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and old appliances, and exploring rock ledges and other natural materials, such as logs, which might shelter snakes. A few records were obtained when snakes were encountered by accident. RESULTS AND DISUCSSION The survey yielded 63 records of 12 species of reptiles (10 snakes, 1 lizard, and 1 turtle). Dates and locations are presented in Table E.1. The ringneck snake was encountered most frequently— 22 times The next in order of abundance was the common garter snake (16 records), followed by the five-lined skink (7 records), black rat snake (5 records), racer (4 records), milksnake (2 records), brown snake (2 records), prairie kingsnake (1 record), western worm snake (1 record), northern water snake (1 record), western ribbon snake (1 record), and the ornate box turtle (1 record). Although no timber rattlesnakes were captured during the survey, a road-killed timber rattlesnake was collected near the back entrance on Santa Fe Trail Road and deposited in the Entomology Office Collection (Pest Control) of FLMR on 16 September 2003. It was a large male, approximately 122 cm (48 in) in length. The collection also includes a small timber rattlesnake taken near the park above the river along the bluffs. Specimens of two other species not captured during this study are contained in the collection: two juvenile copperheads taken on sticky traps near the museum close to the river bluffs, and a western hognose snake taken October 1999 in the parking lot at the extreme southeastern corner of FLMR in an area of loess. A juvenile snake initially identified as a fox snake later was confirmed to be a young black rat snake. It appears that the timber rattlesnakes occasionally occur along the bluffs above the river and in the vicinity of Government Hill. The two state-threatened species, redbelly snake and smooth earth snake, were not encountered in this study. The record of the western hognose is significant and may indicate a small population of this species in loess areas of FLMR. This species occurs across the Missouri River in northwestern Missouri where the rough, rolling loess hills meet the river floodplain (Johnson 1987). NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAVENWORTH II 184
TABLE E.1. Reptiles and amphibians observed on FLMR between May and October 2003. Latitude and longitude data are in degrees-decimal minutes (DDMM.MM). Species Date N Latitude W Longitude Individuals ringneck snake 2003-09-05 392243 945615 1 2003-09-06 392243 945615 1 2003-09-22 392195 945605 3 (juveniles) 2003-09-22 392160 945657 1 2003-09-29 392192 945624 1 2003-09-29 392195 945605 4 2003-10-02 391996 945500 3 2003-10-04 391996 945500 1 2003-10-08 392195 945605 3 2003-10-09 392195 945605 3 2003-10-11 392236 945622 1 Total = 22 black rat snake 2003-05-02 392256 945576 1 (adult) 2003-06-23 392230 945641 1 (adult) 2003-07-11 392243 945615 1 (juvenile) 2003-10-08 392194 945616 1 (adult) 2003-10-09 392194 945616 1 (adult) Total = 5 racer 2003-10-07 391996 945500 1 (juvenile) 2003-10-08 392230 945641 1 (juvenile) 2003-10-09 391996 945500 1 (juvenile) 2003-10-11 392217 945634 1 (juvenile) Total = 4 milk snake 2003-10-08 392236 945603 1 2003-10-11 392236 945603 1 Total = 2 prairie kingsnake 2003-09-29 391991 945501 1 Total = 1 western worm snake 2003-07-01 On wooded hill by DB Road 1 1 Total = 1 northern water snake 2003-07-11 By pond DB Farm 1 (juvenile) Total = 1 common garter snake 2003-06-12 392230 945641 1 2003-06-23 392230 945641 1 2003-06-24 392230 945641 2 2003-09-09 392192 945624 1 2003-09-22 392192 945624 1 2003-09-22 392172 945592 1 (juvenile) 2003-09-29 392259 945567 4 (adults) 2003-09-29 391996 945500 3 2003-10-08 391996 945500 2 2003-10-11 391997 945503 1 Total = 17 western ribbon snake 2003-05-02 392256 945574 1 NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAVENWORTH II 185
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TABLE OF CONTENTS List Of Figures .
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LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1.1. Locatio
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LIST OF TABLES TABLE 2.1. Summary o
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was carri
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1.1. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. BACKGR
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east toward the Missouri River. Two
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Agriculture figures (1874), there w
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examined the status and ecological
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NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAV
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CHAPTER 2. NATURAL COMMUNITIES 2.1.
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TABLE 2.1. Summary of natural commu
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TABLE 2.3. Locations of vegetation
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green ash seedlings, and silver map
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Genus Species Common Name 1995-‘9
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Phryma leptostachya American lopsee
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annuals initially. Eventually, herb
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TABLE 3.1. Animal species protected
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September. On 8 September, four tra
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warbler, ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapi
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TABLE 3.4. Carrion beetles (Coleopt
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Potential for Occurrence on FLMR. B
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Recommendations. The lack of suitab
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suggests that practices that degrad
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1996, Freeman et al. 1997). Availab
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Potential for Occurrence on FLMR. R
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FLMR is the only site in northeast
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A Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypte
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Species Old-growth Mid- Early- Succ
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4.1. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 4. PLANTS
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Date Location Time Notes 39.3611°N
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plants (including all infraspecific
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TABLE 4.3. Number and cumulative pe
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limestone derivation. After the 200
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ock outcrops; it is often found wit
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hickory Forest on FLMR. Observation
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Scientific Name Carex crus-corvi Sh
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with other considerations, includin
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existing natural areas information.
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these areas would enhance the prair
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Other trails and paths on the insta
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FIGURE 5.1. One of the small remnan
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While FLMR supports a diverse flora
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Sorghum halepense, previously repor
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Brumwell, M. J. 1951. An ecological
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Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
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Schwartz, C. W. and E. R. Schwartz.
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APPENDIX A. Directions to vegetatio
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