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those on FLMR, resulting in relatively less survey effort, and the paucity of prairies on FLMR. TABLE 4.5. Number of instances and cumulative percentage in which taxa were reported from different habitat types in Leavenworth County and on FLMR. % = percent of taxa relative to totals reported for county (853) and FLMR (591). Total number of instances in which all habitat types were reported were 1,305 for Leavenworth County and 942 for FLMR. General habitat Leavenworth Co % FLMR % Forest, upland 338 40 270 46 Disturbed sites 353 41 250 42 Forest, floodplain 168 20 153 26 Prairie 275 32 140 24 Wetlands 156 18 124 21 Rivers and ponds (aquatic) 15 2 5 1 Abundance. Abundance data for vascular plants documented for FLMR were not summarized by Freeman et al. (1997) but are presented here in Table 4.6 without comparison. Data presented in Appendix C reveal that the majority (55%) of taxa documented on FLMR is only infrequently encountered in appropriate habitats, 32% of taxa are reported as common on the installation, 12% are reported as rare, and only 1% are reported as dominant. TABLE 4.6. Number of instances and cumulative percentage in which taxa were reported from different habitat types in Leavenworth County and on FLMR. Cumulative % = cumulative percent of taxa relative to totals reported for county (853) and FLMR (591). Abundance FLMR Cumulative % Infrequent 328 55 Common 184 87 Rare 70 99 Dominant 9 100 Bryophytes. Few collections of bryophytes were prepared during the 2003 field season. The documented bryophyte flora for FLMR has changed very little from the information presented by Freeman et al. (1997), and detailed data on the bryoflora of the installation is still largely lacking. However, voucher specimens were obtained in 2003 for several bryophtye taxa and deposited in KANU, and the flora may be updated with the following records: Riccia frostii Aust. (Hepaticae: Ricciaceae; vouchers: Morse 9837, Morse et al. 9913), Entodon seductrix (Hedw.) C. Muell. (Musci: Entodontaceae; voucher: Morse et al. 9384), and Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T. Kop. (Musci: Mniaceae; vouchers: Morse et al. 9378, Morse et al. 9382). In addition, one taxon representing a family previously undocumented on FLMR was discovered. Atrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. (Musci: Polytrichaceae; voucher: Morse 9511) was confirmed to be locally abundant in shaded ravines in upland oak-hickory forest, on soils of sandstone and NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAVENWORTH II 84
limestone derivation. After the 2003 field season, a total of 18 families, 32 genera, 43 species of bryophytes are reported from FLMR. Federal-listed Species Several hours were spent in 2003 surveying potential habitat for the three federally protected species discussed by Freeman et al. (1997). No evidence was found that any of these species occur on the installation. Given the paucity of suitable prairie habitat for Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A. Gray (Asclepiadaceae; Mead's milkweed) and Platanthera praeclara Shev. & M. Bowles (Orchidaceae; western prairie fringed orchid), it is unlikely that either species occurs on FLMR. Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl. ex Eaton (Fabaceae; running buffalo clover) has not been observed in Kansas since 1885 (Brooks and Freeman 1989) and it remains highly unlikely that this species will be discovered on FLMR. State-rare Species At least one occurrence of each of 11 state-rare vascular plant taxa was documented on FLMR during the 1995–1996 field seasons and reported by Freeman et al. (1997). During the 2003 field season, nine of these taxa were confirmed as persisting on the installation. In addition, three state-rare taxa reported by Freeman et al. (1997) as occurring on FLMR but not included among the state-rare species discussed by those authors were confirmed as persisting on the installation, and seven state-rare taxa were documented as occurring there for the first time. Of the seven state-rare taxa discovered on FLMR in 2003, six are reported here for the first time for Leavenworth County. Altogether, 13 of these state-rare species occur in upland forest habitats, two occur both in upland and floodplain forest habitats, three occur in floodplain forest habitat, one occurs in open floodplain habitats, and one occurs in wetland habitats along the Missouri River. Species accounts for each of these 21 taxa are presented below, arranged in alphabetical order. Element occurrence records for all taxa, including element occurrence code, state rank, locations of populations and subpopulations for taxa observed in 2003, and date of last observation for each taxon are summarized in Table 4.7. Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton var. lateriflorus (Asteraceae; white woodland aster) was first discovered in Kansas on FLMR during plant surveys in the 1995–1996 field seasons by J. Elliott and C. C. Freeman and reported as new to the state by Freeman et al. (1998). Observations during the 2003 field season confirmed that white woodland aster comprises at least three sizeable subpopulations in mesic ravines in White oak-Shagbark hickory Forest (Table 4.7, occurrences 1 and 2) and Maple-Basswood Forest (Table 4.7, occurrence 3) (Figure 4.1), where it is often found with a similar, more common congener, Aster ontarionis. To date, this herbaceous perennial is known in Kansas only from populations on FLMR. A small population of the perennial herb Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. (Lamiaceae; hairy wood-mint) was discovered at the edge of a trail in White oak-Shagbark hickory Forest west of the National Cemetery during the 1995–1996 field seasons. This species has been collected on four separate occasions in three counties in northeastern Kansas. Only one other collection, made in 1992, is recent enough to be considered to represent an extant population. Efforts to NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAVENWORTH II 85
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was carri
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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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References Information on exotic an
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