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previously reported from the installation. In addition, suitable habitat was resurveyed for three
federal-listed vascular plant species and 24 state-rare vascular plant species discussed by
Freeman et al. (1997) but undocumented on the installation during the 1995–1996 field seasons.
4.2. METHODS
Plant surveys were carried out during the 2003 field season on FLMR between 6 May and 11
November. Techniques follow those described by Freeman et al. (1997). These comprised
efforts to refine and elaborate on the vascular flora presented by those authors as Appendices A
and B, resurvey for three federal-listed vascular plant species, document the persistence and
extent of populations of 11 state-rare vascular plant species previously reported from FLMR, and
survey for the presence of 24 state-rare vascular plant species discussed by Freeman et al. (1997)
but undocumented on the installation.
4.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Plant surveys of more than 17 sites were performed by C. C. Freeman and C. A. Morse on 16
days, for a total of 120 person hours (Table 4.1). Many more sites were checked briefly on foot
(survey time < 30 minutes) but are not reported here. Emphasis was placed on documenting taxa
for the installation that were excluded from the floristic list produced by Freeman et al. (1997),
resurveying for three federally protected plant species identified as potentially occurring by
Freeman et al. (1997), and documenting the distribution and extent of populations of 11 state-rare
vascular species identified as occurring on the installation during the 1995–1996 field seasons.
Plant surveys were carried out in a diversity of sites in an effort to expand the floristic list of the
installation. In all, 267 specimens of vascular plants and bryophytes were collected. Data for the
vascular flora of Leavenworth County were acquired using the R. L. McGregor Collection
Management Information System and these, along with data from FLMR, were reanalyzed for
comparison with results presented by Freeman et al. (1997).
TABLE 4.1. Summary of dates, areas surveyed for vascular plant species, effort, and results
during the 2003 field season on FLMR. Survey duration (time) is in person-hours for work
performed by C. C. Freeman and C. A. Morse only; work performed by H. Loring is recorded
elsewhere in this report.
Date Location Time Notes
2003-05-06 39.3715°N, 94.9319°W; ENE of Hancock Hill
at Fort de Cavagnial Picnic Area
39.3611°N, 94.9302°W; around Girl Scout
Camp Conestoga
2003-05-13 39.3656°N, 94.9364°W; near water reservoir,
ca 0.5 mi NE Bell Point and ca 0.25 mi
Hancock Hill
39.3733°– 39.3786°N, 94.9061°W; N side of
Sherman Army Airfield, just S of Weston
Bend of Missouri River
2 C. C. Freeman: survey White oak-Shagbark hickory Forest on hills
and bluffs above Missouri River and disturbed areas along roads and
trails; document populations of Ranunculus recurvatus var.
recurvatus. Collections 19748–19753.
1 C. C. Freeman: survey White oak-Shagbark hickory Forest and
disturbed areas. Collections 19754–19756.
3 C. A. Morse, C. C. Freeman & W. D. Kettle: survey disturbed White
oak-Shagbark hickory Forest on moderate, NE-facing slopes;
document populations of Carex hitchcockiana, Carex rosea, and
Uvularia grandiflora. Collections 9367–9379.
3 C.A. Morse, C. C. Freeman & W. D. Kettle: survey Cottonwood-
Sycamore Floodplain Forest along the Missouri River. Collections
9380–9389.
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