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Appendix D Biological Resources - Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Appendix D Biological Resources D-001 D-002 Appendix D South Bend Floristic Quality Assessment D-003 D-004 Vegetation Memorandum for Record Date: October 10, 2011 To: Pokagon Band of Potawatomi From: Gerould Wilhelm/Patrick Judd Re: Vegetation Assessment: Floristic Quality Assessment, Spring - Fall 2011 cc: Mark Parrish Ref. #: 11022.00 Pokagon Neighborhood Redevelopment (Rum Village) Memo for Record On May 4th, June 7th and September 20th the Rum Village site was visited to determine the extent to which any plant communities dominated by native vegetation remained. Four significant ones were discovered, of which two are quite impressive. All of the woodlands would become lush examples of the landscapes within which the people of the Pokagon Band once lived and from which drew nearly all their resources. When burned and appropriately thinned in the ancient way, these landscapes represent some of the more beautiful in the Midwest. Although Rum Village is in Indiana, the coefficients of conservatism are those used by the state of Michigan, in order to make these areas more comparable to the Band’s holdings in that state. It is expected that, as additional surveys are conducted, the Floristic Quality Indices will rise, but that the Mean C values will change little. SITE UNITS There is a small, fairly degraded, but irreplaceable remnant woodlot off the south end of Maple Road. If burned regularly and thinned appropriately, this Southwest Woods unit could be integrated into the public realm of the proposed plan. No Indiana state-listed plant species were noted, nor are there any likely to persist there. This woodland, if properly managed and disposed, would be in the line of sight for those entering the property off of Route 23. What follows is an inventory of the species noted. FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 28 NATIVE SPECIES 33 Total Species 3.9 NATIVE MEAN C 3.3 W/Adventives 20.4 NATIVE FQI 18.8 W/Adventives 1.8 NATIVE MEAN W 1.8 W/Adventives AVG: Fac. Upland (+) ACRONYM ACESAU ALLPET ALLTRI ARITRI C 5 0 5 5 SCIENTIFIC NAME Acer saccharum ALLIARIA PETIOLATA Allium tricoccum Arisaema triphyllum Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern 28 4 2 2 0 16 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 84.8% 12.1% 6.1% 6.1% 0.0% 48.5% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% W 3 0 2 -2 WETNESS FACU FAC FACU+ FACW- D-005 Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge PHYSIOGNOMY Nt Tree Ad B-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.2% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME SUGAR MAPLE GARLIC MUSTARD WILD LEEK JACK IN THE PULPIT Memorandum CXBLAN CXGRIS CXROSE CIRLUT DENLAC DICCUC EUOOBO FLOPRO FRAAME GEUCAN HACVIR ISOBIT LAPCAN LONMAA LONBEL PARQUI PODPEL POLPUB PRUSER ROSMUL RUBALL RUMOBT SANCAA TOXRAR TRIGRA TRIREC ULMAME VIOPUB VIOSOR 1 3 2 2 5 7 5 7 5 1 1 8 4 0 0 5 3 5 2 0 1 0 5 2 5 8 1 4 1 Carex blanda Carex grisea Carex rosea Circaea lutetiana Dentaria laciniata Dicentra cucullaria Euonymus obovata Floerkea proserpinacoides Fraxinus americana Geum canadense Hackelia virginiana Isopyrum biternatum Laportea canadensis LONICERA MAACKII LONICERA XBELLA Parthenocissus quinquefolia Podophyllum peltatum Polygonatum pubescens Prunus serotina ROSA MULTIFLORA Rubus allegheniensis RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS Sanguinaria canadensis Toxicodendron radicans Trillium grandiflorum Trillium recurvatum Ulmus americana Viola pubescens Viola sororia Page 2 of 12 0 -3 5 3 3 5 5 -1 3 0 1 0 -3 5 3 1 3 5 3 3 2 -3 4 -1 5 4 -2 4 1 FAC FACW UPL FACU FACU UPL UPL FAC+ FACU FAC FACFAC FACW UPL FACU FACFACU UPL FACU FACU FACU+ FACW FACUFAC+ UPL FACUFACWFACUFAC- Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Nt Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Shrub A-Forb Tree P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Shrub Shrub W-Vine P-Forb P-Forb Tree Shrub Shrub P-Forb P-Forb W-Vine P-Forb P-Forb Tree P-Forb P-Forb SEDGE SEDGE CURLY STYLED WOOD SEDGE ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE CUT LEAVED TOOTHWORT DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES RUNNING STRAWBERRY BUSH FALSE MERMAID WHITE ASH WHITE AVENS BEGGAR'S LICE FALSE RUE ANEMONE WOOD NETTLE AMUR HONEYSUCKLE HYBRID HONEYSUCKLE VIRGINIA CREEPER MAY APPLE DOWNY SOLOMON SEAL WILD BLACK CHERRY MULTIFLORA ROSE COMMON BLACKBERRY BITTER DOCK BLOODROOT POISON IVY COMMON TRILLIUM RED TRILLIUM AMERICAN ELM YELLOW VIOLET COMMON BLUE VIOLET Off to the east of Maple Road, just as one enters from Prairie Avenue, is another very small Woodlot, a little higher in quality. Its position as a flank to a well signed and designed entrance could be quite a statement and emblem with regard to the nature of Pokagon Land and the beautiful way in which the people care for it. D-006 Memorandum FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 42 NATIVE SPECIES 50 Total Species 4.2 NATIVE MEAN C 3.5 W/Adventives 27.0 NATIVE FQI 24.7 W/Adventives 1.8 NATIVE MEAN W 1.9 W/Adventives AVG: Fac. Upland (+) ACRONYM ACESAU ALLPET AMBTRI ASACAN CXBLAN CXCEPP CXGRIS CXPENS CELOCC CIRLUT DENLAC FAGGRA FESSUB FLOPRO FRAAME GALAPA GEUCAN GEUVER HACVIR HYDVIR IMPPAL JUGNIG LIRTUL LONMAA LONBEL OSMLON PARQUI POLBIB POLVIM PRUSER QUEALB QUERUB QUEVEL RANABO ROSMUL RUMOBT SANCAA SASALB SEDSAR SMIRAC SOLCAE STEMED TAROFF TILAME TRIREC ULMAME VIBPRU VIOPUB VIOSOR VIOSTR C 5 0 0 5 1 3 3 4 5 2 5 6 5 7 5 0 1 6 1 4 6 5 9 0 0 3 5 4 4 2 5 5 6 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 7 0 0 5 8 1 7 4 1 5 Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern SCIENTIFIC NAME Acer saccharum ALLIARIA PETIOLATA Ambrosia trifida Asarum canadense Carex blanda Carex cephalophora Carex grisea Carex pensylvanica Celtis occidentalis Circaea lutetiana Dentaria laciniata Fagus grandifolia Festuca subverticillata Floerkea proserpinacoides Fraxinus americana Galium aparine Geum canadense Geum vernum Hackelia virginiana Hydrophyllum virginianum Impatiens pallida Juglans nigra Liriodendron tulipifera LONICERA MAACKII LONICERA XBELLA Osmorhiza longistylis Parthenocissus quinquefolia Polygonatum biflorum Polygonum virginianum Prunus serotina Quercus alba Quercus rubra Quercus velutina Ranunculus abortivus ROSA MULTIFLORA RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS Sanguinaria canadensis Sassafras albidum SEDUM SARMENTOSUM Smilacina racemosa Solidago caesia STELLARIA MEDIA TARAXACUM OFFICINALE Tilia americana Trillium recurvatum Ulmus americana Viburnum prunifolium Viola pubescens Viola sororia Viola striata 42 13 1 1 0 17 0 5 1 0 4 0 0 84.0% 26.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 34.0% 0.0% 10.0% 2.0% 0.