U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv., Interior § 17.96(a), Nt.

§ 17.96 Critical habitat—plants. aqueducts, runways, well pads, metering sta- tions, roads and the filled areas immediately * * * * * adjacent to pavement, and other paved areas) and the land on which they are lo- (a) Flowering plants. cated existing within the legal boundaries on October 11, 2013. * * * * * (4) Critical habitat map units. Soil Survey Geographic Dataset (SSURGO) was used as a Family Brassicaceae: Leavenworthia texana base map layer. The SSURGO is an updated (Texas golden gladecress) digital version of the Natural Resources Con- (1) Critical habitat units are depicted for servation Service county soil surveys. The San Augustine and Sabine Counties, Texas, SSURGO uses recent digital orthophotos and on the maps below. fieldwork to update the original printed sur- (2) Within these areas, the primary con- veys. Data layers defining map units were stituent elements of the physical or biologi- created using the Texas golden gladecress’ cal features essential to the conservation of restriction to the Weches Formation and its Leavenworthia texana consist of the three pri- tight association with the three soil map mary constituent elements identified for the units: Nacogdoches clay loam 1–5 percent species: slope, Trawick gravelly clay loam 5–15 per- (i) Exposed outcrops of the Weches Forma- cent slope, or Bub clay loam 2–5 percent tion within Weches prairies. Within the slope. In San Augustine and Sabine Counties, outcrop sites, there must be bare, exposed these soil types are restricted to the Weches bedrock on top-level surfaces or rocky ledges Formation. Locations of all known with small depressions where rainwater or gladecress populations, as well as potential seepage can collect. The openings should glade sites, were overlaid on the three afore- support Weches Glade native herbaceous named soil mapping units from the San Au- plant communities. gustine and Sabine County’s soils survey. (ii) Thin layers of rocky, alkaline soils, underlain by glauconite clay (greenstone, Potential glade sites were identified using ironstone, bluestone), that are found only on soil map units and a time series of aerial the Weches Formation. Appropriate soils are photographs that depicted changes in land in the series classifications Nacogdoches cover. The maps in this entry, as modified by clay loam, Trawick gravelly clay loam, or any accompanying regulatory text, establish Bub clay loam, ranging in slope from 1–15 the boundaries of the critical habitat des- percent. ignation. The coordinates or plot points or (iii) The outcrop ledges should occur with- both on which each map is based are avail- in the glade such that Texas golden able to the public at the Service’s internet gladecress plants remain unshaded for a sig- site, at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/ nificant portion of the day, and trees should ElectronicLibrary/ElectronicLibrarylMain.cfm, be far enough away from the outcrop(s) that at http://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. leaves do not accumulate within the FWS–R2–ES–2013–0027, and at the field office gladecress habitat. The habitat should be responsible for this designation. You may ob- relatively clear of nonnative and native tain field office location information by con- invasive plants, especially woody species, or tacting one of the Service regional offices, with only a minimal level of invasion. the addresses of which are listed at 50 CFR (3) Critical habitat does not include man- 2.2. made structures (such as buildings, bridges, (5) Index map follows:

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(6) Unit 1: Geneva Unit, Sabine County, Texas. Map of Unit 1 follows:

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Unitl Critical Habitat for Leavenworthia t'€;(:ona (Texas golden gladecress)

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(7) Unit 2: Chapel Hill, San Augustine County. Map of Unit 2 follows:

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(8) Unit 3: Southeast Caney Creek Glades, San Augustine County, Texas. Map of Units 3 and 4 follows:

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Units 3 &4 CritiCal Habitat for Leavenwotthia texana (Texas golden gtadecress)

Texas Golden GladecressCtitical Habitat L:J County BouMary _ Crltica1 Habitat: Unb I Numbers Roads ~USHwy -StllteHwy S • --. Fann:T<>MarketRoads(FM)lCoun!y Rbads (CR}

