Potential Special Status Plant Species
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Appendix A – Potential Special Status Plant Species Biological Technical Report for Safari Highlands Ranch Appendix A October 2016; updated October2017 SPECIAL STATUS PLANT LIST. Special Status Plant Species Potentially Occurring or Known to Occur within the Safari Highlands Ranch Biological Study Area. Habitat Scientific Common Status General Habitat Description Present/ Rationale Name Name Absent Limited amount of potentially Annual herb. Occurs in a distinctive suitable microhabitat. Not FT, SE microhabitat, prefering grassy openings in observed in any of the botanical HP- Acanthomintha San Diego CRPR 1B.1 chaparral or sage scrub on gabbroic surveys. Underlying soils are Low ilicifolia Thorn-mint List A substrate with friable or broken clay soils, sandy loam s, not clay potential MSCP-NE including vernal pools; . Elevation: 35 – (Bowman 1973); however, 3,150 feet. there may be unmapped small inclusions of clay onsite. This conspicuous perennial species was not observed in any of the botanical surveys; Perennial deciduous shrub. Occurs in although if present would have HP- California CRPR 2B.1 chaparral, coastal scrub, and valley and likely been detected. Adolphia californica Low Adolphia List B foothill grassland. Elevation: 150 – 2,450 Underlying soils are sandy potential feet. loams, not clay (Bowman 1973); however, there may be unmapped small inclusions of clay onsite. FE Perennial rhizomatous herb. Occurs in sandy This perennial species was not HP- San Diego CRPR 1B.1 loam or clay soils in chaparral, coastal observed in any of the botanical Ambrosia pumila Low Ambrosia List A scrub, valley and foothill grasslands and surveys. No species records in potential MSCP NE vernal pools. Elevation: 65 – 1,350 feet. project vicinity. No habitat present; sandy soils FE Artcostaphylos Perennial evergreen shrub. Occurs in within the survey area are not Del Mar CRPR 1B.1 glandulosa ssp. maritime, sandy soils in chaparral. A derived from marine sandstones Manzanita List A crassifolia Elevation: 0 – 1,200 feet. (Bowman 1973 and Kennedy et MSCP al. 1999). This conspicuous perennial HP- species was not observed in any Arctostaphylos Rainbow CRPR 1B.1 Perennial evergreen shrub. Occurs in Low of the botanical surveys; rainbowensis Manzanita List A chaparral. Elevation: 675 – 2,200 feet potential although if present would have likely been detected. Biological Technical Report for Safari Highlands Ranch Appendix A - 1 October 2016; updated October2017 Habitat Scientific Common Status General Habitat Description Present/ Rationale Name Name Absent Perennial deciduous shrub. Occurs in Detected at one location sandy, mesic soils in chaparral, coastal San Diego CRPR 4.2 adjacent to the primary Artemisia palmeri scrub, riparian forest, riparian scrub, P Sagewort List D entrance road within adjacent and riparian woodland. open space. Elevation: 50 – 3,000 feet. Perennial herb. Occurs in chaparral, HP- This perennial species was not CRPR 1B.1 cismontane woodland, coastal scrub, and Astragalus deanei Dean’s Milk-vetch Low observed in any of the botanical List A riparian forest. Elevation: 250 – 2,280 potential surveys. feet. Perennial herb. Occurs in chaparral, HP- This perennial species was not Asplenium Western CRPR 4.2 cismontane woodland, coastal scrub, and Low observed in any of the botanical vespertinum Spleenwort List D riparian forest. Elevation: 250 – 2,280 potential surveys. feet. This perennial species was not Perennial herb. Occurs in openings in rocky HP- observed in any of the botanical San Diego CRPR 1B.2 Astragalus oocarpus chaparral and cismontane woodland. Low surveys. Known within the Milk-vetch List A Elevation: 600 – 3,200 feet. potential Boucher Hill and San Pasqual quads. Perennial herb. Occurs in alkaline or clay No habitat present. There are no CRPR 1B.2 soils in coastal bluff scrub, coastal dunes, Atriplex coulteri Coulter’s Saltbush A alkaline or clay soils onsite List A coastal scrub, and valley and foothill (Bowman 1973). grassland. Elevation: 10 – 1,500 feet. Annual herb. Occurs in alkaline soils in No habitat present. There are no Parish’s CRPR 1B.1 Atriplex parishii chenopod scrub, playas, and vernal pools. A alkaline or clay soils onsite Brittlescale List A Elevation: 80 – 6,250 feet. (Bowman 1973). This conspicuous perennial species was not observed in any of the botanical surveys; FT, SE Perennial deciduous shrub. Occurs in although if present would have Encinitas CRPR 1B.1 sandstone soils in maritime chaparral and Baccharis vanessae A likely been detected. No Baccharis List A cismontane woodland. habitat present. Soils onsite are MSCP NE Elevation: 200 – 2,350 feet. not derived from marine sandstones (Bowman 1973 and Kennedy et al. 1999). Biological Technical Report for Safari Highlands Ranch Appendix A - 2 October 2016; updated October2017 Habitat Scientific Common Status General Habitat Description Present/ Rationale Name Name Absent This conspicuous perennial San Diego Perennial deciduous shrub. Occurs in HP- species was not observed in any Bahiopsis [Viguiera] CRPR 4.2 