juncus canadensis 10 No OBL 4. Juncus torreyi 5 No FACW Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. Eupatorium perfoliatum 1 No FACW 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. Euthamia graminifolia 1 No FAC be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Juncus alpinoarticulatus 1 No OBL Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Juncus balticus 1 No OBL Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. Phragmites australis 1NoFACW diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Salix myricoides 1 No FACW Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. Scutellaria lateriflora 1 No OBL and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Symphyotrichum lanceolatum 1 No FACW Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 93 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? YesX No =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photothe numbers here or on a separate sheet.)

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP3 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-4 10YR 5/2 98 10YR 4/6 2 C M Sandy Prominent redox concentrations

4-8 2.5YR 3/2 99 Sandy some dark organic streaks

8-16 10YR 5/2 100 Sandy

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) X Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? YesX No

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Northcentral and Northeast Region

Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/26/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP4 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): dune Local relief (concave, convex, none): none Slope %: 1 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6203 Long: -87.2641 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune land) NWI classification: L2USJ Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present?Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes XNo Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes No Xwithin a Wetland? Yes No X Wetland Hydrology Present? YesNo X If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photos 429-430: N-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15) Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2) Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Saturation Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: none observed the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP4 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. Populus deltoides 5 Yes FAC Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 3 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 66.7% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 5 =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: r = 15' ) OBL species 00x 1 = 1. Populus deltoides 10 Yes FAC FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 2. FAC species 17x 3 = 51 3. FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 4. UPL species 26x 5 = 130 5. Column Totals:43 (A) 181 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 4.21 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 10 =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: r = 5' )10-02-2018X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Ammophila breviligulata 25 Yes UPL 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Populus deltoides 2NoFAC 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Solidago nemoralis 1 No UPL 4. Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 28 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. None City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? Yes X No =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) Populus deltoides coverthe higher outside plot area.

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP4 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-20 10YR 6/3 100 Sandy occasional darker mineral grains

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0

Appendix D Floristic Quality Assessment Results

10-02-2018

Gary Wetland Delineation Report

City

90-Acre, 860 Lake Street Parcel

Gary, Lake County, Indiana

the

2018 A PPENDIX | For #1808010 W-1: 90-acre, 860 SITE: Lakes Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & Brad BY: Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.77 (ALL) 126

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 4.24 (NATIVE) 112 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 4.00 % NON-NATIVE 0.11

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 7.25 (ALL) -0.94 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.73 (NATIVE) -1.09

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 50.46 (MIDWEST) 0.81 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 47.57 PERENNIAL 0.67 ADJUSTED FQAI 44.95 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.21 % C VALUE 0 0.18 % ANNUAL 0.21 % C VALUE 1-3 0.26 % PERENNIAL 0.77 % C VALUE 4-6 0.29 % C VALUE 7-10 0.26 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY Purple False agapur Agalinis purpurea Agalinis purpurea Foxglove 6 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Slender-Leaf False agaten Agalinis tenuifolia Agalinis tenuifolia Foxglove 3 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native

agrgig Agrostis gigantea AGROSTIS ALBA Black Bent 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Alisma American Water- alisub Alisma subcordatum subcordatum Plantain 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Northern Water- alitri Alisma triviale Alisma triviale Plantain 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Apocynum apocan Apocynum cannabinum sibiricum Indian-Hemp 2 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Aristida longespica var. Gary arinec geniculata Aristida necopina Red Three-Awn 1 FACU FACU 1 Grass Annual Native Aristida Arrow-Feather aripur Aristida purpurascens purpurascens Three-Awn 5 FACU UPL 1 Grass Perennial Native

ascinc Asclepias incarnata Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native ascsyr Asclepias syriaca Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed 0 FACU UPL 1 Forb Perennial Native Nodding Burr- bidcer Bidens cernua Bidens cernua Marigold 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native bidfro Bidens frondosa Bidens frondosa Devil's-Pitchfork 1 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Bidens comosa; Three-Lobe bidcom Bidens tripartita Bidens connata Beggarticks 3 OBL FACW -2 Forb Annual Native brasch Brasenia schreberi Brasenia schreberi Water Shield 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Calamagrostis Calamagrostis calcan canadensis canadensisCity Bluejoint 6 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native cxcomo Carex comosa Carex comosa Bearded Sedge5OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

cxcryp Carex cryptolepis Carex cryptolepis Northeastern Sedge 4 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Limestone-Meadow cxgran Carex granularis Carex granularis Sedge 3 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native cxviri Carex viridula Carex viridula Little Green Sedge5OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native CELASTRUS celorb Celastrus orbiculatus ORBICULATUS Asian Bittersweet 0 UPL UPL 2 Vine Perennial Adventive Ceratophyllum Ceratophyllum cerdem demersum demersum Coon's-Tail 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Ceratophyllum Ceratophyllum cerech echinatumtheechinatum Spineless Hornwort 9 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Cladium clamar Cladium mariscoides mariscoides Smooth Saw-Grass 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

Cornus stolonifera; Cornus baileyi; corbai Cornus alba Cornus sericea Red Osier 5 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native cusgro Cuscuta gronovii Cuscuta gronovii Common Dodder 5 UPL UPL 2 Vine Annual Native Forcypbip C yperus bipartitus Cyperus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge3OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus engelmannii; Cyperus cypodo Cyperus odoratus ferruginescens Rusty Flat Sedge 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus schweinitzii; Cyperus X cypsch Cyperus schweinitzii mesochorus Sand Flat Sedge 5 FACU FACU 1 Sedge Perennial Native Straw-Color Flat cypstr Cyperus strigosus Cyperus strigosus Sedge 1 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus X Nieuwlands Flat cypnie Cyperus X nieuwlandii nieuwlandii Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native

daucar Daucus carota DAUCUS CAROTA Queen Anne’s Lace 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Biennial Adventive Panicum implicatum; Panicum auburne; Panicum lindheimeri; Panicum praecocius; Panicum subvillosum; Panicum villosissimum; Panicum Dichanthelium villosissimum Tapered Rosette dicacu acuminatum pseudopubescens Grass 4 FAC FAC 0 Grass Perennial Native Dichanthelium Panicum Hemlock Rosette dicpor portoricense columbianum Grass 8 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Echinochloa Large Barnyard echcru Echinochloa crus-galli crusgalli Grass 0 FACW FAC -1 Grass Annual Native Echinochloa Rough Barnyard echmur Echinochloa muricata muricata Grass 4 OBL OBL -2 Grass Annual Native ELAEAGNUS elaumb Elaeagnus umbellata UMBELLATA Autumn-Olive 0 UPL UPL10-02-2018 2 Shrub Perennial Adventive eleell Eleocharis elliptica Eleocharis elliptica Elliptic Spike-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native eleobt Eleocharis obtusa Eleocharis ovata Blunt Spike-Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native

Eleocharis erythropoda; Eleocharis palustris major; Eleocharis smallii; Eleocharis xyridiformis; Eleocharis Common Spike- eleery Eleocharis palustris macrostachya Rush 1 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

elonut Elodea nuttallii Elodea nuttallii Western Waterweed 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Epilobium Purple-Leaf epicol Epilobium coloratum coloratum Willowherb 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Equisetum Variegated Scouring- equvar Equisetum variegatum variegatum Rush 10 FACW FACW -1 Fern Perennial Native Canadian Gary concan Erigeron canadensis Conyza canadensis Horseweed 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Annual Native EUONYMUS EUOFOR Euonymus hederaceus FORTUNEI Climbing Euonymus 0 UPL UPL 2 Shrub Perennial Adventive Eupatorium eupalt Eupatorium altissimum altissimum Tall Boneset 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium eupper Eupatorium perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia eutgra Euthamia graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native FimbristCityylis fimaut Fimbristylis autumnalis autumnalis Slender Fimbry 9 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native fravir Fragaria virginiana Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native RHAMNUS Glossy False fraaln Frangula alnus FRANGULA Buckthorn 0 FACW FAC -1 Shrub Perennial Adventive galpil Galium pilosum Galium pilosum Hairy Bedstraw 9 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Stiff Marsh galtin Galium tinctorium Galium tinctorium Bedstraw 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Greater Fringed- gencri Gentianopsis crinita Gentiana crinita Gentian 9 OBL FACW -2 Forb Annual Native Hypericum Kalm's St. John's- hypkal Hypericumthe kalmianum kalmianum Wort 10 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus Juncus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus balticus ssp. Juncus balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native juncan Juncus canadensis Juncus canadensis Canadian Rush 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native jundud Juncus dudleyi Juncus dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native junnoo Juncus nodosus Juncus nodosus Knotted Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Forjuntor Juncus torreyi Juncus torreyi Torrey's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native leeory Leersia oryzoides Leersia oryzoides Rice Cut Grass 3 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native

lemmio Lemna minor Lemna minor Common Duckweed 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native lemtur Lemna turionifera Lemna turionifera Turion Duckweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Linum medium var. Linum medium linmed texanum texanum Stiff Yellow Flax 8 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii Liparis loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native lobkal Lobelia kalmii Lobelia kalmii Brook Lobelia 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Showy Fly lonbel Lonicera X bella LONICERA X BELLA Honeysuckle 0 FACU FACU 1 Shrub Perennial Adventive Lycopus Cut-Leaf Water- lycame Lycopus americanus americanus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus Lycopus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Wing-Angle lytala Lythrum alatum Lythrum alatum Loosestrife 7 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native LYTHRUM lytsal Lythrum salicaria SALICARIA Purple Loosestrife 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Maianthemum Starry False smiste stellatum Smilacina stellata Solomon's-Seal 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native MORUS ALBA VAR. moralb Morus alba TATARICA White Mulberry 0 FAC FACU 0 Tree Perennial Adventive najfle Najas flexilis Najas flexilis Wavy Waternymph1OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native Nymphaea American White nymodo Nymphaea odorata tuberosa Water-Lily 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Osmunda regalis osmspe Osmunda spectabilis spectabilis Royal Fern 8 OBL OBL -2 Fern Perennial Native

Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula pacpau Packera paupercula var.savannarum Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native panvir Panicum virgatum Panicum virgatum Wand Panic Grass 3 FAC FAC 0 Grass Perennial Native Parthenocissus Parthenocissus parqui quinquefolia quinquefolia Virginia-Creeper 4 FACU FACU 1 Vine Perennial Native Polygonum Persicaria opelousanum perhyo hydropiperoides adenocalyx Swamp Smartweed 6 OBL OBL10-02-2018-2 Forb Perennial Native Polygonum perpen Persicaria pensylvanica pensylvanicum Pinkweed 0 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Polygonum perpun Persicaria punctata punctatum Dotted Smartweed 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native Phragmites australis PHRAGMITES phrausu ssp. australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Kentucky Blue poapra Poa pratensis POA PRATENSIS Grass 0 FAC FACU 0 Grass Perennial Adventive Pogonia Pogonia Snake-Mouth pogoph ophioglossoides ophioglossoides Orchid 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Potamogeton potfol Potamogeton foliosus foliosus Leafy Pondweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Potamogeton potill Potamogeton illinoensis illinoensis Illinois Pondweed 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Ranunculus Kidney-Leaf ranabo Ranunculus abortivus abortivus Buttercup 1 FACW FAC -1 Forb Annual Native Ranunculus ransce Ranunculus sceleratus sceleratus Cursed ButtercupGary 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospora rhycal capillacea capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospora Brownish Beak rhycat capitellata capitellata Sedge 8 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

rosmul Rosa multiflora ROSA MULTIFLORA Rambler Rose 0 FACU FACU 1 Shrub Perennial Adventive Rudbeckia hirta rudhir Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima Black-Eyed-Susan 1 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native sabang Sabatia angularis Sabatia angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native salamy Salix amygdaloides Salix amygdaloides Peach-Leaf Willow 4 FACW FACW -1 Tree Perennial Native Salix salmyr Salix myricoides glaucophylloides Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scopariusCityBluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Schoenoplectus schpun pungens Scirpus pungens Three-Square 4 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Schoenoplectus Scirpus validus Soft-Stem Club- schtab tabernaemontani creber Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

sciatv Scirpus atrovirens Scirpus atrovirens Dark-Green Bulrush 4 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native sclver Scleria verticillata Scleria verticillata Low Nut-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native Scutellaria sculat Scutellaria lateriflora lateriflora Mad Dog Skullcap 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Erechtites erehie Senecio hieraciifolius hieracifolia American Burnweed 0 FAC FACU 0 Forb Annual Native theSmilax tamnoides smihis Smilax hispida hispida Chinaroot 4 FAC FAC 0 Vine Perennial Native SOLANUM Climbing soldul Solanum dulcamara DULCAMARA Nightshade 0 FAC FAC 0 Vine Perennial Adventive Solanum Eastern Black solpty Solanum ptychanthum ptychanthum Nightshade 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Annual Native Solidago solcan Solidago canadensis canadensis Canadian Goldenrod 1 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Forsolgig Solida go gigantea Solidago gigantea Late Goldenrod 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Aster ptarmicoides; olialb Solidago ptarmicoides Oligoneuron album Stiff Goldenrod 10 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Sparganium Sparganium spaand androcladum androcladum Branched Burr-Reed 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native White Nodding spicer Spiranthes cernua Spiranthes cernua Ladies'-Tresses 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Potamogeton Sago False stupec Stuckenia pectinata pectinatus Pondweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Rice Button symdum dumosum Aster dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Dryopteris Thelypteris palustris thelypteris thepal var. pubescens pubescens Eastern Marsh Fern 7 OBL FACW -2 Fern Perennial Native

toxryd Toxicodendron rydbergii Rhus radicans Western Poison-Ivy 7 FAC FAC 0 Shrub Perennial Native Seaside Arrow- trimar Triglochin maritima Triglochin maritima Grass 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

typgla Typha X glauca TYPHA X GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Humped utrgib Utricularia gibba Utricularia gibba Bladderwort 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Greater utrmac Utricularia macrorhiza Utricularia vulgaris Bladderwort 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native utrmin Utricularia minor Utricularia minor Lesser Bladderwort 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

utrsub Utricularia subulata Utricularia subulata Zigzag Bladderwort 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native verhas Verbena hastata Verbena hastata Simpler's-Joy 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Vitis riparia var. vitrip Vitis riparia syrticola River-Bank Grape 1 FACW FAC -1 Vine Perennial Native 10-02-2018

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For W2: 90-Acre, 860 SITE: Lake Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & BY: Brad Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.45 (ALL) 45

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 4.16 (NATIVE) 42 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 1.50 % NON-NATIVE 0.07

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 4.67 (ALL) -0.76 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.59 (NATIVE) -0.79

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 28.85 (MIDWEST) 0.82 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 27.88 PERENNIAL 0.82 ADJUSTED FQAI 43.01 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.09 % C VALUE 0 0.13 % ANNUAL 0.09 % C VALUE 1-3 0.31 % PERENNIAL 0.87 % C VALUE 4-6 0.36 % C VALUE 7-10 0.20 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY Ammophila Ammophila ammbre breviligulata breviligulata Beach Grass 6 UPL UPL 2 Grass Perennial Native Bidens bidfro Bidens frondosa frondosa Devil's-Pitchfork 1 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Carex cxcomo Carex comosa comosa Bearded Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxviri Carex viridula viridula Little Green Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxvulp Carex vulpinoidea vulpinoidea Common Fox SedgeGary 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cornus stolonifera; Cornus baileyi; Cornus corser Cornus alba sericea Red Osier 5 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Cyperus cypbip Cyperus bipartitus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native DAUCUS daucar Daucus carota CAROTA Queen Anne’s Lace 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Biennial Adventive EleocharisCity eleell Eleocharis elliptica elliptica Elliptic Spike-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Eupatorium Eupatorium eupper perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium Eupatorium Late-Flowering eupser serotinum serotinum Thoroughwort 0 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamiathe Euthamia eutgra graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus Juncus balticus ssp. balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native For Juncus juncan Juncus canadensis canadensis Canadian Rush 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus jundud Juncus dudleyi dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus juntor Juncus torreyi torreyi Torrey's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Lemna lemtur Lemna turionifera turionifera Turion Duckweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Liparis Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native lobkal Lobelia kalmii Lobelia kalmii Brook Lobelia 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Lycopus Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Lythrum Wing-Angle lytala Lythrum alatum alatum Loosestrife 7 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Monarda monpun Monarda punctata punctata Spotted Beebalm 4 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula var.savannar pacpau Packera paupercula um Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Phragmites australis ssp. PHRAGMITES phrausu australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Populus popdel Populus deltoides deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Populus Populus poptre tremuloides tremuloides Quaking Aspen 3 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Pseudognaphalium Gnaphalium pseobt obtusifolium obtusifolium Sweet Everlasting 2 UPL UPL 2 Forb Annual Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospor rhycal capillacea a capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Sabatia sabang Sabatia angularis angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native salint Salix interior Salix interior Sandbar Willow 2 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Salix 10-02-2018 glaucophylloi salmyr Salix myricoides des Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scoparius Bluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Scirpus Schoenoplectus validus Soft-Stem Club- schtab tabernaemontani creber Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scirpus scicyp Scirpus cyperinus cyperinus Cottongrass Bulrush 6 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scutellaria Scutellaria sculat lateriflora lateriflora Mad Dog Skullcap 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Solidago solnem Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native

Aster ptarmicoides; Gary Solidago Oligoneuron olialb ptarmicoides album Stiff Goldenrod 10 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Spiranthes White Nodding spicer Spiranthes cernua cernua Ladies'-Tresses 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster Rice Button symdum dumosum dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster novae- New England symnov novae-angliae angliae American-Aster 3 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native TYPHA X typgla Typha X glauca GLAUCACity Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive

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For W3: 90-acre, 860 SITE: Lake Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & BY: Brad Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.38 (ALL) 37

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 4.03 (NATIVE) 34 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 0.00 % NON-NATIVE 0.08

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 4.50 (ALL) -0.62 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.52 (NATIVE) -0.65

