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Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Volume 5C, ESA - Biophysical Technical Reports Trans Mountain Expansion Project Vegetation Technical Report APPENDIX B POTENTIALS TABLES 7894/December 2013 REP-NEB-TERA-00008 Page B-1 TABLE B1 POTENTIAL RARE PLANT AND LICHEN SPECIES IN THE BOREAL FOREST – CENTRAL MIXEDWOOD AND DRY MIXEDWOOD, FOOTHILLS – LOWER FOOTHILLS, PARKLAND – CENTRAL PARKLAND NATURAL, ROCKY MOUNTAIN – MONTANE SUBREGIONS OF THE PROPOSED PIPELINE PROJECT Right-of-Way Preferred Habitat Within Known on Proposed Provincial Federal/Global Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Species Range Right-of-Way Designations Designations VASCULAR PLANTS Adenocaulon bicolor pathfinder Moist woods and thickets. Flowering from June to September. Yes Yes S21 -- Adiantum aleuticum western maidenhair Moist forests, rocks, rocky scree and banks. Sporulating from summer to fall. Yes Yes S21 -- fern Agrostis exarata spike redtop Moist slopes and open areas; usually areas that hold snow late in the growing -- Yes S21 -- season. Flowering from late June to August. Agrostis humilis low bent grass Moist slopes and meadows. Flowering from August to September. Yes Yes S21 -- Agrostis mertensii northern bent-grass Moist slopes. Flowering from July to August. Yes Yes S21 -- Allium geyeri Geyer's onion Wet meadows and streambanks. Flowering from June to July. -- Yes S21 -- Almutaster pauciflorus few-flowered aster Saline soils, saline shores and depressions. Flowering from spring to fall. Yes -- S2S31 -- Alopecurus alpinus alpine foxtail Shores and open woodland. Flowering from June to August. -- Yes S2?1 -- Anemone quinquefolia wood anemone Moist woods. Flowering in July. Yes Yes S11 -- Antennaria aromatica scented everlasting Limestone talus. Flowering from July to early August. -- -- S21 -- 1 Page B Page Antennaria corymbosa corymbose Open woods and meadows. Flowering in August. -- Yes S1 -- everlasting Aquilegia jonesii Jones' columbine Talus slopes and rock crevices. Flowering in July. Yes Yes S21 -- -2 Arabidopsis salsuginea mouse-ear cress Moist, saline shores and flats by springs and lakes. Flowering from late April to Yes Yes S11 -- June. Arabis lemmonii Lemmon's rock Mesic alpine/subalpine slopes. Flowering from July to August. Yes Yes S21 -- cress Arctagrostis arundinacea polar grass Marshy ground and moist meadows. Yes Yes S2S31 -- Arenaria sandwort Moist, gravelly areas. Flowering from spring to summer Yes Yes S11 G3G4Q3 longipedunculata Arnica amplexicaulis stem-clasping arnica Moist woods. Flowering from July to August. Yes Yes S21 -- Arnica longifolia long-leaved arnica Rocky slopes and cliffs. Flowering from July to August. -- Yes S21 -- Arnica louiseana rock arnica Exposed tundra slopes and calcareous rock slides. Flowering from July to Yes Yes S1S31 G33 August. Arnica parryi nodding arnica Open woods, grassy slopes and scree slopes. Flowering from July to August. -- Yes S21 -- Artemisia tilesii Herriot's sagewort Open woods and river flats. Flowering from July to October. Yes Yes S3 (W)1 -- Artemisia tridentata big sagebrush Dry hills. Flowering from August to September. Yes Yes S21 -- Aster campestris meadow aster Dry open areas. Flowering from July to August. -- Yes S21 -- Aster eatonii Eaton's aster Moist montane woodland and streambanks. Flowering from August to -- Yes S21 -- September. Aster engelmannii elegant aster Open, montane woods. Flowering from July to August. Yes Yes S3S4 (W)1 -- Aster umbellatus flat-topped white Moist woods, thickets, meadows and swampy sites. Flowering from July to Yes Yes S21 -- aster September. Astragalus bodinii Bodin's milk vetch Gravelly banks and moist, sandy meadows. Flowering in July. -- Yes S11 -- TABLE B1 Cont'd Right-of-Way Preferred Habitat Within Known on Proposed Provincial Federal/Global Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Species Range Right-of-Way Designations Designations Athyrium alpestre var. alpine spleenwort Rocky alpine/subalpine slopes and meadows. Yes Yes S11 -- americanum Atriplex suckleyi endolepis Dry, eroded slopes. Flowering from late summer to fall. -- -- S3 (W)1 -- Berberis repens creeping mahonia Mountain woods. Flowering from April to June. -- Yes S3 (W)1 -- Blysmus rufus red bulrush Saline fens and poorly-drained, iron-rich ponds. Flowering in July. -- -- S11 -- Bolboschoenus fluviatilis river bulrush Margins of ponds and lakes. Flowering from June to July. Yes Yes S11 -- Botrychium ascendens ascending grape Stream floodplain habitats dominated by deciduous shrubs. Flowering in late -- Yes S21 G33 fern spring to mid-summer. Botrychium campestre field grape fern Sandy soils ditches. Flowering from early spring to late summer. -- Yes S11 G3G43 Botrychium crenulatum scalloped grape fern Dry, open areas. Flowering from