AllNex property plant study

William H. Moorhead III Consulting Botanist/Plant Community Ecologist 486 Torrington Road Litchfield, Connecticut 06759 Phone and Fax: (860) 567-4920 Cell: (860 543-1786 Email: whmoorhead@optonline.net

November 8, 2017 Mr. Robert Rogers 101 Dudley Avenue Wallingford, CT 06492 Dear Mr. Rogers, I am writing to report the results of my rare plant and Critical Habitat survey of the 21+acre area at the southeast corner of the Allnex property in which you have an interest.

The area that I surveyed is depicted in the map in Attachment 1, and referred to hereinafter as “the Study Area”.

I am a consulting field botanist with 28 years of experience conducting surveys for rare plants, Critical Habitats, and significant plant communities in the Northeast, the bulk of that time working in Connecticut. In November, 2016, you commissioned me to conduct a full-growing-season survey of the Study Area for three State-listed plants and two Critical Habitats that had been identified near and on the site, respectively, in a letter dated April, 8, 2016, from Nelson DeBarros (CTDEEP-NDDB1) to William Root. In addition, I was commissioned to conduct survey for any other State-listed plants or Critical Habitats that might potentially occur on the site. The following Critical Habitats and State-listed plants were identified in the April 8, 2016, letter from CTDEEP-NDDB. Critical Habitats 1. Sand Barren 2. Dry Acidic Forest State-listed Plants 1. Aristida tuberculosa (Beach Needle Grass) – State-Endangered 2. Crocanthemum propinquum (Low Frostweed) – State-Special Concern 3. Pityopsis falcata (Sickle-leaved Golden Aster) – State-Endangered 1

Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection – Natural Diversity Data Base

Moorhead Rare Plant and Critical Habitat Survey Page 2 of 12 The above-listed plants are hereinafter referred to as the “NDDB-targeted plants”. In addition to the NDDB-targeted plants, once I had made a reconnaissance of the entire site I developed a list of additional survey target plants, which are State-listed plants that might reasonably be expected to occur on the site, based on their known habitat preferences and their phytogeography, and my experience. I deemed it necessary to compile this expanded target list because, based of my experience of 28 years, most of the time the State-listed plants that are actually present on a site are other than, or in addition to, those targeted by NDDB2. The full list of target plants of this survey, including NDDB-targeted plants, is presented in Table 1, below.

Table 1. Rare plant survey target plants Scientific Name Acalypha virginica

Virginia copperleaf

SC

Sandplain agalinis

E

Ageratina aromatica

Small white snakeroot

E

Angelica venenosa

Hairy angelica

SC*

Antennaria howellii ssp. petaloidea

Field pussytoes

SC*

Aristida longespica var. geniculata

Needlegrass

SC

Aristida purpurascens

Arrowfeather

E

Aristida tuberculosa

Beach needle grass

E

Asclepias variegata

White milkweed

SC*

Asclepias viridiflora

Green milkweed

E

Carex bushii

Bush's sedge

SC

Carex cumulata

Clustered sedge

T

Carex nigromarginata

Black-edge sedge

SC*

Carex polymorpha

Variable sedge

E

Carex reznicekii

Reznicek's sedge

E

Crocanthemum dumosum

Bushy frostweed

SC*

Crocanthemum propinquum

Low frostweed

SC

Crotonopsis elliptica

Elliptical rushfoil

SC*

Cuphea viscosissima

Blue waxweed

SC*

Cuscuta coryli

Hazel dodder

SC*

Desmodium glabellum

Dillenius' tick-trefoil

SC

Desmodium sessilifolium Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens

Sessile-leaf tick-trefoil

SC*

Stiff-leaved rosette-panicgrass

SC*

Agalinis acuta

2

Common Name

State Protection Status

1

Survey recommended

by CTDEEPNDDB

The NDDB target lists are based solely on the previously documented occurrences within close geographic proximity of a site

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Scientific Name

Common Name

Dichanthelium scabriusculum Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. isophyllum

Eupatorium album

Tall swamp rosette-panicgrass Round-fruited rosettepanicgrass Pale-leaved rosettepanicgrass White thoroughwort

Eurybia radula

Rough aster

E

Hudsonia ericoides

Golden-heather

E

Hudsonia tomentosa

Woolly beach-heather

T

Lechea racemulosa

Illinois pinweed

SC*

Lespedeza repens

Creeping bush-clover

SC

Linum sulcatum

Yellow flax

E

Oenothera fruticosa

Sundrops

SC*

Opuntia humifusa

Eastern prickly pear

SC

Piptatherum pungens

Slender mountain ricegrass

E

Pityopsis falcata

Sickle-leaved golden aster

E

Plantago virginica

Hoary plantain

SC

Polygala nuttallii

Nuttall's milkwort

T

Rhus aromatica

Fragrant sumac

SC*

Sand blackberry

SC

Chaffseed

SC*

Dichanthelium xanthophysum

Rubus cuneifolius Schwalbea americana

1

Survey recommended

by CTDEEPNDDB

E SC* SC* E

Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana

Few-flowered nutrush

E

Scleria triglomerata

Whip nutrush

E

Sporobolus clandestinus

Rough dropseed

E

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sand dropseed

T

Sporobolus heterolepis

Northern dropseed

E

Sporobolus neglectus

Small dropseed

E

Trichostema brachiatum

False pennyroyal

E

Triosteum angustifolium

Narrow-leaved horse gentian

E

Valerianella radiata

Beaked corn-salad

SC*

Verbena simplex Narrow-leaved vervain SC* TABLE NOTES: E = Endangered T = Threatened SC = Special Concern SC* = Special Concern (Historic) – i.e., not observed in CT in more than ~25 years 1 Federally Endangered

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Moorhead Rare Plant and Critical Habitat Survey Page 4 of 12 I conducted field survey of the Study Area on the following dates: November 25, 2016 June 13, 2017 July 26, 2017 September 29, 2017 A 3-season (i.e., spring, summer, and fall) survey was necessary because the plants on the survey target list have different phenologies, and are not all species are at their most detectable and identifiable at the same time of year. I spent a cumulative total of 9 hours on-site conducting field survey. Each time I visited the site, I traversed the entire Study along parallel routes separated by the appropriate distance, varying with the habitat, to allow me to spot any potential rare plants. I identified every plant I encountered, at least to a taxonomic level that allowed me to exclude the possibility that it was a State-listed plant. In this way, my survey also addressed potential State-listed plants that are not on the expanded survey target list. A list of all plants encountered during the survey, indexed by habitat, is Attachment 2 to this letter. I believe this list is comprehensive, or very nearly so, for the Study Area.