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 25.55 (MIDWEST) 0.78 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 24.50 PERENNIAL 0.81 ADJUSTED FQAI 42.01 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.08 % C VALUE 0 0.22 % ANNUAL 0.08 % C VALUE 1-3 0.22 % PERENNIAL 0.86 % C VALUE 4-6 0.38 % C VALUE 7-10 0.19 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY Ammophila Ammophila ammbre breviligulata breviligulata Beach Grass 6 UPL UPL 2 Grass Perennial Native Calamagrostis Calamagrosti calcan canadensis s canadensis Bluejoint 6 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native Carex cxcomo Carex comosa comosa Bearded Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxviri Carex viridula viridula Little Green Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus cypbip Cyperus bipartitus rivularis Shining Flat SedgeGary 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus cypesc Cyperus esculentus esculentus Chufa 0 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native DAUCUS daucar Daucus carota CAROTA Queen Anne’s Lace 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Biennial Adventive Eupatorium Eupatorium eupalt altissimum altissimum Tall Boneset 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium Eupatorium eupper perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; SolidagoCity graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia Euthamia eutgra graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus Juncus balticus ssp. balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native theJuncus jundud Juncus dudleyi dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus juntor Juncus torreyi torreyi Torrey's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Liparis Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native lobkal Lobelia kalmii Lobelia kalmii Brook Lobelia 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Mimulus Allegheny Monkey- Formimrin Mimulus ringens ringens Flower 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Monarda monpun Monarda punctata punctata Spotted Beebalm 4 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula var.savannar pacpau Packera paupercula um Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Phragmites australis ssp. PHRAGMITES phrausu australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Populus popdel Populus deltoides deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospor rhycal capillacea a capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Sabatia sabang Sabatia angularis angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native salint Salix interior Salix interior Sandbar Willow 2 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Salix glaucophylloi salmyr Salix myricoides des Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scoparius Bluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Scirpus Schoenoplectus validus Soft-Stem Club- schtab tabernaemontani creber Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scirpus scicyp Scirpus cyperinus cyperinus Cottongrass Bulrush 6 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Senecio Erechtites erehie hieraciifolius hieracifolia American Burnweed 0 FAC FACU 0 Forb Annual Native Solidago solnem Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native

Aster ptarmicoides; Solidago Oligoneuron olialb ptarmicoides album Stiff Goldenrod 10 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Spiranthes White Nodding 10-02-2018 spicer Spiranthes cernua cernua Ladies'-Tresses 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster Rice Button symdum dumosum dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native TYPHA X typgla Typha X glauca GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Gary

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CONSERVA TISM- ADDITIONAL BASED METRICS MEAN C (NATIVE SPECIES RICHNESS SPECIES) 4.19 (ALL) 30 MEAN C (ALL SPECIES RICHNESS SPECIES) 3.77 (NATIVE) 27 MEAN C (NATIVE 2.50 % NON-NATIVE 0.10 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR SHRUBS) 4.50 (ALL) -0.90 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEO 4.27 (NATIVE) -0.81 FQAI (NATIVE % HYDROPHYTE SPECIES) 21.75 (MIDWEST) 0.87 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL 20.63 PERENNIAL 0.77 ADJUSTED F39.70 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.13 % C VALUE 0.20 % ANNUAL 0.13 % C VALUE 0.23 % PERENNIAL 0.87 % C VALUE 0.43 % C VALUE 0.13 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY acerub Acer rubrum Acer rubrum Red Maple 5 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Purple False agapur Agalinis purpurea Agalinis purpurea Foxglove 6 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Alisma American Water- alisub Alisma subcordatum subcordatum Plantain 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Ammophila Ammophila ammbre breviligulata breviligulata Beach Grass 6 UPL UPL 2 Grass Perennial Native

cxcris Carex cristatella Carex cristatella Crested Sedge 4 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native cxvulp Carex vulpinoidea Carex vulpinoidea Common Fox SedgeGary 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Perennial Native cypbip Cyperus bipartitus Cyperus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native

Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus X Nieuwlands Flat cypnie Cyperus X nieuwlandii nieuwlandii Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native

eleell Eleocharis elliptica Eleocharis elliptica Elliptic Spike-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Eupatorium eupalt Eupatorium altissimum altissimum Tall Boneset 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium eupper Eupatorium perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native

Solidago City graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia eutnut Euthamia graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native

Juncus alpinoarticulatus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus Juncus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

Juncus balticus ssp. Juncus balticus junbal littoralis thelittoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii Liparis loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native LYCOPUS lyceur Lycopus europaeus EUROPAEUS Gypsywort 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus Lycopus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native For Menispermum Menispermum mencan canadense canadense Canadian Moonseed 5 FAC FAC 0 Vine Perennial Native

Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula pacpau Packera paupercula var.savannarum Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Phragmites australis PHRAGMITES phrausu ssp. australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive

popdel Populus deltoides Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native salint Salix interior Salix interior Sandbar Willow 2 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native

Salix salmyr Salix myricoides glaucophylloides Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native

scicyp Scirpus cyperinus Scirpus cyperinus Cottongrass Bulrush 6 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scutellaria sculat Scutellaria lateriflora lateriflora Mad Dog Skullcap 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

solnem Solidago nemoralis Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native

typgla Typha X glauca TYPHA X GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive 10-02-2018

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CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.41 (ALL) 31

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 3.84 (NATIVE) 27 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 0.00 % NON-NATIVE 0.13

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 7.00 (ALL) -1.00 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.48 (NATIVE) -0.89

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 22.90 (MIDWEST) 0.87 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 21.37 PERENNIAL 0.77 ADJUSTED FQAI 41.13 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.06 % C VALUE 0 0.19 % ANNUAL 0.06 % C VALUE 1-3 0.29 % PERENNIAL 0.90 % C VALUE 4-6 0.32 % C VALUE 7-10 0.19 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY

Aristida Aristida Arrow-Feather aripur purpurascens purpurascens Three-Awn 5 FACU UPL 1 Grass Perennial Native Bidens bidfro Bidens frondosa frondosa Devil's-Pitchfork 1 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Calamagrostis Calamagrosti calcan canadensis s canadensis Bluejoint 6 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native Convolvulus Hedge False calsep Calystegia sepium sepium BindweedGary 1 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Carex cxcomo Carex comosa comosa Bearded Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native cxluri Carex lurida Carex lurida Sallow Sedge5OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxviri Carex viridula viridula Little Green Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxvulp Carex vulpinoidea vulpinoidea Common Fox Sedge 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus cypbip Cyperus bipartitus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus cypesc Cyperus esculentus esculentus Chufa 0 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native Equisetum equhye Equisetum hyemale hyemale Tall Scouring-Rush 1 FACW FAC -1 Fern Perennial Native Equisetum EquisetumCity Variegated Scourin g- equvar variegatum variegatum Rush 10 FACW FACW -1 Fern Perennial Native Equisetum X Equisetum X equmac mackaii trachyodon Ditch Horsetail 10 FACW FACW -1 Fern Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia Euthamia eutnut graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native Iris thevirginica var. Iris virginica irivir shrevei shrevei Virginia Blueflag 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus Juncus balticus ssp. balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native For Juncus jundud Juncus dudleyi dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Lycopus Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native LYTHRUM lytsal Lythrum salicaria SALICARIA Purple Loosestrife 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Phragmites australis ssp. PHRAGMITES phrausu australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Populus popdel Populus deltoides deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospor rhycal capillacea a capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Rudbeckia hirta var. rudhirp Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima Black-Eyed-Susan 1 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Sabatia sabang Sabatia angularis angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native Salix glaucophylloi salmyr Salix myricoides des Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scoparius Bluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Solidago solnem Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster Rice Button symdum dumosum dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLI Narrow-Leaf Cat- typang Typha angustifolia A Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive TYPHA X typgla Typha X glauca GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive 10-02-2018

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CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 METHODS ...... 1 RESULTS ...... 2 Literature Review ...... 2 Site Visit Results ...... 3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 5 LITERATURE CITED ...... 6

TABLES Table 1. Soils Mapped for the Project Site...... 3 Table 2. Surface water Features Summary ...... 3 Table 3. Floristic Quality Assessment Summary ...... 10-02-2018 4

APPENDICES Appendix A – Figures Appendix B – Site Photographs Appendix C – USACE Data Forms Appendix D – Floristic Quality AssessmentGary Results

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WETLAND DELINEATION REPORT 90-ACRE, 860 LAKE STREET PARCEL October 3, 2018 Nathanael J. Pilla Orbis Environmental Consulting P.O. Box 10235 South Bend, Indiana 46680

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A wetland delineation was conducted at the approximately 90-acre property located at 860 Lake Street in the Miller neighborhood of Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Fieldwork was conducted September 24-27, 2018, to identify all surface water features within the study area. Five wetlands totaling approximately 4.46 acres of potentially jurisdictional wetland were located on the site. The location, extent, and jurisdictional status of any surface water feature is considered potential until verified by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). It is recommended to submit this report to the USACE – Chicago District for verification prior to any construction activities on the site.10-02-2018

INTRODUCTION Michael Baker International (MBI) contracted Orbis Environmental Consulting (Orbis) to conduct a wetland delineation at the property located at parcel number 45-05-31-201-001.000-004, west and east of Lake Street, north of Gary Beach Subdivision, Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Fieldwork was conducted September 24-27, 2018, within the approximately 90-acre study area following a desktop review of resource maps and materials. The proposed development is intended to accommodate potential futureGary retail, hospitality, and commercial construction. Figures depicting the site are presented in Appendix A, photographs of the site are presented in Appendix B, USACE data forms are presented in Appendix C, and results of the Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) for each wetland are presented in Appendix D.

City METHODS Prior to fieldwork, Orbis reviewed available resource maps, including National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) maps, soils maps, topographic maps, and aerial photography, to determine the potential presence of wetlands and surface water features on the site. This information was also used to determine site topography, soil types, and whether any portions of the site are located within mapped floodways of drainage features. The wetlandthe delineation field visit was conducted on September 24-27, 2018. Identification of wetlands required characterization of plant community types, identification of hydric soils, and documentation of hydrologic indicators for each community type. The site was assessed using methodology from Environmental Laboratory (1987) and USACE (2012). Vascular plant

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inventories were recorded in all delineated wetland areas, and the FQA (Wilhelm and Rericha 2017) was applied to the resulting species inventories using the Chicago Region FQA Calculator (Herman et al. 2017) to obtain mean Coefficient of Conservatism (mean C) and Floristic Quality Index (FQI) values.

