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Chapter 14. Wildlife and Forest Communities 341
chapteR 14. Wildlife and Forest Communities 341 Chapter 14. Wildlife and Forest communities Margaret Trani Griep and Beverly Collins1 key FindingS • Hotspot areas for plants of concern are Big Bend National Park; the Apalachicola area of the Southern Gulf Coast; • The South has 1,076 native terrestrial vertebrates: 179 Lake Wales Ridge and the area south of Lake Okeechobee amphibians, 525 birds, 176 mammals, and 196 reptiles. in Peninsular Florida; and coastal counties of North Species richness is highest in the Mid-South (856) and Carolina in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Appalachian- Coastal Plain (733), reflecting both the large area of these Cumberland highlands also contain plants identified by subregions and the diversity of habitats within them. States as species of concern. • The geography of species richness varies by taxa. • Species, including those of conservation concern, are Amphibians flourish in portions of the Piedmont and imperiled by habitat alteration, isolation, introduction of Appalachian-Cumberland highlands and across the Coastal invasive species, environmental pollutants, commercial Plain. Bird richness is highest along the coastal wetlands of development, human disturbance, and exploitation. the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, mammal richness Conditions predicted by the forecasts will magnify these is highest in the Mid-South and Appalachian-Cumberland stressors. Each species varies in its vulnerability to highlands, and reptile richness is highest across the forecasted threats, and these threats vary by subregion. Key southern portion of the region. areas of concern arise where hotspots of vulnerable species • The South has 142 terrestrial vertebrate species coincide with forecasted stressors. considered to be of conservation concern (e.g., global • There are 614 species that are presumed extirpated from conservation status rank of critically imperiled, imperiled, selected States in the South; 64 are terrestrial vertebrates or vulnerable), 77 of which are listed as threatened or and 550 are vascular plants. -
Hoffmannseggia Tenella
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318318929 Evaluating Removal of Competition on Morphology of Endangered Slender Rush-Pea ( Hoffmannseggia tenella... Article in Natural Areas Journal · July 2017 DOI: 10.3375/043.037.0311 CITATIONS READS 0 10 4 authors, including: Sandra Rideout-Hanzak David B Wester Texas A&M University - Kingsville Texas A&M University - Kingsville 20 PUBLICATIONS 91 CITATIONS 143 PUBLICATIONS 1,752 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Weimin Xi Texas A&M University - Kingsville 62 PUBLICATIONS 423 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Restoration Planning and Evaluation Following Damage by the Southern Pine Beetle in a Sustainable Forest Management Context View project Comanche - Faith Ranches Research Project View project All content following this page was uploaded by Sandra Rideout-Hanzak on 13 November 2017. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Evaluating Removal of Competition on Morphology of Endangered Slender Rush- Pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) Endemic to Southern Texas, USA Author(s): Ashley C. McCloughan, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, David B. Wester and Weimin Xi Source: Natural Areas Journal, 37(3):382-393. Published By: Natural Areas Association https://doi.org/10.3375/043.037.0311 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3375/043.037.0311 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. -
Equistar Chemicals (Corpus Christi Complex)
Biological Assessment Olefins Unit Expansion Project Nueces County, Texas Prepared for Equistar Chemicals, LP Prepared by Whitenton Group, Inc. October 2013 Revised February 2014 3413 Hunter Road • San Marcos, Texas 78666 • office 512-353-3344 • fax 512-392-3450 www.whitentongroup.com Biological Assessment Olefins Unit Expansion Project Nueces County, Texas Prepared for Equistar Chemicals, LP 1501 McKinzie Road P.O. Box 10940 Corpus Christi, Texas 78460 Prepared by Whitenton Group, Inc. 3413 Hunter Road San Marcos, Texas 78666 WGI Project No. 1279 October 2013 Revised February 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ ii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. iv 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 3 3.0 ACTION AREA .................................................................................................................................... 5 4.0 AGENCY REGULATIONS ................................................................................................................. 6 4.1 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT .................................................................................................... -
Interim Report
