Survey of protected vascular plants on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Abstract
Vascular plant surveys were initiated during fiscal year 1992 by the environmentally sensitive areas program to determine the baseline condition of threatened and endangered (T&E) vascular plant species on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). T&E species receive protection under federal and state regulations. In addition, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires that federally-funded projects avoid or mitigate impacts to listed species. T&E plant species found on or near the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) are identified. Twenty-eight species identified on the ORR are listed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation as either endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Four of these have been under review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible listing (listed in the formerly-used C2 candidate category). Additional species listed by the state occur near and may be present on the ORR. A range of habitats support the rare taxa on the ORR: river bluffs, sinkholes, calcareous barrens, wetlands, utility corridors, and forests. The list of T&E plant species and their locations on the ORR should be considered provisional because the entire ORR has not been surveyed, and state and federal status of all species continues to bemore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 262979
- Report Number(s):
- ES/ER/TM-194
ON: DE96012836; TRN: 96:016986
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; BOTANY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PLANTS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
Citation Formats
Awl, D J, Pounds, L R, Rosensteel, B A, King, A L, and Hamlett, P A. Survey of protected vascular plants on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web. doi:10.2172/262979.
Awl, D J, Pounds, L R, Rosensteel, B A, King, A L, & Hamlett, P A. Survey of protected vascular plants on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/262979
Awl, D J, Pounds, L R, Rosensteel, B A, King, A L, and Hamlett, P A. 1996.
"Survey of protected vascular plants on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/262979. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/262979.
@article{osti_262979,
title = {Survey of protected vascular plants on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee},
author = {Awl, D J and Pounds, L R and Rosensteel, B A and King, A L and Hamlett, P A},
abstractNote = {Vascular plant surveys were initiated during fiscal year 1992 by the environmentally sensitive areas program to determine the baseline condition of threatened and endangered (T&E) vascular plant species on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). T&E species receive protection under federal and state regulations. In addition, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires that federally-funded projects avoid or mitigate impacts to listed species. T&E plant species found on or near the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) are identified. Twenty-eight species identified on the ORR are listed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation as either endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Four of these have been under review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible listing (listed in the formerly-used C2 candidate category). Additional species listed by the state occur near and may be present on the ORR. A range of habitats support the rare taxa on the ORR: river bluffs, sinkholes, calcareous barrens, wetlands, utility corridors, and forests. The list of T&E plant species and their locations on the ORR should be considered provisional because the entire ORR has not been surveyed, and state and federal status of all species continues to be updated. The purpose of this document is to present information on the listed T&E plant species currently known to occur on the ORR as well as listed species potentially occurring on the ORR based on geographic range and habitat availability. For the purpose of this report, {open_quotes}T&E species{close_quotes} include all federal- and state-listed species, including candidates for listing, and species of special concern. Consideration of T&E plant habitats is an important component of resource management and land-use planning; protection of rare species in their natural habitat is the best method of ensuring their long-term survival.},
doi = {10.2172/262979},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/262979},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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