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Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Prepared by: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage Natural Heritage Technical Report #07-10 2008 Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Reserve - 2008 Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve 2008 Natural Heritage Technical Report # 07-10 Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage 217 Governor Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 786-7951 This document may be cited as follows: Myers, R.K., K.E. Heffernan, P.P. Coulling, A. Belden, and A.C. Chazal. 2008. Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Natural Heritage Technical Report #07-10. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage. Richmond, Virginia. 43 pages plus appendices. i Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Reserve - 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ iii LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ..............................................................................................................v PLAN SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1 Site Purpose.........................................................................................................................1 Management Approach and Policies ...................................................................................2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ................................................................................................3 Description and Location.....................................................................................................3 Climate.................................................................................................................................4 Physical Setting....................................................................................................................4 General Vegetation Description ..........................................................................................6 Site History .........................................................................................................................7 Land Use and Natural Resources.........................................................................................7 NATURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES .........................................................................................9 Overview..............................................................................................................................9 Ecological Communities......................................................................................................9 Significant Natural Communities .......................................................................................9 Other Natural Communities ..............................................................................................14 Rare Species.......................................................................................................................15 Potential Natural Heritage Resources ...............................................................................21 Invasive Species ................................................................................................................23 RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP......................................................................................................24 Goals and Objectives ........................................................................................................24 Management Issues ...........................................................................................................24 Data Gaps and Research Needs .........................................................................................30 Management Recommendations .......................................................................................32 Additional Protection Needs .............................................................................................35 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................35 FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO NATURAL RESOURCE PLAN............................................36 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................39 LIST OF APPENDICES................................................................................................................44 ii Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Reserve - 2008 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Water quality measurements collected from the Taskinas Creek SWMP station from 2003 to 2006............................................................................................................................6 Table 2: Latitude-longitude coordinates for six mountain camellia sub-populations at the Taskinas Creek Reserve.................................................................................................................17 Table 3: Plant watchlist species within/near Taskinas Creek Reserve ..........................................22 iii Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Reserve - 2008 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Boundaries and location of Taskinas Creek Reserve in Virginia.....................................3 Figure 2. Map depicting locations of significant natural communities and vegetation sample plots at the Taskinas Creek Reserve ................................................................11 Figure 3. Large-diameter Quercus montana (chestnut oak), Fagus grandifolia (American beech), and a dense shrub layer of Kalmia latifolia (mountain-laurel) are characteristic of the Piedmont / Coastal Plain Oak - Beech / Heath Forest.............................12 Figure 4. Coastal Plain / Piedmont Basic Seepage Swamp at York River State Park. Carex bromoides (brome-like sedge) is the dominant graminoid, while a patch of Saururus cernuus (lizard’s tail) occupies a mucky hollow in the foreground.................13 Figure 5. Coastal Plain / Piedmont Basic Seepage Swamp, with Packera aurea (golden ragwort) dominating the herb layer ..................................................................................14 Figure 6. Locations of six mountain camellia (Stewartia ovata) populations and one occurrence of non-native invasive Phragmites at Taskinas Creek Reserve ..................................18 Figure 7. Locations of UV light trap stations during zoological survey of Taskinas Creek Reserve.............................................................................................................20 Figure 8. Bald Eagle nest locations and management zones at Taskinas Creek Reserve and York River State Park ...............................................................................................21 Figure 9. Japanese stilt-grass (Microstegium vimineum) occurs at Taskinas Creek Reserve and the surrounding area. Common locations are along disturbed areas such as trails and old woods roads. This problematic invasive non-native species invades and degrades Coastal Plain / Piedmont Basic Seepage Swamp communities at the Reserve ..............23 iv Management Plan for Taskinas Creek Reserve - 2008 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project was completed through a contractual arrangement between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) – Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERRVA) and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Division of Natural Heritage (DCR-DNH). The project was funded through the Reserve operational Grant No. NA04NOS4200071 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Estuarine Reserves Division (NOAA-ERD). This Management Plan for the Taskinas Creek Reserve was completed with the combined expertise of many individuals. The authors thank staff from York River State Park for their support and cooperation in this planning initiative. Special appreciation goes to Erik Molleen, District 1 Resource Specialist with the DCR-Division of State Parks, for providing key information and also reviews and comments to the draft plan. DCR-DNH staff members that contributed significantly include Chris Hobson, Maureen Dougherty, Greg Toussaint, Paul Clarke, and Pat Jarrell. A field inventory of natural communities at Taskinas Creek Reserve was conducted by DCR-DNH ecologists Gary Fleming, Karen Patterson and Kristin Taverna on May 11, August 8-9, and September 12-13 of 2006. Allen Belden completed a week-long botanical inventory of the Reserve during summer of 2006. Anne Chazal conducted a zoological inventory and data search for the Reserve in 2006 as well. All of these field efforts contributed important current information to this plan. We acknowledge the helpful reviews and comments by various VIMS staff, including Scott Lerberg – CBNERRVA Stewardship Coordinator, Sandra Erdle – Coastal Training Program Coordinator, and Ken
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