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Other Botanical Resource Assessment
USDA Forest Service Tahoe National Forest District Yuba River Ranger District OTHER BOTANICAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT Yuba Project 08/01/2017 Prepared by: Date: Courtney Rowe, District Botanist TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TNF Watch List Botanical Species ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Summary of Analysis Procedure .................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Project Compliance ..................................................................................................................... 2 2 Special Status Plant Communities ....................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Project Compliance ..................................................................................................................... 5 3 Special Management Designations ..................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 6 3.2 Project Compliance .................................................................................................................... -
Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta Lynchi)
Invertebrates Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (Brachinecta lynchi) Status State: Meets the requirements as a “rare, threatened, or endangered species” under CEQA Federal: Threatened Critical Habitat: Designated 2006 (USFWS 2006) Population Trend Global: Declining due to habitat loss and fragmentation (Eriksen and Belk 1999) State: As above Within Inventory Area: Unknown Data Characterization The location database for the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Brachinecta lynchi) within the inventory area includes 6 records from 1993, 1997, and 1999. The majority of locations are vernal pools within non-native grassland. Other natural and artificial habitats have a high probability of being occupied by additional populations of the vernal pool fairy shrimp throughout the grassland habitats within the ECCC HCP/NCCP inventory area. Beyond the original description (Eng et al. 1990), a scanning electron micrograph of the cyst (resting egg) (Hill and Shepard 1997), and some generalized natural history data (Helm 1997), no peer-reviewed technical literature has been published concerning the vernal pool fairy shrimp. Eriksen and Belk (1999) presented a brief discussion of the vernal pool fairy shrimp and provided a distribution map. Range The vernal pool fairy shrimp is found from Jackson County near Medford, Oregon, throughout the Central Valley, and west to the central Coast Ranges. Isolated southern populations occur on the Santa Rosa Plateau and near Rancho California in Riverside County (Eng et al.1990, Eriksen -
Special-Status Plants and Invasive/Noxious Weeds Technical Report
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT UPPER AMERICAN RIVER PROJECT (FERC NO. 2101) SPECIAL-STATUS PLANTS AND INVASIVE/NOXIOUS WEEDS TECHNICAL REPORT Prepared by: Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc. Sacramento, California Prepared for: Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento, California JULY 2004 Sacramento Municipal Utility District Upper American River Project FERC Project No. 2101 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section & Description Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 2.0 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Special-Status Plants Study Plan ............................................................................ 2 2.2 Invasive/Noxious Weeds Study Plan...................................................................... 3 2.3 Water Year Types................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Agency Requested Information .............................................................................. 5 3.0 METHODS ......................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Special-Status Plants............................................................................................... 5 3.2 Noxious Weeds ....................................................................................................... 6 4.0 RESULTS .......................................................................................................................... -
NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Land Management Plan
NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Land Management Plan Prepared for: December 2006 State of California The Resources Agency Department of Fish and Game NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Land Management Plan Prepared for: December 2006 State of California The Resources Agency Department of Fish and Game 8950 Cal Center Drive Building 3, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95826 916.564.4500 www.esassoc.com Los Angeles Oakland Orlando Petaluma Portland San Francisco Seattle Tampa 204427 ESA J MORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Land Management Plan Approved by: Acting RegionalTftartager / Date _nhltn Acting Deputy Direaor for Regional Operations 'Date TABLE OF CONTENTS North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve Land Management Plan Page 1 Summary 1-1 2 Introduction 2-1 Purpose of Acquisition 2-1 Acquisition History 2-1 Purpose of This Management Plan 2-1 3 Property Description 3-1 Geographical Setting 3-1 Property Boundaries and Adjacent Lands 3-1 Geology, Soils, Climate, and Hydrology 3-1 Cultural Features 3-11 4 Vegetation Types, Habitat, and Species Descriptions 4-1 Vegetation Types and Habitats 4-1 Special-Status Species 4-5 5 Management Goals and Environmental Impacts 5-1 Definition of Terms Used in This Plan 5-1 Biological Elements: Goals, Objectives, and Environmental Impacts 5-1 Public Use Elements: Goals and Environmental Impacts 5-5 Facility Maintenance Elements: Goals and Environmental Impacts 5-6 6 Operations and Maintenance Summary 6-1 Operations and Maintenance Tasks to Implement Plan 6-1 Existing Staff and Additional Personnel -
Biotic Evaluation Dias and Hobbs City of Fremont
BIOTIC EVALUATION DIAS AND HOBBS CITY OF FREMONT, ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By: LIVE OAK ASSOCIATES, INC. Rick Hopkins, Ph.D., Principal, Senior Ecologist Pamela Peterson, Sr. Project Manager, Plant/Wetland Ecologist Katrina Krakow, M.S., Project Manager, Staff Ecologist For: Robson Homes Attn: Jake Lavin 2185 The Alameda, Suite 150 San Jose, CA 95126 April 3, 2014 Project No. 1821-01 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 4 2.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS .......................................................................................... 8 2.1 BIOTIC HABITATS/LAND USES .................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 PASTURE ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2 RUDERAL FIELD ........................................................................................................................................ 13 2.1.3 DEVELOPED ................................................................................................................................................ 14 2.1.3 EUCALYPTUS GROVE ............................................................................................................................... 15 2.2 MOVEMENT CORRIDORS ............................................................................................................................ -
Appendix a California Tiger Salamander and California Fairy Shrimp Aquatic Sampling Survey Report
Appendix A California Tiger Salamander and California Fairy Shrimp Aquatic Sampling Survey Report California Tiger Salamander and California Fairy Shrimp Aquatic Sampling Survey Report Prepared for: Shaw Environmental, Inc. Prepared By: Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc. Contact: Josh Harwayne Senior Project Manager (831) 373-4341 September 2007 SUMMARY The Army is required to conduct wetland monitoring surveys in any areas where environmental cleanup activities could possibly impact protected wetland species on the Former Fort Ord U.S. Army base (Fort Ord), in Monterey County, California (Figure 1). This study provides faunal baseline data for Ranges where soil remediation is likely to be performed in the near future, and could possibly have biological impacts on protected wetland species or habitat. The monitoring study is consistent with the “Wetland Monitoring and Restoration Plan for Munitions and Contaminated Soil Remedial Activities at Former Fort Ord” (ACOE, 2006). Faunal baseline aquatic sampling studies were conducted by Denise Duffy and Associates, Inc. (DD&A) to determine the presence/absence of the federally Threatened California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense, CTS) and invertebrates, including the California fairy shrimp (Linderiella occidentalis), a federal species of special concern, at several locations within Fort Ord. Four study sites (Pools 8, 10, 21, and 30) and three control sites (Pools 5, 56, and 101 East) were identified for surveys (Figure 2). Due to the lack of sufficient ponding at three of the study pools during 2007, aquatic sampling occurred only at one of the study sites (Pool 10) and the three control sites. All four water bodies were sampled twice between January and March 2007 for invertebrates. -
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Redwood National Park