RESULTS Literature Review As shown in Figure 1, the site lies between approximately 579-609 feet in elevation (National Geodetic Vertical Datum) according to the USGS 7.5' Series Gary, Indiana (1991) quadrangle map. No wetlands or marsh symbols are mapped for the site. As shown on Figure 2, the aerial map depicts a largely dune and swale study area with two existing paved parking lots directly northwest and northeast of Lake Street near the western portion of the site. One building is just north of the eastern parking lot. A paved trail (Chanute Trail) cuts through the property connecting Marquette Park to the parking area. The areas east and west of the parking lots are composed of open dunes and swales. The area north of the site is composed of open beach and Lake Michigan, while the area10-02-2018 south of the site appears to be primarily residential development. The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory Map (NWI) was reviewed for the site (USFWS 2014). As shown on Figure 3, one seasonally flooded, persistent emergent palustrine wetland (PEM1C), intermittently exposed unconsolidated bottom littoral lacustrine habitat (L2UBG), and one intermittently flooded unconsolidated shore littoral lacustrine habitat (L2USJ) are mapped for the site. According to the Web Soil Survey (NRCS-USDA 2014) (Figure 4), two soils are mapped for the site; these soils are described in Table 1. AccordingGary to the National Hydric Soils List for Indiana (2017), Dune land (Du) is a soil type that has a parent material of Eolian sands. Dune land soils are non-hydric soils that do not contain any hydric components. Lake beaches (Lb) is a soil type that has a parent material of beach sand. Lake beaches soil is non-hydric soil that does not contain any hydric components.

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TABLE 1. SOILS MAPPED FOR THE PROJECT SITE.

Location of Hydric Mapped Soil Unit Hydric Status Type of Inclusions Inclusions

Dune land (Du) Non-hydric - -

Lake beaches (Lb) Non-hydric - -

Site Visit Results The study area is primarily sand dunes, however portions of the site were interdunal communities and disturbed beach access amendments (parking lot, buildings, etc.). Two existing paved parking lots are directly northwest and northeast of Lake Street near the western portion of the site. One building is just north of the eastern parking lot. A paved trail (Chanute Trail) cuts through the property connecting Marquette Park to the parking area. The area to the east and west of the parking lots are intact sand dunes with interdunal10-02-2018 features and blowouts. The area north of the site is the lake beach and Lake Michigan, and on the southern boundary is residential development. Five wetlands totaling approximately 4.46 acres of potentially jurisdictional wetland were documented on the site. These results are summarized in Table 2 and each surface water feature is described in detail below. Results of the FQA conducted for each delineated wetland are summarized in Table 3.

TABLE 2. SURFACE WATER FEATURES SUMMARY

Stream Length Wetland Area Feature Name Classification Gary (ln ft) (ac) Potentially Wetland-001-PEM - 4.03 Jurisdictional Potentially Wetland-002- PEM - 0.23 Jurisdictional Potentially Wetland-003- PEM - 0.10 Jurisdictional Potentially Wetland-004- PEM - 0.06 CityJurisdictional Potentially Wetland-005- PEM - 0.04 Jurisdictional Total - 4.46

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TABLE 3. FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Feature Name Mean C/Native Mean C FQI/Native FQI

Wetland-001-PEM 4.24/4.77 47.57/50.46

Wetland-002-PEM 4.16/4.45 27.88/28.85

Wetland-003-PEM 4.03/4.38 24.50/25.55

Wetland-004-PEM 3.77/4.19 20.63/21.75

Wetland-005-PEM 3.84/4.41 21.37/22.90

Wetland-001-PEM is located within a series of dunes north of the Chanute trail. The wetland comprises approximately 4.03 acres. The USACE data form recorded at Data Point 1 shows that dominant vegetation in the wetland includes Schoenoplectus pungens (three-square, OBL) and Triglochin maritima (seaside arrow-grass, OBL). The hydric soil indicators are depleted below dark surface (A11), sandy mucky mineral (S1), dark surface (S7), and thin dark surface (S9). Indicators of wetland hydrology include high water table (A2), saturation (A3), inundation visible on aerial imagery (B7), dry-season water table (C2), 10-02-2018and FAC-neutral test (D5); in addition, standing water was observed near the plot. Wetland-001-PEM water table is determined in part by Lake Michigan and would potentially be considered a jurisdictional “waters of the US.” An FQA for Wetland-001-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 4.24 (native mean C value of 4.77) and an FQI of 47.57 (native FQI of 50.46). Data Point 2 was recorded in adjacent uplands near Wetland-001-PEM. Dominant vegetation includes Quercus velutina (black oak, UPL), Schizachyrium scoparium (little false bluestem, FACU), Ammophila breviligulata (beach grass, UPL), and Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod, UPL). No indicators of hydric soils or wetland hydrology were observed. As the area does not exhibit hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soilsGary, or wetland hydrolog y Data Point 2 was determined to be upland. Wetland-002-PEM is located in interdunal swale south of a foredune. The wetland comprises approximately of 0.23 acre. The USACE data form recorded at Data Point 3 shows that dominant vegetation in the wetland includes Cyperus bipartitus (shining flat sedge, FACW) and Cyperus flavescens (yellow flat sedge, OBL). The hydric soil indicator is sandy redox (S5). Indicators of wetland hydrology include surface water (A1), high water table (A2), saturation (A3), algal mat or crust (B7), inundation visible on aerial imagery (B7), oxidized rhizospheres on living roots (C3), dry-seasonCity water table (C2), saturation visible on aerial imagery (C9), and FAC-neutral test (D5). This area displays hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soil, and indicators of wetland hydrology and was considered wetland. Wetland-002-PEM water table is determined in part by Lake Michigan and would potentially be considered a jurisdictional “waters of the US.” An FQA for Wetland-002-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 4.16 (native mean C value of 4.45) and an FQI of 27.88 (native FQI of 28.85). Data Pointthe 4 was recorded in adjacent upland near Wetland-002-PEM. Dominant vegetation includes Populus deltoides (Eastern cottonwood, FAC) in both the tree and shrub/sapling strata and Ammophila breviligulata (beach grass, UPL). No indicators of hydric soils or wetland

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hydrology were observed. As the area does not exhibit hydric soils or wetland hydrology Data Point 4 was determined to be upland. Wetland-003-PEM, Wetland-004-PEM, and Wetland-005-PEM are located in an interdunal swale south of a foredune, in very close proximity to Wetland-002-PEM. Each of these wetlands contained similar composition to that in W-002-PEM and were only separated due to the accumulation of sand that’s blown in from the foredune between them; therefore, only one data point was taken to represent this strip of wetlands (see Wetland-002-PEM). Combined, Wetland-003-PEM, Wetland-004-PEM, and Wetland-005-PEM make up 0.20 acre. The water table of these wetlands is determined in part by Lake Michigan and as a result they would potentially be considered a jurisdictional “waters of the US.” An FQA for Wetland-003-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 4.03 (native mean C value of 4.38) and an FQI of 24.50 (native FQI of 25.55). An FQA for Wetland-004-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 3.77 (native mean C value of 4.19) and an FQI of 20.63 (native FQI of 21.75). An FQA for Wetland-005-PEM resulted in a mean C value of 3.84 (native mean C value of 4.41) and an FQI of 21.37 (native FQI of 22.90).

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS10-02-2018 A wetland delineation was conducted for MBI at the approximately 90-acre proposed development site in the Miller neighborhood of Gary, Indiana on September 24-27, 2018. Five potentially jurisdictional wetlands, comprising approximately 4.46 acres, were observed on the site. The location, extent, and jurisdictional status of any surface water feature is considered potential until verified by the USACE. It is recommended to forward this report to the USACE – Chicago District for verification prior to any construction activities. Gary

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LITERATURE CITED Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, Technical Report Y-87-1, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss. Herman, B., R. Sliwinski, and S. Whitaker. 2017. Chicago Region FQA (Floristic Quality Assessment) Calculator. September 29, 2014. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, IL. Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (NRCS-USDA). 2014. Web Soil Survey. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/ [Accessed 10/02/2018]. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 2012. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Northcentral-Northeast Region (Version 2.0), ed. J.S. Wakeley, R.W. Lichvar, C.V. Noble, and J.F. Berkowitz. ERDC/EL TR-12-1. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA- NRCS). 2014. National Hydric Soils List by State. Available online from the website of the Natural Resources Conservation Service: 10-02-2018 http://soils.usda.gov/use/hydric/ [Accessed 10/02/2018].

United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2014. National Wetlands Inventory Map. Available from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

United States Geological Service (USGS). Gary, Indiana (1991) Quadrangle, 7.5 minute Series (Topographic). Maps prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and revised in cooperation with State of Indiana Agencies.

Wilhelm, G. and L. Rericha. 2017. FloraGary of the Chicago region: a floristic and ecological synthesis. Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science.