In order to complete the Critical Habitat survey, I performed a classification and mapped all the Study Area habitats. This classification is presented in the Critical Habitat section under Results, below. A habitat map of the Study Area is Attachment 3 to this letter.

RESULTS CRITICAL HABITATS I have classified all habitats in the Study Area, and the classification is presented below in Table 2. A map of these habitats is presented as Attachment 3.

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Table 2. Classification of Habitats of the Allnex 21+-ac Study Area Habitat Unit Code

Habitat Unit Name

Cumulative Acreage

A

Sand Barren

2.9

B

Dry Acidic Forest

16.0

Description Very open woodland, or “savanna”, with scattered stunted trees totaling ~10-20 % cumulative areal cover. The dominant ground layer species is Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem), with ca. 50% (±~20%) areal cover. Gaps between Schizachyrium clumps are occupied by open sand, lichen (Cladina and/or Cladonia), and Haircap Moss (Polytrichum piliferum and Polytrichum sp.). There are a few larger patches (several tens to several 100 sq ft) of open sand. Other important herbaceous species are Hypericum gentianoides (Orange-Grass), Rumex acetosella (Common Sheep Sorrel), and Trichostema dichotomum (Blue Curls). Important woody species are Quercus velutina (Black Oak), Betula populifolia (Gray Birch), occurring as small trees, shrubs, and in the herb layer (the oak in fair abundance in the herb layer). There are a few Pinus rigida (Pitch Pine) occurring as trees, shrubs, and in the herb layer. Portions of this habitat, totaling ~0.1 acre were disturbed by equipment in early summer, and therefore were not surveyed, except for those plants that sprouted after the disturbance. I have mapped a small disjunct suboccurrence of this habitat along the westmost sand road where there is a larger opening on the Dry Acidic Forest. This suboccurrence has relatively much less open sand than the main suboccurrence of the Sand Barren, and it is floristically richer than the main Sand Barren, but is has more in common with it than any other habitat type, so I have included it as that type.

The canopy layer dominated by Quercus velutina (Black Oak), to ~20” DBH, with Betula lenta (Black Birch) to ~10” DBH the most abundant associate, in places codominant.

Fagus grandifolia (American Beech) DBH is locally codominant (10”-20” generally, to 30” DBH). Less common associates include Prunus serotina (Black Cherry), Acer rubrum (Red Maple), and Betula populifolia (Gray Birch). The shrub understory is sparse, with Fagus occurring as an occasional shrub. Herb and subshrub layers are generally sparse, with an occasional patch of Gaylussacia baccata (Black Huckleberry). Occurring as scattered individuals in the herb layer are Danthonia spicata (Poverty Grass), Pyrola sp. (shinleaf), Carex swanii (a sedge), Carex albicans var. emmonsii (a sedge), and Vaccinium pallidum (Early Low Blueberry). There are the occasional Quercus velutina “wolf trees”, to ~36” DBH. Based on ring counts made on a few cut trees, the forest matrix trees appear to be ~100 years old, and the wolf trees doubtless are considerably older.

Critical Habitat?

Photo

Yes

Figs. 1 and 2

Yes

Fig. 3

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Table 2. Classification of Habitats of the Allnex 21+-ac Study Area Habitat Unit Code

C

D

E

Habitat Unit Name

Dry Oak Woodland

Small openings along sand roads

Dry-mesic meadow/grassland along Toelles Rd

Cumulative Acreage

0.6

0.5

0.8

Description This habitat, with ~60% areal cover of mature tree canopy, can be considered an ecotone between Sand Barren and Dry Acidic Forest, and probably represents a successional stage in the transition over time of the first to the second. The dominant tree is Quercus velutina (Black Oak). The gaps between the oaks are open above but spend more of the day in shade than the open Sand Barren, are both similar to and distinct from the Barren, floristically. Species common here but rare or absent from the open Barren are Polygonum articulatum (Coastal Jointed Knotweed), Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. columbianum, Crocanthemum canadense (Canada Frostweed), Carex tonsa (a sedge), Vaccinium pallidum (Early Low Blueberry), and several of the above-mentioned herbs occurring in the Dry Acidic Forest.

These are places along the sand roads that are under small openings in the tree canopy, and in one case adjacent to open habitat, and the herb layer is well-developed. The roadside plant assemblage in these places bears some resemblance to the Dry Oak Woodland, but is distinct from any of the other communities. I judged these areas to be have relatively high potential for Crocanthemum propinquum. Characteristic species in this habitat are Crocanthemum canadense (Canada Frostweed), Agrostis perennans (Upland Bent), Digitaria spp. (crabgrasses), Eragrostis spp. (love grasses), Gaylussacia baccata (Black Huckleberry), Nuttallanthus canadensis (Blue Toadflax), Lepidium virginicum (Poor-man's Pepper), Lespedeza capitata (Round-headed Bush-clover), and Juncus tenuis (Path Rush).

This is for the most part a zone ~20 ft wide just inside the fence along Toelles Rd which has evidently been kept open by periodic bush-hogging or the equivalent. It includes an area that is completely fenced in at the southwest corner of the Study Area. This is the most species-rich habitat in the Study Area, with 38 species, mostly a mixture of native and non-native grasses, some forbs, reproducing trees, and Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Sedge). There are some small areas that approach Sand Barren nature. I considered this among the potential habitats for Crocanthemum propinquum.

Critical Habitat?

Yes, hybrid between 2 Critical Habitats

Yes, should be treated as part of the Dry Acidic Forest

No, but still has potential for rare plants

Photo

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Table 2. Classification of Habitats of the Allnex 21+-ac Study Area Habitat Unit Code

F

Habitat Unit Name

Dry-mesic meadow/grassland along St. Casimir Rd Cemetery Rd

Cumulative Acreage

0.2

Critical Habitat?

This is a similar zone to that just inside the Toelles Rd fence, but less wide and relatively shadier, and so also without as well developed herbaceous vegetation. The assemblage includes several invasives and other non-natives, i.e., Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard), Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), and Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle), non-native forbs, such as Solanum carolinense (Horse Nettle) and Verbascum thapsus (Common Mullein), and some native grasses and forbs, such as Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem), Panicum capillare (Witch Panicgrass), Euthamia graminifolia (Grass-leaved Goldenrod), and Carex muehlenbergii (a sedge).

This is an open habitat with thinly vegetated soil is on the disturbed edge of a sand pit excavation, and it is in the early stages of primary succession on the sandy substrate after the disturbance. A mixture of non-natives, such as Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) and Froelichia gracilis (Slender Snake Cotton), native forbs and grasses, such as Aristida dichotoma (Churchmouse Threeawn), Carex tonsa (a sedge), Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Love-grass), and Diodia teres (Rough Buttonweed), and low native woody plants , such as Rubus sp. (dewberry) and Rosa Carolina (Pasture Rose).