Humboldt State University Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University Botanical Studies Open Educational Resources and Data 9-17-2018 Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Redwood National Park James P. Smith Jr Humboldt State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Smith, James P. Jr, "Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Redwood National Park" (2018). Botanical Studies. 85. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/85 This Flora of Northwest California-Checklists of Local Sites is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources and Data at Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Botanical Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF THE REDWOOD NATIONAL & STATE PARKS James P. Smith, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Botany Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State Univerity Arcata, California 14 September 2018 The Redwood National and State Parks are located in Del Norte and Humboldt counties in coastal northwestern California. The national park was F E R N S established in 1968. In 1994, a cooperative agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation added Del Norte Coast, Prairie Creek, Athyriaceae – Lady Fern Family and Jedediah Smith Redwoods state parks to form a single administrative Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosporum • northwestern lady fern unit. Together they comprise about 133,000 acres (540 km2), including 37 miles of coast line. Almost half of the remaining old growth redwood forests Blechnaceae – Deer Fern Family are protected in these four parks. -
A Taxonomic Re-Evaluation of the Allium Sanbornii Complex
University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 1986 A taxonomic re-evaluation of the Allium sanbornii complex Stella Sue Denison University of the Pacific Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Denison, Stella Sue. (1986). A taxonomic re-evaluation of the Allium sanbornii complex. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2124 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A TAXONOMIC RE-EVALUATION OF THE ALLIUM SANBORNII COMPLEX A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School University of the Pacific In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science by Stella S. Denison August 1986 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many contributions have been made for my successful completion of this work. Appreciation is extended to: Drs. Dale McNeal, Alice Hunter, and Anne Funkhouser for their advice and assistance during the research and in the preparation of this manuscript, the entire Biology faculty for their, friendship and suggestions, Ginger Tibbens for the typing of this manuscript, and to my husband, Craig, and my children, Amy, Eric and Deborah for their continued support and encouragement. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the curators of the herbaria from which material was borrowed during this investigation. These herbaria are indicated below by the standard abbreviations of Holmgren and Keuken (1974}. -
Fort Ord Natural Reserve Plant List
UCSC Fort Ord Natural Reserve Plants Below is the most recently updated plant list for UCSC Fort Ord Natural Reserve. * non-native taxon ? presence in question Listed Species Information: CNPS Listed - as designated by the California Rare Plant Ranks (formerly known as CNPS Lists). More information at http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/ranking.php Cal IPC Listed - an inventory that categorizes exotic and invasive plants as High, Moderate, or Limited, reflecting the level of each species' negative ecological impact in California. More information at http://www.cal-ipc.org More information about Federal and State threatened and endangered species listings can be found at https://www.fws.gov/endangered/ (US) and http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/nongame/ t_e_spp/ (CA). FAMILY NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME LISTED Ferns AZOLLACEAE - Mosquito Fern American water fern, mosquito fern, Family Azolla filiculoides ? Mosquito fern, Pacific mosquitofern DENNSTAEDTIACEAE - Bracken Hairy brackenfern, Western bracken Family Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens fern DRYOPTERIDACEAE - Shield or California wood fern, Coastal wood wood fern family Dryopteris arguta fern, Shield fern Common horsetail rush, Common horsetail, field horsetail, Field EQUISETACEAE - Horsetail Family Equisetum arvense horsetail Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii Giant horse tail, Giant horsetail Pentagramma triangularis ssp. PTERIDACEAE - Brake Family triangularis Gold back fern Gymnosperms CUPRESSACEAE - Cypress Family Hesperocyparis macrocarpa Monterey cypress CNPS - 1B.2, Cal IPC -
Changes in the Insect Fauna of a Deteriorating Riverine Sand Dune