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Photo 1. View of Wetland-001-PEM, data point 1 (DP1) facing north. (Orbis, 09/24/2018)

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Photo 3. View of Wetland-002-PEM, data point 3 (DP3) facing west. (Orbis, 09/26/2018)

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Photo 5. View of upland data point 4 (DP4), facing north. (Orbis, 09/26/2018)

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Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/24/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP1 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Scott Namestnik, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): panne Local relief (concave, convex, none): concave Slope %: 0 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6183 Long: -87.2636 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune Land) NWI classification: PEM1C Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present?Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes XNo Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes XNowithin a Wetland? Yes X No Wetland Hydrology Present? YesXNo If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: W-001-PEM Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photo 128: N-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) X High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) X Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15)x Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2) Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) x Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)X FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yesx No Depth (inches): 2 Saturation Present? Yesx No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP1 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. None Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 2 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100.0% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: r = 15' ) OBL species 88x 1 = 88 1. None FACW species 3 x 2 = 6 2. FAC species 0x 3 = 0 3. FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 4. UPL species 1x 5 = 5 5. Column Totals:92 (A) 99 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 1.08 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: r = 5' )10-02-2018X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Schoenoplectus pungens 60 Yes OBLX 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Triglochin maritima 20 Yes OBL 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Hypericum kalmianum 2 No FACW 4. Scleria verticillata 2 No OBL Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. Cladium mariscoides 1 No OBL 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. Cyperus flavescens 1 No OBL be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Juncus balticus 1 No OBL Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Juncus canadensis 1 No OBL Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. Lycopus americanus 1NoOBL diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Lythrum salicaria 1 No OBL Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. Phragmites australis 1 No FACW and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Rhus typhina 1 No UPL Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 92 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. None City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? Yes X No =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photothe numbers here or on a separate sheet.)

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP1 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-4 10YR 2/1 100 Sandy mucky

4-16 10YR 4/1 99 Sandy 1% unnamed color

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3)x Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) x Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) x Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) x Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) x Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? YesX No

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Northcentral and Northeast Region

Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/24/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP2 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Scott Namestnik, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): dune Local relief (concave, convex, none): convex Slope %: 15 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6181 Long: -87.2636 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune land) NWI classification: none Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present?Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No X Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes No Xwithin a Wetland? Yes No X Wetland Hydrology Present? YesNo X If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photo 132: S-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15) Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2) Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Saturation Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: none observed the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP2 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. Quercus velutina 20 Yes UPL Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0.0% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 20 =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: r = 15' ) OBL species 00x 1 = 1. Quercus velutina 2NoUPL FACW species 2 x 2 = 4 2. Lonicera X bella 1 No FACU FAC species 1x 3 = 3 3. FACU species 18 x 4 = 72 4. UPL species 50x 5 = 250 5. Column Totals:71 (A) 329 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 4.63 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 3 =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: r = 5' )10-02-2018 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Schizachyrium scoparium 15 Yes FACU 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Ammophila breviligulata 10 Yes UPL 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Solidago nemoralis 10 Yes UPL 4. Calamovilfa longifolia 5 No UPL Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. Artemisia campestris 2 No UPL 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. Equisetum laevigatum 2 No FACW be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Arabidopsis lyrata 1 No FACU Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Arenaria serpyllifolia 1 No FAC Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. Corispermum americanum 1NoFACU diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Monarda punctata 1 No UPL Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 48 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. None City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? Yes No X =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photothe numbers here or on a separate sheet.)

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP2 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-4 10YR 4/2 70 Sandy mixed

10YR 4/3 30

4-16 10YR 6/3 85 Sandy mixed

10YR 4/6 15

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Northcentral and Northeast Region

Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/26/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP3 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): panne Local relief (concave, convex, none): concave Slope %: 1 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6203 Long: -87.2623 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune land) NWI classification: L2USJ Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present? Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes XNo Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes XNowithin a Wetland? Yes X No Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes XNo If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: W-002-PEM Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photos 515-519: W-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) X Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) X High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) X Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15)x Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2)xx Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) x Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) x Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) X FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes x No Depth (inches): 0.5 Water Table Present? Yes x No Depth (inches): 1 Saturation Present? Yes x No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP3 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. None Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 2 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100.0% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland ) OBL species 33x 1 = 33 1. Populus deltoides 1 No FAC FACW species 61 x 2 = 122 2. Salix interior 1 No FACW FAC species 2x 3 = 6 3. Salix myricoides 1 No FACW FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 4. UPL species 0x 5 = 0 5. Column Totals:96 (A) 161 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 1.68 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 3 =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland )10-02-2018X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Cyperus bipartitus 50 Yes FACWX 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Cyperus flavescens 20 Yes OBL 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Juncus canadensis 10 No OBL 4. Juncus torreyi 5 No FACW Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. Eupatorium perfoliatum 1 No FACW 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. Euthamia graminifolia 1 No FAC be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Juncus alpinoarticulatus 1 No OBL Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Juncus balticus 1 No OBL Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. Phragmites australis 1NoFACW diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Salix myricoides 1 No FACW Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. Scutellaria lateriflora 1 No OBL and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Symphyotrichum lanceolatum 1 No FACW Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 93 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: entire wetland ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? YesX No =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photothe numbers here or on a separate sheet.)

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP3 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-4 10YR 5/2 98 10YR 4/6 2 C M Sandy Prominent redox concentrations

4-8 2.5YR 3/2 99 Sandy some dark organic streaks

8-16 10YR 5/2 100 Sandy

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) X Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? YesX No

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Northcentral and Northeast Region

Project/Site: Miller Lake Street Beach City/County: Lake Sampling Date: 9/26/2018 Applicant/Owner: MBI/City of Gary State: IN Sampling Point: DP4 Investigator(s): Nathanael Pilla, Brad Slaughter Section, Township, Range: Sect. 31, T37N, R7W Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): dune Local relief (concave, convex, none): none Slope %: 1 Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR L, MLRA 97Lat: 41.6203 Long: -87.2641 Datum: WGS84 Soil Map Unit Name: Du (Dune land) NWI classification: L2USJ Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes x No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are “Normal Circumstances” present?Yes x No Are Vegetation , Soil , or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes XNo Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes No Xwithin a Wetland? Yes No X Wetland Hydrology Present? YesNo X If yes, optional Wetland Site ID: Remarks: (Explain alternative procedures here or in a separate report.) Photos 429-430: N-facing. 10-02-2018 HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply) Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Surface Water (A1) Water-Stained Leaves (B9) Drainage Patterns (B10) High Water Table (A2) Aquatic Fauna (B13) Moss Trim Lines (B16) Saturation (A3) Marl Deposits (B15) Dry-Season Water Table (C2) Water Marks (B1) Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Crayfish Burrows (C8) Sediment Deposits (B2) Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron ReductionGary in Tilled Soils (C6) Geomorphic Position (D2) Iron Deposits (B5) Thin Muck Surface (C7) Shallow Aquitard (D3) Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Other (Explain in Remarks) Microtopographic Relief (D4) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) FAC-Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Saturation Present? Yes Nox Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X (includes capillary fringe) City Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks: none observed the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 VEGETATION – Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: DP4 Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) % Cover Species? Status Dominance Test worksheet: 1. Populus deltoides 5 Yes FAC Number of Dominant Species 2. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) 3. Total Number of Dominant 4. Species Across All Strata: 3 (B) 5. Percent of Dominant Species 6. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 66.7% (A/B) 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 5 =Total Cover Total % Cover of: Multiply by: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: r = 15' ) OBL species 00x 1 = 1. Populus deltoides 10 Yes FAC FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 2. FAC species 17x 3 = 51 3. FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 4. UPL species 26x 5 = 130 5. Column Totals:43 (A) 181 (B) 6. Prevalence Index = B/A = 4.21 7. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 10 =Total Cover 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Herb Stratum (Plot size: r = 5' )10-02-2018X 2 - Dominance Test is >50% 1. Ammophila breviligulata 25 Yes UPL 3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.01 2. Populus deltoides 2NoFAC 4 - Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) 3. Solidago nemoralis 1 No UPL 4. Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain) 5. 1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 6. be present, unless disturbed or problematic. 7. Definitions of Vegetation Strata: 8. Gary Tree – Woody plants 3 in. (7.6 cm) or more in 9. diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height. 10. Sapling/shrub – Woody plants less than 3 in. DBH 11. and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 12. Herb – All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless 28 =Total Cover of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: r = 30' ) Woody vines – All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in 1. None City height. 2. Hydrophytic 3. Vegetation 4. Present? Yes X No =Total Cover Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) Populus deltoides coverthe higher outside plot area.

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point DP4 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type1 Loc2 Texture Remarks

0-20 10YR 6/3 100 Sandy occasional darker mineral grains

1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix. Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: Histosol (A1) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR R, 10-02-20182 cm Muck (A10) (LRR K, L, MLRA 149B) Histic Epipedon (A2) MLRA 149B) Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (LRR K, L, R) Black Histic (A3) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR R, MLRA 149B) 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3) (LRR K, L, R) Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) High Chroma Sands (S11) (LRR K, L) Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR K, L) Stratified Layers (A5) Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR K, L) Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR K, L) Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR K, L, R) Thick Dark Surface (A12) Depleted Matrix (F3) Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149B) Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Redox Dark Surface (F6) Mesic Spodic (TA6) (MLRA 144A, 145, 149B) Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Depleted Dark Surface (F7) Red Parent Material (F21) Sandy Redox (S5) Redox Depressions (F8) Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22) Stripped Matrix (S6) Marl (F10) (LRR K,Gary L) Other (Explain in Remarks) Dark Surface (S7)

3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X

Remarks: This data form is revised from Northcentral Cityand Northeast Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2015 Errata. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051293.docx) the

For US Army Corps of Engineers Northcentral and Northeast Region – Version 2.0

Appendix D Floristic Quality Assessment Results

10-02-2018

Gary Wetland Delineation Report

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90-Acre, 860 Lake Street Parcel

Gary, Lake County, Indiana

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2018 A PPENDIX | For #1808010 W-1: 90-acre, 860 SITE: Lakes Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & Brad BY: Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.77 (ALL) 126

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 4.24 (NATIVE) 112 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 4.00 % NON-NATIVE 0.11

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 7.25 (ALL) -0.94 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.73 (NATIVE) -1.09

