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Proposed Protocols for Inventories of Rare Plants of the Grassland Natural Region Proposed Protocols for Inventories of Rare Plants of the Grassland Natural Region Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 21 Proposed Protocols for Inventories of Rare Plants of the Grassland Natural Region Cliff Wallis Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 21 June 2001 Publication No. I/027 ISBN: 0-7785-1813-2 (Printed Edition) ISBN: 0-7785-7808-6 (Online Edition) ISSN: 1496-7219 (Printed Edition) ISSN: 1496-7146 (Online Edition) For copies of this report, contact: Information Centre – Publications Alberta Environment Natural Resources Service Main Floor, Great West Life Building 9920 – 108 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5K 2M4 Telephone: (780) 422-2079 OR Information Service Alberta Environment #100, 3115 – 12 Street NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7J2 Telephone: (403) 297-3362 OR Visit our web site at: http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/fw/status/reports/index.html This publication may be cited as: Wallis, Cliff. 2001. Proposed protocols for inventories of rare plants of the Grassland Natural Region. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 21. Edmonton, AB. 305 pp. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 1 2. METHODS ............................................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Prioritizing and Ranking Vascular Plant Species................................................................................ 1 2.2.1 Defining Priority List of Taxa for Status Reports .......................................................................... 1 2.2.2 Ranking Species on the Priority List............................................................................................. 2 2.2.3 Implementation Considerations.................................................................................................... 3 2.2.4 Key Steps in Preparing a Status Report for Vascular Plant Taxa................................................ 4 3. PROTOCOLS FOR PRIORITY SPECIES 2001-2003............................................................................. 5 3.1 Evaluation Results -- Priorities for Status Reports ............................................................................. 6 3.1.1 Northern Fescue Grassland Natural Subregion ........................................................................... 6 3.1.2 Foothills Fescue Grassland Natural Subregion............................................................................ 8 3.1.3 Mixed Grassland Natural Subregion .......................................................................................... 10 3.1.4 Dry Mixed Grassland Natural Subregion....................................................................................13 4. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROTOCOLS IN YEAR 2001-2005 .............................. 17 5. COST ESTIMATES................................................................................................................................ 17 6. LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................................................. 17 7. PROTOCOLS AND ELEMENT OCCURRENCES................................................................................. 18 Allium geyeri Geyer's onion .................................................................................................................... 18 Amaranthus californicus Californian amaranth ....................................................................................... 22 Ambrosia acanthicarpa bur ragweed ...................................................................................................... 23 Anagallis minima (Centunculus minimus) chaffweed ............................................................................. 26 Arabidopsis salsuginea mouse-ear cress ............................................................................................... 29 Aristida purpurea var longiseta red three-awn ........................................................................................ 30 Asclepias viridiflora green milkweed ....................................................................................................... 32 Aster campestris meadow aster ............................................................................................................. 33 Aster pauciflorus few-flowered aster ....................................................................................................... 35 Astragalus kentrophyta var kentrophyta prickly milk vetch...................................................................... 42 Astragalus lotiflorus low milk vetch ......................................................................................................... 44 Astragalus purshii Pursh's milk vetch ..................................................................................................... 48 Atriplex canescens saltbush ................................................................................................................... 53 Atriplex powellii Powell’s saltbush .......................................................................................................... 55 Atriplex truncata saltbush ........................................................................................................................ 57 Bacopa rotundifolia water hyssop ........................................................................................................... 58 Bidens frondosa common beggarticks .................................................................................................... 59 Boisduvalia glabella smooth boisduvalia ................................................................................................ 62 Bromus latiglumis Canada brome ........................................................................................................... 65 Calylophus serrulatus shrubby evening-primrose .................................................................................. 66 Camissonia andina upland evening-primrose ........................................................................................ 69 Camissonia breviflora taraxia ................................................................................................................. 70 Carex hystericina porcupine sedge ........................................................................................................ 71 Carex nebrascensis Nebraska sedge ..................................................................................................... 73 Carex retrorsa turned sedge ...................................................................................................................80 Carex parryana var parryana Parry's sedge ........................................................................................... 84 Castilleja cusickii yellow paintbrush ........................................................................................................ 88 Castilleja lutescens stiff yellow paintbrush .............................................................................................. 94 Castilleja sessiliflora downy paintbrush .................................................................................................. 99 Cerastium brachypodum ....................................................................................................................... 100 Chenopodium desiccatum goosefoot ................................................................................................... 101 Chenopodium incanum goosefoot ........................................................................................................ 103 Chenopodium subglabrum smooth narrow-leaved goosefoot .............................................................. 104 Chenopodium watsonii Watson's goosefoot ......................................................................................... 105 Coreopsis tinctoria common tickseed ................................................................................................... 106 Crepis occidentalis small-flowered hawk's-beard ................................................................................. 109 Cryptantha minima small cryptanthe .................................................................................................... 113 Cuscuta gronovii common dodder ........................................................................................................ 115 Cyperus schweinitzii sand nut-grass .................................................................................................... 116 Cyperus squarrosus awned nut-grass .................................................................................................. 118 Downingia laeta downingia .................................................................................................................... 119 Draba reptans whitlow-grass ................................................................................................................ 121 Elatine triandra waterwort ..................................................................................................................... 123 Eleocharis engelmannii Engelmann's spike-rush = E. ovata................................................................. 124 Ellisia
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