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0.0% W 3 0 -1 5 0 3 -3 5 1 3 3 3 2 -1 3 3 0 1 1 -2 -3 3 2 5 3 4 1 3 0 3 3 3 5 -2 3 -3 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 -2 3 4 1 -3 WETNESS FACU FAC FAC+ UPL FAC FACU FACW UPL FACFACU FACU FACU FACU+ FAC+ FACU FACU FAC FACFACFACWFACW FACU FACU+ UPL FACU FACUFACFACU FAC FACU FACU FACU UPL FACWFACU FACW FACUFACU UPL FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACUFACWFACU FACUFACFACW D-007 Page 3 of 12 Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge PHYSIOGNOMY Nt Tree Ad B-Forb Nt A-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt P-Grass Nt A-Forb Nt Tree Nt A-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt A-Forb Nt Tree Nt Tree Ad Shrub Ad Shrub Nt P-Forb Nt W-Vine Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt A-Forb Ad Shrub Ad P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Ad P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Ad A-Forb Ad P-Forb Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt Shrub Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb 8 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.0% 0.0% 6.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME SUGAR MAPLE GARLIC MUSTARD GIANT RAGWEED WILD GINGER SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE HACKBERRY ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE CUT LEAVED TOOTHWORT AMERICAN BEECH NODDING FESCUE FALSE MERMAID WHITE ASH ANNUAL BEDSTRAW WHITE AVENS SPRING AVENS BEGGAR'S LICE VIRGINIA WATERLEAF PALE TOUCH ME NOT BLACK WALNUT TULIP TREE AMUR HONEYSUCKLE HYBRID HONEYSUCKLE SMOOTH SWEET CICELY VIRGINIA CREEPER SOLOMON SEAL JUMPSEED WILD BLACK CHERRY WHITE OAK RED OAK BLACK OAK SMALL FLOWERED BUTTERCUP MULTIFLORA ROSE BITTER DOCK BLOODROOT SASSAFRAS STRINGY STONECROP FALSE SPIKENARD BLUE STEMMED GOLDENROD COMMON CHICKWEED COMMON DANDELION BASSWOOD RED TRILLIUM AMERICAN ELM BLACK HAW YELLOW VIOLET COMMON BLUE VIOLET CREAM VIOLET Memorandum Page 4 of 12 Just off of Locust Street, west of the fine old house with the great Sugar Maple Tree, there is a wooded ridge system that runs as far as the high tension lines. This is Southeast Woods unit is a remarkably intact remnant. So far this spring, 88 native species have been recorded with a rare, high-quality mean coefficient of the conservatism of 4.9. If the ambient landscape were cleaned up, restored and programmed appropriately, these woods would be visible from throughout the site, a constant reminder of the beautiful land of the Pokagon Band and of the gentle but knowledgeable way in which they care for their remnant landscapes. Although none were noted during this initial inventory, if there are state-listed species at Rum Village, they are likely to be either in this tract or in the West Woods. FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 88 NATIVE SPECIES 95 Total Species 4.9 NATIVE MEAN C 4.6 W/Adventives 46.3 NATIVE FQI 44.5 W/Adventives 2.0 NATIVE MEAN W 1.9 W/Adventives AVG: Fac. Upland (+) ACRONYM ACESAU ACTPAC ACTRUB ALLPET ALLTRI ANEQUI AQUCAN ARITRI ASACAN C 5 7 7 0 5 5 5 5 5 SCIENTIFIC NAME Acer saccharum Actaea pachypoda Actaea rubra ALLIARIA PETIOLATA Allium tricoccum Anemone quinquefolia Aquilegia canadensis Arisaema triphyllum Asarum canadense Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern 88 13 4 3 0 46 0 5 4 0 9 0 4 92.6% 13.7% 4.2% 3.2% 0.0% 48.4% 0.0% 5.3% 4.2% 0.0% 9.5% 0.0% 4.2% W 3 5 5 0 2 0 1 -2 5 WETNESS FACU UPL UPL FAC FACU+ FAC FACFACWUPL D-008 Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge PHYSIOGNOMY Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Ad B-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb 7 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.4% 2.1% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME SUGAR MAPLE DOLL'S EYES RED BANEBERRY GARLIC MUSTARD WILD LEEK WOOD ANEMONE WILD COLUMBINE JACK IN THE PULPIT WILD GINGER Memorandum ASITRI ATHFIL ATHTHE CARDOU CARPAR CXALBU CXBLAN CXDIGI CXHIRI CXJAME CXLEPO CXROSE CXSPAR CXSWAN CARCOR CAUTHA CELOCC CIRLUT CLAVIR CORALT CYSPRO DENLAC DICCAN DICCUC DRYCAR ERIBUL ERYAME FESSUB FLOPRO FRAAME FRAPEN GALAPA GALTRR GEUCAN GLYSTR HACVIR HEPACU HYDAPP HYDCAE HYDVIR HYSPAT IMPCAP IMPPAL ISOBIT LAPCAN LINBEN LIRTUL LONMAA LONBEL MENCAN OSMLON PARQUI PHLDIV POASYL PODPEL POLBIB POLPUB POLVIM PREALB PRUSER PRUVIR QUERUB QUEVEL RANHIS RHUTYP RIBCYN ROBPSE ROSMUL RUMOBT SALALB SAMCAN SANCAA SANGRE SCRMAR SMIRAC SMITAM SOLCAE SOLHIS STYDIP 9 4 6 6 10 5 1 5 5 8 3 2 5 4 5 5 5 2 4 5 5 5 7 7 5 10 5 5 7 5 2 0 4 1 4 1 8 7 7 4 5 2 6 8 4 7 9 0 0 5 3 5 5 8 3 4 5 4 5 2 2 5 6 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 5 5 5 7 3 10 Asimina triloba Athyrium filix-femina Athyrium thelypterioides Cardamine douglassii Cardamine parviflora Carex albursina Carex blanda Carex digitalis Carex hirtifolia Carex jamesii Carex leptonervia Carex rosea Carex sparganioides Carex swanii Carya cordiformis Caulophyllum thalictroides Celtis occidentalis Circaea lutetiana Claytonia virginica Cornus alternifolia Cystopteris protrusa Dentaria laciniata Dicentra canadensis Dicentra cucullaria Dryopteris carthusiana Erigenia bulbosa Erythronium americanum Festuca subverticillata Floerkea proserpinacoides Fraxinus americana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Galium aparine Galium triflorum Geum canadense Glyceria striata Hackelia virginiana Hepatica acutiloba Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Hydrophyllum canadense Hydrophyllum virginianum Hystrix patula Impatiens capensis Impatiens pallida Isopyrum biternatum Laportea canadensis Lindera benzoin Liriodendron tulipifera LONICERA MAACKII LONICERA XBELLA Menispermum canadense Osmorhiza longistylis Parthenocissus quinquefolia Phlox divaricata Poa sylvestris Podophyllum peltatum Polygonatum biflorum Polygonatum pubescens Polygonum virginianum Prenanthes alba Prunus serotina Prunus virginiana Quercus rubra Quercus velutina Ranunculus hispidus Rhus typhina Ribes cynosbati ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA ROSA MULTIFLORA RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS SALIX ALBA Sambucus canadensis Sanguinaria canadensis Sanicula gregaria Scrophularia marilandica Smilacina racemosa Smilax tamnoides Solidago caesia Solidago hispida Stylophorum diphyllum Page 5 of 12 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 5 5 5 0 5 0 3 0 5 1 3 3 5 5 3 5 5 -2 5 5 2 -1 3 -3 3 2 0 -5 1 5 5 -2 -2 5 -3 -3 0 -3 -2 2 5 3 0 4 1 3 0 3 3 5 0 3 3 1 3 5 0 5 5 4 3 -3 -3 -2 4 -1 4 3 0 3 5 5 FAC FAC FAC FACW FAC UPL FAC UPL UPL UPL FAC UPL FAC FACU FAC UPL FACFACU FACU UPL UPL FACU UPL UPL FACWUPL UPL FACU+ FAC+ FACU FACW FACU FACU+ FAC OBL FACUPL UPL FACWFACWUPL FACW FACW FAC FACW FACWFACU+ UPL FACU FAC FACUFACFACU FAC FACU FACU UPL FAC FACU FACU FACFACU UPL FAC UPL UPL FACUFACU FACW FACW FACWFACUFAC+ FACUFACU FAC FACU UPL UPL D-009 Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Ad Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Tree Fern Fern P-Forb A-Forb P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Sedge Tree P-Forb Tree P-Forb P-Forb Tree Fern P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Fern P-Forb P-Forb P-Grass A-Forb Tree Tree A-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Grass P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Grass