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 50.46 (MIDWEST) 0.81 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 47.57 PERENNIAL 0.67 ADJUSTED FQAI 44.95 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.21 % C VALUE 0 0.18 % ANNUAL 0.21 % C VALUE 1-3 0.26 % PERENNIAL 0.77 % C VALUE 4-6 0.29 % C VALUE 7-10 0.26 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY Purple False agapur Agalinis purpurea Agalinis purpurea Foxglove 6 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Slender-Leaf False agaten Agalinis tenuifolia Agalinis tenuifolia Foxglove 3 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native

agrgig Agrostis gigantea AGROSTIS ALBA Black Bent 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Alisma American Water- alisub Alisma subcordatum subcordatum Plantain 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Northern Water- alitri Alisma triviale Alisma triviale Plantain 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Apocynum apocan Apocynum cannabinum sibiricum Indian-Hemp 2 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Aristida longespica var. Gary arinec geniculata Aristida necopina Red Three-Awn 1 FACU FACU 1 Grass Annual Native Aristida Arrow-Feather aripur Aristida purpurascens purpurascens Three-Awn 5 FACU UPL 1 Grass Perennial Native

ascinc Asclepias incarnata Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native ascsyr Asclepias syriaca Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed 0 FACU UPL 1 Forb Perennial Native Nodding Burr- bidcer Bidens cernua Bidens cernua Marigold 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native bidfro Bidens frondosa Bidens frondosa Devil's-Pitchfork 1 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Bidens comosa; Three-Lobe bidcom Bidens tripartita Bidens connata Beggarticks 3 OBL FACW -2 Forb Annual Native brasch Brasenia schreberi Brasenia schreberi Water Shield 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Calamagrostis Calamagrostis calcan canadensis canadensisCity Bluejoint 6 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native cxcomo Carex comosa Carex comosa Bearded Sedge5OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

cxcryp Carex cryptolepis Carex cryptolepis Northeastern Sedge 4 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Limestone-Meadow cxgran Carex granularis Carex granularis Sedge 3 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native cxviri Carex viridula Carex viridula Little Green Sedge5OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native CELASTRUS celorb Celastrus orbiculatus ORBICULATUS Asian Bittersweet 0 UPL UPL 2 Vine Perennial Adventive Ceratophyllum Ceratophyllum cerdem demersum demersum Coon's-Tail 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Ceratophyllum Ceratophyllum cerech echinatumtheechinatum Spineless Hornwort 9 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Cladium clamar Cladium mariscoides mariscoides Smooth Saw-Grass 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

Cornus stolonifera; Cornus baileyi; corbai Cornus alba Cornus sericea Red Osier 5 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native cusgro Cuscuta gronovii Cuscuta gronovii Common Dodder 5 UPL UPL 2 Vine Annual Native Forcypbip C yperus bipartitus Cyperus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge3OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus engelmannii; Cyperus cypodo Cyperus odoratus ferruginescens Rusty Flat Sedge 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus schweinitzii; Cyperus X cypsch Cyperus schweinitzii mesochorus Sand Flat Sedge 5 FACU FACU 1 Sedge Perennial Native Straw-Color Flat cypstr Cyperus strigosus Cyperus strigosus Sedge 1 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus X Nieuwlands Flat cypnie Cyperus X nieuwlandii nieuwlandii Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native

daucar Daucus carota DAUCUS CAROTA Queen Anne’s Lace 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Biennial Adventive Panicum implicatum; Panicum auburne; Panicum lindheimeri; Panicum praecocius; Panicum subvillosum; Panicum villosissimum; Panicum Dichanthelium villosissimum Tapered Rosette dicacu acuminatum pseudopubescens Grass 4 FAC FAC 0 Grass Perennial Native Dichanthelium Panicum Hemlock Rosette dicpor portoricense columbianum Grass 8 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Echinochloa Large Barnyard echcru Echinochloa crus-galli crusgalli Grass 0 FACW FAC -1 Grass Annual Native Echinochloa Rough Barnyard echmur Echinochloa muricata muricata Grass 4 OBL OBL -2 Grass Annual Native ELAEAGNUS elaumb Elaeagnus umbellata UMBELLATA Autumn-Olive 0 UPL UPL10-02-2018 2 Shrub Perennial Adventive eleell Eleocharis elliptica Eleocharis elliptica Elliptic Spike-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native eleobt Eleocharis obtusa Eleocharis ovata Blunt Spike-Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native

Eleocharis erythropoda; Eleocharis palustris major; Eleocharis smallii; Eleocharis xyridiformis; Eleocharis Common Spike- eleery Eleocharis palustris macrostachya Rush 1 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

elonut Elodea nuttallii Elodea nuttallii Western Waterweed 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Epilobium Purple-Leaf epicol Epilobium coloratum coloratum Willowherb 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Equisetum Variegated Scouring- equvar Equisetum variegatum variegatum Rush 10 FACW FACW -1 Fern Perennial Native Canadian Gary concan Erigeron canadensis Conyza canadensis Horseweed 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Annual Native EUONYMUS EUOFOR Euonymus hederaceus FORTUNEI Climbing Euonymus 0 UPL UPL 2 Shrub Perennial Adventive Eupatorium eupalt Eupatorium altissimum altissimum Tall Boneset 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium eupper Eupatorium perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia eutgra Euthamia graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native FimbristCityylis fimaut Fimbristylis autumnalis autumnalis Slender Fimbry 9 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native fravir Fragaria virginiana Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native RHAMNUS Glossy False fraaln Frangula alnus FRANGULA Buckthorn 0 FACW FAC -1 Shrub Perennial Adventive galpil Galium pilosum Galium pilosum Hairy Bedstraw 9 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Stiff Marsh galtin Galium tinctorium Galium tinctorium Bedstraw 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Greater Fringed- gencri Gentianopsis crinita Gentiana crinita Gentian 9 OBL FACW -2 Forb Annual Native Hypericum Kalm's St. John's- hypkal Hypericumthe kalmianum kalmianum Wort 10 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus Juncus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus balticus ssp. Juncus balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native juncan Juncus canadensis Juncus canadensis Canadian Rush 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native jundud Juncus dudleyi Juncus dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native junnoo Juncus nodosus Juncus nodosus Knotted Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Forjuntor Juncus torreyi Juncus torreyi Torrey's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native leeory Leersia oryzoides Leersia oryzoides Rice Cut Grass 3 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native

lemmio Lemna minor Lemna minor Common Duckweed 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native lemtur Lemna turionifera Lemna turionifera Turion Duckweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Linum medium var. Linum medium linmed texanum texanum Stiff Yellow Flax 8 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii Liparis loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native lobkal Lobelia kalmii Lobelia kalmii Brook Lobelia 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Showy Fly lonbel Lonicera X bella LONICERA X BELLA Honeysuckle 0 FACU FACU 1 Shrub Perennial Adventive Lycopus Cut-Leaf Water- lycame Lycopus americanus americanus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus Lycopus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Wing-Angle lytala Lythrum alatum Lythrum alatum Loosestrife 7 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native LYTHRUM lytsal Lythrum salicaria SALICARIA Purple Loosestrife 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Maianthemum Starry False smiste stellatum Smilacina stellata Solomon's-Seal 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native MORUS ALBA VAR. moralb Morus alba TATARICA White Mulberry 0 FAC FACU 0 Tree Perennial Adventive najfle Najas flexilis Najas flexilis Wavy Waternymph1OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native Nymphaea American White nymodo Nymphaea odorata tuberosa Water-Lily 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Osmunda regalis osmspe Osmunda spectabilis spectabilis Royal Fern 8 OBL OBL -2 Fern Perennial Native

Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula pacpau Packera paupercula var.savannarum Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native panvir Panicum virgatum Panicum virgatum Wand Panic Grass 3 FAC FAC 0 Grass Perennial Native Parthenocissus Parthenocissus parqui quinquefolia quinquefolia Virginia-Creeper 4 FACU FACU 1 Vine Perennial Native Polygonum Persicaria opelousanum perhyo hydropiperoides adenocalyx Swamp Smartweed 6 OBL OBL10-02-2018-2 Forb Perennial Native Polygonum perpen Persicaria pensylvanica pensylvanicum Pinkweed 0 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Polygonum perpun Persicaria punctata punctatum Dotted Smartweed 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native Phragmites australis PHRAGMITES phrausu ssp. australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Kentucky Blue poapra Poa pratensis POA PRATENSIS Grass 0 FAC FACU 0 Grass Perennial Adventive Pogonia Pogonia Snake-Mouth pogoph ophioglossoides ophioglossoides Orchid 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Potamogeton potfol Potamogeton foliosus foliosus Leafy Pondweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Potamogeton potill Potamogeton illinoensis illinoensis Illinois Pondweed 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Ranunculus Kidney-Leaf ranabo Ranunculus abortivus abortivus Buttercup 1 FACW FAC -1 Forb Annual Native Ranunculus ransce Ranunculus sceleratus sceleratus Cursed ButtercupGary 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospora rhycal capillacea capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospora Brownish Beak rhycat capitellata capitellata Sedge 8 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

rosmul Rosa multiflora ROSA MULTIFLORA Rambler Rose 0 FACU FACU 1 Shrub Perennial Adventive Rudbeckia hirta rudhir Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima Black-Eyed-Susan 1 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native sabang Sabatia angularis Sabatia angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native salamy Salix amygdaloides Salix amygdaloides Peach-Leaf Willow 4 FACW FACW -1 Tree Perennial Native Salix salmyr Salix myricoides glaucophylloides Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scopariusCityBluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Schoenoplectus schpun pungens Scirpus pungens Three-Square 4 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Schoenoplectus Scirpus validus Soft-Stem Club- schtab tabernaemontani creber Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native