mid-spring to late summer. -- Yes S11 G33 Botrychium hesperium western grape fern Mesic, grassy slopes and wooded areas. Flowering from early spring to early Yes Yes SU1 -- fall. Botrychium lanceolatum lance-leaved grape Wet, rocky slopes, meadows and woods. Flowering from late spring to Yes Yes S21 -- fern mid-summer. Botrychium chamomile grape Mesic grassy slopes. Flowering from early spring to early fall. -- Yes S11 -- matricariifolium fern Botrychium Michigan grape fern Open, grassy areas. Yes Yes SU1 G1G23 michiganense Page B Page Botrychium multifidum leather grape fern Moist, sandy areas and fields. Yes Yes S3 (W)1 -- var. intermedium 1 -3 Botrychium oneidense blunt-lobed grape Moist, shady, acidic woods and swamps. -- -- S1 -- fern Botrychium pallidum pale moonwort Open fields and occasionally shaded habitats. -- Yes S11 G33 Botrychium paradoxum paradoxical grape Moist, grassy slopes in mountains. Flowering from early to late summer. -- Yes S11 G23 fern Botrychium stalked grape fern Floodplain bottoms. Leaves appearing in late spring and dying in late fall. -- -- S11 G2G33 pedunculosum Botrychium pinnatum northwestern grape Moist or wet, open places. Flowering from June to August. Yes Yes S31 -- fern Botrychium simplex dwarf grape fern Moist meadows and shores. Flowering from mid-spring to early fall. Yes Yes S21 -- Botrychium spathulatum spatulate grape fern Meadows and open forests. Yes Yes S21 G33 Botrychium x grape fern hybrid Grassy openings in coniferous forests in mountains. Flowering in early summer. -- Yes S11 -- watertonense Boykinia heucheriformis telesonix Rocky outcrops and talus slopes at alpine/subalpine elevations. Flowering June Yes Yes S21 -- to August. Braya humilis ssp. leafy braya Gravelly river flats. Flowering from May to June. Yes Yes S11 G5T2T3Q3 maccallae Braya purpurascens alpine braya Moist scree slopes. Flowering from June to August. Yes Yes S1S21 -- Brickellia grandiflora large-flowered Dry slopes, shores and roadsides. Flowering from July to September. -- Yes S1S21 -- brickellia Bromus latiglumis Canada brome Moist banks. Flowering from late June to August. Yes Yes S11 -- Bromus vulgaris woodland brome Moderately moist and open coniferous woods. Flowering from late June to -- Yes S3 (W)1 -- August. TABLE B1 Cont'd Right-of-Way Preferred Habitat Within Known on Proposed Provincial Federal/Global Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Species Range Right-of-Way Designations Designations Bupleurum americanum thorough-wax Dry hillsides. Yes Yes S3 (W)1 -- Calamagrostis lapponica Lapland reed grass Moist to dry gravelly slopes at high elevations. Flowering in August. Yes Yes S11 -- Calochortus apiculatus mariposa lily Dry slopes. Flowering in summer. -- Yes S3 (W)1 -- Calylophus serrulatus shrubby evening- Sandy prairies and dunes. -- -- S21 -- primrose Camassia quamash var. blue camas Moist to wet meadows. Flowering from May to July. -- Yes S21 G5T3T53 quamash Campanula aparinoides marsh bellflower Wet meadows and marshes. -- Yes S11 -- Campanula uniflora alpine harebell Alpine/subalpine slopes. Flowering in July. Yes Yes S21 -- Cardamine parviflora small bitter cress Sandy soil and dry woods. Flowering in July. Yes Yes S11 -- Cardamine pratensis meadow bitter cress Bogs and swamps. Flowering from June to July. Yes Yes S3 (W)1 -- Carex adusta browned sedge Dry, acidic soil, moist, sandy ground under pine, and stony ground. Flowering in -- -- S11 -- July. Carex aperta open sedge Low, wet ground; open wetlands. Flowering from July to August. -- Yes S11 -- Carex arcta narrow sedge Moist woods. Flowering in July. -- Yes S11 -- Carex bicolor two-colour sedge Wet sand and silt by streams and lakeshores. Fruiting in summer. -- -- S11 -- Carex capitata capitate sedge Boggy and often calcareous areas. Flowering from June to August. Yes Yes S3 (W)1 -- Page B Page Carex cordillerana cordillera sage Grassy slopes and rich soil. Fruiting from May to July. -- Yes S11 G3G43 Carex crawei Crawe's sedge Calcareous meadows. Flowering from June to July. Yes Yes S21 -- Carex garberi elk sedge Moist areas, including shorelines, meadows and graminoid fens. Fruiting in Yes Yes S2S31 -- -4 summer. Carex geyeri Geyer's sedge Open woods and dry mountain slopes. Fruiting from late April to late August. -- Yes S3 (W)1 -- Carex glacialis glacier sedge Dry, calcareous mountain slopes. Flowering from June to July. Yes Yes S21 -- Carex heleonastes Hudson Bay sedge Often calcareous bogs and marshes. Fruiting from June to August. Yes Yes S21 -- Carex heteroneura var. blackened sedge Moist to dry mountain meadows. Flowering from July to August. -- Yes S11 G5TNR3 epapillosa Carex hookerana Hooker's sedge Plains, dry banks and open woods. Flowering in June. Yes Yes S3 (W)1 -- Carex hystericina porcupine sedge Shady marshes. Flowering from May to June. -- -- S11 --