FINAL PERFORMANCE REPORT As Required by THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM TEXAS Grant No. TX E-110-R-2 F11AP00449 Endangered and Threatened Species Conservation Reproductive Biology, Genetics and Ecology of South Texas Ambrosia: Implications for the Management, Recovery and Reintroduction Prepared by: David J. Grisé and R. Deborah Overath Carter Smith Executive Director Clayton Wolf Director, Wildlife 25 January 2016 FINAL REPORT STATE: ____Texas_______________ GRANT NUMBER: ___ TX E-110-R-2__ GRANT TITLE: Reproductive Biology, Genetics and Ecology of South Texas Ambrosia: Implications for the Management, Recovery and Reintroduction REPORTING PERIOD: ____1 August 2011 to 31 July 2015 OBJECTIVE(S). To acquire the basic genetic, ecological, and reproductive data currently lacking on Ambrosia cheiranthifolia necessary to manage of extant populations scientifically and to write an evidence- based protocol for future reintroduction efforts. Segment Objectives: Tasks: July 1, 2011-August 30, 2011 -Visit accessible sites -Collect samples for preliminary genetic study; extract DNA and start optimizing microsatellites September 1, 2011-August 30, 2012 -Complete preliminary genetic studies -Begin population monitoring, including physiological ecology studies -Begin soils study -Choose sites for management study -Begin data analyses and manuscript preparation as appropriate September 1, 2012-August 30. 2013 -Begin full genetic diversity study -Continue population monitoring -Complete soils study -Continue data analyses and manuscript preparation as appropriate -Begin management study September 1, 2013-June 30, 2014 -Complete full genetic diversity study -Complete population monitoring -Complete management study -Complete data analyses and manuscript preparation -Complete Reintroduction Protocol Significant Deviations: Project was extended to 31 July 2015 to accommodate more time needed to complete research and to allow for change in Principal Investigator (now Dr. -
Texas Coastal Bend Shortgrass Prairie Multi-Species Recovery Plan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service DRAFT Texas Coastal Bend Shortgrass Prairie Multi-species Recovery Plan: Including Slender Rush-Pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) and South Texas Ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) Cover Illustration: Russell Hooten, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 2013 2 DRAFT Texas Coastal Bend Shortgrass Prairie Multi-species Recovery Plan: Including Slender Rush-Pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) and South Texas Ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) Prepared by Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Houston, Texas For Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Albuquerque, New Mexico January 2017 Approved: __DRAFT________________________________________________ Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Date: _______________________________ 3 DISCLAIMER The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), requires developing recovery plans for listed species, unless such a plan would not promote a particular species’ conservation. In accordance with the Endangered Species Act, Section 4(f)(1), and to the maximum extent practicable, recovery plans delineate reasonable actions that are believed to be required to recover or protect listed species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes recovery plans. Recover Plans are sometimes prepared with assistance from recovery teams, contractors, state agencies, and other affected and interested parties. The public reviews the plans and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service submits them for additional peer review before adoption. Plan objectives will be attained and any necessary funds made available subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved, as well as the need to address other priorities. Recovery plans do not obligate other parties to undertake specific tasks and may not necessarily represent the views nor the official positions or approval of any individuals or agencies involved in the plan formulation, other than the U.S. -
Cenchrus Ciliaris Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
FULL ACCOUNT FOR: Cenchrus ciliaris Cenchrus ciliaris System: Terrestrial Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Magnoliophyta Liliopsida Cyperales Poaceae Common name African foxtail grass (English), zacate buffel (Spanish), buffelgrass (English), pasto buffel (Spanish), B?ffelgras (German), cenchrus cili? (French), dhaman (Hindi) Synonym Cenchrus ciliaris , L. Cenchrus glaucus , C. R. Mudaliar & Sundararaj Pennisetum cenchroides , Rich. Pennisetum incomptum , Nees ex Steud. Similar species Summary Cenchrus ciliaris (Pennisetum ciliare), commonly known as buffel grass, is a perennial bunchgrass that forms thick mats. It is also known by its basionym Cenchrus ciliaris. Buffel grass has been widely introduced in the dry tropics and subtropics as a pasture grass, for erosion control and revegetation of arid areas. The characteristics of buffel grass which make it suitable for erosion control are rapid germination, high propogation and establishment rates on poor and infertile soils. Buffel grass's dominance and resistance to fire, drought and heavy grazing on arid soils make it a suitable arid zone pasture grass. In Australia, the south-western United States and Mexico (where it has been introduced as a pasture grass and for erosion control) Buffel grass often forms extensive dense monocultures excluding native species and promoting intense and frequent fires. It is widely distributed and is resilient to a number of harsh environmental conditions. It changes plant communities by encouraging and carrying wildfires through communities that are not adapted to fire. It burns readily and recovers quickly after fire. Buffel grass has a robust root system; its swollen stem base accumulates carbohydrate reserves, so the loss of leaf surface area after a fire or drought is not fatal to the plant and allows regrowth in favourable conditions. -