A-Forb A-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Shrub Tree Shrub Shrub W-Vine P-Forb W-Vine P-Forb P-Grass P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Tree Shrub Tree Tree P-Forb Tree Shrub Tree Shrub P-Forb Tree Shrub P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb W-Vine P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb PAWPAW LADY FERN SILVERY SPLEENWORT PINK SPRING CRESS DRYLAND BITTER CRESS SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE JAMES' SEDGE SEDGE CURLY STYLED WOOD SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE BITTERNUT HICKORY BLUE COHOSH HACKBERRY ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE SPRING BEAUTY ALTERNATE LEAVED DOGWOOD FRAGILE FERN CUT LEAVED TOOTHWORT SQUIRREL CORN DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES SPINULOSE WOODFERN HARBINGER OF SPRING YELLOW TROUT LILY NODDING FESCUE FALSE MERMAID WHITE ASH RED ASH ANNUAL BEDSTRAW FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW WHITE AVENS FOWL MANNA GRASS BEGGAR'S LICE SHARP LOBED HEPATICA GREAT WATERLEAF CANADA WATERLEAF VIRGINIA WATERLEAF BOTTLEBRUSH GRASS SPOTTED TOUCH ME NOT PALE TOUCH ME NOT FALSE RUE ANEMONE WOOD NETTLE SPICEBUSH TULIP TREE AMUR HONEYSUCKLE HYBRID HONEYSUCKLE MOONSEED SMOOTH SWEET CICELY VIRGINIA CREEPER WOODLAND PHLOX WOODLAND BLUEGRASS MAY APPLE SOLOMON SEAL DOWNY SOLOMON SEAL JUMPSEED WHITE LETTUCE WILD BLACK CHERRY CHOKE CHERRY RED OAK BLACK OAK SWAMP BUTTERCUP STAGHORN SUMAC PRICKLY or WILD GOOSEBERRY BLACK LOCUST MULTIFLORA ROSE BITTER DOCK WHITE WILLOW ELDERBERRY BLOODROOT BLACK SNAKEROOT LATE FIGWORT FALSE SPIKENARD BRISTLY GREEN BRIER BLUE STEMMED GOLDENROD WHITE GOLDENROD WOOD POPPY Memorandum TILAME TRIGRA TRIREC VIOCAN VIOPUB VIOSOR VIOSTR 5 5 8 5 4 1 5 Tilia americana Trillium grandiflorum Trillium recurvatum Viola canadensis Viola pubescens Viola sororia Viola striata 3 5 4 5 4 1 -3 FACU UPL FACUUPL FACUFACFACW Page 6 of 12 Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Tree P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb BASSWOOD COMMON TRILLIUM RED TRILLIUM CANADA VIOLET YELLOW VIOLET COMMON BLUE VIOLET CREAM VIOLET Just southeast of the South Woods and west of Locust Road is a Wet Mesic unit, both of which have been degraded by stormwater runoff. The quality could improve marginally if the wetland were to be burned annually, but dramatic improvements cannot occur until the stormwater issues have been resolved. FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 43 NATIVE SPECIES 52 Total Species 3.2 NATIVE MEAN C 2.6 W/Adventives 20.7 NATIVE FQI 18.9 W/Adventives -0.9 NATIVE MEAN W -0.4 W/Adventives AVG: Faculative (+) ACRONYM ACESAI ALLPET AMBTRI ARCMIN ARITRI ASTLAN ASTLAT BOECYL BROINE CALSEP CXGRIS CXHIRI CXRADI CXSTIP CIRLUT CIRARV CRYCAN FRAPEN GALAPA GEUCAN GEUVER GLYSTR HACVIR HESMAT IMPCAP IRIVIR JUGNIG LEEVIR LEMMIN LINBEN LIRTUL LYSNUM ONOSEN OXAFON PARQUI PHAARU PLAOCC POATRI POLPUN POLVIM ROSMUL RUBOCC RUMPAT C 2 0 0 0 5 2 2 5 0 2 3 5 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 2 5 5 5 5 7 9 0 2 0 5 0 7 0 5 4 0 1 0 Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern SCIENTIFIC NAME Acer saccharinum ALLIARIA PETIOLATA Ambrosia trifida ARCTIUM MINUS Arisaema triphyllum Aster lanceolatus Aster lateriflorus Boehmeria cylindrica BROMUS INERMIS Calystegia sepium Carex grisea Carex hirtifolia Carex radiata Carex stipata Circaea lutetiana CIRSIUM ARVENSE Cryptotaenia canadensis Fraxinus pennsylvanica Galium aparine Geum canadense Geum vernum Glyceria striata Hackelia virginiana HESPERIS MATRONALIS Impatiens capensis Iris virginica Juglans nigra Leersia virginica Lemna minor Lindera benzoin Liriodendron tulipifera LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA Onoclea sensibilis Oxalis fontana Parthenocissus quinquefolia Phalaris arundinacea Platanus occidentalis POA TRIVIALIS Polygonum punctatum Polygonum virginianum ROSA MULTIFLORA Rubus occidentalis RUMEX PATIENTIA 43 7 3 3 0 16 0 6 3 0 4 0 1 82.7% 13.5% 5.8% 5.8% 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 11.5% 5.8% 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 1.9% W -3 0 -1 5 -2 -3 -2 -5 5 0 -3 5 1 -5 3 3 0 -3 3 0 1 -5 1 5 -3 -5 3 -3 -5 -2 2 -4 -3 3 1 -4 -3 -3 -5 0 3 5 5 WETNESS FACW FAC FAC+ UPL FACWFACW FACWOBL UPL FAC FACW UPL FACOBL FACU FACU FAC FACW FACU FAC FACOBL FACUPL FACW OBL FACU FACW OBL FACWFACU+ FACW+ FACW FACU FACFACW+ FACW FACW OBL FAC FACU UPL UPL D-010 Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge PHYSIOGNOMY Nt Tree Ad B-Forb Nt A-Forb Ad B-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Ad P-Grass Nt P-Forb Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Forb Ad P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt A-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Grass Nt P-Forb Ad P-Forb Nt A-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt P-Grass Nt A-Forb Nt Shrub Nt Tree Ad P-Forb Nt Fern Nt P-Forb Nt W-Vine Nt P-Grass Nt Tree Ad P-Grass Nt A-Forb Nt P-Forb Ad Shrub Nt Shrub Ad P-Forb 9 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.3% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 3.8% 0.0% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME SILVER MAPLE GARLIC MUSTARD GIANT RAGWEED COMMON BURDOCK JACK IN THE PULPIT EASTERN LINED ASTER SIDE FLOWERING ASTER FALSE NETTLE SMOOTH BROME HEDGE BINDWEED SEDGE SEDGE STRAIGHT STYLED WOOD SEDGE SEDGE ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE CANADIAN THISTLE HONEWORT RED ASH ANNUAL BEDSTRAW WHITE AVENS SPRING AVENS FOWL MANNA GRASS BEGGAR'S LICE DAME'S ROCKET SPOTTED TOUCH ME NOT SOUTHERN BLUE FLAG BLACK WALNUT WHITE GRASS SMALL DUCKWEED SPICEBUSH TULIP TREE MONEYWORT SENSITIVE FERN YELLOW WOOD SORREL VIRGINIA CREEPER REED CANARY GRASS SYCAMORE BLUEGRASS SMARTWEED JUMPSEED MULTIFLORA ROSE BLACK RASPBERRY PATIENCE DOCK Memorandum SAMCAN SMIECI SOLALT TILAME TOXRAR ULMAME URTDIO VITRIP WOLCOL 3 6 1 5 2 1 1 3 5 Page 7 of 12 Sambucus canadensis Smilax ecirrhata Solidago altissima Tilia americana Toxicodendron radicans Ulmus americana Urtica dioica Vitis riparia Wolffia columbiana -2 5 3 3 -1 -2 -1 -2 -5 FACWUPL FACU FACU FAC+ FACWFAC+ FACWOBL Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Shrub P-Forb P-Forb Tree W-Vine Tree P-Forb W-Vine A-Forb ELDERBERRY UPRIGHT CARRION FLOWER TALL GOLDENROD BASSWOOD POISON IVY AMERICAN ELM NETTLE RIVERBANK GRAPE COMMON WATER MEAL West of the transmission line there is another wooded tract, the Southcentral Woods, the eastern portion of which is higher in quality than the western and quite similar in potential to the Southeast Woods. FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 83 NATIVE SPECIES 91 Total Species 4.3 NATIVE MEAN C 3.9 W/Adventives 39.0 NATIVE FQI 37.2 W/Adventives 1.4 NATIVE MEAN W 1.4 W/Adventives AVG: Faculative (-) ACRONYM ACENEG ACESAU ACTPAC ALLPET ARCMIN ARITRI ASACAN ASITRI ASTLAN ASTLAT ATHFIL BERTHU CXALBU CXBLAN CXGRIS CXHIRI CXHITC CXJAME CXLEPO CXOLIC CXRADI CXROSE CARCAO CARCOR CAUTHA CELSCA CELOCC CIRLUT CORALT DENLAC EUOATR EUOOBO FAGGRA FESSUB