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REGION 2 SENSITIVE SPECIES EVALUATION FORM

Species: lyrata Benth. var. lyrata lyre-leaf berlandiera

Criteria Rank Rationale Literature Citations • Anderson 1950 Known only from s-most (Baca, Conejos, and Las Animas Cos) CO and sw-most (Morton Co) KS. Species • Barkley 1991 is at the ne limit of its range in R2. However, Weber & Wittman cite species as “common on plains in se 1 corner counties, one collection from the head of Pinos River near La Manga Pass, [Conejos Co].” [Vouchers • Clark 1996 • Freeman 1989 Distribution A at KANU from Baca Co, CO; and Morton Co, KS.] within R2 Status: G5T5; KS S1. • Freeman in prep. Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low • Great Plains Flora Association 1977 • Weber & Wittman 2001 s-most and sw-most KS, s through w OK and w TX and into n ; thence n into se 2/3 NM and se-most AZ (fide Pinkava). [B. lyrata var. macrophylla is largely sympatric throughout sw part of species’ range, • Barkley 1991 2 known from scattered localities in AZ, TX, and Mexico.] • Freeman in prep. Distribution C • Great Plains Flora Association 1977 outside R2 • Pinkava 1976 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Evaluator was unable to find any direct information on species’ dispersal capability [rank D]. However, species is presumably wind dispersed and is found only in rocky prairies and breaks in the s-most part of R2 3 [rank B; see sections 1 and 7]. • Freeman 1989 Dispersal D/B Capability Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Species is most likely historically rare in R2, where it is at the ne limit of its range [see section 1]. In KS, species is apparently limited to rocky prairie and breaks along the n side of the Cimarron River. However, 4 Weber & Wittman cite species as “common on plains in se corner counties, one collection from the head of • Freeman 1989 Abundance in B Pinos River near La Manga Pass, [Conejos Co].” • Weber & Wittman 2001 R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Evaluator was able to find little information on population trends in any part of species’ range [rank D]. 5 However, Freeman reports that known populations in the Cimarron NG have suffered habitat degradation from development for oil and gas drilling. Presumably, the populations themselves have also suffered • Freeman 1989 Population D/A decline from this disturbance, but further investigation is warranted [rank A is qualified]. Trend in R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low

Observation of herbarium specimen labels at KANU reveal that species is found in rocky shortgrass prairies 6 and on rocky breaks of both sandy and calcareous composition. Freeman reports that known populations in the Cimarron NG have suffered significant amounts of habitat degradation from development of habitat for • Freeman 1989 Habitat Trend A oil and gas drilling. Evaluator was unable to find reports of habitat quality where species occurs in CO. in R2 Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Observation of herbarium specimen labels at KANU reveals that species is found in rocky shortgrass 7 prairies and on rocky breaks of both sandy and calcareous composition. Species has probably not suffered Habitat from overgrazing by livestock or conversion of habitat to agricultural uses (Freeman). However, Freeman • Freeman 1989 Vulnerability B reports that known populations in the Cimarron NG have suffered habitat degradation from development for or oil and gas drilling. Modification Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low

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Species: Berlandiera lyrata Benth. var. lyrata lyre-leaf berlandiera

Criteria Rank Rationale Literature Citations Perennial forb. Flowering and fruiting late April through mid September. Evaluator was unable to find any 8 other information on species’ life history. • Barkley 1991 Life History B • Pinkava 1967 and Demographics Confidence in Rank High or Medium or Low Evaluator: Caleb A. Morse, R.L. McGregor Herbarium (KANU), University of Campus West, 2045 Constant Ave, Lawrence KS 66047 Date: 12/29/01

National Forests in the Rocky Mountain Region where species is KNOWN (K) or LIKELY (L)1 to occur:

South Dakota NF/NG Kansas NF/NG Nebraska NF/NG Wyoming NF/NG NF/NG Likely Likely Likely Likely Likely Known Known Known Known Known

Arapaho-Roosevelt Samuel R.McKelvie Cimmaron NG X3 Black Hills NF Shoshone NF NF NF White River NF Halsey NF Buffalo Gap NG Bighorn NF Routt NF Nebraska NF Ft. Pierre NG Black Hills NF Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Ogalala NG Medicine Bow NF Gunnison NF San Juan NF Thunder Basin NG Rio Grande NF Pawnee NG Pike-San Isabel NF Comanche NG X2 2 KANU catalog #123791: CO, Baca Co: 18 mi S, 5 mi W Pritchett, 5 Jun 1972, S. Stephens 54247. 3 Voucher specimens cited in Freeman (1989).

REFERENCES Anderson, J.M. 1950. Annotated List of the Vascular Flora of Baca County, Colorado. M.A. Thesis, University of Colorado. 39 pp. Barkley, T.M. 1991. , pp. 838–1021 in Great Plains Flora Association, Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 1402 pp. Clark, D.A. 1996. A floristic survey of the Mesa de Maya Region, Las Animas county, Colorado. Nat. Hist. Invent. Colorado 17: 1–44. Freeman, C.C. 1989. Rare of the Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas, Final Report. Reports of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. ix + 238 pp. Freeman, C.C. in prep. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Grassland Biome of Central North America. Great Plains Flora Association. 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. Iowa State University Press. Ames, Iowa. xii + 600 pp. Pinkava, D.J. 1967. Biosystematic study of Berlandiera (Compositae). Brittonia 19: 285–298.

1 Likely is defined as more likely to occur than not occur on the National Forest or Grassland. This generally can be thought of as having a 50% chance or greater of appearing on NFS lands.

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Weber, W.A. and R.C. Wittman. 2001. Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope (3rd Edition). University Press of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado. xl + 521 pp.

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