Yes, should be treated part of Dry Acidic Forest Yes, should be treated as a type of Sand Barren

G

Sand pit margin

Not mapped as separate unit

Sand roads through Sand Barren

This “microhabitat� has its own vegetation separate from the adjacent Sand Barren.

Important species are Hypericum gentianoides (Orange-Grass), which is mainly on the road side, Bulbostylis capillaris (Tuften Hair Sedge), Juncus tenuis (Path Rush), Aristida dichotomum (Churchmouse Threeawn).

Yes, part of Sand Barren

Sand roads through forest

The vegetation of the shaded forest roads is relatively depauperate compared with the sunnier road sections and other open and semi-open habitats, but relatively welldeveloped compared to the forest floor away from the roads, because the road is not mulched with oak leaves. The most frequent species are Juncus tenuis (Path Rush), Agrostis perennans (Upland Bent), Carex swanii (a sedge), and some Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stiltgrass).

Yes, should be treated as part of the Dry Acidic Forest

Not mapped as separate unit

0.02

Description

Photo

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Figure 1. Sand Barren “savanna�

Figure 2. Portion of Sand Barren disturbed by equipment in early summer 2017.

Figure 3. Portion of Dry Acidic Forest with American Beech codominant.

Moorhead Rare Plant and Critical Habitat Survey Page 9 of 12 RARE PLANT SURVEY During this survey, I found no plants that are currently listed in Connecticut as Endangered, -Threatened, or -Special Concern currently growing in the Study Area.

The three NDDB-targeted plants are discussed in more detail below.

Aristida turberculosa Beach Needlegrass (State-Endangered).

Beach Needlegrass is a true grass (Poaceae) that is found in most of the eastern U.S. states. It is rare in all three New England states in which it occurs. As the common name suggests, Beach Needle Grass occurs mainly along the coast, on back beaches, sand

Figure 4. Fruit of Beach Needlegrass, containing the grain near the base, just above barbed, pointed callus.

Moorhead Rare Plant and Critical Habitat Survey Page 10 of 12 dunes, and sand flats. However, there is at least one disjunct occurrence of it in the North Haven sand plains area, a little south of the Study Area. It is a very distinctive annual grass with specialized fruits that are adapted to gradually work the end with the grain into loose sand as the wind rocks the fruit back and forth. The characteristic 3 very long awns at the top of the fruit are an adaptation to hold the grain end of the fruit pointed down into the sand. Just below the part of the fruit holding the grain is a callus with upwardpointing hairs that function like the barb on an arrow or fish hook, to allow to fruit to easily go into the sand but resist backing out. After the fruit is well started into the sand, the 3 long awns are no longer needed as props to keep the fruit pointed down – they then function as wind-catchers to keep the fruit wiggling so that it continues to work its way downward.

The above process can only work in loose sand, so potential habitat for this species must have open, loose sand without dense vegetation. The Sand Barren at the Study Area has many small patches of open sand and a few larger patches, so arguable potential habitat exists there. I surveyed all such areas, and found no Beach Needlegrass.

Crocanthemum propinquum Low Frostweed (Special Concern).

Low Frostweed is a low, sun-loving, sand-loving, long-rhizomatous perennial in the Cistaceae (Rockrose Family). It is endemic to the northeastern U.S., from NC to NH. It forms stands due to its long rhizomatous habit. It grows in sand barrens, in sandy acid habitats that are periodically mowed, such as roadsides and cemeteries, along sandy roadsides in the ecotone between the roadbed and denser roadside vegetation, and rarely in lawns on sandy soil that are frequently mowed.

Of the plants on the on the survey target list, this was the species that seemed most likely to occur in the Study Area, and for which there is the most potential habitat. Potential habitats included the Sand Barren, Dry Oak Woodland, Small Openings Along the Sand Roads, Sand Pit Margin, and Dry-mesic Meadow/grassland along the Toelles and St. Casimir Roads.

Figure 5. Vernal flower of Low Frostweed.

3

congeners: species in the same genus

Low Frostweed, like its two common congeners3 C. bicknellii (Hoary Frostweed) and C. canadense (Canada

Moorhead Rare Plant and Critical Habitat Survey Page 11 of 12 Frostweed), blooms twice each year. The vernal flowers are few showy, open, and insect pollinated, the petals falling after only one day. Later in the summer, each plant will form abundant small flowers that never open (i.e., are cleistogamous), are self-fertilized, and form abundant fruit. In this way, the plants are ensured an abundant seed set even if the insect-pollinated flowers fail in a given year, due to weather too cold for pollinating insects, for example.

Low Frostweed often grows with at least one, not uncommonly both, of its common congeners. It is fairly easy to distinguish from Canada Frostweed, because it has much smaller cleistogamous flower fruits. It is easy to distinguish from Hoary Frostweed when that plant is well-developed and robust (it is much taller than Low Frostweed, and grows with a tufted habit rather than in stands). However, distinguishing the two can be more challenging when Hoary Frostweed is growing on a relatively severe site, where it can be short and have only one stem/plant, and appear to be growing in a loose rhizomatous stand. In these cases, one can dig up the plants to see if the plants have the long horizontal rhizomes of Low Frostweed (short and sub-vertical in Hoary), which is undesirable since it is risks destruction of the plants. Otherwise, one can measure the length of a tiny appendage on the sepals of the cleistogamous flowers – in Hoary it is ~1± mm long, while ~0.5± mm or less in Low Frostweed. Also, the cleistogamous capsules of Low Frostweed approach round in cross-section, while Hoary fruits approach triangular in cross-section. Sometimes both of these characters are hard to assess with confidence.

Fortunately, during this survey, I encountered only incontrovertible Canada Frostweed, and neither Low nor Hoary Frostweed (nor anything in between).

Pityopsis falcata Sickle-leaved Golden Aster (Endangered).

Sickle-leaved Golden Aster is a yellow-flowered member of the Asteraceae (Aster Family). It is borderline globally rare, and thus the rarest of the three NDDB-targeted plants. It is endemic to the northeast coast only from NJ to NH. Like the above-discussed species, it is both sun-loving and sand-loving. It grows along the coast of CT in sand flats landward of beach dunes, but advances inland somewhat on the sand plains of North Haven and Wallingford. It is easily identified in or out of flower by its cottony-wooly stems and leaves, the latter of which are long-linear, archingrecurving, and crowded on the stems. In flower, it has a ±flat-topped inflorescence with flowers that are daisy-like, but all yellow.

