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Appendix C
Botanical Resources

Table of Contents

Purpose Of This Appendix............................................................................................................. Below

Tables

C-1. Federal and State Status, Current and Proposed Forest Service Status, and Global
Distribution of the TEPCS Plant Species on the Sawtooth National Forest ...........................C-1

C-2. Habit, Lifeform, Population Trend, and Habitat Grouping of the TEPCS Plant
Species for the Sawtooth National Forest...............................................................................C-3

C-3. Rare Communities, Federal and State Status, Rarity Class, Threats, Trends, and
Research Natural Area Distribution for the Sawtooth National Forest...................................C-5

C-4. Plant Species of Cultural Importance for the Sawtooth National Forest ...................................C-6

PURPOSE OF THIS APPENDIX

This appendix is designed to provide detailed information about habitat, lifeform, status, distribution, and habitat grouping for the Threatened, Proposed, Candidate, and Sensitive (current and proposed) plant species found on the Sawtooth National Forest. The detailed information is provided to enable managers to more efficiently direct the implementation of Botanical Resources goals, objectives, standards, and guidelines.

Additionally, this appendix provides detailed information about the rare plant communities located on the Sawtooth National Forest and should provide additional support of Forest-wide objectives. Species of cultural importance for the Ecogroup have been identified and should be considered in project-level implementation where possible.

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Table C-1. Federal and State Status, Current and Proposed Forest Service Status, Global Distribution of the TEPCS Plant Species for the Sawtooth National Forest

Forest
Global
Species Name

Botrychium lineare

  • Common Name
  • Global1 State2
  • Service

Distrib.4
Status3

slender moonwort

C –G1 C -G1 T - G2

SH Candidate for federal listing
S1 Candidate for federal listing sd le

Castilleja christii

Christ's Indian paintbrush Ute ladies’-tresses

Spiranthes diluvialis

  • S1
  • Fed. listed
  • sd

Current Proposed

Arabis falcatoria

Grouse Creek rockcress

  • G1
  • S1
  • N
  • S
  • le

Argemone munita ssp. rotundata Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis  northern sagewort

  • armed prickly-poppy
  • G4/T4

G5/T5
S1 S1
NW
SSwle

var. purshi Astragalus amblytropis Astragalus anserinus Astragalus aquilonius Astragalus leptaleus Astragalus vexilliflexus var. nubilus  White Cloud milkvetch Botrychium campestre Botrychium simplex

Challis milkvetch Goose Creek milkvetch Lemhi Milkvetch park milkvetch
G3 G2 G3 G4 G4/T2 G3
S3 S1 S3 S3 S2 S1 S2
NSNNS
WSWWSle le le le le wwprairie moonwort least
WW
S

  • S
  • G5

moonwort/grapefern beautiful bryum Brewer's sedge Buxbaum's sedge Shasta sedge

Bryum calobryoides Carex breweri ssp. paddoensis Carex bubaumii Carex incurviformis var. incurviformis

G3 G4T4 G5
SH S2 S3 S1
NWWN
WSWWsd dw

  • d
  • G4G5T4

Carex livida

  • pale sedge
  • G5

G4 G4 G3 G2 G3
S2 S2 SR S3 S2 S2
WNNSNN
SSSSWScb dle le le d

Carex straminiformis Cryptantha propria Cymopterus davisii Douglasia idahoensis Draba globosa

Mt. Shasta sedge Malheur cryptantha Davis' wavewing Idaho Douglasia pointed/rockcress draba

Draba incerta Draba trichocarpa

Yellowstone draba Stanley's whitlow-grass spoon-leaved sundew giant helleborine orchid desert buckwheat guardian buckwheat bugleg goldenweed Blandow's helodium Kellogg's bitteroot Simpson’s hedgehog cactus
G5 G2 G5 G3 G3 G2 G3 G5 G4 G4
S2 S2 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S2 S2 S3
NSWWSSSNNN
SSSSSSSSSWre le dsd sd le