GHG Final Biological Assessment for Occidental
Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) Ethane Cracker, Markham Ethylene Pipeline, and San Patricio Pipeline Project Biological Assessment Prepared for: Occidental Chemical Corporation 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110 Houston, TX, 77046 (713) 215-7000 Prepared by: Tetra Tech 285 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY, 14203 (716) 849-9419 Tetra Tech Project No. 112C04710 DRAFT February 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... vi LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... vi LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ vii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................... viii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. i 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Purpose and Need ............................................................................... 3 1.2 Purpose and Objective of Biological Assessment............................................. 3 1.3 Permits and Regulatory Requirements ............................................................. 3 1.3.1 Clean Air Act ......................................................................................................... -
BW1 FOIA CBP 000649-001186 Part2
BW1 FOIA CBP 000986 Mission 020503 020100 McAllen GRANJENO Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge Granjeno LSON ande Valley O-5 life Refuge COTTAM Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge COTTAM Lower Rio Grande Valley COTTAM 021301 National Wildlife Refuge Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge COTTAM Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge O-6 acts Texas Roma Rio Grande strict 1 City 2 3 roperty Feet SanJuan Harlingen 4 McAllen 5 ntry 0500 1,000 2,000 Mercedes 6 Alamo SanBenito Scale 7 BW1 FOIA CBP 000987 National Wildlife Refuge O-6 Mex i c o Louisiana-- Rio Gr ande C anal Company Irrig amtion Syste PATE BEND Lower Rio Grande Valley algo National Wildlife Refuge Hid Old Hidalgo Courthouse and Buildings O-6 Old Hidalgo School Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Nature Park O-6 McAllen-Hild algo- Reynosa,TX- 241-Spur, US-281-Spur HIDALGO BEND Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge PHARR SETTLING BASIN Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge PHARR SETTLING BASIN Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge acts Texas Roma Rio Grande strict 1 City 2 3 roperty Feet SanJuan Harlingen 4 McAllen 5 ntry 0500 1,000 2,000 Mercedes 6 Alamo SanBenito Scale 7 BW1 FOIA CBP 000988 022800 O-7 TX PARKS AND WILDLIFE MONTERREY BANCO Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge LA COMA Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge O-8 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge x i c o LA COMA Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge Mex i c o acts Texas Roma Rio Grande strict 1 City 2 3 -
Grass, Weed and Wildflower Guide
WEEDS GRASSES WILDFLOWERS GRASS, WEED AND WILDFLOWER GUIDE Quic Reference: Grasses, Weeds and Wildflowers Found Quick Reference: Grasses, Weeds and Wildflowersthroughout Texas Found throughout Texas 4 55 79 158 168 Table of Contents 4 GRASSES 55 WEEDS 79 WILDFLOWERS 158 Item 164: Seeding for Erosion Control 168 Index GRASSES Alkali Sacaton Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. Native, warm-season perennial growing 16–60" tall. • Seed heads are up to 15" long, moderately open with many seed tipped branches forming a pyramid shape. • Leaves are flat and then margins roll inward after emergence. Base of many stems appear bleached and shiny. • Mid successional species found on a variety of soils including saline sites. • Valuable as a restoration species for disturbed saline and alkaline sites. • Blooms April–September. • Alkali Sacaton is a desirable, native species • Blades are long and slender and are hairy at the throat. • 1,758,000 seeds per pound. Tiny seeds of Alkali Sacaton are born singly at the end of the seedhead branches Photos courtesy Texas Native Seed Program Alkali Sacaton is very tolerant of salt affected soils 4 GRASSES Annual Ryegrass Lolium multiflorum L. Introduced, cool-season, annual bunchgrass • Primarily used for soil stabilization on revegetation projects. • Grows to 3' tall, but typically shorter • Flowers from May–June • TxDOT does not use annual ryegrass in seeding on the state’s right of way. Annual Ryegrass is no longer used in seeding the ROW Photos courtesy of Amanda Fowler, TxDOT Maintenance Field Support Section. Annual Ryegrass seed heads 5 GRASSES Arizona Cottontop Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henr. Native, warm-season perennial that grows 15–40" tall. -