Figure 1. Pressed specimen of Sickle-leaved Golden Aster

Moorhead Rare Plant and Critical Habitat Survey Page 12 of 12 The Sand Barren is the Study Area habitat in which this would most likely occur, but to err on the side of caution, I also searched for it in the other open and semi-open habitats (essentially the same habitats as for Crocanthemum propinquum).

Other State-listed Plants on the Target List.

As I noted in the Methodology section, it has been my experience of 28 years in Connecticut that the State-listed plants that I discover on sites are, most of the time, other than or in addition to the species for which CTDEEP-NDDB recommends survey. For this reason, once I was familiar with the habitats on the site, I compiled an expanded survey target list of State-listed plants (see Table 1), which includes 49 plants that could potentially occur on the site, in addition to the three NDDB-targeted species. I conducted my survey in such a way that if any of these 52 State-species were growing on the site in late 2016 or anytime in 2017, I should have detected them.

CONCLUSIONS Based on my field surveys on November 25, 2016, and June 13, July 26, and September 29, 2017, I identified and mapped the following Critical Habitats in the Study Area: Sand Barren (2.9 ac), Dry Acidic Forest (~17 ac4), and Dry Oak Woodland (0.6 ac). I conducted a full-growing-season survey for 52 State-listed plants, including especially the three above-discussed species targeted by the CTDEEP-NDDB, covering the entire site, but focusing most intensely on the open and semi-open habitats (the closed-canopy interiors of the forest having the lowest potential for any State-listed plants). I found no State-listed plant growing in the Study Area. This does not appear to be due to lack of suitable habitat.

Respectfully submitted,

William H. Moorhead III, Consulting Field Botanist

Attachments: 1. Habitat Map of the Allnex 21+-acre Study Area 2. Component Plant Taxa List for Allnex 21+-acre Study Area 3. Moorhead Curriculum Vitae 4

This acreage lumps together with Dry Acidic Forest the Small Openings Along Sand Roads and the DryMesic Meadow/grassland along St. Casimir Cemetery Rd

Attahment 2. Component Plant Taxa List for Allnex 21+-acre Study Area.

A

Sand Barren

Disjunct Sand Barren along W road

A

A

B

Roads Recently through Disturbed Dry Acidic Forestt Sand Open Barren Sand Areas

h

B

C

D

E

F

Sand Roads in Forest

Dry Oak Woodland

Small Openings Along Sand Roads (incl. road)

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along Toelles Rd

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along St. Casimir Rd Cemetery Rd

h

h

h

h

h

h

h h

h

G

Sand pit margin

h

h

h

h t h

native

Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackenzie

a sedge

native

H

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.

Hairy Crabgrass

non-native

H

Juncus tenuis Willd.

Path rush

native

H

Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus

Japanese Siltgrass

non-native

T

Acer rubrum L.

Red Maple

native

H

Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P.

Ticklegrass

native non-native

I

non-native

I

h

H

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.

American Hog-peanut

native

h

H

Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f.

Pearly Everlasting

native

h

H

Andropogon virginicus L. var. virginicus

Broom-sedge

native

h

H

Anthoxanthum odoratum L.

Sweet Vernal Grass

non-native

h

H

Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. dichotoma

Churchmouse Threeawn

native

h

H

Artemisia vulgaris L. var. vulgaris

Mugwort

non-native

Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach

Flowering Dogwood

native

h

h

h

T,S

t

T

Betula lenta L.

Black Birch

native

t h(tree holes)

T

Betula populifolia Marsh.

Gray Birch

native

H

Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw.

Bog Hemp

native

H

Bromus tectorum L.

Drooping Brome-grass

non-native

H

Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunthe ex C.B. Clarke

Tufted Hair-sedge

native

H

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey a sedge ex Torr.) J. Rettig

H

Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.

a sedge

native

H

Carex pensylvanica Lam.

a sedge

native

H

Carex tonsa (Fern.) Bickn.

a sedge

H

Carex tonsa var. rugosperma (Mackenzie) W.J. Crins

a sedge

native

T

Catalpa speciosa (Warder) Warder ex Engelm.

Northern Catalpa

non-native

L

Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

Asiatic Bittersweet

non-native

h

h h h h

h

h h t,h

SS,GV? Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh

h h h

h

I

Garlic Mustard

h

h

Upland Bent

Tree-of-heaven

h

h

Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerman

H

Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

h

h

H

Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle

h

s,h

Common Name

T

h

t,s,h

Taxon

CIPWG Native vs. nonInvasive native in CT1 Status2

H

t

h

LIFE FORM

ID confidence

A

native

sp.?

native

Spotted Wintergreen

native

S

Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.

Sweet-fern

native

H

Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britt.

Canada Frostweed

native

H

Cyperus lupulinus (Spreng.) Marcks ssp. lupulinus

an umbrella-sedge

native

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I

I

GCN4 species

Sand Barren

Disjunct Sand Barren along W road

Roads Recently through Disturbed Dry Acidic Forestt Sand Open Barren Sand Areas

Sand Roads in Forest

Dry Oak Woodland

Small Openings Along Sand Roads (incl. road)

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along Toelles Rd

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along St. Casimir Rd Cemetery Rd

Sand pit margin

native

H

Danthonia compressa Austin ex Peck

Canada Bluestem

native

H

Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes Poverty Grass

native

H

Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.

Common Hairgrass

native

H

Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark ssp. columbianum (Scribn.) Freckmann & Lelong

a panic grass

native

H

Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark ssp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong

a panic grass

native

H

Dichanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould

Deertongue

native

H

Dichanthelium depauperatum (Muhl.) Gould

a panic grass

native

H

Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. dichotomum

a panic grass

native

H

Dichanthelium oligosanthes (J.A. Schultes) Gould ssp. scribnerianum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong

a panic grass

native

H

Digitaria Haller.

crabgrass

?

H

Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl.

Smooth Crab-grass

non-native

H

Rough Buttonweed

native

Autumn Olive

non-native

H

Diodia teres Walt.

Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. var. parvifolia (Royle) Schneid.

Epifagus virginiana (L.) W. Bart.

Beech-drops

native

H

Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.

Purple Love-grass

native

h

H

Eragrostis von Wolf

lovegrass

?

h

H

Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC.

Fireweed

native

H

Erigeron canadensis L.

Horseweed

native

H

Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt.

Grass-leaved Goldenrod

native

T

Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

Amercian Beech

native

H

Festuca rubra L.

Red Fescue

non-native

H

Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes

a sedge

native

H

Froelichia gracilis (Hook.) Moq.

Slender Snake Cotton

non-native

Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

Black Huckleberry

native

H

Hypericum gentianoides (L.) B.S.P.