Drosera intermedia Epipactis gigantea Eriogonum desertorum Eriogonum meledonum Haplopappus insecticruris Helodium blandowii Lewisia kelloggii

le cb re sd

Pediocactus simpsonii Penstemon idahoensis Phacelia minutissima Poa abbreviata ssp. marshii Polystichum krukebergii Potentilla cottami

Idaho penstemon least phacelia Marsh's bluegrass sword fern
G2 G3 G5/T2 G4
S2 S2 S1 S2 S1
SSSNS
SSSSSle re re sd

  • le
  • Cottam cinequefoil
  • G1

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Table C-1. Federal and State Status, Current and Proposed Forest Service Status, Global Distribution of the TEPCS Plant Species for the Sawtooth National Forest
(continued)

Forest Service
Global

Status3

  • Species Name
  • Common Name
  • Global1 State2

Distrib.4

Propose
Current d

Primula incana Salix farriae Saxifraga adscendens ssp. oregonensis

silvery/Jones' primrose Farr's willow wedge-leaf saxifrage
G4G5 G4 G5T4
S1 S1 S2
WNN
SSSsd dle

Saxifraga cernua Silene uralensis ssp. Montana Thlaspi aileeniae Viola lithion

nodding saxifrage petal-less campion Stanley thalspi violet
G4 G4T?5 G3G4T3
G1
S2 S1 S3 S1
NNSN
SSScb cb le

  • W
  • le

1Global - Global ranking as assigned by Natural Heritage Program and Idaho Native Plant Society. T = Threatened, C = Candidate.

2State = Idaho State ranking, Idaho Native Plant Society Rare Species list 2000; * = Utah State ranking, Utah Natural Heritage Program, 2000.

3Forest Service Status - S = Region 4 Sensitive, W = Forest Watch plants, N = No current status. 4Global Distribution - d =disjunct, le = local endemic (< 100 square miles), re = regional endemic (distribution

100-10,000), sd = sparsely distributed (isolated populations), p = peripheral, w = widespread, cb = circumboreal, circumpolar.

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Table C-2. Habit, Lifeform, Population Trend, and Habitat Grouping of the TEPCS Plant
Species for the Sawtooth National Forest

  • Species Name
  • Common Name
  • Habit
  • Lifeform Trend1
  • Habitat Group

Botrychium lineare

  • slender moonwort
  • Perennial
  • Fern

Herb Herb
USU
Forest understory, meadow Grassland, subalpine

Castilleja christii

Christ's Indian paintbrush Ute ladies’-tresses
Perennial Perennial

Spiranthes diluvialis

Aquatic/riparian

Arabis falcatoria

Grouse Creek rockcress armed prickly-poppy Perennial

  • Perennial
  • Herb

Herb
UUS
Rock outcrops, talus Woodland, open gap Alpine

Argemone munita ssp. rotundata Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. purshi Astragalus amblytropis

  • northern sagewort
  • Perennial
  • Shrub

  • Challis milkvetch
  • Perennial

Perennial
Herb Herb
SD
Shrublands

Astragalus anserinus Astragalus aquilonius Astragalus leptaleus

Goose Creek milkvetch Lemhi milkvetch
Woodland, open gap

  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • U
  • Rock – shale, gravel

banks

  • Riparian - meadows
  • park milkvetch
  • Perennial

Perennial
Herb Herb
SD

Astragalus vexilliflexus var. White Cloud

Subalpine -rock

nubilus

milkvetch

Botrychium campestre

  • prairie moonwort
  • Perennial

Perennial
Fern Fern
US
Grassland, high elev. Grassland, high elev.

Botrychium simplex

Least moonwort/ grapefern

Bryum calobryoides

  • beautiful bryum
  • N/A
  • Moss
  • U

S
Riparian – spring, moist, seep Grassland, high elev.

