Appendix 1. Species Summaries and Element Occurrence Records For
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Appendix 1. Species summaries and element occurrence records for Campanula uniflora, Cymopterus evertii, Descurainia torulosa Helictotrichon hookeri, Papaver kluanense, and Thalictrum alpinum in the Carter Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern UYC»4ING NATURAL DIVERSITY DATABASE - The Nature Conservancy Key to Selected Fields in the Element Occurrence Database SNAME - The scientific name, in Latin, used in Wyoming (may be different in another state). SCOMNAME - The common name used in Wyoming. GRANK - The global rank assigned by TNC's network of Heritage Programs, based on world-wide distribution and threats. Ranks vary from G1, very rare or greatly threatened, through GS, common and secure. SRANK- The state rank assigned by each state Heritage Program, based on distribution within the state. Again, these ranks vary from S1, very rare or threatened, through SS, common and secure. These ranks may be different from state to state depending on the range of the taxon in each state. WYPLANT L!Sl-- WYNDD maintains a state lis~ where plants of special concern in the state appear on List 1, High Priority (rare, threatened, or endangered), List 2, Medium Priority, or List 3, Low Priority. PRECISION - The degree of refinement for an occurrence when it is mapped on a USGS quad; S=within seconds, M=within minutes, G=general (somewhere on the cited quad). COUNTYNAME - The county where the occurrence is located. QUADNAME - The name of the USGS 7.5 minute quad. MARG NUM indicates the dot on the map at the WYNDD office. LAT, LONG - Central latitude and longitude of the location if known from mapping procedures. S, N, E, and W indicate the boundaries of the occurrence. TOWNRANGE - Legal description of the location of this occurrence, with township given in the first 4 characters (zero for blank characters), and range in the last 4 characters. SECTION indicates the section number within the given township. MERIDIAN - Meridian upon which legal description is based. For Wyoming, this is the 6th Principal Meridian (6P), except the Wind River Indian Reservation, which is the Wind River Meridian (WR). TRSCOMM- Comments upon the township, range, and section. Usually, this field contains an indication that more sections are involved or that the township and range may be based on data that is quite old and thus be only an approximate location. DIRECTIONS - Location of this occurrence related to features on a map, often with access information. EODATA -_Information on population size, number of individuals, whether the occurrence is increasing or declining, etc. LASTOBS - Date the element was last seen at this location. GENDESC - Description of what the area looks like on the ground, habitat, substrate, etc. ELEV Elevation of the location. SIZE - The size of the occurrence in acres; how large an area this occurrence covers. MACODE, MANAME- Code and name of the managing agency if the location is on public land. OWNER - If private land, the owner's name if known; also ownership by the State of Wyoming is indicated here. OWNERCOMM - Comments about the ownership of the land. There may be an indication that surrounding areas belong to the State of Wyoming or are federal lands. COMMENTS - Any other information that is important to this occurrence. Often this field will contain a reference to a museum/herbarium specimen. BESTSOURCE - The best source for information on the site. Quite often it is a person, but could be an article in a journal or a report. UPDATE - The last date that more information was added to this entire record. Campanula uniflora L. Campanulaceae ·Arctic Harebell Legal Status: None Natural Heritage Rank: G4S2 Description: Technical Description . Perennial with a taproot and slender, branched caudex, often decumbent at base, generally glabrous; stems lax, seldom over 1 dm tall; leaves subcoriaceous, entire or obscurely callous toothed, basal leaves oblanceolate, 1-3 em long including the ·petiole; cauline leaves often much reduced and lanceolate, but sometimes as large.as the basal and then the basal leaves not apparent, becoming sessile, elliptic to oblanceolate or linear, entire to crenulate, glabrous or nearly so or the upper ones hairy, scabrous marginally; flowers solitary,- erect; hypanthium may hi:we a few .long, loose hairs; calyx united, the five lobes lance-attenuate, entire, 2-5 mm long; calyx and ovary often hairy; corolla united, regular, campanulate, blue, (4)6-12 mm long, the lobes ovate, equaling or.longer than the tube; style inserted; anthers 1-2.5 mm long; capsule elongate, tapering to the base,· 12-20 mm long, opening with pores near the summit. Characters useful in field identification Generally glabrous, t~prooted, perennial herb with mostly basal leaves; scapes no more than 15 em tall, mostly less; leaves