Orange-grass

native

H

h h h

h h h

h

p

h h h s

S

h h

h

h

h h h

h

t,s h h h h

h

h

CIPWG Native vs. nonInvasive native in CT1 Status2

an umbrella-sedge

h

h

Common Name

Cyperus lupulinus var. macilentus (Fern.) A. Haines

h

h

Taxon

H

h

h

LIFE FORM

ID confidence

Attahment 2. Component Plant Taxa List for Allnex 21+-acre Study Area.

h

h

SS

h h h h h

h

h

Hypericum perforatum L.

Common St. Johnswort

non-native

T,S

Juniperus virginiana L. var. virginiana

Eastern Red Cedar

native

H

Lepidium virginicum L. var. virginicum

Poor-man's Pepper

native

H

Lespedeza capitata Michx.

Round-headed Bush-clover

native

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GCN4 species

I

I

â—?

ID confidence

Attahment 2. Component Plant Taxa List for Allnex 21+-acre Study Area.

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along Toelles Rd

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along St. Casimir Rd Cemetery Rd

h

h

H

Linaria vulgaris P. Mill.

Butter-and-eggs

non-native

h

L

Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Japanese Honeysuckle

non-native

H

Lysimachia quadrifolia L.

Whorled Loosestrife

native

Malus sieboldii (Regel) Rehd.

Toringo Crab-apple

non-native

H

Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D.A. Sutton

Blue Toadflax

native

H

Panicum capillare L.

Witch Panicgrass

native

t,s,h

T

Pinus rigida P. Mill.

Pitch Pine

native

h

T

Pinus strobus L.

Eastern White Pine

native

(t)

T

Platanus occidentalis L.

Sycamore

native

H

Poa pratensis L. ssp. pratensis

Kentucky Bluegrass

non-native

H

Polygonum articulatum L.

Coastal Jointed Knotweed

native

T

Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. serotina

Black Cherry

native

H

Pyrola L.

a shinleaf

native

t,s,h

T

Quercus alba L.

Eastern White Oak

native

s,h

S

Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.

Scrub Oak, Bear Oak

native

h

T

Quercus palustris Muenchh.

Pin Oak

T

Quercus velutina Lam.

Black Oak

native

T,S

Rhus hirta (L.) Sudworth

Staghorn Sumac

native

T,S

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Black Locust

non-native

Rosa carolina L.

Pasture Rose

native

Northern Dewberry

native

a dewberry

native

Sand Barren

Disjunct Sand Barren along W road

Roads Recently through Disturbed Dry Acidic Forestt Sand Open Barren Sand Areas

Sand Roads in Forest

Dry Oak Woodland

Small Openings Along Sand Roads (incl. road)

Sand pit margin

h

T,S

h

h h

h

h h

h

h

h

t,s

t

h

t,s,h

s,h

t

t h

h h h

sp.?

CIPWG Native vs. nonInvasive native in CT1 Status2

Common Sheep Sorrel

non-native

T

Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

Sassafras

native

H

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

Little Bluestem

native

H

Scleranthus annuus L.

Annual Knawel

non-native

H

Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes ssp. pumila Yellow Foxtail

H

Solanum carolinense L.

Horse Nettle

h

H

Solanum ptycanthum Dunal

Eastern Balck Nightshade

h

H

Solidago gigantea Ait.

Late Goldenrod

native

H

Solidago nemoralis Ait. ssp. nemoralis

Gray Goldenrod

native

H

Solidago rugosa P. Mill.

Wrinkle-leaved Goldenrod

native

h

H

Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex Gray) Wood var. vaginiflorus

Poverty Grass

native

h

H

Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) Nesom

Awl American-aster

native

h

h

h

h

h h

h

h h

h

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non-native native sp.?

GCN4 species

I

● ●

native

Rumex acetosella L.

h

h

SS, GV Rubus L. [dewberry]

Common Name

H

h t,s

h

S

Taxon

SS(?),GV Rubus flagellaris Willd.

h h

h

LIFE FORM

native

● I

●

Sand Barren

Disjunct Sand Barren along W road

h

h

Roads Recently through Disturbed Dry Acidic Forestt Sand Open Barren Sand Areas

Sand Roads in Forest

h

Dry Oak Woodland

Small Openings Along Sand Roads (incl. road)

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along Toelles Rd

Dry-mesic meadow/ grassland along St. Casimir Rd Cemetery Rd

Sand pit margin

Trichostema dichotomum L.

Bastard Pennyroyal

s

S

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium pallidum Ait.

H L

h

SS

m

M/L M/L M/L M/L M/L

12

2

17

5

13

18

Common Name

H

h

15

Taxon

h

h

m m m m m 15

LIFE FORM

39

12

ID confidence

Attahment 2. Component Plant Taxa List for Allnex 21+-acre Study Area.

CIPWG Native vs. nonInvasive native in CT1 Status2

GCN4 species

native native

â—?

Early Low Blueberry

native

â—?

Verbascum thapsus L.

Common Mullein

non-native

Vitis labrusca L.

Fox Grape

native

Non-vascular plants Cladina sp[p].

Cladonia sp[p].

Polytrichum commune Polytrichum sp[p].

Polytrichum piliferum

9

101

reindeer lichen a fruticose lichen a haircap moss a haircap moss a haircap moss = # vascular taxa

sp.?

gen.? gen.? sp.?

native native native native native

TABLE NOTES: "native" and "non-native" means native or non-native to Connecticut, according to Dreyer et al. 2013. Native and naturalized vascular plants of Connecticut checklist. Memoirs of the Connecticut Botanical Society No. 5. 232 pp.

2 (CIPWG = CT Invasive Plant Working Group) I = on current Inavisive Plant List as an Invasive; P = on current Invasive Plant List as "Potentially Invasive"; ED = on current Early Detection List; R = on current Research List 4 GCN species are plants listed as species of "Greatest Conservation Need" in Appendix 1c. of Connecticut's 2015 Wildlife Action Plan (URL: http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=329520&deepNav_GID=1719#Review)

1

Abreviations: gen.? identification uncertain at genus level ID identification sp. species, one sp.? identification uncertain at species level spp. species, more than one sp[p]. species, one or possibly more species ssp. subspecies var. variety Life form codes: T tree (woody, not a vine, > 5m high at maturity) S shrub (woody, non a vine, 1-5m high at maturity) H herbaceous L liana (high-climbing woody vine) GV woody trailing vine SS subshrub, max ht << 1 m, acc. to refs.

SS subshrub, max ht to 1 m, acc. to refs.