Carex breweri ssp. paddoensis

  • Brewer's sedge
  • Perennial Sedge

Carex bubaumii

Buxbaum's sedge Shasta sedge
Perennial Sedge Perennial Sedge
SS
Riparian - meadows Alpine

Carex incurviformis var. incurviformis Carex livida

  • pale sedge
  • Perennial Sedge

Perennial Sedge
SSUSSS
Riparian – bog, fen Alpine

Carex straminiformis Cryptantha propria Cymopterus davisii Douglasia idahoensis Draba globosa

Mt. Shasta sedge Malheur cryptantha Davis' wavewing Idaho Douglasia
Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial
Herb Herb Herb Herb
Grassland, low elev. Subalpine, grassland Subalpine, open

  • Alpine
  • pointed/rockcress

draba

Draba incerta

  • Yellowstone draba
  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • U
  • Shrubland, open

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Table C-2. Habit, Lifeform, Population Trend, and Habitat Grouping of the TEPCS Plant
Species for the Sawtooth National Forest (continued)

Species Name

Draba trichocarpa

Common Name

Stanley's whitlowgrass

Habit

Perennial

  • Lifeform Trend1
  • Habitat Group

  • Rock, talus
  • Herb
  • D

Drosera intermedia Epipactis gigantea

  • spoon-leaved sundew Perennial
  • Herb

Herb
SD
Riparian - bog fen giant helleborine orchid

  • Perennial
  • Riparian - streamside

Eriogonum desertorum Eriogonum meledonum

  • desert buckwheat
  • Perennial

Perennial Perennial
N/A
Herb Herb Herb Moss Herb
UDSSSS
Rock - outcrops Rock – talus/scree Shrubland guardian buckwheat

Haplopappus insecticruris  bugleg goldenweed Helodium blandowii Lewisia kelloggii

Blandow's helodium Kellogg's bitteroot
Riparian, forest Rock - outcrops Shrubland, grassland
Perennial

Pediocactus simpsonii

Simpson’s hedgehog Perennial Cactus cactus

Penstemon idahoensis Phacelia minutissima

  • Idaho penstemon
  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • S

DU
Woodland - open gap Shrubland, riparian Alpine

  • least phacelia
  • Annual
  • Herb

Poa abbreviata ssp. marshii

  • Marsh's bluegrass
  • Perennial
  • Grass

Polystichum krukebergii

  • sword fern
  • Perennial

Perennial Perennial
Fern Herb Herb
USS
Rock, subalpine Alpine, rock, talus Riparian - meadow

Potentilla cottami Primula incana

Cottam cinequefoil silvery/Jones' primrose

Salix farriae

  • Farr's willow
  • Perennial
  • Shrub

Herb
DS
Subalpine/riparian Alpine, rock

Saxifraga adscendens ssp. oregonensis

wedge-leaf saxifrage Perennial

Saxifraga cernua

nodding saxifrage petal-less campion
Perennial Perennial
Herb Herb
SU
Alpine, rock

Silene uralensis ssp. montana

Alpine, rock-talus

Thlaspi aileeniae

Stanley Thalspi violet
Perennial Perennial
Herb Herb
SS
Shrubland/alpine Rock talus

Viola lithion

1 Trend - D = declining on National Forest lands, S = stable on National Forest Lands, I = increasing on National Forest lands, and U = unknown at this time.