FRAAME FRAPEN FRAQUA GALAPA GALTRR GEUCAN GEUVER GLYSTR HACVIR HEPACU HYDCAE C 0 5 7 0 0 5 5 9 2 2 4 0 5 1 3 5 5 8 3 8 2 2 6 5 5 3 5 2 5 5 8 5 6 5 5 2 8 0 4 1 6 4 1 8 7 Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern SCIENTIFIC NAME Acer negundo Acer saccharum Actaea pachypoda ALLIARIA PETIOLATA ARCTIUM MINUS Arisaema triphyllum Asarum canadense Asimina triloba Aster lanceolatus Aster lateriflorus Athyrium filix-femina BERBERIS THUNBERGII Carex albursina Carex blanda Carex grisea Carex hirtifolia Carex hitchcockiana Carex jamesii Carex leptonervia Carex oligocarpa Carex radiata Carex rosea Carpinus caroliniana Carya cordiformis Caulophyllum thalictroides Celastrus scandens Celtis occidentalis Circaea lutetiana Cornus alternifolia Dentaria laciniata Euonymus atropurpurea Euonymus obovata Fagus grandifolia Festuca subverticillata Fraxinus americana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus quadrangulata Galium aparine Galium triflorum Geum canadense Geum vernum Glyceria striata Hackelia virginiana Hepatica acutiloba Hydrophyllum canadense 83 20 5 5 0 34 0 3 5 0 10 0 1 91.2% 22.0% 5.5% 5.5% 0.0% 37.4% 0.0% 3.3% 5.5% 0.0% 11.0% 0.0% 1.1% Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge W -2 3 5 0 5 -2 5 0 -3 -2 0 4 5 0 -3 5 5 5 0 5 1 5 0 0 5 3 1 3 5 3 1 5 3 2 3 -3 5 3 2 0 1 -5 1 5 -2 WETNESS FACWFACU UPL FAC UPL FACWUPL FAC FACW FACWFAC FACUUPL FAC FACW UPL UPL UPL FAC UPL FACUPL FAC FAC UPL FACU FACFACU UPL FACU FACUPL FACU FACU+ FACU FACW UPL FACU FACU+ FAC FACOBL FACUPL FACW- D-011 8 0 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 PHYSIOGNOMY Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Ad B-Forb Ad B-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt Fern Ad Shrub Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt P-Sedge Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt W-Vine Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt Tree Nt P-Forb Nt Shrub Nt Shrub Nt Tree Nt P-Grass Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt Tree Nt A-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Grass Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb 8.8% 0.0% 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME BOX ELDER SUGAR MAPLE DOLL'S EYES GARLIC MUSTARD COMMON BURDOCK JACK IN THE PULPIT WILD GINGER PAWPAW EASTERN LINED ASTER SIDE FLOWERING ASTER LADY FERN JAPANESE BARBERRY SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE JAMES' SEDGE SEDGE SEDGE STRAIGHT STYLED WOOD SEDGE CURLY STYLED WOOD SEDGE BLUE BEECH BITTERNUT HICKORY BLUE COHOSH AMERICAN BITTERSWEET HACKBERRY ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE ALTERNATE LEAVED DOGWOOD CUT LEAVED TOOTHWORT WAHOO; BURNING BUSH RUNNING STRAWBERRY BUSH AMERICAN BEECH NODDING FESCUE WHITE ASH RED ASH BLUE ASH ANNUAL BEDSTRAW FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW WHITE AVENS SPRING AVENS FOWL MANNA GRASS BEGGAR'S LICE SHARP LOBED HEPATICA CANADA WATERLEAF Memorandum HYDVIR HYPPUN HYSPAT IMPCAP IMPPAL ISOBIT JUNTEN LAPCAN LEEVIR LIGVUL LINBEN LIRTUL LONBEL MALCOR OSMCLI OXAFON PARQUI PHYAME POASYL PODPEL POLPUB POLVIM POPDEL PREALB PRUSER QUERUB RANHIS ROSMUL RUBALL RUBOCC RUMOBT SASALB SCRMAR SMIRAC SMITAM STYDIP TILAME TOXRAR TRIGRA ULMAME ULMRUB VERURT VIBOPO VIOSOR VIOSTR VITRIP 4 4 5 2 6 8 1 4 5 0 7 9 0 4 4 0 5 2 8 3 5 4 1 5 2 5 5 0 1 1 0 5 5 5 5 10 5 2 5 1 2 4 0 1 5 3 Hydrophyllum virginianum Hypericum punctatum Hystrix patula Impatiens capensis Impatiens pallida Isopyrum biternatum Juncus tenuis Laportea canadensis Leersia virginica LIGUSTRUM VULGARE Lindera benzoin Liriodendron tulipifera LONICERA XBELLA Malus coronaria Osmorhiza claytonii Oxalis fontana Parthenocissus quinquefolia Phytolacca americana Poa sylvestris Podophyllum peltatum Polygonatum pubescens Polygonum virginianum Populus deltoides Prenanthes alba Prunus serotina Quercus rubra Ranunculus hispidus ROSA MULTIFLORA Rubus allegheniensis Rubus occidentalis RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS Sassafras albidum Scrophularia marilandica Smilacina racemosa Smilax tamnoides Stylophorum diphyllum Tilia americana Toxicodendron radicans Trillium grandiflorum Ulmus americana Ulmus rubra Verbena urticifolia VIBURNUM OPULUS Viola sororia Viola striata Vitis riparia Page 8 of 12 -2 -1 5 -3 -3 0 0 -3 -3 1 -2 2 3 5 4 3 1 1 0 3 5 0 -1 3 3 3 0 3 2 5 -3 3 4 3 0 5 3 -1 5 -2 0 -1 0 1 -3 -2 FACWFAC+ UPL FACW FACW FAC FAC FACW FACW FACFACWFACU+ FACU UPL FACUFACU FACFACFAC FACU UPL FAC FAC+ FACU FACU FACU FAC FACU FACU+ UPL FACW FACU FACUFACU FAC UPL FACU FAC+ UPL FACWFAC FAC+ FAC FACFACW FACW- D-012 Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt Nt P-Forb P-Forb P-Grass A-Forb A-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Grass Shrub Shrub Tree Shrub Tree P-Forb P-Forb W-Vine P-Forb P-Grass P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Tree P-Forb Tree Tree P-Forb Shrub Shrub Shrub P-Forb Tree P-Forb P-Forb W-Vine P-Forb Tree W-Vine P-Forb Tree Tree P-Forb Shrub P-Forb P-Forb W-Vine VIRGINIA WATERLEAF SPOTTED ST. JOHN'S WORT BOTTLEBRUSH GRASS SPOTTED TOUCH ME NOT PALE TOUCH ME NOT FALSE RUE ANEMONE PATH RUSH WOOD NETTLE WHITE GRASS COMMON PRIVET SPICEBUSH TULIP TREE HYBRID HONEYSUCKLE AMERICAN CRAB HAIRY SWEET CICELY YELLOW WOOD SORREL VIRGINIA CREEPER POKEWEED WOODLAND BLUEGRASS MAY APPLE DOWNY SOLOMON SEAL JUMPSEED COTTONWOOD WHITE LETTUCE WILD BLACK CHERRY RED OAK SWAMP BUTTERCUP MULTIFLORA ROSE COMMON BLACKBERRY BLACK RASPBERRY BITTER DOCK SASSAFRAS LATE FIGWORT FALSE SPIKENARD BRISTLY GREEN BRIER WOOD POPPY BASSWOOD POISON IVY COMMON TRILLIUM AMERICAN ELM SLIPPERY ELM WHITE VERVAIN EUROPEAN HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY COMMON BLUE VIOLET CREAM VIOLET RIVERBANK GRAPE Memorandum Page 9 of 12 A significant portion of the site has been either in tillage agriculture or intense pasture use. Most of these Eurasian Meadow units are now dominated by Eurasian meadow species. Such areas and the ambient, heavily pastured wooded districts ambient to them would be ideal areas in which to nestle a neighborhood. The wooded district north of U.S. 20, along the south side of Prairie Avenue, is currently wooded, but since it has been intensely tilled or pasture, the woods are not of remnant quality. FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 31 NATIVE SPECIES 62 Total Species 2.0 NATIVE MEAN C 1.0 W/Adventives 11.3 NATIVE FQI 8.0 W/Adventives 0.9 NATIVE MEAN W 1.8 W/Adventives AVG: Faculative (-) ACRONYM ACENEG AGRGIG ALLPET AMBART AMBTRI ARATHA ARCMIN ASCSYR ASTPIL BARVUL BROINE CARPAR C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 SCIENTIFIC NAME Acer negundo AGROSTIS GIGANTEA ALLIARIA PETIOLATA Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ambrosia trifida ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA ARCTIUM MINUS Asclepias syriaca Aster pilosus BARBAREA VULGARIS BROMUS INERMIS Cardamine parviflora Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern 31 4 4 3 0 10 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 50.0% 6.5% 6.5% 4.8% 0.0% 16.1% 4.8% 6.5% 1.6% 