SS* subshrub, aerial parasite Stratum codes (when code is bold + underlined, sp. is a dominant generally throughout habitat; when bold without underline, species is locally dominant or generally frequent; if not bold or underlined, taxon is simply present, in small numbers) : t tree layer (woody, > 5m high) s shrub layer (woody, 1-5m high) h herb layer (herbaceous any height; woody, < 1m) m moss/liverwort/lichen

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Curriculum Vitae

William H. Moorhead III 486 Torrington Road Litchfield, Connecticut 06759 (860) 567-4920 whmoorhead@optonline.net

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE              

Inventory for Rare/Threatened/Endangered plants, plant & natural communities, and Critical Habitats Mapping of vegetation, plant/natural communities using both traditional and modern tools and techniques (including various remote sensing coverages and GIS softwares) Classification and mapping of vegetation, plant and natural communities, and Critical Habitats in the northeastern U.S. Various methods for sampling vegetation and plant populations, for purposes of description and monitoring over time Restoration, management, and monitoring of rare plant populations and plant/natural communities Interpretation and ground-truthing aerial photographic imagery and other remote sensing coverages Delineation of Tidal Wetlands in Connecticut Federal Jurisdictional (“Army Corps”) Wetlands delineation Sampling, identification, and analysis of freshwater aquatic macro-invertebrate communities for water quality evaluation Lecturer and instructor in native and invasive plant identification, rare plant and plant/community inventory, ecology and management, and wetland delineation, at secondary school, college undergraduate, graduate school, and adult professional levels Wetland restoration and mitigation planning, implementation, and monitoring Review and technical critique of wetlands permit and other environmental applications Review of conservation & management plans, technical journal articles, books relating to rare plant conservation, identification and ecology Invasive plant control and eradication in rare plant/natural communities and Critical Habitats

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Twenty-eight years distributed in above-listed areas

EMPLOYMENT 10/00-present

Independent Consulting Field Botanist/Ecologist: rare plant and natural community, Critical Habitat survey and inventory; classification and mapping of ecological

communities and Critical Habitats; wetland delineation; technical support of environmental permit applications; technical support of oppositions to environmental .

MAJOR PROJECTS:  Contract botanical survey for MA NHESP in June, 2010, to relocate/update status of not-recently-observed State-listed plant populations in Berkshire County, in support of BIOMAPS 2 critical habitat mapping project. Twenty-seven populations documented.  Contract botanical survey for MA NHESP in 2009, for globally rare sedge Eleocharis diandra, along Connecticut River in MA. Eight Eleocharis diandra populations documented, Eleocharis ovata documented for the first time (3 populations) on the CT River, 21 populations of other State-listed plants documented.  Contract botanical survey for MA NHESP, 2008-2009, surveying for State-listed plants within 500-m-radius of Housatonic River from Pittsfield to Sheffield, MA. Approx. 138 new State-listed plant populations documented, including rediscovery of 1 State-Historic species and 1 Berkshire County-Historic species, 19 previously known populations relocated & updated.  From 2008-2009, employed part-time by University of Connecticut Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology to create a digital GIS coverage of natural communities identified In Connecticut’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy as “Critical Habitats”, using a synthesis of interpretation of remote sensing imagery, Connecticut Natural Diversity Database data, and data from past and current field surveys of my own and others. Responsible for creating or editing more than 2000 critical habitat polygons and populating associated attribute data base.  Principal Investigator in 2006-2009 research project, funded by the Long Island Sound License Plate Fund, describing and mapping the complex mosaic of plant communities in a 330-acre brackish tidal wetland system on the lower Connecticut River, involving collection and analysis of 950 stratified random floristic plots.  In 2006, employed by Parsons (consultant to CONN-DOT), conducted an inventory of State-listed endangered plants and significant natural communities, and classified and mapped vegetation of 500-ac Groton-New London Airport; 9 new State-listed species documented on property.  Research and preparation, 2004-2006, of the Eightmile River Watershed Biodiversity Report, commissioned by the National Park Service and the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Study Committee.  Co-investigator in 2005-2007 rare plant and natural community survey for private landowner of 600+ ac in Alford and West Stockbridge, MA; 5 new State-listed and 3 Watch-list species documented.  In 2005, as subcontractor to The Maguire Group (consultant to CONN-DOT), classified and described vegetation and natural communities, and performed avian point counts along 15 avian survey transects (14 cumulative miles) in the proposed Rte. 11 corridor in Salem, East Lyme, Montville, and Waterford, CT; ancillary to main tasks, new occurrences of 1 Federally-Threatened and 4 State-listed plants were documented.  Co-investigator in 2004 survey to rediscover a State-historic plant in Greenfield, Massachusetts, funded by a Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program’s Small Research Grant; occurrences of 5 State-listed and 4 Watch-list species documented.  In 2003 and 2004, botanical consultant to Northwest Conservation District and King’s

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7/96 – 1/05

Mark Environmental Review Team, in review of large proposed golf coursesubdivision project in Norfolk, CT; 5 new State-rare species occurrences documented.

Survey, 2003-2006, of the 62-mi2 Eightmile River watershed in Middlesex and New London Counties, CT, for rare plants and significant natural communities, commissioned by the National Park Service and the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Study Committee; 35 new rare species occurrences (more than doubling number of know extant occurrences) and 101 priority natural community occurrences were documented; results delivered as digital GIS product.

Farmington River Watershed Association’s 2002 Farmington River Biodiversity Project: 7-month inventory of rare plants and priority natural communities in 7-town (214 mi2) study area in the lower Farmington River watershed; approx. 100 new rare species populations documented, tripling number of known extant occurrences, and 160 priority natural community occurrences documented.

Inventory, 2000-2007, of nine parcels in western Connecticut ranging from 60 to 400 acres, in technical support of applications for State Open Space Acquisition Grants by local and national land preservation groups, including Trust For Public Land, Roxbury Land Trust, Sharon Land Trust, Cornwall Land Trust, and Southbury Land Trust.

Contract Inventory Botanist/Ecologist for Connecticut Natural Diversity Data Base, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: Scope of services:  Survey for and documentation of State-listed vascular plants. Highlights of this work: rediscovery of 19 State-Historic taxa; ~390 new populations and unmapped historic sites discovered/rediscovered; first state records for 2 native species; and first state records for several non-native species.  Vegetation reconnaissance and collection of relevé data from plant communities of special conservation significance; data used in development of state and national vegetation classifications.  Rare plant inventory and classification and digital (GIS) mapping of the vegetation of the 2000-acre Canaan Mountain Natural Area Preserve in North Canaan and Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.  Rare plant inventory, classification and mapping of the vegetation of 570-acre Kitchel Natural Area Preserve in Colebrook, Litchfield Co., CT.  Rare plant inventory, classification and mapping of the vegetation of Pachaug Great Meadow and Mount Misery Natural Area Preserves (cumulatively 626 acres) in Voluntown, New London Co., CT.  Classification and digital (GIS) mapping of the vegetation of 280-ac Matianuck Natural Area Preserve, in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.  Assistance with environmental review, periodic reevaluation of state ranks and legal status of species in state, training of interns, coordination with The Nature Conservancy and other NGOs.