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Table C-3. Rare Communities, Federal and State Status, Rarity Class, Threats, Trends, and
Research Natural Area Distribution for the Sawtooth National Forest

Rarity Class3
RNA
Distribution

Redfish Lake Moraine

Community

Alnus sinuata

  • Global1 State2
  • Threats4 Trend5

  • G3
  • S3
  • I
  • None
  • S

D

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola/Festuca idahoensis Artemisia nova/Poa secunda Artemisia rigida/Poa secunda Artemisia tridentata xericensis/Agropyron spicatum Atriplex conferifolia/Oryzopsis hymenoides

DV, GZ, MN, RD

  • G2Q
  • SQS2
  • B

G4 G4
S2 S2
II
Unknown Unknown
SU
Trapper Creek

  • Trapper Creek
  • G2
  • S1
  • I
  • Unknown
  • U

G3? 6 G3
S1 S3 S2
MMB
SC, GZ GZ, RD GZ, FI
UDS

Betula occidenalis/Mesic Forb Cerocarpus ledifolius/Festuca idahoensis

G3

Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia arbuscula/Fetusca idahoensis Juniperus osteosperma/ Artemisia tridentata

G? 6 G? 6
S2 S2
II
Unknown Unknown
U

  • U
  • Trapper Creek

vaseyana/Festuca idahoensis Juniperus osteosperma/   Artemisia arbuscula arbuscula/Festuca idahoensis

  • 6
  • 6

  • ?
  • ?
  • I
  • Unknown
  • U

Juniperus osteosperma/Stipa comata Pinus contorta/Vaccinium occidentale

G1Q G4
S? S2

  • I
  • Unknown

Unknown Unknown
UUU
Sawtooth Valley Peatlands
MM

Pinus flexilis/Cercocarpus ledifolius

S1S2 Q

  • G3
  • Mt. Harrison

Pinus flexilis/Purshia tridentata Salix geyeriana/Mesic Forb Salix wolfii/Swertia perennis- Pedicularis groenlandica Scirpus americanus

G1 G3
S2 S2
IM
EX, RC
GZ
SU

G2

G2Q G1
S2 S1 S1 S2
BI

  • GZ, EX,
  • D

DSU
GZ, EX, RP, AG

Scirpus cespitosus-Carex livida

Sawtooth Valley Peatlands

  • I
  • GZ

Tanacetum nuttallii-Artemisia frigida/Poa secunda

  • G2
  • I
  • Unknown

1Global - Global ranking as assigned by Natural Heritage Program and Idaho Native Plant Society. 2State - Idaho State ranking, Idaho Native Plant Society Rare Species list 2000.

3Rarity Class - I = intrinsically rare, M = managed rare, B = both, intrinsically rare communities that are also

affected by management.

4Threats - AG = agriculture, DV = development, EX = exotic plant species, FI = fire increased frequency, FS = Fire, stand replacing, FX = fire exclusion, GZ = livestock grazing, LO = logging, MN = mining, RC = recreation,

RD = road construction. 5Trend - D = declining on National Forest System lands, S = stable on National Forest System lands, I = increasing on National Forest lands, and U = unknown at this time.

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Table C-4. Plant Species of Cultural Importance for the Sawtooth National Forest

  • Scientific Name
  • Common Name

fir

Abies spp. Mill. Achillea millefolium L. Alectoria spp. Ach. Allium accuminatum Hook. Allium geyeri Wats. Allium spp. L.

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    Agriculture Canada The Genus Vaccinium 630 . 4 C212 P 1828 North America 1988 c.2 Agriculture aid Agri-Food Canada/ ^ Agnculturo ^^In^iikQ Canada V ^njaian Agriculture Library Brbliotheque Canadienno de taricakun otur #<4*4 /EWHE D* V /^ AgricultureandAgri-FoodCanada/ '%' Agrrtur^'AgrntataireCanada ^M'an *> Agriculture Library v^^pttawa, Ontano K1A 0C5 ^- ^^f ^ ^OlfWNE D£ W| The Genus Vaccinium in North America S.P.VanderKloet Biology Department Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia Research Branch Agriculture Canada Publication 1828 1988 'Minister of Suppl) andS Canada ivhh .\\ ailabla in Canada through Authorized Hook nta ami other books! or by mail from Canadian Government Publishing Centre Supply and Services Canada Ottawa, Canada K1A0S9 Catalogue No.: A43-1828/1988E ISBN: 0-660-13037-8 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data VanderKloet,S. P. The genus Vaccinium in North America (Publication / Research Branch, Agriculture Canada; 1828) Bibliography: Cat. No.: A43-1828/1988E ISBN: 0-660-13037-8 I. Vaccinium — North America. 2. Vaccinium — North America — Classification. I. Title. II. Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch. III. Series: Publication (Canada. Agriculture Canada). English ; 1828. QK495.E68V3 1988 583'.62 C88-099206-9 Cover illustration Vaccinium oualifolium Smith; watercolor by Lesley R. Bohm. Contract Editor Molly Wolf Staff Editors Sharon Rudnitski Frances Smith ForC.M.Rae Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada http://www.archive.org/details/genusvacciniuminOOvand
  • Sensitive and Rare Plant Species Inventory in the Salt River and Wyoming Ranges, Bridger-Teton National Forest