0.0% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% W -2 0 0 3 -1 5 5 5 2 0 5 0 WETNESS FACWFAC FAC FACU FAC+ UPL UPL UPL FACU+ FAC UPL FAC D-013 Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge PHYSIOGNOMY Nt Tree Ad P-Grass Ad B-Forb Nt A-Forb Nt A-Forb Ad A-Forb Ad B-Forb Nt P-Forb Nt P-Forb Ad B-Forb Ad P-Grass Nt A-Forb 31 1 3 0 0 13 4 5 5 0 0 0 50.0% 1.6% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 21.0% 6.5% 8.1% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME BOX ELDER REDTOP GARLIC MUSTARD COMMON RAGWEED GIANT RAGWEED MOUSE EAR CRESS COMMON BURDOCK COMMON MILKWEED HAIRY ASTER YELLOW ROCKET SMOOTH BROME DRYLAND BITTER CRESS Memorandum CXBLAN CXCEPP CERFON CHEALB CHRLEU CIRDIS CLEVIR CORFOE DACGLO DAUCAR DUCIND ELAUMB ERIANN FESARU FRAPEN GEUCAN GEUVER HACVIR HIECAE HYPRAD JUNTEN LIGVUL MORALB OENBIE PARQUI PHAARU PLALAN POAPRA POTREC PRUSER ROSMUL RUBALL RUBFLA RUBOCC RUMACL RUMOBT SASALB SILPRA SOLALT SOLCAN TAROFF TRICAM TRIHYB TRIPRA TRIREP URTDIO VERURT VERARV VERPEG VITRIP 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 Carex blanda Carex cephalophora CERASTIUM FONTANUM CHENOPODIUM ALBUM CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM Cirsium discolor Clematis virginiana Cornus foemina DACTYLIS GLOMERATA DAUCUS CAROTA DUCHESNEA INDICA ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA Erigeron annuus FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA Fraxinus pennsylvanica Geum canadense Geum vernum Hackelia virginiana HIERACIUM CAESPITOSUM HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA Juncus tenuis LIGUSTRUM VULGARE MORUS ALBA Oenothera biennis Parthenocissus quinquefolia Phalaris arundinacea PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA POA PRATENSIS POTENTILLA RECTA Prunus serotina ROSA MULTIFLORA Rubus allegheniensis Rubus flagellaris Rubus occidentalis RUMEX ACETOSELLA RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS Sassafras albidum SILENE PRATENSIS Solidago altissima Solidago canadensis TARAXACUM OFFICINALE TRIFOLIUM CAMPESTRE TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE TRIFOLIUM REPENS Urtica dioica Verbena urticifolia VERONICA ARVENSIS Veronica peregrina Vitis riparia Page 10 of 12 0 3 3 1 5 5 0 -2 3 5 4 3 1 2 -3 0 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 3 1 -4 0 1 5 3 3 2 4 5 0 -3 3 5 3 3 3 5 1 2 2 -1 -1 5 -4 -2 FAC FACU FACU FACUPL UPL FAC FACWFACU UPL FACUFACU FACFACU+ FACW FAC FACFACUPL UPL FAC FACFAC FACU FACFACW+ FAC FACUPL FACU FACU FACU+ FACUUPL FAC FACW FACU UPL FACU FACU FACU UPL FACFACU+ FACU+ FAC+ FAC+ UPL FACW+ FACW- D-014 Nt Nt Ad Ad Ad Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Ad Ad Nt Ad Nt Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Nt Ad Ad Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Ad Nt Ad Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Nt Ad Nt Nt Ad Ad Ad Ad Ad Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt P-Sedge P-Sedge P-Forb A-Forb P-Forb B-Forb W-Vine Shrub P-Grass B-Forb P-Forb Shrub B-Forb P-Grass Tree P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb Shrub Tree B-Forb W-Vine P-Grass P-Forb P-Grass P-Forb Tree Shrub Shrub Shrub Shrub P-Forb P-Forb Tree A-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb A-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb P-Forb A-Forb A-Forb W-Vine SEDGE SEDGE MOUSE EAR CHICKWEED LAMB'S QUARTERS OX EYE DAISY PASTURE THISTLE VIRGIN'S BOWER GRAY DOGWOOD ORCHARD GRASS QUEEN ANNE'S LACE INDIAN STRAWBERRY AUTUMN OLIVE ANNUAL FLEABANE TALL FESCUE RED ASH WHITE AVENS SPRING AVENS BEGGAR'S LICE KING DEVIL SPOTTED CAT'S EAR PATH RUSH COMMON PRIVET WHITE MULBERRY COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE VIRGINIA CREEPER REED CANARY GRASS ENGLISH PLANTAIN KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS ROUGH FRUITED CINQUEFOIL WILD BLACK CHERRY MULTIFLORA ROSE COMMON BLACKBERRY NORTHERN DEWBERRY BLACK RASPBERRY SHEEP SORREL BITTER DOCK SASSAFRAS WHITE CATCHFLY TALL GOLDENROD CANADA GOLDENROD COMMON DANDELION LOW HOP CLOVER ALSIKE CLOVER RED CLOVER WHITE CLOVER NETTLE WHITE VERVAIN CORN SPEEDWELL PURSLANE SPEEDWELL or NECKWEED RIVERBANK GRAPE Memorandum Page 11 of 12 D-015 Memorandum Page 12 of 12 Floristic Quality Data Summary n = Number of Native Species; w = Weeds; Mean C = Average Coefficient of Conservatism; Index = Floristic Quality Index Inventory Areas n w Mean C Southeast Woods Unit 88 7 4.9 Southcentral Woods Unit 83 8 4.3 Woodlot Unit 42 8 4.2 Wet Mesic Unit 43 9 3.2 Southwest Woods Unit 28 5 3.9 Eurasian Meadows Unit 31 31 2.0 West Unit 121 46 3.7 Index 46 39 27 21 20 11 40 Wherever the Floristic Quality Assessment system has been applied across the country, we have found that the Mean C values of most landscapes range from 0, in lawns, to 2 in most Eurasian meadows. In light of the fact that about 90% of our native flora has a C value of 4 or greater, it is evident that the principal elements of our native systems are virtually uninvolved in our landscapes today---which circumstance excludes most of our native insects as well. The great preponderance of our landscapes today register Floristic Quality Index values less than 20 and essentially have no significance from a natural area perspective. Areas with I values higher than 35 possess sufficient conservatism and richness to be of profound importance state-wide perspective. Areas that register in the 50’s and higher are extremely rare and of paramount significance; for most states, such areas represent less than 0.5% of the landscape today. In well designed and implemented restorations, after five years of annual fire, one may expect the Mean C to range from 2.5-3.9, with index values as high as 35. Obviously restorations can renew our landscape to beauty and diversity far higher than the great proportion of our landscape, but they cannot replace and aboriginal remnant. Here at the South Bend site, both the Southeast and Southcentral Woods are quite high in quality, but on the decline do to chronic fire suppression and overtaking by trees and invasive non-native shrubs. Annual fire in all of the systems with Index values of 20 or higher can be maintained or will set out on a trajectory of improvement and optimum biodiversity if a regular controlled burn were implemented. If fire is withheld, their quality and beauty will continue to dissipate over time. Sincerely, Conservation Design Forum D-016 Appendix D Elkhart Floristic Quality Assessment D-017 D-018 DRAFT Vegetation Memorandum for Record Date: November 19, 2012 To: Amy Krebs, ATKINS From: Gerould Wilhelm/Patrick Judd Re: Vegetation Assessment: Floristic Quality Assessment, Parcel 63 & 64, Fall 2012 cc: 12034.00 Pokagon NEPA Ref. #: Memo On August 22, 2012, I surveyed Parcel 63 & 64, which lies south of Co. Rd 26, east of Nappanee St., in Elkhart, Indiana. With the exceptions of an old 1.8-acre home site ¼ mile south of Co. Rd, off of Nappanee St. and a substation nearly ½ mile east of the same home-site, also ¼ mile south of Co. Rd. 26, the entire parcel, as well as Parcel 64, is in row-crop agriculture. The