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Read the Full Recovery Plan MALHEUR WIRE LETI’UCE (Stephanomeria malheurensis) RECOVERY PLAN Prepared by Dr. Robert L. Parenti STEPHANOMERIA MALHEURENSI S RECOVERY PLAN Prepared by Dr. Robert L. Parenti for Region 1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Portland, Oregon Approvedk~~< U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Date EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE RECOVERY PLAN FOR MALHEUR WIRELETTUCE Current Status: This species is federally listed as endangered and is known from only a single 70-acre location within the 160- acre Critical Habitat in Harney County, Oregon. The population size of this annual plant has ranged in nunibers from 1 to 1050. Habitat Requirements and Limiting Factors: The Malheur wirelettuce inhabits the top of a broad hill on azonal soils derived from volcanic tuff layered with thin crusts of limestone. The site is dominated by big sagebrush and cheatgrass. The population is threatened by competition from cheat grass, grazing, fire, and surface mining for zeolites. Recovery Objective: Downlisting Recovery Criteria: The Malheur wirelettuce may be downlisted when the 160-acre Critical Habitat is secure from the threats of fire, mining, grazing, and introduced exotic species for five years and flowering plants produce seeds in at least four separate locations within the Critical Habitat. Actions Needed 1. Secure and manage critical habitat. 2. Conduct research on the biology of the species. 3. Establish additional plants/populations. Recov~rv Co~~t~ (Sl.00O~ Year Need 1 Need 2 Need 3 Total 1985 8.5 0.0 0.0 8.5 1986 8.5 0.0 4.0 12 . S 1987 3.0 21.0 7.0 31.0 1988 3.0 21.0 2.5 26.5 1989 3.0 21.0 1.5 25 . 5 1990 3.0 27.5 1.5 32.0 1991 6.0 24.0 1.5 31. 5 1992 6.0 23.0 1.5 30.5 1993 3.0 44.3 3.5 50.8 1994 3.0 42 . 3 3.5 48.8 1995 3.0 36.5 1.5 41.0 1996 6.0 12.0 8.0 26.0 1997 6.0 11.5 9.5 27.0 1998 3.0 7.5 11.5 22.0 1999 3.0 1.0 9.5 13.5 2000 3.0 1.0 8.5 12.5 2001 3.0 1.0 10.5 14. 5 2002 3.0 1.0 10.5 14.S 2003 3.0 1.0 10.5 14.5 Total Cost 80.0 432.8 109. 5 622. 3 Date of Recovery: Downlisting should be initiated in 2003, if recovery criteria are met. : Recovery plans delineate reasonable actions which are believed to be reguired to recover and/or protect listed species. Plans are published by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, sczretilrhes prepared with the assistance of recovery teams, contractors, State agencies, and others. Objectives will be attained and any necessary funds made available subject to kiidgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved, as well as the need to address other priorities. Recovery plans do not necessarily represent the views nor the official positions or approval of any individuals or agencies involved in the plan formulation, other than the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They represent the official position of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ~y after they have been signed by the Regional Director or Director as ~ Approved recovery plans are subject to it~dification as dictated by new findings, changes in species status, and the corr~letion of recovery tasks. Literature Citation: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1990. StephancaDeria malheurensis (Maflieur Wirelettuce) Recovery Plan. Portland, Oregon. 34 pp. ADDITIONAL CX)PIES NAY BE OBTAINED Fi~ZM Fish and Wildlife Reference Service 5430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 301/429—6403 or 1—800—582—3421 The fee for the Plan varies depending on the number of pages of the Plan. : Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION A. Brief Overview 1 B. Description 2 C. Historic Distribution and Population ~ 3 D. Current Distribution and Population Status 3 E. Habitat 7 F. Reasons for Declining and Current Threats 8 G. Conservation Efforts 9 II. RECOVERY A. Prime Objective 11 B. Narrative 12 C. Literature Cited 22 III. IMPLEI”IENTATION ScHEDULE 25 IV. APPENDIX A. Plant Locations Al B. List of Associated Species in ~ Study Site Bl C. Agencies Asked to Provide Review Cam~ents Cl LIST OF FIGURES Number Page 1 Comparison of morphological characters in S. §~g~ ssp. coronaria and S. maTheurensis 4 2 Map showing location of critical habitat of NaTheur wirelettuce 5 TABLES Table 1: Current distribution and population status 6 Recovery Plan Malbeur Wirelettuce (Stephanomeria malheurensis I - INTRODUCTION A. Brief Overview The first discovery of Maiheur wirelettuce, Stei~hanomeria maiheurensis, was made in 1966 when seeds of this species were collected along with those from a population of its ancestral plant, Stephanomeria exiaua ssp. coronaria. These two taxa are found together at the northern end of the range of the ancestral taxon. Further studies by Dr. Leslie Gottlieb of the University of