County chaparral, coastal scrub. Low of the botanical surveys; laciniata List D Viguiera Elevation: 200 – 2,500 feet. Potential although if present would have likely been detected. This conspicuous perennial species was not observed in any of the botanical surveys; although if present would have FE, CE Known from a variety of habitats including likely been detected. Suitable HP- CRPR 1B.1 Chaparral, Riparian Scrub, and Sage Scrub habitat within the survey area Berberis nevinii Nevin’s Barberry Low List A at elevations ranging from 901 - 2,715 within the known elevational potential MSCP NE feet. range of the species, the only record of this species within 10- miles of the site is within the Boucher H ill quad to the northeast. Perennial bulbiferous herb. Occurs in clay San Diego CRPR 1B.1 soils in chaparral, coastal scrub, valley and No habitat present. No clay soils Bloomeria clevelandii A Goldenstar List A foothill woodland, and vernal pools. onsite (Bowman 1973). Elevation: 165 – 1,525 feet. Perennial bulbiferous herb. Occurs in FE, SE Project site located outside of this openings in clay soils in chaparral, Thread-leaved CRPR 1B.1 species range No habitat Brodiaea filifolia cismontane woodland, coastal scrub, A Brodiaea List A present. No clay soils onsite playas, valley and foothill grassland, and MSCP NE (Bowman 1973). vernal pools. Elevation: 80 – 3,675 feet. Perennial bulbiferous herb. Occurs in mesic, clay soils in closed-cone coniferous forest, CRPR 1B.1 chaparral, cismontane woodland, meadows No habitat present. No clay soils Brodiaea orcuttii Orcutt’s Brodiaea List A A and seeps, valley and foothill grassland, onsite (Bowman 1973). MSCP and vernal pools. Elevation: 100 – 5,550 feet. Biological Technical Report for Safari Highlands Ranch Appendix A - 3 October 2016; updated October2017 Habitat Scientific Common Status General Habitat Description Present/ Rationale Name Name Absent Annual herb. Occurs in clay soils in No habitat present. There are no California Round-leaved CRPR 1B.1 cismontane woodland and valley and A clay soils mapped onsite macrophylla Filaree List B foothill grassland. (Bowman 1973). Elevation: 50 – 4,000 feet. Present - associated with Annual herb. It grows in several types of disturbed chaparral along the habitat, including chaparral, coastal verges of dirt roads in the Brewer's CRPR 4.2 sage scrub, recently burned and Calandrinia breweri P northern portion of the site Redmaids List D disturbed areas with sandy or loamy and along the northern soils. emergency access road Elevations: 50 – 3,000 feet. alignment. Project site located outside of this Annual herb. Found on metavolcanic or CRPR 1B.2 species range No habitat Dunn’s Mariposa gabbroic soils in openings in Chaparral Calochortus dunnii List A A present. There are no Lily and Closed-Cone Coniferous Forest MSCP NE metavolcanic or gabbroic soils habitats. Elevations: 1,250 - 6,000 feet. onsite (Bowman 1973). Annual herb. Occurs in sandy or clay soils in HP- Limited amount of potentially Camissoniopsis Lewis' Evening- CRPR 3 coastal scrub, cismontane woodland, and suitable habitat. Not observed lewisii primrose List C valley and foothill grassland. Elevation: 0 Low in any of the botanical surveys. – 1,000 feet. potential Annual herb. Occurs in sandy granitic soils HP- Most of this species distribution in Payson's Jewel- CRPR 4.2 in coastal scrub and chaparral long foothills east of site. Not Caulanthus simulans flower List D streambeds on steep, rocky slopes Low observed in any of the botanical Elevation: 300 – 7,200 feet. potential surveys. CRPR 1B.2 Perennial evergreen shrub. Occurs in closed- Lakeside Project site located outside of this Ceanothus cyaneus List A cone coniferous forest and chaparral. A Ceanothus species range.. MSCP NE Elevation: 770 – 2,500 feet. This conspicuous perennial species was not observed in any CRPR 2B.2 HP- Wart-stemmed Perennial evergreen shrub. Occurs in of the botanical surveys; Ceanothus verrucosus List B Ceanothus chaparral. Elevation: 1 – 1,250 feet. Low although if present would have MSCP potential likely been detected. Mafic soils absent. Biological Technical Report for Safari Highlands Ranch Appendix A - 4 October 2016; updated October2017 Habitat Scientific Common Status General Habitat Description Present/ Rationale Name Name Absent Annual herb. Occurs along the margins of HP- Limited amount of suitable Centromadia parryi CRPR 1B.1 marshes and swamps, in vernally mesic Southern Tarplant habitat. Not observed in any of ssp. australis List A valley and foothill grassland, and in vernal Low the botanical surveys. pools. Elevation: 0 – 1,575 feet. potential Annual herb. Occurs in alkaline soils in chenopod scrub, meadows and seeps, Centromadia pungens CRPR 1B.1 No habitat present. Alkaline soils Smooth Tarplant playas, riparian woodland, and valley and A spp. laevis List A absent (Bowman 1973). foothill grassland. Elevation: 0 – 2,100 feet. Southern Perennial evergreen shrub in gabbroic or Chamaebatia CRPR 4.2 Gabbroic or metavolcanic soils Mountain metavolcanic chaparral; A australis List D absent (Bowman 1973). Misery Elevation: 1000 – 3,350 feet. Annual herb.