data presented below are from the old home site, inventoried from a wooded fence row and driveway to a defunct residence in the southwest corner of the parcel. The mean C of 2.3 is as high as it is only because there are 3 native trees along the north fence line, with few other native species. There is little or no vegetative infrastructure likely to provide habitat for listed organisms, nor is there any jurisdictional wetland I’m aware of. FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA 13 NATIVE SPECIES 29 Total Species 2.3 NATIVE MEAN C 1.0 W/Adventives 8.3 NATIVE FQI 5.6 W/Adventives 1.9 NATIVE MEAN W 2.3 W/Adventives AVG: Fac. Upland (+) ACRONYM ACEPLA AMBTRI ARCMIN ATRPAT BROINE CHEALB CICINT DACGLO DAUCAR ERIANN JUGNIG LEPVIR MORALB C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 SCIENTIFIC NAME ACER PLATANOIDES Ambrosia trifida ARCTIUM MINUS ATRIPLEX PATULA BROMUS INERMIS CHENOPODIUM ALBUM CICHORIUM INTYBUS DACTYLIS GLOMERATA DAUCUS CAROTA Erigeron annuus Juglans nigra Lepidium virginicum MORUS ALBA Native Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge Fern 13 3 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 44.8% 10.3% 3.4% 13.8% 0.0% 3.4% 6.9% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% W 5 -1 5 -2 5 1 5 3 5 1 3 4 0 WETNESS UPL FAC+ UPL FACWUPL FACUPL FACU UPL FACFACU FACUFAC D-019 Adventive Tree Shrub W-Vine H-Vine P-Forb B-Forb A-Forb P-Grass A-Grass P-Sedge A-Sedge PHYSIOGNOMY Ad Tree Nt A-Forb Ad B-Forb Ad A-Forb Ad P-Grass Ad A-Forb Ad P-Forb Ad P-Grass Ad B-Forb Nt B-Forb Nt Tree Nt A-Forb Ad Tree 16 4 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 55.2% 13.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.3% 6.9% 10.3% 10.3% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% COMMON NAME NORWAY MAPLE GIANT RAGWEED COMMON BURDOCK SPEARSCALE SMOOTH BROME LAMB'S QUARTERS CHICORY ORCHARD GRASS QUEEN ANNE'S LACE ANNUAL FLEABANE BLACK WALNUT COMMON PEPPERGRASS WHITE MULBERRY Memorandum OENBIE PARINS PARQUI PLALAN POAANN POAPRA POLAVI PRUSER QUERUB RHACAT RUBOCC SOLALT TAROFF TOXRAR ULMPUM VITRIP 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 Oenothera biennis Parthenocissus inserta Parthenocissus quinquefolia PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA POA ANNUA POA PRATENSIS POLYGONUM AVICULARE Prunus serotina Quercus rubra RHAMNUS CATHARTICA Rubus occidentalis Solidago altissima TARAXACUM OFFICINALE Toxicodendron radicans ULMUS PUMILA Vitis riparia 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 3 3 -1 5 -2 FACU FACU FACFAC FACFACFACFACU FACU FACU UPL FACU FACU FAC+ UPL FACW- Page 2 of 2 Nt Nt Nt Ad Ad Ad Ad Nt Nt Ad Nt Nt Ad Nt Ad Nt B-Forb W-Vine W-Vine P-Forb A-Grass P-Grass A-Forb Tree Tree Tree Shrub P-Forb P-Forb W-Vine Tree W-Vine COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE THICKET CREEPER VIRGINIA CREEPER ENGLISH PLANTAIN ANNUAL BLUEGRASS KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS KNOTWEED WILD BLACK CHERRY RED OAK COMMON BUCKTHORN BLACK RASPBERRY TALL GOLDENROD COMMON DANDELION POISON IVY SIBERIAN ELM RIVERBANK GRAPE Sincerely, Conservation Design Forum D-020 Appendix D IDNR Determination Letter D-021 D-022 Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Governor Robert E. Carter, Jr., Director Division of Nature Preserves 402 W. Washington St., Rm W267 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 November 19, 2012 Woody L. Held King & MacGregor Environmental, Inc. 43050 Ford Road, Suite 130 Canton, MI 48187 Dear Woody Held: I am responding to your request for information on the endangered, threatened, or rare (ETR) species, high quality natural communities, and natural areas documented from the Pokagon Tribe sites, St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties, Indiana. The Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center has been checked and following you will find information on the ETR species documented within 0.5 mile of the project area. For more information on the animal species mentioned, please contact Christie Stanifer, Environmental Coordinator, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 402 W. Washington Room W273, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, (317)232-8163. The information I am providing does not preclude the requirement for further consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as required under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. If you have concerns about potential Endangered Species Act issues you should contact the Service at their Bloomington, Indiana office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 620 South Walker St. Bloomington, Indiana 47403-2121 812-334-4261 At some point, you may need to contact the Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Review Coordinator so that other divisions within the department have the opportunity to review your proposal. An Equal Opportunity Employer D-023 Woody Held 2 November 19, 2012 For more information, please contact: Department of Natural Resources attn: Christie Stanifer Environmental Coordinator Division of Fish and Wildlife 402 W. Washington Street, Room W273 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317)232-8163 Please note that the Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center relies on the observations of many individuals for our data. In most cases, the information is not the result of comprehensive field surveys conducted at particular sites. Therefore, our statement that there are no documented significant natural features at a site should not be interpreted to mean that the site does not support special plants or animals. Due to the dynamic nature and sensitivity of the data, this information should not be used for any project other than that for which it was originally intended. It may be necessary for you to request updated material from us in order to base your planning decisions on the most current information. Thank you for contacting the Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center. You may reach me at (317)232-8059 if you have any questions or need additional information. Sincerely, Ronald P. Hellmich Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Enclosure: Data sheet s An Equal Opportunity Employer D-024 11/19/12 Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species Documented From the Pokagon Sites Project Areas, St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties, Indiana Type Species Name Common Name Bird Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Bird State Town Range Date SE 037N002E 06 1991-04-09 Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike SE 037N002E 35 NWQ 2002-08-02 High Quality Natural Community High Quality Natural Community High Quality Natural Community Mammal Forest - floodplain wet-mesic Wet-mesic Floodplain Forest SG 037N004E 16 EH Forest - floodplain wet-mesic Wet-mesic Floodplain Forest SG 037N004E 16 EH & 1986-06-17 NEQ NEQ NWQ Forest - upland mesic Mesic Upland Forest SG 036N004E 15 NEQ 1985-07 Condylura cristata Star-nosed Mole SSC 036N005E 12 