    Sensitive and Rare Plant Species Inventory in the Salt River and Wyoming Ranges, Bridger-Teton National Forest

    Sensitive and Rare Plant Species Inventory in the Salt River and Wyoming Ranges, Bridger-Teton National Forest Prepared for Bridger-Teton National Forest P.O. Box 1888 Jackson, WY 83001 by Bonnie Heidel Wyoming Natural Diversity Database University of Wyoming Dept 3381, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 21 February 2012 Cooperative Agreement No. 07-CS-11040300-019 ABSTRACT Three sensitive and two other Wyoming species of concern were inventoried in the Wyoming and Salt River Ranges at over 20 locations. The results provided a significant set of trend data for Payson’s milkvetch (Astragalus paysonii), expanded the known distribution of Robbin’s milkvetch (Astragalus robbinsii var. minor), and relocated and expanded the local distributions of three calciphilic species at select sites as a springboard for expanded surveys. Results to date are presented with the rest of species’ information for sensitive species program reference. This report is submitted as an interim report representing the format of a final report. Tentative priorities for 2012 work include new Payson’s milkvetch surveys in major recent wildfires, and expanded Rockcress draba (Draba globosa) surveys, both intended to fill key gaps in status information that contribute to maintenance of sensitive plant resources and information on the Forest. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All 2011 field surveys of Payson’s milkvetch (Astragalus paysonii) were conducted by Klara Varga. These and the rest of 2011 surveys built on the 2010 work of Hollis Marriott and the earlier work of she and Walter Fertig as lead botanists of Wyoming Natural Diversity Database. This project was initially coordinated by Faith Ryan (Bridger-Teton National Forest), with the current coordination and consultation of Gary Hanvey and Tyler Johnson.
  • Proceedings, Western Section, American Society of Animal Science

    Proceedings, Western Section, American Society of Animal Science

    Proceedings, Western Section, American Society of Animal Science Vol. 54, 2003 INFLUENCE OF PREVIOUS CATTLE AND ELK GRAZING ON THE SUBSEQUENT QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF DIETS FOR CATTLE, DEER, AND ELK GRAZING LATE-SUMMER MIXED-CONIFER RANGELANDS D. Damiran1, T. DelCurto1, S. L. Findholt2, G. D. Pulsipher1, B. K. Johnson2 1Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, OSU, Union 97883; 2Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, La Grande 97850 ABSTRACT: A study was conducted to determine consequences on the following seasons forage resources. foraging efficiency of cattle, mule deer, and elk in response Coe et al. (2001) concluded competition for forage could to previous grazing by elk and cattle. Four enclosures, in occur between elk and cattle in late summer and species previously logged mixed conifer (Abies grandis) rangelands interactions may be stronger between elk and cattle than were chosen, and within each enclosure, three 0.75 ha deer and cattle. Furthermore, the response of elk and/or pastures were either: 1) ungrazed, 2) grazed by cattle, or 3) deer to cattle grazing may vary seasonally depending on grazed by elk in mid-June and mid-July to remove forage availability and quality (Peek and Krausman, 1996; approximately 40% of total forage yield. After grazing Wisdom and Thomas, 1996). In the fall, winter, and spring, treatments, each pasture was subdivided into three 0.25 ha elk preferred to forage where cattle had lightly or sub-pastures and 16 (4 animals and 4 bouts/animal) 20 min moderately grazed the preceding summer (Crane et al., grazing trials were conducted in each sub-pasture using four 2001).
  • A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society