., CHANGES IN THE INSECT FAUNA OF A DETERIORATING RIVERINE SAND DUNE COMMUNITY DURING 50 YEARS OF HUMAN EXPLOITATION J. A. Powell Department of Entomological Sciences University of California, Berkeley May , 1983 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION 4 HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 7 INSECT FAUNA 10 Methods 10 ErRs s~lected for compar"ltive "lnBlysis 13 Bio1o~ica1 isl!lnd si~e 14 Inventory of sp~cies 14 Endemism 18 Extinctions 19 Species restricted to one of the two refu~e parcels 25 Possible recently colonized species 27 INSECT ASSOCIATES OF ERYSIMUM AND OENOTHERA 29 Poll i n!ltor<'l 29 Predqt,.n·s 32 SUMMARY 35 RECOm1ENDATIONS FOR RECOVERY ~4NAGEMENT 37 ACKNOWT.. EDGMENTS 42 LITERATURE CITED 44 APPENDICES 1. T'lbles 1-8 49 2. St::ttns of 15 Antioch Insects Listed in Notice of 75 Review by the U.S. Fish "l.nd Wildlife Service INTRODUCTION The sand dune formation east of Antioch, Contra Costa County, California, comprised the largest riverine dune system in California. Biogeographically, this formation was unique because it supported a northern extension of plants and animals of desert, rather than coastal, affinities. Geologists believe that the dunes were relicts of the most recent glaciation of the Sierra Nevada, probably originating 10,000 to 25,000 years ago, with the sand derived from the supratidal floodplain of the combined Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The ice age climate in the area is thought to have been cold but arid. Presumably summertime winds sweeping through the Carquinez Strait across the glacial-age floodplains would have picked up the fine-grained sand and redeposited it to the east and southeast, thus creating the dune fields of eastern Contra Costa County. -
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 203 / Friday, October 18, 1996 / Rules and Regulations
54346 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 203 / Friday, October 18, 1996 / Rules and Regulations [FR Doc. 96±26901 Filed 10±17±96; 8:45 am] List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 219 status for Senecio layneae (Layne's BILLING CODE 6712±01±P Government procurement. butterweed). These species all occur on gabbroic or serpentine-derived soils in Michele P. Peterson, the central Sierran foothills of California Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE within chaparral or oak woodland Regulations Council. communities. Urbanization and the 48 CFR Part 219 and Appendix I to Therefore, 48 CFR Part 219 and ensuing habitat fragmentation, road Chapter 2 Appendix I to Chapter 2 are amended as construction and maintenance, follows: herbicide spraying, change in fire [DFARS Case 96±D317] frequency, off-road vehicle use, PART 219Ð[AMENDED] Defense Federal Acquisition unauthorized dumping, horse Regulation Supplement; Pilot Mentor- 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR overgrazing, competition from invasive ProteÂge Program Part 219 continues to read as follows: alien vegetation, and mining imperil these five species. This rule implements AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). Authority: 41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR Federal protection and recovery Chapter 1. ACTION: Final rule. provisions afforded by the Act for these 219.7104 [Amended] five plants. SUMMARY: The Director of Defense 2. Section 219.7104 is amended in the EFFECTIVE DATE: November 18, 1996. Procurement is amending the Defense last sentence of paragraph (b) by ADDRESSES: The complete file for this Federal Acquisition Regulation revising the date ``October 1, 1996'' to rule is available for public inspection, Supplement (DFARS) to extend the read ``October 1, 1999''. -
Classification of the Vegetation Alliances and Associations of Sonoma County, California
Classification of the Vegetation Alliances and Associations of Sonoma County, California Volume 1 of 2 – Introduction, Methods, and Results Prepared by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program For: The Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District The Sonoma County Water Agency Authors: Anne Klein, Todd Keeler-Wolf, and Julie Evens December 2015 ABSTRACT This report describes 118 alliances and 212 associations that are found in Sonoma County, California, comprising the most comprehensive local vegetation classification to date. The vegetation types were defined using a standardized classification approach consistent with the Survey of California Vegetation (SCV) and the United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) system. This floristic classification is the basis for an integrated, countywide vegetation map that the Sonoma County Vegetation Mapping and Lidar Program expects to complete in 2017. Ecologists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Native Plant Society analyzed species data from 1149 field surveys collected in Sonoma County between 2001 and 2014. The data include 851 surveys collected in 2013 and 2014 through funding provided specifically for this classification effort. An additional 283 surveys that were conducted in adjacent counties are included in the analysis to provide a broader, regional understanding. A total of 34 tree-overstory, 28 shrubland, and 56 herbaceous alliances are described, with 69 tree-overstory, 51 shrubland, and 92 herbaceous associations. This report is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 (this volume) is composed of the project introduction, methods, and results. It includes a floristic key to all vegetation types, a table showing the full local classification nested within the USNVC hierarchy, and a crosswalk showing the relationship between this and other classification systems.