sciatv Scirpus atrovirens Scirpus atrovirens Dark-Green Bulrush 4 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native sclver Scleria verticillata Scleria verticillata Low Nut-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native Scutellaria sculat Scutellaria lateriflora lateriflora Mad Dog Skullcap 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Erechtites erehie Senecio hieraciifolius hieracifolia American Burnweed 0 FAC FACU 0 Forb Annual Native theSmilax tamnoides smihis Smilax hispida hispida Chinaroot 4 FAC FAC 0 Vine Perennial Native SOLANUM Climbing soldul Solanum dulcamara DULCAMARA Nightshade 0 FAC FAC 0 Vine Perennial Adventive Solanum Eastern Black solpty Solanum ptychanthum ptychanthum Nightshade 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Annual Native Solidago solcan Solidago canadensis canadensis Canadian Goldenrod 1 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Forsolgig Solida go gigantea Solidago gigantea Late Goldenrod 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Aster ptarmicoides; olialb Solidago ptarmicoides Oligoneuron album Stiff Goldenrod 10 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Sparganium Sparganium spaand androcladum androcladum Branched Burr-Reed 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native White Nodding spicer Spiranthes cernua Spiranthes cernua Ladies'-Tresses 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Potamogeton Sago False stupec Stuckenia pectinata pectinatus Pondweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Rice Button symdum dumosum Aster dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Dryopteris Thelypteris palustris thelypteris thepal var. pubescens pubescens Eastern Marsh Fern 7 OBL FACW -2 Fern Perennial Native

toxryd Toxicodendron rydbergii Rhus radicans Western Poison-Ivy 7 FAC FAC 0 Shrub Perennial Native Seaside Arrow- trimar Triglochin maritima Triglochin maritima Grass 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

typgla Typha X glauca TYPHA X GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Humped utrgib Utricularia gibba Utricularia gibba Bladderwort 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Greater utrmac Utricularia macrorhiza Utricularia vulgaris Bladderwort 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native utrmin Utricularia minor Utricularia minor Lesser Bladderwort 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

utrsub Utricularia subulata Utricularia subulata Zigzag Bladderwort 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Annual Native verhas Verbena hastata Verbena hastata Simpler's-Joy 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Vitis riparia var. vitrip Vitis riparia syrticola River-Bank Grape 1 FACW FAC -1 Vine Perennial Native 10-02-2018

Gary

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For W2: 90-Acre, 860 SITE: Lake Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & BY: Brad Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.45 (ALL) 45

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 4.16 (NATIVE) 42 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 1.50 % NON-NATIVE 0.07

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 4.67 (ALL) -0.76 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.59 (NATIVE) -0.79

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 28.85 (MIDWEST) 0.82 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 27.88 PERENNIAL 0.82 ADJUSTED FQAI 43.01 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.09 % C VALUE 0 0.13 % ANNUAL 0.09 % C VALUE 1-3 0.31 % PERENNIAL 0.87 % C VALUE 4-6 0.36 % C VALUE 7-10 0.20 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY Ammophila Ammophila ammbre breviligulata breviligulata Beach Grass 6 UPL UPL 2 Grass Perennial Native Bidens bidfro Bidens frondosa frondosa Devil's-Pitchfork 1 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Carex cxcomo Carex comosa comosa Bearded Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxviri Carex viridula viridula Little Green Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxvulp Carex vulpinoidea vulpinoidea Common Fox SedgeGary 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cornus stolonifera; Cornus baileyi; Cornus corser Cornus alba sericea Red Osier 5 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Cyperus cypbip Cyperus bipartitus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native DAUCUS daucar Daucus carota CAROTA Queen Anne’s Lace 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Biennial Adventive EleocharisCity eleell Eleocharis elliptica elliptica Elliptic Spike-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Eupatorium Eupatorium eupper perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium Eupatorium Late-Flowering eupser serotinum serotinum Thoroughwort 0 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamiathe Euthamia eutgra graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus Juncus balticus ssp. balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native For Juncus juncan Juncus canadensis canadensis Canadian Rush 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus jundud Juncus dudleyi dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus juntor Juncus torreyi torreyi Torrey's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Lemna lemtur Lemna turionifera turionifera Turion Duckweed 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Liparis Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native lobkal Lobelia kalmii Lobelia kalmii Brook Lobelia 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Lycopus Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Lythrum Wing-Angle lytala Lythrum alatum alatum Loosestrife 7 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Monarda monpun Monarda punctata punctata Spotted Beebalm 4 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula var.savannar pacpau Packera paupercula um Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Phragmites australis ssp. PHRAGMITES phrausu australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Populus popdel Populus deltoides deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Populus Populus poptre tremuloides tremuloides Quaking Aspen 3 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Pseudognaphalium Gnaphalium pseobt obtusifolium obtusifolium Sweet Everlasting 2 UPL UPL 2 Forb Annual Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospor rhycal capillacea a capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Sabatia sabang Sabatia angularis angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native salint Salix interior Salix interior Sandbar Willow 2 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Salix 10-02-2018 glaucophylloi salmyr Salix myricoides des Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scoparius Bluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Scirpus Schoenoplectus validus Soft-Stem Club- schtab tabernaemontani creber Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scirpus scicyp Scirpus cyperinus cyperinus Cottongrass Bulrush 6 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scutellaria Scutellaria sculat lateriflora lateriflora Mad Dog Skullcap 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Solidago solnem Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native

Aster ptarmicoides; Gary Solidago Oligoneuron olialb ptarmicoides album Stiff Goldenrod 10 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Spiranthes White Nodding spicer Spiranthes cernua cernua Ladies'-Tresses 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster Rice Button symdum dumosum dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster novae- New England symnov novae-angliae angliae American-Aster 3 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native TYPHA X typgla Typha X glauca GLAUCACity Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive

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For W3: 90-acre, 860 SITE: Lake Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & BY: Brad Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.38 (ALL) 37

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 4.03 (NATIVE) 34 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 0.00 % NON-NATIVE 0.08

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 4.50 (ALL) -0.62 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.52 (NATIVE) -0.65

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 25.55 (MIDWEST) 0.78 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 24.50 PERENNIAL 0.81 ADJUSTED FQAI 42.01 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.08 % C VALUE 0 0.22 % ANNUAL 0.08 % C VALUE 1-3 0.22 % PERENNIAL 0.86 % C VALUE 4-6 0.38 % C VALUE 7-10 0.19 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY Ammophila Ammophila ammbre breviligulata breviligulata Beach Grass 6 UPL UPL 2 Grass Perennial Native Calamagrostis Calamagrosti calcan canadensis s canadensis Bluejoint 6 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native Carex cxcomo Carex comosa comosa Bearded Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxviri Carex viridula viridula Little Green Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus cypbip Cyperus bipartitus rivularis Shining Flat SedgeGary 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus cypesc Cyperus esculentus esculentus Chufa 0 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native DAUCUS daucar Daucus carota CAROTA Queen Anne’s Lace 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Biennial Adventive Eupatorium Eupatorium eupalt altissimum altissimum Tall Boneset 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium Eupatorium eupper perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; SolidagoCity graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia Euthamia eutgra graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus Juncus balticus ssp. balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native theJuncus jundud Juncus dudleyi dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Juncus juntor Juncus torreyi torreyi Torrey's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Liparis Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native lobkal Lobelia kalmii Lobelia kalmii Brook Lobelia 10 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Mimulus Allegheny Monkey- Formimrin Mimulus ringens ringens Flower 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Monarda monpun Monarda punctata punctata Spotted Beebalm 4 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula var.savannar pacpau Packera paupercula um Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Phragmites australis ssp. PHRAGMITES phrausu australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Populus popdel Populus deltoides deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospor rhycal capillacea a capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Sabatia sabang Sabatia angularis angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native salint Salix interior Salix interior Sandbar Willow 2 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Salix glaucophylloi salmyr Salix myricoides des Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scoparius Bluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Scirpus Schoenoplectus validus Soft-Stem Club- schtab tabernaemontani creber Rush 3 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scirpus scicyp Scirpus cyperinus cyperinus Cottongrass Bulrush 6 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Senecio Erechtites erehie hieraciifolius hieracifolia American Burnweed 0 FAC FACU 0 Forb Annual Native Solidago solnem Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native

Aster ptarmicoides; Solidago Oligoneuron olialb ptarmicoides album Stiff Goldenrod 10 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Spiranthes White Nodding 10-02-2018 spicer Spiranthes cernua cernua Ladies'-Tresses 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster Rice Button symdum dumosum dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native TYPHA X typgla Typha X glauca GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Gary

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For SITE: W4: 90-acre, Lake LOCALE: Gary, Indiana BY: Nathanael Pilla & Brad NOTES:

CONSERVA TISM- ADDITIONAL BASED METRICS MEAN C (NATIVE SPECIES RICHNESS SPECIES) 4.19 (ALL) 30 MEAN C (ALL SPECIES RICHNESS SPECIES) 3.77 (NATIVE) 27 MEAN C (NATIVE 2.50 % NON-NATIVE 0.10 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR SHRUBS) 4.50 (ALL) -0.90 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEO 4.27 (NATIVE) -0.81 FQAI (NATIVE % HYDROPHYTE SPECIES) 21.75 (MIDWEST) 0.87 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL 20.63 PERENNIAL 0.77 ADJUSTED F39.70 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.13 % C VALUE 0.20 % ANNUAL 0.13 % C VALUE 0.23 % PERENNIAL 0.87 % C VALUE 0.43 % C VALUE 0.13 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY acerub Acer rubrum Acer rubrum Red Maple 5 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Purple False agapur Agalinis purpurea Agalinis purpurea Foxglove 6 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Alisma American Water- alisub Alisma subcordatum subcordatum Plantain 3 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Ammophila Ammophila ammbre breviligulata breviligulata Beach Grass 6 UPL UPL 2 Grass Perennial Native

cxcris Carex cristatella Carex cristatella Crested Sedge 4 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native cxvulp Carex vulpinoidea Carex vulpinoidea Common Fox SedgeGary 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Perennial Native cypbip Cyperus bipartitus Cyperus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native