1971-06 Mammal Condylura cristata Star-nosed Mole SSC 037N005E 25 SWQ 1991-06-13 Mammal Taxidea taxus American Badger SSC 037N005E 27 2002-07 Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle SE 036N002E 03 1983-08-16 Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle SE 038N002E 36 1997-08-13 Reptile Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Copperbelly Water Snake Fed: Fed PS:LT SE Comments 1986-06-17 037N003E 06 SWQ 1965-06-17 MUSEUM SWQ NWQ LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 1 of 6 D-025 Type Species Name Common Name Vascular Plant Actaea rubra Red Baneberry Vascular Plant State Town Range Date SR 037N003E 32 1924-05-24 Arabis drummondii Drummond Rockcress SE 037N002E 30 1930-06 Vascular Plant Arabis glabra Tower-mustard WL 037N004E 21 NWQ 1992-06-09 NWQ NWQ Vascular Plant Arenaria stricta Michaux's Stitchwort SR 037N004E 02 Vascular Plant Carex straminea Straw Sedge ST 037N004E 4 MI SE 1922-06-07 OF MISHAWAKA. Vascular Plant Cypripedium candidum Small White Lady's-slipper WL 037N002E 30 SWQ 1979-08-15 Vascular Plant Eriophorum angustifolium Narrow-leaved Cotton-grass SR 037N002E 30 1934-06 Vascular Plant Linum sulcatum Grooved Yellow Flax SR 037N004E 09 NEQ 1935-09-29 Vascular Plant Lycopodium obscurum Tree Clubmoss SR 037N002E 05 SWQ 1991-04-09 NEQ SWQ Vascular Plant Milium effusum Tall Millet-grass SR 037N004E 34 1929-05-28 Vascular Plant Panicum verrucosum Warty Panic-grass ST 037N002E 07 NEQ SWQ NWQ 1993-09-04 Vascular Plant Panicum verrucosum Warty Panic-grass ST 037N002E 05 SWQ 1991-09-21 NEQ SWQ Vascular Plant Poa paludigena Bog Bluegrass WL 037N002E 30 W HALF SWQ 1946-06-13 Vascular Plant Rubus enslenii Southern Dewberry SE 037N002E 05 NEQ NWQ SWQ 1992-08-07 Fed: Fed Comments 1945-06-17 LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 2 of 6 D-026 Vascular Plant Type Species Name Common Name Vascular Plant Stipa avenacea Fed State Town Range Date Blackseed Needlegrass SR 037N002E 06 NEQ SEQ NWQ 1990-07-07 Vascular Plant Triglochin palustris Marsh Arrow-grass SR 037N002E 30 1950-06 Vascular Plant Vaccinium oxycoccos Small Cranberry ST 037N002E 30 1940-07 Vascular Plant Valerianella chenopodiifolia Goose-foot Corn-salad SE 037N004E 09 1987-04 Swamp Lymnaea SSC 037N002E 27 SWQ 1988-06-02 SWQ SEQ Comments AUTEN DITCH Mollusk Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis BAUGO CREEK Fish Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose Dace SSC 036N004E 23 2008SUMMER Fish Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose Dace SSC 037N004E 26 2008SUMMER Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 036N004E 10 2005-06-21 LIVE Smooth Veiny Pea ST 037N002E 03 1929-06-13 Blanding's Turtle SE 037N004E 03 SWQ 1994-06-05 NEQ NEQ BENDIX PARK Vascular Plant Lathyrus venosus ELKHART CONSERVATION CLUB Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Fed: LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 3 of 6 D-027 Type Species Name Common Name Fed State Town Range Date Comments ELKHART RIVER Fish Moxostoma valenciennesi Greater Redhorse SE 037N005E 24 2010-08-05 Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 037N005E 25 2005-06-21 FRESH DEAD Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 037N005E 4 2004-10-12 FRESH DEAD Swamp Lymnaea SSC 036N004E 31 NWQ 1988-05-31 NEQ NEQ NEWCOMER DITCH Mollusk Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis RUM VILLAGE PARK Bird Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler SSC 037N002E 23 WH 1993-05-25 High Quality Natural Community Forest - upland dry-mesic Dry-mesic Upland Forest SG 037N002E 23 SH NWQ 1987-06-17 Vascular Plant Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass SR 037N001E 36 1937-06 Vascular Plant Sorbus decora Northern Mountain-ash SX 037N001E 36 1933-10 SE 037N002E 12 2011-06-13 NEST SITE RUPEL FARM SOUTH BEND CITY COUNTY TOWER BUILDING Bird Falco peregrinus Fed: Peregrine Falcon LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 4 of 6 D-028 Type Species Name Common Name Fed State Town Range Date Comments ST JOSEPH RIVER Fish Moxostoma valenciennesi Greater Redhorse SE 037N005E 6 2010-07-21 Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 037N005E 5 2004-10-12 WEATHERED DEAD Greater Redhorse SE 037N002E 12 2008-07-30 ST 037N002E 23 SWQ 1912-06 NWQ ST. JOSEPH RIVER Fish Moxostoma valenciennesi STUDEBAKER'S WOODS (RUM VILLAGE PARK) Vascular Plant Geranium robertianum Herb-robert WAKARUSA ROOKERY Bird Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron 036N004E 15 SWQ 1993-05-03 NEQ WOLVERTON ESTATE Vascular Plant Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass SR 037N002E 30 1946-06 WOOLVERTON ESTATE Vascular Plant Carex flava Yellow Sedge ST 037N002E 30 1979-08-15 Vascular Plant Utricularia cornuta Horned Bladderwort ST 037N002E 30 1934-07 WOOLVERTON ESTATE (DESTROYED) Fed: LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 5 of 6 D-029 Type Species Name Common Name Vascular Plant Platanthera dilatata Leafy White Orchis Fed State Town Range Date Comments SE 037N002E 30 1946-06-13 Longnose Dace SSC 037N005E 21 2008SUMMER Ellipse SSC 037N005E 22 2003-08-01 WEATHERED DEAD YELLOW CREEK Fish Rhinichthys cataractae YELLOW RIVER Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Fed: LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 6 of 6 D-030 Type Species Name Common Name Vascular Plant Actaea rubra Red Baneberry Vascular Plant State Town Range Date SR 037N003E 32 1924-05-24 Arabis drummondii Drummond Rockcress SE 037N002E 30 1930-06 Vascular Plant Arabis glabra Tower-mustard WL 037N004E 21 NWQ 1992-06-09 NWQ NWQ Vascular Plant Arenaria stricta Michaux's Stitchwort SR 037N004E 02 Vascular Plant Carex straminea Straw Sedge ST 037N004E 4 MI SE 1922-06-07 OF MISHAWAKA. Vascular Plant Cypripedium candidum Small White Lady's-slipper WL 037N002E 30 SWQ 1979-08-15 Vascular Plant Eriophorum angustifolium Narrow-leaved Cotton-grass SR 037N002E 30 1934-06 Vascular Plant Linum sulcatum Grooved Yellow Flax SR 037N004E 09 NEQ 1935-09-29 Vascular Plant Lycopodium obscurum Tree Clubmoss SR 037N002E 05 SWQ 1991-04-09 NEQ SWQ Vascular Plant Milium effusum Tall Millet-grass SR 037N004E 34 1929-05-28 Vascular Plant Panicum verrucosum Warty Panic-grass ST 037N002E 07 NEQ SWQ NWQ 1993-09-04 Vascular Plant Panicum verrucosum Warty Panic-grass ST 037N002E 05 SWQ 1991-09-21 NEQ SWQ Vascular Plant Poa paludigena Bog Bluegrass WL 037N002E 30 W HALF SWQ 1946-06-13 Vascular Plant Rubus enslenii Southern Dewberry SE 037N002E 05 NEQ NWQ SWQ 1992-08-07 Fed: Fed Comments 1945-06-17 LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 2 of 6 D-031 Vascular Plant Type Species Name Common Name Vascular Plant Stipa avenacea Fed State Town Range Date Blackseed Needlegrass SR 037N002E 06 NEQ SEQ NWQ 1990-07-07 Vascular Plant Triglochin palustris Marsh Arrow-grass SR 037N002E 30 1950-06 Vascular Plant Vaccinium oxycoccos Small Cranberry ST 037N002E 30 1940-07 Vascular Plant Valerianella chenopodiifolia Goose-foot Corn-salad SE 037N004E 09 1987-04 Swamp Lymnaea SSC 037N002E 27 SWQ 1988-06-02 SWQ SEQ Comments