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.