California, Davis, demonstrated consistently distinguishable field characters and reproductive isolation between these two taxa, thus recognizing Stephanomeria malheurensis as a species new to science (Gottlieb 1973, 1977a, 1977b, 1978, 1979). Malheur wirelettuce was added to the Federal list on November 10, 1982 (47 FR 50 885), and critical habitat was designated at that time. Ste~hanomeria malheurensis has been found only at one 70—acre location near Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney county, Oregon, since its discovery in 1966. The species’ habitat is situated on top of a dry, broad hill on a soil derived from volcanic tuff layered with some limestone. The genetic adaptability of the species has not yet been proven. Seeds of S. malheurensis do not require a cold treatment as do the S. exiaua ssp. coronaria seeds, its progenitor. This would allow current year seeds to germinate after a late summer—early fall rain, and to be killed by the harsh winters of the high desert. ) Fall germination was observed by Al Franklin in 1979 (personal communications). The extremely restricted range and low numbers of this plant make the species vulnerable to even small land disturbances in and around its habitat. Potential zeolite mining in the area endangers the continued existence of this species (Griffith and Hohn 1979). Communications with the company involved indicate mining is not imminent and that it wishes to cooperate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conserve the species. B. Description Stephanomeria malheurensis is an annual up to 5 din. tall, with a basal rosette of glabrous leaves; stem single, much branched, with scale—like leaves; heads numerous clustered or single on short peduncles; florets 5-11 per head, the ligules pink, white, or rarely orange—yellow. Stephanomeria malbeurensis grows sympatrically with its parental species, ~. exiQua ssp. coronaria. The two are very similar in most morphological features, but, under uniform conditions, can be distinguished by several qualitative characters. The difference in achene length is sometimes a useful, but not always reliable, character differentiating the two species in the field. The achenes are slightly longer on the Malheur wirelettuce. Also, achenes of Malheur wirelettuce are 1 1/2 to 2 X heavier than those of S. exiaua ssp. coronaria. Smaller but still significant differences were found in inner bract length, floret length, and floret number (Figure 1). Stephanomeria exioua ssp. coronaria is an obligate outcrosser and S. inalheurensis is self—pollinating (Gottlieb 1973, Gottlieb and Bennett 1983). Stephanomeria malheurensis has approximately 20% more white flowers than does S. exigua ssp. coronaria. Pappus bristles in S. 2 malheurensis are connate in groups of 2—4 at the base, whereas in S. exiQua ssp. coronaria the pappus is divided only on the upper 1/2 or 2/3. C. Historic Distribution and Population Status Reference Appendix A for a listing of the Malheur wirelettuce, Stephanomeria malheurensis, geographic distribution, and Figure 2, a map showing critical habitat. Stephanomeria malheurensis is known only from its type locality near Narrows, Harney County, Oregon. This type locality is within the South Narrows Area of Critical Environmental Concern managed by the Bureau of Land Management. On this site it is interspersed with the northernmost population of its ancestral plant, Stephanomeria exiQua ssp. coronaria. Stephanomeria exiciua ssp. coronaria is an ecologically diverse plant with a wide geographical range extending southward to the islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. D. Current Distribution and Population Status Since this species is an annual, its numbers vary greatly from year to year, depending largely on the amount of precipitation prior to and during the spring growing season. In 1974 and 1975, early seedling populations of both Stephanomeria species at the site (Table 1) numbered 7,625 and 35,000, respectively. Field work in August 1979 showed only 24 individuals of Stephanomeria In addition, Gottlieb (1980), discussed the effects of a 1972 controlled burn which swept through part of the site by accident. Cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum has invaded the burnt area, much to the detriment of Stephanomeria. The 1981 field reports indicated that Stephanomeria malheurensis was low in numbers (about 50) and 3 . L4Q MC C MC 30 5 1 3 + 20 10 0 70 90 110 00 50 w ‘4 5 6 FLORET LE~CTH INNER BRACT W~TH FLORET NUVBER 2 4 in— COR Lv LH I’AL -m +— - — 17 20 23 26 29 17 20 23 26 29 32 AO-~ENE LENGTH LIGULE WIDTH Figure. 1. Comparisons of several morphological characters in S. exioua ssp. coronaria and ‘Maiheurensis” showing for Fig. 1 range, mean, and one standard deviation and one standard error on each side of the mean.
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