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From Endangered to Flowering Part of a Plant) Is a Terminal Branching Inflorescences Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 12, 2000 / Proposed Rules 42973 minute topographic quadrangle. Other of 1973, as amended (Act), because the the top of the calyx. Flowering occurs boundaries are based upon the Public Land endangered designation no longer from mid-May to early June, and fruits Survey System. Within the historical correctly reflects the current status of mature in June and early July. boundaries of the Canada De Los Osos Y this plant. This proposed Bridges (1984) stated, ``The genus Pecho Y Islay Mexican Land Grant, Scutellaria can be easily recognized by boundaries are based upon section lines that reclassification is based on the are extensions to the Public Land Survey substantial improvement in the status of its distinctive calyx, with a protrusion, System developed by the California this species. Since listing, 22 additional or `cap' on the upper lobe.'' Scutellaria Department of Forestry and obtained by us sites have been discovered, and the total montana could be confused with other from the State of California's Stephen P. known number of individuals has species of Scutellaria. Bridges (1984) Teale Data Center. Township and Range increased from about 6,700 to more than also listed some important characters of numbering is derived from the Mount Diablo 48,000. This proposal, if made final, Scutellaria montana: (1) A terminal Base and Meridian. would implement the Federal protection inflorescence; (2) a large corolla at least Map Unit 1: T. 29 S., R. 10 E., all of section and recovery provisions for threatened 2.5 cm (1 in) long; (3) tapering or 35 above mean sea level (MSL); T. 30 S., R. truncate (ending abruptly) leaf bases, 10 E. All portions of sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 14, plants as provided by the Act, to large- never cordate (heart shaped); (4) a 22, and 27 above MSL, SW1¤4NW1¤4 section flowered skullcap. We are seeking data 13 above MSL, W1¤2NW1¤4 section 24, all of and comments from the public. midstem with at least some stipitate section 23 above MSL except S1¤2SE1¤4, DATES: Comments from all interested (short stem) glandular hairs; (5) no NW1¤4NW1¤4 section 26, N1¤2N1¤2 section 34. parties must be received by September sessile (without a footstalk of any kind) Map Unit 2: T. 30 S., R. 10 E., E1¤2NE1¤4 glands on the upper leaf surface, (6) a 3 1 11, 2000. Public hearing requests must section 24; T. 30 S., R, 11 E., E ¤4N ¤2 section be received by August 28, 2000. fairly densely pubescent (hairy) lower 19. leaf surface, often with glandular hairs; Map Unit 3: T. 30 S., R. 11 E., All of NE1¤4 ADDRESSES: Comments, materials, and requests for a public hearing concerning and (7) a corolla tube lacking an section 7 above MSL; in section 8, annulus within. NW1¤4NW1¤4, S1¤2NW1¤4, SW1¤4, and this proposal should be sent to the State Dr. A. W. Chapman described NW1¤4SE1¤4. Supervisor, Asheville Field Office, U.S. Scutellaria montana in 1878. Since 2. Within these areas, the primary Fish and Wildlife Service, 160 Zillicoa constituent elements include, but are not then, the taxonomy of Scutellaria Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28801. montana has undergone a period of limited to, those habitat components that are Comments and materials received will essential for the primary biological needs of debate. Penland (1924) reduced the foraging, sheltering, reproduction, and be available for public inspection, by taxon to a variety of Scutellaria serrata. dispersal. The primary constituent elements appointment, during normal business Leonard (1927) later reinstated the for the Morro shoulderband snail are the hours at the above address. species, but he made no distinction following: sand or sandy soils; a slope not FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. between Scutellaria pseudoserrata and greater than 10 percent; and the presence of, J. Allen Ratzlaff at the above address, by or the capacity to develop, coastal dune scrub Scutellaria montana (Collins phone at 828/258±3939, Ext. 229, or by unpublished). Epling (1942) restored the vegetation. E-mail at [email protected]. 3. Critical habitat does not include existing taxon to full species status and clarified developed sites consisting of buildings, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the questions regarding the taxonomic roads, aqueducts, railroads, airports, paved Background differences between Scutellaria areas, and similar features and structures. pseudoserrata and Scutellaria montana. Scutellaria montana is a perennial Dated: June 29, 2000. In the field, Scutellaria montana is herb with solitary, erect, four-angled, most likely to be confused with Donald J. Barry, hairy stems usually from 30 to 50 Scutellaria pseudoserrata. The two Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and centimeters (cm) (11 to 19 inches (in)) species have a similar range and habitat Parks. tall. The leaves are lanceolate (shaped and are