    A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society

    Castilleja A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society Mar 2007, Volume 26, No. 1 Posted at www.uwyo.edu/wyndd/wnps/wnps_home.htm In this issue: Pioneering Champion. 1 Coming Attractions . 2 Treatment for Plant Blindness. .3 Mountain Pine Beetles and Blister Rust in Whitebark Pine . .4 USFS Species Conservation Assessments . 7 Myxomycetes of Thunder Basin National Grassland. .8 Flora of North America Note Cards . 10 Pioneering Champion Emerging leaves of plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides var. occidentalis; P. deltoides ssp. monilifera; P. sargentii) lend green brilliance to waterways across lower elevations of Wyoming, befitting its status as the State Tree. The original State Tree designation in 1947 was inspired by a regal plains cottonwood tree near Thermopolis that burned down in 1955. Plains cottonwood still reigns in Wyoming‘s champion tree register, kept by the State Division of Forestry (http://slf-web.state.wy.us/forestry/champtree.aspx ). Plains cottonwood (Populus sargentii). In: The plains cottonwood title is held by a tree of 31 Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the ft circumference, 64 ft height, and with a crown northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 591. Courtesy of span of 100 ft in Albany County, the largest of all Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Wyoming‘s plains cottonwood trees. This individual is also larger in circumference and crown spread the fastest-growing tree on the plains. This same than all other known species of champion trees in pioneering ability is a setback under altered water the state. flows, drought and competition in floodplain succession or competition from non-native species.
  • SPRING Windows to 2018 Wildlife Your Support at Work in Idaho’S Landscapes

    SPRING Windows to 2018 Wildlife Your Support at Work in Idaho’S Landscapes

    SPRING Windows to 2018 Wildlife Your support at work in Idaho’s landscapes Western toad Michael Lucid, IDFG Pale jumping slug Grizzly bear Michael Lucid, IDFG Helping Six Wildlife Species IN THIS ISSUE Spring Beat Climate Change Odds wildlife events by Michael Lucid, Regional Wildlife Diversity Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game-Panhandle Region with Evan DeHamer*, Regional Habitat Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game- Panhandle Region and Victoria Osborn*, Digital Media and Video Producer, Idaho Department of Fish and Game 4 Bumble bees An invasive frog in the wetlands of North Idaho is triggering climate related habitat of Idaho work on one of Idaho Fish and Game’s Wildlife Management Areas. In recent years warm temperature loving American bullfrogs have been making their way north along the Kootenai River Valley toward the Boundary-Smith Creek Wildlife Management Area (BSCWMA) near the US-Canadian border. Bullfrogs threaten native amphibians and pose an immediate threat to the last natural colony of native Northern leopard frogs in the northwestern portion of that species range. This bullfrog invasion has spurred emergency 7 international bullfrog control actions and inspired Idaho Fish and Game and partners to obtain funding to manage the WMA to benefit several climate sensitive Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) including native amphibians, bumble bees, slugs, and bears. Multiple conservation actions will be implemented in the Forested Lowland Ecosystem as directed by Idaho’s State Wildlife Action Plan. Idaho’s Orchids 9 2 Windows to Wildlife Spring 2018 Fish and Game and the Yellowstone to Yukon The globally changing climate brings local habitat Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) have partnered to secure shifts that SGCN’s may not be able to adapt to three grants totaling $549,624 to conduct climate without human intervention.