AUTEN DITCH Mollusk Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis BAUGO CREEK Fish Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose Dace SSC 036N004E 23 2008SUMMER Fish Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose Dace SSC 037N004E 26 2008SUMMER Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 036N004E 10 2005-06-21 LIVE Smooth Veiny Pea ST 037N002E 03 1929-06-13 Blanding's Turtle SE 037N004E 03 SWQ 1994-06-05 NEQ NEQ BENDIX PARK Vascular Plant Lathyrus venosus ELKHART CONSERVATION CLUB Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Fed: LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 3 of 6 D-032 Type Species Name Common Name Fed State Town Range Date Comments ELKHART RIVER Fish Moxostoma valenciennesi Greater Redhorse SE 037N005E 24 2010-08-05 Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 037N005E 25 2005-06-21 FRESH DEAD Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 037N005E 4 2004-10-12 FRESH DEAD Swamp Lymnaea SSC 036N004E 31 NWQ 1988-05-31 NEQ NEQ NEWCOMER DITCH Mollusk Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis RUM VILLAGE PARK Bird Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler SSC 037N002E 23 WH 1993-05-25 High Quality Natural Community Forest - upland dry-mesic Dry-mesic Upland Forest SG 037N002E 23 SH NWQ 1987-06-17 Vascular Plant Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass SR 037N001E 36 1937-06 Vascular Plant Sorbus decora Northern Mountain-ash SX 037N001E 36 1933-10 SE 037N002E 12 2011-06-13 NEST SITE RUPEL FARM SOUTH BEND CITY COUNTY TOWER BUILDING Bird Falco peregrinus Fed: Peregrine Falcon LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 4 of 6 D-033 Type Species Name Common Name Fed State Town Range Date Comments ST JOSEPH RIVER Fish Moxostoma valenciennesi Greater Redhorse SE 037N005E 6 2010-07-21 Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Ellipse SSC 037N005E 5 2004-10-12 WEATHERED DEAD Greater Redhorse SE 037N002E 12 2008-07-30 ST 037N002E 23 SWQ 1912-06 NWQ ST. JOSEPH RIVER Fish Moxostoma valenciennesi STUDEBAKER'S WOODS (RUM VILLAGE PARK) Vascular Plant Geranium robertianum Herb-robert WAKARUSA ROOKERY Bird Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron 036N004E 15 SWQ 1993-05-03 NEQ WOLVERTON ESTATE Vascular Plant Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass SR 037N002E 30 1946-06 WOOLVERTON ESTATE Vascular Plant Carex flava Yellow Sedge ST 037N002E 30 1979-08-15 Vascular Plant Utricularia cornuta Horned Bladderwort ST 037N002E 30 1934-07 WOOLVERTON ESTATE (DESTROYED) Fed: LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 5 of 6 D-034 Type Species Name Common Name Vascular Plant Platanthera dilatata Leafy White Orchis Fed State Town Range Date Comments SE 037N002E 30 1946-06-13 Longnose Dace SSC 037N005E 21 2008SUMMER Ellipse SSC 037N005E 22 2003-08-01 WEATHERED DEAD YELLOW CREEK Fish Rhinichthys cataractae YELLOW RIVER Mollusk Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Fed: LE = listed federal endangered; C = federal candidate species State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; SG = state significant; WL = Watch List; no rank - not ranked but tracked to monitor status Page 6 of 6 D-035 D-036 Appendix D USACE and IDEM Meeting Notes D-037 Meetiing no otes Project: Pokagon So outh Bend EIIS Subject: Wetland jurisdiction an nd permitting Date and tim me: 29 Jan 2013 3 ‐ 11:00 Meeting plaace: USACE Soutth Bend officce Present/Rep presenting: M Minutes b by: Amy Krebs Amy Kre ebs Atkkins Woody Held H Kin ng and MacG Gregor Aaron Da amrill US SACE Matt Sm medley IDE EM Kerrie Ku uhne US SACE Scott Do oig BIA A M Meeting Sum mmary The purpose T e of this meeeting was to initiate a dialog with the USACE and IDEM regaarding the wetlands on n the S. Bend d and Elkhart properties and the pottential impacts to these systems by the proposed sitte developm ment. The me eeting began n by looking at the S. Beend wetlandss. The project man nager for thee USACE will be Kerrie Ku uhne from D Detroit but th he field work would be done ffrom the Sou uth Bend offfice. The USACE cannot definitelyy say which w wetlands the ey would consider jurisd dictional butt theyy believe wettlands A &B would be co onsidered jurisdictional. A jurisdictio onal deteermination w would have to be done d during the grrowing seaso on (late March to early Noveember) and would take approximateely four mon nths to comp plete. IDEM M is not sure e if they havee jurisdiction n over Federral Trust Lands. Matt willl discuss this with his superiorrs. This mayy be the firstt case where e IDEM is askked to make this or Indian Fed deral Trust LLands. deteermination fo The EPA coordin nator for trib bal lands in C Chicago would issue the Section 401 1 permit if ID DEM doess not have ju urisdiction. USAC CE outlined a proceduree where the applicant caan request th hat the USAC CE determin ne all wetlands on site e to be jurisd dictional. Th his is done to o speed up th he jurisdictio onal processs In these situations,, the USACE defers to ID DEMS mitigattion standarrds. o For a foreested system m, IDEM requires a 2.5 to 1 ratio onssite and a 4 to 1 ratio offsite. The e existing wettland mitigattion banks in n the Kankakkee watershed do not haave the apprropriate habitat credits aavailable. USAC CE would prefer to see ttribal lands u utilized for m mitigation. SSuitability fo or the type of wetland mitigatiion required d (forested) sshould be de emonstrated d. Aaro on stated thaat other areaas of concern on the sitee would be p potential imp pacts to Indiiana bat h habitat and ccultural reso ources. D-038 o This will be less of a cconcern durring permitting because by that timee the Section n 7 and 106 cconcurrencees will be complete. USAC CE stressed tthat during tthe permittiing process iit will be imp portant to sh how how thee deve elopment waas designed to minimize impacts to wetlands an nd/or to justify why the deve elopment could not be aaltered to miinimize wetland impactss. Therre is a region nal permit th hat allows fo or up to 1 acrre of impactts but cannot be utilized if IDEM M is not invo olved in the p permitting p process. Therre is a nation nwide permit that allowss for up to ½ ½ acre of imp pacts. Kerriie stated thaat she feels tthat this pro oject would b be permitted d as an indivvidual permitt due to its contro oversial natu ure. Processing a permitt application n would takee at least six months but likely closer to aa year. The Elkhart site ccould potentially have m more wetlands than have been prevviously identified. If it iss shown thatt once the agricultural tiles are brokken up the syystem could returrn to a functtioning wetlaand then tho ose wetlands would neeed to be mitiigated for ass well.. There is no o specific USSACE guidancce for this determination. USAC CE estimated d approximaately 3‐4 mo onths for a field determination of thee wetlands aand 6 mo onths to a 1 year for the permitting process. D-039 D-040 Appendix D USFWS Determination Letter D-041 D-042 D-043 D-044
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