sometimes found growing [FR Doc. 00±17257 Filed 7±11±00; 8:45 am] like a lance-head, several times longer together. Scutellaria montana is the BILLING CODE 3410±55±P than wide, broadest above the base and only species of Scutellaria that lacks an narrowed to the apex) to ovate (egg- annulus within the corolla tube. shaped, with the broader end at the Further, Scutellaria pseudoserrata has DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR base), on 1 to 2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 in) transparent sessile glands on the upper Fish and Wildlife Service petioles (the stalk of a leaf that attaches leaf surface and hairs only on the veins it to the stem), with blades (the and leaf margins. In contrast, Scutellaria 50 CFR Part 17 expanded portion of a leaf) 5 to 8 cm (2 montana has a fine, even-mixed to 3 in) long and 3 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) glandular and nonglandular ``velvety'' RIN 1018±AG07 wide. The leaf margins (the edge of the pubescence on the upper and lower leaf leaf) are crenate (rounded, tooth-like surface. Two other skullcaps that can Endangered and Threatened Wildlife edges) to serrate (having sharp teeth occur in the same region are Scutellaria and Plants; Proposed Reclassification pointing forward) and hairy on both elliptica and Scutellaria ovata, both of of Scutellaria montana (large-flowered surfaces. The inflorescence (the which have smaller flowers and skullcap) from Endangered to flowering part of a plant) is a terminal branching inflorescences. Scutellaria Threatened (at the end of the stalk), leafy-bracted (a elliptica tends to have leaf margins with AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, ``modified'' leaf) raceme (simple flower), rounded teeth and noticeably longer Interior. with or without paired lateral racemes hairs on the leaf, and Scutellaria ovata ACTION: Proposed rule. at the base. The calyx (the outer part of has strongly cordate leaf bases and the flower) is two-lobed with a ``cap'' flowers later in the season. SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife just above the base of the upper lobe The pollination biology of this species Service (Service) proposes to reclassify (characteristic of the genus Scutellaria). has not been described. Collins Scutellaria montana (large-flowered The corolla (petals) is relatively large, (unpublished) and Cruzan (Shea and skullcap) from its present endangered 2.6 to 3.5 cm (1 to 1.4 in) long, blue and Hogan 1998) observed bees (Apiodea) status to threatened status under the white, and lacking a fleshy ridge visiting plants, and Kemp and Knauss authority of the Endangered Species Act (annulus) within the corolla tube near (1990) observed butterflies, wasps, and VerDate 11<MAY>2000 21:49 Jul 11, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\12JYP1.SGM pfrm08 PsN: 12JYP1 42974 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 12, 2000 / Proposed Rules hummingbirds occasionally visiting the well-consolidated paleozoic to considered self-sustaining, or viable if it plants. precambrian strata, often with some has a minimum of 100 individuals. Scutellaria montana is known from exposed rock. Georgia is now known to have 15 the southern portion of the Ridge and Forest composition data has been populations. In Floyd County, there are Valley Physiographic Province in collected on sites in the Marshall Forest 7 known populations that range in size Marion and Hamilton Counties in and Marion County populations from a few plants to about 1,300 plants. Tennessee; Dade, Floyd, Chattooga, (Faulkner 1993; Collins, unpublished; Three of these populations are Gordon, Catoosa, and Walker Counties Lipps 1966). Data from the sites where considered self-sustaining. Two of the in Georgia; and the Cumberland Plateau Scutellaria montana was first studied three self-sustaining populations are Province in Sequatchie, Marion, and indicated that it occurred in late- protected on lands owned by The Hamilton Counties in Tennessee. successional forests. Studies of other Nature Conservancy. Catoosa County, According to Bridges (1984), the sites suggest that it is more of a mid- to Georgia, is currently known to have 4 geological strata underlying the sites for late-successional species (Bridges 1984; populations ranging in size from 10 to Scutellaria montana include most of the Collins, unpublished; Lipps 1966). At a about 200 plants. One population (100± major slope-forming formations of the Marion County, Tennessee, site, 200 plants) is self-sustaining and is region: shale, chert, limestone, and Faulkner (1993) observed Scutellaria protected (Catoosa County Park). Walker sandstone from Cambrian to montana persisting in an area where County, Georgia, has 2 populations of 5 Pennsylvanian in age. Most sites in timbering activities had occurred and and 60 plants respectively, which do Tennessee occur on the Upper where the plants had been subjected to not meet the minimum criteria of 100 Mississippian Pennington Formation low-intensity ground fires.
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