Draft Appendices for Scrub Mgt Guidelines Photo by Craig Faulhaber Craig Faulhaber Florida Scrub-Jay Conservation Coordinator Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission History of the guidelines . Collaboration of FWC and FNAI . Made available in 2009 . Minor revision in 2010 . Revision warranted based on feedback received Photo by Craig Faulhaber The Scrub-Jay Umbrella Photo by Terry Doonan Photo by FWC Photo by Alex Kropp Photo by Craig Faulhaber Summary of changes . Intro about identifying resources . Oak scrub & rosemary scrub . Suitable as well as optimal scrub-jay habitat . Appendix with photos . Appendices for animals, plants/lichens Why the appendices? . To identify species not under the “scrub-jay umbrella” . To provide species-specific information to managers Photos by Craig Faulhaber What is included? . Listed species and FNAI S1-S3 . Plus Florida rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides) Photos by Craig Faulhaber What is included? . Optimal Fire Return Interval . Response to fire & fire exclusion . Response to mechanical treatments . Under the “scrub-jay umbrella?” . Additional management recommendations Photo by Craig Faulhaber What is included? Photo by Craig Faulhaber Under the umbrella? Yes but… Yes but… Probably yes . Euphorbia rosescens . Persea humilis . Short-tailed snake Photo by Kevin Enge Probably yes . Euphorbia rosescens . Persea humilis . Short-tailed snake Photo by Kevin Enge HELP! Need more information . Chamaesyce cumulicola . Chionanthus pigmaeus . Conradina grandiflora . Lechea lakelae (possibly extinct) . Tillandsia flexuosa Photo by Craig Faulhaber HELP! Need more information . Chamaesyce cumulicola . Chionanthus pigmaeus . Conradina grandiflora . Lechea lakelae (possibly extinct) . Tillandsia flexuosa Photo by Craig Faulhaber Maybe not…it’s complicated! . Sand skink . Blue-tail mole skink . Striped newt Photo by FWC Photo by Bill Turner Who doesn’t fit? . Rarity requires special management Oncidium bahamense Ziziphus celata . Requires more frequent fire Polygala lewtonii Photo by Craig Faulhaber . Historically found in xeric hammock Harrisia eriophora Who doesn’t fit? . Rarity requires special management Oncidium bahamense Ziziphus celata . Requires more frequent fire Polygala lewtonii Photo by Craig Faulhaber . Historically found in xeric hammock Harrisia eriophora Species in SE FL . It would be great to get more information on: – Chamaesyce cumulicola response to fire? – Conradina grandiflora under umbrella? – Dicerandra immaculata response to fire? – Oncidium bahamense management? – Polygala smallii fire ecology? – Schizachyrium niveum ecology? – Tillandsia flexuosa management? (occurs in 17 habitats, not just scrub) Any questions? Photo by Craig Faulhaber “Scrub-Jay Umbrella?” “Scrub-Jay Umbrella?” .