Cyperus flavescens cypfla Cyperus flavescens poaeformis Yellow Flat Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus X Nieuwlands Flat cypnie Cyperus X nieuwlandii nieuwlandii Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Annual Native

eleell Eleocharis elliptica Eleocharis elliptica Elliptic Spike-Rush 10 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Eupatorium eupalt Eupatorium altissimum altissimum Tall Boneset 0 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Eupatorium eupper Eupatorium perfoliatum perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 OBL FACW -2 Forb Perennial Native

Solidago City graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia eutnut Euthamia graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native

Juncus alpinoarticulatus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus Juncus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

Juncus balticus ssp. Juncus balticus junbal littoralis thelittoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Yellow Wide-Lip liploe Liparis loeselii Liparis loeselii Orchid 4 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native LYCOPUS lyceur Lycopus europaeus EUROPAEUS Gypsywort 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus Lycopus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native For Menispermum Menispermum mencan canadense canadense Canadian Moonseed 5 FAC FAC 0 Vine Perennial Native

Packera crawfordii; Packera paupercula pacpau Packera paupercula var.savannarum Balsam Groundsel 4 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Phragmites australis PHRAGMITES phrausu ssp. australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive

popdel Populus deltoides Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native salint Salix interior Salix interior Sandbar Willow 2 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native

Salix salmyr Salix myricoides glaucophylloides Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native

scicyp Scirpus cyperinus Scirpus cyperinus Cottongrass Bulrush 6 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Scutellaria sculat Scutellaria lateriflora lateriflora Mad Dog Skullcap 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native

solnem Solidago nemoralis Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Panicled symlan lanceolatum Aster simplex American-Aster 3 FAC FACW 0 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum White Oldfield sympil pilosum Aster pilosus American-Aster 0 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native

typgla Typha X glauca TYPHA X GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive 10-02-2018

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For W5: 90-acre, 860 SITE: Lakes Street Parcel LOCALE: Gary, Indiana Nathanael Pilla & BY: Brad Slaughter NOTES:

CONSERVATISM- BASED ADDITIONAL METRICS METRICS

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (NATIVE SPECIES) 4.41 (ALL) 31

MEAN C SPECIES RICHNESS (ALL SPECIES) 3.84 (NATIVE) 27 MEAN C (NATIVE TREES) 0.00 % NON-NATIVE 0.13

MEAN C WET INDICATOR (NATIVE SHRUBS) 7.00 (ALL) -1.00 MEAN C (NATIVE WET INDICATOR HERBACEOUS) 4.48 (NATIVE) -0.89

FQAI % HYDROPHYTE (NATIVE SPECIES) 22.90 (MIDWEST) 0.87 FQAI % NATIVE (ALL SPECIES) 21.37 PERENNIAL 0.77 ADJUSTED FQAI 41.13 % NATIVE ANNUAL 0.06 % C VALUE 0 0.19 % ANNUAL 0.06 % C VALUE 1-3 0.29 % PERENNIAL 0.90 % C VALUE 4-6 0.32 % C VALUE 7-10 0.19 10-02-2018

SPECIES NAME MIDWEST WET SPECIES (NWPL/ SPECIES COMMON WET NC-NE WET INDICATOR ACRONYM MOHLENBROCK) (SYNONYM) NAME C VALUE INDICATOR INDICATOR (NUMERIC) HABIT DURATION NATIVITY

Aristida Aristida Arrow-Feather aripur purpurascens purpurascens Three-Awn 5 FACU UPL 1 Grass Perennial Native Bidens bidfro Bidens frondosa frondosa Devil's-Pitchfork 1 FACW FACW -1 Forb Annual Native Calamagrostis Calamagrosti calcan canadensis s canadensis Bluejoint 6 OBL OBL -2 Grass Perennial Native Convolvulus Hedge False calsep Calystegia sepium sepium BindweedGary 1 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native Carex cxcomo Carex comosa comosa Bearded Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native cxluri Carex lurida Carex lurida Sallow Sedge5OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxviri Carex viridula viridula Little Green Sedge 5 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Carex cxvulp Carex vulpinoidea vulpinoidea Common Fox Sedge 2 FACW OBL -1 Sedge Perennial Native Cyperus cypbip Cyperus bipartitus rivularis Shining Flat Sedge 3 OBL FACW -2 Sedge Annual Native Cyperus cypesc Cyperus esculentus esculentus Chufa 0 FACW FACW -1 Sedge Perennial Native Equisetum equhye Equisetum hyemale hyemale Tall Scouring-Rush 1 FACW FAC -1 Fern Perennial Native Equisetum EquisetumCity Variegated Scourin g- equvar variegatum variegatum Rush 10 FACW FACW -1 Fern Perennial Native Equisetum X Equisetum X equmac mackaii trachyodon Ditch Horsetail 10 FACW FACW -1 Fern Perennial Native Solidago graminifolia; Solidago graminifolia nuttallii; Euthamia Euthamia eutnut graminifolia nuttallii Flat-Top Goldentop 4 FACW FAC -1 Forb Perennial Native Iris thevirginica var. Iris virginica irivir shrevei shrevei Virginia Blueflag 5 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus Northern Green junalp ssp. americanus alpinus Rush 8 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native Juncus Juncus balticus ssp. balticus junbal littoralis littoralis Arctic Rush 2 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native For Juncus jundud Juncus dudleyi dudleyi Dudley's Rush 2 FACW FACW -1 Forb Perennial Native Lycopus Northern Water- lycuni Lycopus uniflorus uniflorus Horehound 4 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Native LYTHRUM lytsal Lythrum salicaria SALICARIA Purple Loosestrife 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive Phragmites australis ssp. PHRAGMITES phrausu australis AUSTRALIS Common Reed 0 FACW FACW -1 Grass Perennial Adventive Populus popdel Populus deltoides deltoides Eastern Cottonwood 0 FAC FAC 0 Tree Perennial Native Rhynchospora Rhynchospor rhycal capillacea a capillacea Needle Beak Sedge 9 OBL OBL -2 Sedge Perennial Native Rudbeckia hirta var. rudhirp Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima Black-Eyed-Susan 1 FACU FACU 1 Forb Perennial Native Sabatia sabang Sabatia angularis angularis Rose-Pink 10 FAC FAC 0 Forb Biennial Native Salix glaucophylloi salmyr Salix myricoides des Bayberry Willow 7 FACW FACW -1 Shrub Perennial Native Schizachyrium Andropogon Little False schsco scoparium scoparius Bluestem 5 FACU FACU 1 Grass Perennial Native Solidago solnem Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Gray Goldenrod 3 UPL UPL 2 Forb Perennial Native Symphyotrichum Aster Rice Button symdum dumosum dumosus American-Aster 5 FAC FAC 0 Forb Perennial Native TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLI Narrow-Leaf Cat- typang Typha angustifolia A Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive TYPHA X typgla Typha X glauca GLAUCA Hybrid Cat-Tail 0 OBL OBL -2 Forb Perennial Adventive 10-02-2018

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For U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Informal Jurisdictional Determination Concurrence, dated November 19, 2018 for the 860 North Lake Street and Lake Street Beach Parcel, Gary Indiana

From: Brown, Anastasia F CIV (US) Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 9:56 AM To: Vachet, Wendy Cc: Nathanael Pilla Subject: EXTERNAL: FW: Indiana Email JD Template (UNCLASSIFIED)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Ms. Vachet:

I reviewed your Wetland Delineation Report dated October 2, 2018 and visited the 90-acre site located near 860 Lake Street, Gary, Indiana on October 16, 2018. The Chicago District agrees with the conclusions of your report and finds Wetlands 1-5 on the project site to be considered jurisdictional because of its shallow subsurface connection with Lake Michigan which determines it's water table.

This email is an informal concurrence with your report and does not constitute an Approved Jurisdictional Determination (AJD) by the Chicago District. If you would like an AJD or a formal boundary concurrence you may request one from the Chicago District at any time. Neither an AJD nor a formal boundary concurrence are required to apply for a permit or authorization from the Chicago District, the above referenced report is sufficient to initiate permitting with the Chicago District. 10-02-2018

A Department of the Army permit is required for any proposed work involving the discharge of dredged or fill material within the jurisdiction of this office. To initiate the permit process, please submit a permit application form along with detailed plans of the proposed work and the above referenced report. Information concerning our program, including the application form and an application checklist, can be found at and downloaded from our website: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrc.usace.army.mil%2FMissions%2FRegulato ry.aspx&data=02%7C01%7CJPeyton%40mbakerintl.com%7C6e9b7b951acf493ffd8608d65932418e%7C4e1ee3db4 df64142b7b9bec15f171ca4%7C0%7C0%7C636794469705537601&sdata=PbGtyVI0ftJ%2BcKU2gIgAzAtTzxtgBPiJyv gYVaDOjgo%3D&reserved=0. Gary If you have any questions, please let me know.

Stasi Brown Project Manager Regulatory Branch - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 231 S. LaSalle St, Suite 1500 City Chicago, Illinois 60604 (312) 846-5544

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