South Texas Ambrosia (Ambrosia Cheiranthifolia)
South Texas Ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) 5-year Review: Summary and Evaluation Photograph by Chris Best U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office Corpus Christi, Texas 5-Year Review South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) 1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 Reviewers Lead Regional Office: Southwest Regional Office, Region 2 Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Threatened and Endangered Species, 505-248-6641 Wendy Brown, Endangered Species Recovery Coordinator, 505-248-6664 Julie McIntyre, Endangered Species Biologist, 505-248-6507 Lead Field Office: Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office Robyn Cobb, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, 361- 994-9005, ext. 241 Amber Miller, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, 361-994-9005, ext. 247 Cooperating Field Office: Austin Ecological Services Field Office Chris Best, Texas State Botanist, 512- 490-0057, ext. 225 1.2 Methodology used to complete the review: This review was conducted through public review notification and a comprehensive review of all documents regarding South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia), that were available in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ (Service) Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office (CCESFO). The Federal Register notice announcing this review was published on March 20, 2008, and solicited new information from Federal and State agencies, non-governmental organizations, academia, and the general public. Information used in the preparation of this review includes scientific information from Service files, section 7 consultations, the Texas Natural Diversity Database (formerly known as the Biological Conservation Database), unpublished reports, monitoring reports, conversations with and comments from botanists familiar with the species, and information available on the internet. This document was drafted by staff in the CCESFO with assistance from the Services’ Texas State botanist, and no part was contracted to an outside party. -
GHG Permit Draft Biological Assessment
Biological Assessment Lon C. Hill Power Station Project Nueces County, Texas Prepared for Lon C. Hill, LP Prepared by Whitenton Group, Inc. June 2014 3413 Hunter Road • San Marcos, Texas 78666 • office 512-353-3344 • fax 512-212-4043 www.whitentongroup.com Biological Assessment Lon C. Hill Power Station Project Nueces County, Texas Prepared for Lon C. Hill, LP Houston, Texas 77002 Prepared by Whitenton Group, Inc. 3413 Hunter Road San Marcos, Texas 78666 WGI Project No. 1352 June 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. i ACRONYMS ..............................................................................................................................................iii 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 3 3.0 ACTION AREA .................................................................................................................................... 5 4.0 AGENCY REGULATIONS ................................................................................................................. 6 4.1 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT ..................................................................................................... 6 4.2 CLEAN AIR ACT REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS -
Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC West Refinery Biological
Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluation Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi, LLC Corpus Christi, Texas In Support of West Refinery Domestic Crude Project Permit Application Prepared for Flint Hills Resources February 2014 4700 West 77th Street Minneapolis, MN 55435-4803 Phone: (952) 832-2600 Fax: (952) 832-2601 Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluation Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi, LLC Corpus Christi, Texas In Support of West Refinery Domestic Crude Project Permit Application February 2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. vii Existing Site and Project Description ...................................................................................................... vii Identification of the Action Area ............................................................................................................ viii Federally-Listed Threatened and Endangered Species .............................................................................. x Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................ xiii 1.0 Introduction and Purpose ............................................................................................................. 1 2.0 Statutory and Regulatory Overview ............................................................................................ 2 2.1 Environmental Protection