oblanceolate, usually ca 2 em wide, upper leaves reduced; flowers solitary, pedicellate, erect, blue, regular, united, bell-shaped, with 5 deep, narrow lobes; anthers 1-2.5 mm long; fruit elongate, cup-shaped, opening with pores near the apex. Flowering period: July-August Distribution: Circumboreal, but mostly North American, extending from northern Alaska east to Hudson's Bay and Greenland, and south in the Rocky Mountains to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. ownership/management: Since arctic harebell grows at high altitude, it is most often found on lands managed by the u.s. Forest Service in the United States, including the Shoshone National Forest and the Cloud Peak Wilderness in the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. It also occurs on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management at the Carter Mountain ACEC in .the Cody Resource Area in Wyoming. It is suspected_to grow on public and private lands in Canada. Habitat: Alpine tundra, often in talus or rock stripes, subalpine in rocky or grassy places at high altitudes, ca 10,000 feet. unsurveyed potential habitat: Additional populations are likely to be found in unsurveyed portions of the range of the species, especially in some of the more inacessible high altitude areas of the Rocky Mountains. "_.· Population size: Populations are usually very scattered, and no information on numbers of individuals is available. Potential and existing threats: ? other remarks: ~ uniflora seems to be fairly secure since it has a wide distribution on a global basis. However, the individual, scattered populations may be threatened . References: Dorn, R.D. 1977. Manual-~f the vascular plants of Wyoming. New York: Garland Publishing Co., Vol. II, p. 1026. Dorn, R.D. 1988. Vascular plants of Wyoming. Cheyenne: Mountains West Publishing, p. 210. Hitchcock, C.L., A. Cronquist, M. Ownbey, and J.W. Thompson. 1959. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 4: Ericaceae through Campanulaceae. Seattle: University of Washington Press, p.488, 490. Hulten, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. Stanford: Stanford University Press, p. 851. Webber, W.A. 1990. Colorado flora: Eastern slope. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, pp. 248-249. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, L.C. Higgins, and s. Goodrich. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir No. 9, p. 452. :' . \- .- .... ~- ·: . 'r,'. ' •, -- ' ...I - .....·. ,. _.··· . --. -.. - Element Tracking Record - CAMPANULA UNIFLORA - . Tnontifiers: , . · ODE:_.~. .. PDCAM020YO ·.n<uPICOS: -. NATrriN"':?:i;::; ____ ,- us··.· . •! STATE: .WY ~:.;:f~~~~:~~i .· 'C~lob~l)- :·- · k TAXCLASS;:· '. DICOTYLEDONEAE ORDER: CAMPANULALES c. FAMILi_:p':~·- . -CAMPANULACEAE GENUS: CAMPANULA ~- GNAME: · · ,·.. CAMPANULA UNIFLORA VAtiTiiOR:- Linnaeus . NAMESOURCE: NAMEREF: TAXDIST: TAXQ: . GCOMNAME: GTAXCOM: Taxonomy (National): . NNAME: · NSYNNUM: · NCOMNAME: NTAXCOM: :Taxonomy (State): _SNAME: CAMPANULA UNIFLORA SSYNNUM: SCOMNAME: A BELLFLOWER STAXCOM: :atus (Global): GRANK: G4 GRANKDATE: GRANKFORM: GRANKRESP: USESA: USESADATE: CITES: IUCN: CONSPL: CONSPLRESP: STEWAB: STEWABRESP: EXSITU: EXSITUINST: JURISENDEM: . St.atus (National) : NRANK: WYLST3 NRANKDATE: NRANKFORM: NEOTRACK: NESTEOS: NPROTEOS: NABUND: NPROT: NREFNAME: NSLIDE: Status (State): SRANK: S2 SRANKDATE: 90-12-06 SRANKFORM: SEOTRACK: Y SESTEOS: ·a SPROTEOS: C SABUND: A SPROT: P1248 SREFNAME: SSLIDE: Optional Fields: OPTl.ET: OPT2.ET: OPT3.ET: .ET.OPT4: SITIVE: Documentation & Maintenance: NSOURCECODE: SSOURCECODE: GUPDATE: NTT't?.T)ATE: S :lATE: 90-12-12 CAMPANULA UNIFLORA Common Name: A BELLFLOWER Code: PDCAM020Y0*001*WY !DENT: Y Federal Status: GRANK: G4 SRANK: S2 State Plant List: WYLST3 Sitecode: S.USWYHP*29 Site Name: CARTER MOUNTAIN County Code: County Name: Survey Site: CARTER MOUNTAIN ACEC WYPARK Park USGS Quad Map Ten Quad Name: Code: Num: _Ten: NORTH FORK PICKETT CREEK 44109 Precision: Lat: 444015N S: E: Long: 1091730W N: W: TownRange: 049N103W Section: 07 Meridian: 6P TRSComments: NW4 Location: ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS, CARTER MOUNTAIN, NEAR THE HEAD OF MEETEETSE CREEK. Survey Date: Last Observed: 1988-08-20 First Observed: 1988 EORank: EORankDate: EORankComments: EOData: EO KNOWN FROM HERBARIUM COLLECTION. 1990 SURVEY OF CARTER MOUNTAIN ACEC DURING MID AUGUST FAILED TO TURN UP ANY PLANTS OF THIS SPECIES. Habitat Description: GEUM ROSSII-TRIFOLIUM SPP COMMUNITY IN TUNDRA OF SLOPES AND RIDGES. Elevation: 10800 feet SIZE: acres MACode: Managed Area Name: Contained: M.USWYHP*13 WORLAND DISTRICT OFFICE ? M.USWYHP*16 CODY RESOURCE AREA ? More land: More protection: More management: TNC Involved: Y Management Comments: Protection Comments: Owner: Owner Comments: General Comments: HERB. SPECS.: EVERT, E.F. 6133 (RM). 1990 SURVEY OF CARTER MOUNTAIN ACEC FAILED TO