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(9) Unit 4: Northwest Caney Creek Glades, roads; and the filled areas immediately adja- San Augustine County, Texas. Map of Unit 4 cent to pavement) and the land on which is depicted in paragraph (8) of this entry. they are located existing within the legal boundaries on October 11, 2013. * * * * * (4) Critical habitat map units. Data layers defining map units were created on a base of Family Malvaceae: Hibiscus dasycalyx Strategic Mapping Program (StratMap) dig- (Neches River rose-mallow) ital orthophoto quarter-quadrangles (1) Critical habitat units are depicted for (DOQQs), with layers for boundaries and Cherokee, Harrison, Houston, Nacogdoches, roads. The Service’s National Wetlands In- and Trinity Counties, Texas, on the maps ventory maps for the appropriate USGS below. quads were also downloaded as layers. Crit- (2) Within these areas, the primary con- ical habitat units were mapped using Geo- stituent element of the physical or biologi- graphic Coordinate System (GCS), North cal features essential to the conservation of American, 1983. The maps in this entry, as Hibiscus dasycalyx is intermittent or peren- modified by any accompanying regulatory nial wetlands within the Neches, Sabine, and text, establish the boundaries of the critical Angelina River floodplains or Mud and habitat designation. The coordinates or plot Tantabogue Creek basins that contain: points or both on which each map is based (i) Hydric alluvial soils and the potential are available to the public at the Service’s for flowing water when found in depressional internet site, at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/ sloughs, oxbows, terraces, side channels, or es/ElectronicLibrary/ sand bars; and ElectronicLibrarylMain.cfm, at http:// (ii) Native woody or associated herbaceous www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS–R2– vegetation, largely with an open canopy pro- ES–2013–0027, and at the field office respon- viding partial to full sun exposure with few sible for this designation. You may obtain to no nonnative species. field office location information by con- (3) Critical habitat does not include man- tacting one of the Service regional offices, made structures (such as buildings; bridges; the addresses of which are listed at 50 CFR aqueducts; runways; roads; well pads; meter- 2.2. ing stations; other paved areas; unpaved (5) Index map follows:

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Index Map Critical Habitat for Hibiscus dasycalyx (Neches River rose-mallow)

GREGG

RUSK

•4 CHEROKEE SHELBY ANDERSON

10 NA'COGDOCHES

HOUSTON

TYLER

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(6) Unit 1: State Highway 94 right-of-way, Trinity County, Texas. Map ofUnit 1 follows:

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(7) Unit 2: Harrison site, Harrison County, Texas. Map of Unit 2 follows:

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Unit 2 Critical Habitat for Hibiscus dasycalyx(Neches River rose-manow)

HARAlSON

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(8) Unit 3: Lovelady, Houston County, Texas. Map of Unit 3 follows:

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(9) Unit 4: State Highway 204 right-of-way, Cherokee County, Texas. Map of

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Unit 4 Critical Habitat for Hibiscus.dasycalyx(Neches River rose-mallow) 1

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(10) Unit 5: Davy Crockett National Forest, Compartment 55, Houston County,

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(11) Unit 6: Davy Crockett National Forest, Compartment 11, Houston County,

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Unit 6 Critical Habitat fot Hiblsc/Js dasyc:afyx (Neches River rose-mallow)

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(12) Unit 7: Davy Crockett National Forest, Compartment 20, Houston County,

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(13) Unit 8: Davy Crockett National Forest, Compartment 16, Houston County,

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UnitS Criti(:alHabitatfar Hibiscus dasycafyx (Neches River rose-mallow)

HOUSTON

Neches River Rose-Mallow CrItical Habitat t::l County Boundafy _ CribI Habitat Units/Numbers Roads -USHwy -SfateHwy -.--. . Fmm-To-Mafket Roads(FM)lCounty Roads: (CR)

(14) Unit 9: Champion site, Trinity County, Texas. Map of Unit 9 follows:

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(15) Unit 10: Mill Creek Gardens, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Map of Unit 10 follows:

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UnitlO Critical Habitat for Hibiscu$ dasyctrJyx{Neches River rose-mallow)

O_G..12;;;;;5;;;;O::.,2S__ .0,$ Miles Neches River Rose-Mallow Critical Habitat .t2i 10.2 o.~1om8terI r::J County Boundary _Crilk:al Habitat units I Numbers Roads -USHwy - ..StateHwy -.~~ Fann-To-Market Roads(FMVCounty Road$ (oR)

(16) Unit 11: Camp Olympia, Trinity Coun- ty, Texas. Map of Unit 11 follows:

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* * * * * § 17.97 [Reserved]

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