2/94 – 7/96

Ecologist: Virginia’s Natural Heritage Program (VA Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage): Key responsibilities:  Together with the Division’s other two ecologists, development of vegetation classifications of study areas in Virginia’s mountain provinces and in the southeastern coastal plain, via the collection and analysis of relevé data using the Braun-Blanquet tabular comparison approach. Project leader responsibility for:  an intensive vegetation survey of a 4000-ha study area in the George Washington National Forest in the Ridge and Valley Province. Tasks included collection and analysis of 50+ relevés, classification and mapping of the vegetation at the Land Type Phase level, and production of accompanying report for U.S.D.A. Forest Service contract  Nature Conservancy contract calling for collection/assemblage of relevés from Virginia’s pitch pine-scrub oak woodland and related vegetation. Tasks included collection of new relevés, a Braun-Blanquet analysis and classification of these and existing relevés, and production of a report.  Analysis of relevé data and other community data to advance Virginia state vegetation classification.  Inventory for and collection of relevés and other documentation from Virginia’s globally rare, state-rare, and exemplary natural communities, both in fulfillment of contracts with the Jefferson National Forest, Dept. of Defense, and NASA, and de novo inventory.  Technical assistance, including advice and collection of relevé data, to natural area preserve stewardship section in development of resource management plans  Technical assistance, including project review, to the environmental review section.

6/93 - 1/94

Independent Consulting Field Ecologist, doing business as Western Highlands Consulting, Woodbury, Connecticut.

Key Projects:  Contract work for CT-DEP-Natural Diversity Data Base: performing field surveys to locate and characterize occurrences of RTE plant species; collecting relevé data from Atlantic White Cedar swamp and calcareous fens for use in development of state and national vegetation classifications  Sampling and identification of stream macro-invertebrates, using RBP III and other protocols, as subcontractor to several environmental consulting firms.  Survey, characterization, and mapping of vegetation and habitats for several clients in support of land use permit applications, e.g. wetlands permit applications, Superfund clean-up plans.

1/91 - 6/93

Environmental Analyst (Biological): Office of Long Island Sound Programs (OLISP), Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Key responsibilities:  investigation of violations of State Tidal Wetlands Act and Structures, Dredging, and Fill Statutes, using botanical/ecological expertise and aerial photo interpretive skills to determine jurisdictional boundaries, identify violations, determine degree of environmental harm and make recommendations to the Commissioner for appropriate site remediation requirements

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negotiation of consent orders with violators of Tidal Wetlands and Structures & Dredging Acts provide testimony at enforcement hearings and trials documentation of State-listed species occurrences technical assistance within my areas of expertise to OLISP Permitting and Coastal Programs sub-offices, other DEP bureaus and State agencies, municipalities, and private entities coordination of the Long Island Sound Clean Water Account Research Fund review and evaluation of site remediation and restoration plans review and processing of applications for Structures & Dredging and Tidal Wetlands permits.

Consulting Field Biologist/Ecologist, Stereo-photogrammetrist, and Seller of Maps, doing business as Western Highlands Consulting, Woodbury, Connecticut. Field biology/ecology component less than ½ time until about 12/87, full-time thereafter.

Representative projects:  Survey and mapping of occurrences of RTE plant species and critical habitats in and near the proposed right-of-way for the Iroquois Gas Transmission System Ltd. 24" natural gas pipeline: surveyed the entire CT portion and part of the NY portion, a total of approximately 700 acres and 55 linear miles. Also provided botanical support for the delineation of Federal Jurisdictional Wetlands. 3/90-6/91.  Sampling, identification, and analysis of freshwater aquatic macro-invertebrate communities, using RBP III and other protocols, as subcontractor to The Ecological Consulting Services (EcoS), East Haven (now Hamden), CT.  Performed multi-season bird and wildlife inventories, vegetation inventories and habitat/plant community maps, water quality assessments of streams, ponds, and lakes, delineation of Federal Jurisdictional Wetlands, delineation of watercourses, and site design evaluations, working as subcontractor to EcoS on a number of residential and commercial development projects seeking permits in Colchester, Fairfield, Marlborough, Glastonbury, Westport, West Hartford, East Lyme, Stamford, Cromwell, and Rocky Hill, Connecticut. 9/85-3/90.  Produced an evaluation of construction-related sedimentation impacts and a wetland restoration plan for a 5-acre inland wetland on the site of the Mall at Buckland Hills, Manchester, CT, 8/89-8/90. Client: Fuss & O’Neill, Inc., Manchester, CT.  Performed a biological/ecological inventory of a large seasonal pond, provided site design recommendations, and testified before the Glastonbury Conservation Commission on behalf of The Balf Co., Newington, CT, in support of their application for a town mining/excavation permit, 4/89-2/90. Client: Fuss & O’Neill, Inc.  Planning and installation of a number of interpretive nature trails on Girl Scouts of America properties, 4/84-5/90.  Provided technical support to a citizen’s group opposing a proposed 19-lot subdivision in Brooklyn, CT, in the form of application review and testimony before the local zoning commission on biological issues, 11/89.

SPECIAL PROJECTS Partner in research funded in part by The Nature Conservancy into changes in vegetation due to beaver activity at Beckley Bog, Norfolk, CT, 5/87-7/90.

EDUCATION 1986

1983

B.S. Chemistry with concentration in Biology, Charter Oak College, based on course work completed at Middlesex Community College, University of Connecticut, and Central Connecticut State University.

A.S. Environmental Science, Middlesex Community College.

Post-graduate course work: 2005 2005 2002

1996 1996 1995 1993 1993 1992 1991 1989 1987

Isoetes Identification – 1.5-day identification and ecology workshop, Delta Institute of Natural History, Bowdoin, ME. Instructor: Carl Lewis.

Dryopteris and its Hybrids – 1.5-day identification workshop, Delta Institute of Natural History, Bowdoin, ME. Instructor: James D. Montgomery.

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Southern New England – 1-day workshop, Center for Conservation & Biodiversity, University of Connecticut. Instructors: Dave Wagner, Mike Thomas.

Carex section Ovales Identification Workshop – 2-day course, University of Connecticut and Connecticut Museum of Natural History. Intructor: Dr. Anton Reznicek.

