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Floristic Quality Assessments Natural Features, Invasive Species and Breeding Bird Surveys Little Traverse Conservancy Lands, Beaver Island, MI Floristic Quality Assessments Natural Features, Invasive Species and Breeding Bird Surveys Little Traverse Conservancy Lands, Beaver Island, MI Prepared by: Phyllis J. Higman and Daria A. Hyde Michigan Natural Features Inventory P.O. Box 13036, Lansing, MI 48901-3036 For: Conservation Resource Alliance 10850 E Traverse Hwy #1180, Traverse City, MI 49684 October 31, 2013 Report Number 2013-18 Acknowledgements This work was made possible through a Resources and Ecotourism Steering Committee Sustain our Great Lakes grant awarded to the have been instrumental in building support for Conservation Resource Alliance in Traverse this work, as has TNC’s Eastern Lake Michigan City, Michigan. Many thanks to Eric Ellis for Coastal Invasive Program, the Little Traverse writing the grant and inviting us to partner in Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, and the Grand this project. Thanks also to The Little Traverse Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conservancy and the Lucas, Barrett, Plumert, We are grateful for our CMU friends who Haveman, and Roberts families for supporting introduced us to Beaver Island and have this work and facilitating surveys of their nurtured our work over many years. We give a preserves and conservation easements. Rebecca special thank you to Pam Grassmick, and Beth Rogers and Ed Schools provided critical and Ed Leuck for their leadership in the Beaver assistance with our GPS data and graphics. Archipelago Initiative, and for their passion and The Beaver Island Association and the Natural generosity. Suggested Citation: Higman, P.J. and D.A Hyde. 2013. Floristic Quality Assessments, Natural Features, Invasive Species and Breeding Bird Surveys, Little Traverse Conservancy Lands, Beaver Island, MI. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Report Number 2013-18. Lansing, MI. 25 pp. plus 4 appendices. Cover photo by Phyllis J. Higman. 2013. Petritz Preserve Dunes at Sundown. Copyright 2013 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, or family status. Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. i Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Methods .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Floristic Quality Assessment ............................................................................................................. 3 Natural Features Inventory ................................................................................................................ 2 Invasive Plant Inventory .................................................................................................................... 4 Culturally Significant Plants .............................................................................................................. 5 Breeding Bird Surveys ...................................................................................................................... 5 Results and Discussion ............................................................................................................................ 9 Floristic Quality Assessments ............................................................................................................ 9 Natural Features Inventory .............................................................................................................. 11 Invasive Plant Inventory .................................................................................................................. 12 Culturally Significant Plants ............................................................................................................ 20 Breeding Bird Surveys .................................................................................................................... 21 Conclusions and Recommendation ........................................................................................................ 23 References............................................................................................................................................. 25 Appendices .......................................................................................................................................... A1 A. Recent Taxonomic Changes ................................................................................................... A-1 Genera in Michigan Flora whose family assignments here changed ................................... A-3 New Species added to the website March 2013 ................................................................. A-4 Additions and Name Changes to Michigan Flora, Volumes 1-3 ......................................... A-5 B. List of Culturally Significant Plants......................................................................................... B-1 C. Floristic Quality Assessments ................................................................................................. C-1 Petritz Preserve ................................................................................................................. C-3 Little Sand Bay Preserve ................................................................................................. C-13 Conn’s Cove Preserve-Lucas/Barrett/Plumert Easements ................................................ C-29 Erber Preserve ................................................................................................................ C-41 Haveman/Roberts Easements .......................................................................................... C-49 Barney’s Lake Preserve .................................................................................................. C-65 Trout Island Easement .................................................................................................... C-77 D. List of Birds Observed During Surveys ................................................................................... D-1 FQIs, Natural Features, Invasive Species and Breeding Bird Surveys, Beaver Island, 2013. Page i Figures Figure 1. Study area and survey sites. ..................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Breeding bird point count sites Petritz Preserve ....................................................................... .6 Figure 3. Breeding bird point-count sites at Little Sand Bay Preserve. ..................................................... 6 Figure 4. Breeding bird point-count sites at the Conn’s Cove/Lucas/Barrett/Plumert properties .............. .7 Figure 5. Breeding bird point-count sites at Erber Preserve ..................................................................... 7 Figure 6. Breeding bird point-count sites at the Haveman/Roberts Easements. ........................................ 8 Figure 7. Breeding bird point-count sites at LTC’s Barney’s Lake Preserve ............................................ 8 Figure 8. Natural features and invasive plants at Petritz Preserve ......................................................... 13 Figure 9. Natural features and invasive plants at Little Sand Bay Preserve .......................................... .14 Figure 10. Natural features and invasive plants at the Conn’s Cove/ Lucas, Barrett Plumert properties ............................................................................................................................. 15 Figure 11. Natural features and invasive plants at Erber Preserve .......................................................... 16 Figure 12. Natural features and invasive plants at the Haveman/Roberts Easements ............................. .17 Figure 13. Natural features and invasive plants at Barney’s Lake Preserve ........................................... .18 Figure 14. Natural features and invasive plants at the Trout Island Easement ...................................... .19 Figure 15. An osprey sitting on a nest at the communication tower ........................................................ 22 Tables Table 1. Rare plant and animal species targeted for survey during 2013 ................................................. .3 Table 2. Invasive species targeted for survey during 2013 ...................................................................... .4 Table 3. Size and density codes used for mapping invasive species occurrences ..................................... .5 Table 4: List of known occurrences targeted for call playback surveys ................................................... .5 Table 5. Summary of Native FQIs by preserve ........................................................................................ 9 Table 6. Summary of total FQIs with non-native species, by survey site and community ......................... 9 Table 7. Summary of total number of native species by site and community............................................ 9 Table 8. Summary of total number of non-native species, by site and community.................................. 10 Table 9. New and updated rare species occurrences .............................................................................
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