Heartland Restoration Services - Midwestern Native Seed Nursery

WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS CATEGORIES

INDICATOR CODE	WETLAND STATUS
OBL	Almost always occurs in wetlands (estimated probability > 99%) under natural conditions.
FACW	Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability > 67-99%) under natural conditions.
FAC	Equally likely to occur in wetlands (estimated probability 34-66%) and non-wetlands.
FACU	Usually occur in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1-33%).
UPL	Occur almost always (estimated probability > 99%) in non-wetlands under natural conditions.
NI	No indicator; insufficient information was available to determine an indicator status.
A positive sign (+) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates the species is more likely to be found in wetlands than is indicated by the indicator code alone. A negative sign (-) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates the species is less frequently found in wetlands than indicated by the indicator code alone. A question mark (?) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates a tentative assignment of an indicator based on botanical literature only. An asterisk (*) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates a tentative assignment based on limited information. Brackets [] used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates the species is not listed in the 1988 National List.

COEFFICIENT OF CONSERVATISM

Each native plant species has been given a Coefficient of Conservatism (C value) ranging from 0-10 that rate their floristic integrity and rate their priority for conservation. When these values are collected for all of the native species in a plant community in a Floristic Quality Assessment, the resultant values are used to provide a determine the conceptual category of integrity. A floristic quality assessment is commonly used to identify natural areas, facilitate comparisons among different plant communities, long-term monitoring of the quality of remanant natural areas, monitoring of habitat restoration.

An asterisk (*) indicates the plant is considered to be INTRODUCED and not a native plant of that particular state.

Mean C values range from 0 (lowest quality) to 10 (highest quality). A plant community receiving a mean C value of 2 reflects a highly degraded plant community. A plant community receiving a mean C value of 5 reflects an area of high natural quality.

Division	Magnoliophyta	Family	Fabaceae
Bloom Color	Purple	Bloom Period	June - July
Sunlight Exposure	Full Sun	Soil Moisture	Dry
Plant Height		Plant Spread

Native Seed Mixes	DP1

Wetland Indicator Region	Indicator Status	State	Coefficient of Conservatism
Region 1	[UPL]	IN	9
Region 3	[UPL]	MI	8
		MN	NL
		OH	NL


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