Sphagnum Identification Workshop – 2-day course, University of Connecticut and Connecticut Museum of Natural History. Instructor: Dr. Anton Damman.

Prescribed Burn Crew Training Workshop – 2 day workshop, certificate, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage.

Field Methods in Ecology (EEB 452) - graduate level, 2 credits, University of Connecticut. Instructor: Dr. Anton Damman. Grade: A. Soils (PLSC 250) - undergraduate level, 3 credits, University of Connecticut. Grade: A. Sedge Identification and Ecology – 1-week workshop, certificate, Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Station, Steuben, ME. Instructor: Dr. Anton Reznicek.

Wetland Evaluation Technique (W.E.T. III) – 32-hour training seminar, certificate, National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Administration.

Delineation of Federal Jurisdictional Wetlands - training seminar, certificate, The National Wetland Science Training Cooperative.

Geomorphology - graduate level, 3 credits, University of New Haven.

Grade: A.

PRESENTATIONS Moorhead, W.H. “Old Growth Forests of Peters Mountain, Alleghany County, Virginia.”

Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 23-26, 1995, VMI, Lexington, VA.

REPRESENTATIVE TECHNICAL REPORTS Moorhead, W.H. III. 2010. A Survey for Rare Plants at Aton Forest: Results of Moorhead Field Surveys 2005-2010. 31 pp. plus appendices, including digital GIS products.

Moorhead, W.H. III, C. Chadwick, S. Prisloe, J. Barrett, and N.E. Barrett. 2009. The Vegetation Mosaic of Ragged Rock Creek Tidal Marsh, Connecticut River, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. A final report to Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut. A Long Island Sound License Plate Research Fund project. 39 pp. plus appendices, including digital GIS products.

Moorhead, W.H. III. 2006. Eightmile River Watershed Biodiversity Report. Prepared for the Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Study Committee. 138 pp. plus digital GIS product.

Moorhead, W.H. III. 2005. Pachaug Great Meadow Natural Area Preserve and Mount Misery Brook â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rhododendron Sanctuary Natural Area Preserve, Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut: A Survey of Rare Vascular Plant Species and Provisional Classification and Mapping of Vegetation and Natural Communities. 69 pp. plus appendices, including digital GIS products.

Moorhead, W.H. III. 2004. Final Summary Report of Eightmile River Watershed Rare Plant and Community Survey, 19 Jun â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 27 Oct 2003. 19 pp. plus appendices, including digital GIS products.

Moorhead, W.H. III. 2004. Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Area Preserve, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut: Provisional Classification and Mapping of Vegetation and Natural Communities. 23 pp. plus appendices, including digital GIS products.

Moorhead, W.H. III. 2003. Farmington River Watershed Association 2002 Biodiversity Project.

Rare Plant and Natural Community Inventory. Summary Report. 22 pp. plus Moorhead, W.H. III. 2001. Kitchel Natural Area Preserve, Litchfield County, Connecticut. A survey of rare vascular plant species and significant natural communities and provisional classification and mapping of vegetation and natural communities. 69 pp. plus appendices.

Moorhead, W.H. III. 2000. Canaan Mountain Natural Area Preserve, Litchfield County, Connecticut: a survey of rare vascular plant species and significant natural communities, and provisional mapping of vegetation and natural communities. Unpublished report submitted to the Connecticut Natural Diversity Data Base, Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection. 128 pp. plus appendices.

Fleming, G.P. and W.H. Moorhead III. 1998. Comparative wetlands ecology study of the Great Dismal Swamp, Northwest River, and North Landing River in Virginia. Natural Heritage Tech.

Rep. 98-9, VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Div. of Natural Heritage, Richmond.

Unpublished report submitted to the U.S. EPA. 181 pp. plus appendices Fleming, G.P. and W.H. Moorhead III. 2000. Plant communities and ecological land units of the

Peters Mountain area, James River Ranger District, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Virginia. Natural Heritage Tech. Rep. 00-07, VA Dept. of VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Div. of Natural Heritage, Richmond. Unpublished report submitted to the USDA Forest Service. 195 pp. plus appendices Fleming, G.P. and W.H. Moorhead III. 1996. Ecological land units of the Laurel Fork area, Highland County, Virginia. Natural Heritage Tech. Rep. 96-08, VA Dept. of VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Div. of Natural Heritage, Richmond. Unpublished report submitted to the USDA Forest Service. 114 pp. plus appendices Belden, A. Jr. and W.H. Moorhead III. 1996. A Natural Heritage Inventory of the Clinch Ranger District III, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Virginia. Natural Heritage Tech.

Rep. 96-10, VA Dept. of VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Div. of Natural Heritage, Richmond. Unpublished report submitted to the USDA Forest Service. 106 pp. plus appendix.

Ludwig, J.C., W.H. Moorhead, and A. Belden. 1995. A Natural Heritage Inventory of the Clinch Ranger District II, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. Natural Heritage Tech.

Report 95-3. Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage.

Unpuplished report submitted to the USDA Forest Service. 66 pp. plus appendices.

Hobson, C.S., D.J. Stevenson, and W.H. Moorhead. 1995. A Natural Heritage Inventory of the Polecat Creek Watershed, Caroline County, Virginia and Preliminary Results of a MarkRecapture Study of Elliptio complanata. Natural Heritage Tech. Report 95-12. Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage. Unpuplished report submitted to the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department. 60 pp. plus appendices.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Moorhead, W. H. III and E. J. Farnsworth. 2004. Floerkea proserpinacoides Willd. (False mermaid-weed) Conservation and Research Plan for New England. New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. 76 pp.

Van Alstine, N.E., W.H. Moorhead, III, Allen Belden, Jr., T.J. Rawinski, and J.C. Ludwig. 1996.

Recently discovered populations of small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) in Virginia.

Banisteria 7:3-10.

AFFILIATIONS Josselyn Botanical Society, 2010 - present (member) New England Plant Conservation Program (NEPCoP), CT Task Force, 1996 – present (member) Aton Forest, Inc. Research Committee, 2009 – present (board member) Board of Directors, CT Chapter, The American Chestnut Foundation, 2009 - present (board member) Flora Novae Angliae Advisory Committee, 2005 – present (committee member) Flora Conservanda Update Committee, 2008 – present (committee member) New England Botanical Club, 1999 – present (member).

Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, 1997 – present (member).

Torrey Botanical Society, 2001 – present (member).

Natural Areas Association, 1996 – 2002 (member).

North American Benthological Society, 1989 – 1993 (member).

The Wildlife Society, 1990 – 1993 (member).

References and samples of previous work furnished upon request