Distribution of Helianthus paradoxus (Asteraceae) and Agalinis calycina (Orobanchaceae) on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Authors

  • William P. Johnson U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Jeffrey S. Beauchamp Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1268

Keywords:

Agalinis calycina, Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Helianthus paradoxus, Leoncita false-foxglove, New Mexico, Pecos sunflower

Abstract

Helianthus paradoxus (Asteraceae) is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), and Agalinis calycina (Orobanchaceae) is currently being considered for listing under the ESA. We surveyed H. paradoxus in 2018 and A. calycina from 2018 to 2020 in order to document their distribution and abundance on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge (BLNWR), New Mexico. In 2018, H. paradoxus coverage was estimated to total 41.32 ha, with approximately 12,691,116 plants, and A. calycina coverage was estimated to total 1.45 ha, with approximately 107,338 plants. Approximately 0.56 ha of A. calycina coverage, totaling about 105,073 plants, fell in areas also mapped as H. paradoxus polygons. This accounted for about 39% of the A. calycina area in 2018. No A. calycina plants were detected in 2019, and in 2020 detections were limited to individual plants. BLNWR is one of only two areas where both plants occur, but A. calycina has a far more restricted distribution on BLNWR than H. paradoxus, occurring only in wetland management units. As with prior surveys, A. calycina abundance is highly variable from year-to-year. Periodic comprehensive surveys (once every 5 years) are needed in order to access status and trends. Further, we suggest that an index be developed that can characterize germination and establishment conditions for A. calycina into good, average, and poor conditions in order to meaningfully assess long-term trends.

References

CANTU DE LEIJA, A. 2021. Effects of wetland management and associated abiotic factors on rare plant communities of spring-fed arid wetlands. Master’s Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A. Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/5407/. Accessed May 2022.
CANTU DE LEIJA, A., S.L. KING, & T.S. HAWKINS. 2022. Seed germination responses to salinity for three rare wetland plants of spring-fed arid systems. J. Arid Environm. 199:104705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104705.
EMNRD. 2021. State endangered plant list. Forestry Division, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/rare-plants/state-rare-plant-list/. Accessed May 2022.
ESRI. 2019a. ArcGIS Field Maps, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri), Redlands, California, U.S.A. https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/collector-for-arcgis. Accessed May 2022
ESRI. 2019b. ArcGIS online, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri), Redlands, California, U.S.A. https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-online/overview. Accessed May 2022.
ESRI. 2019c. ArcGIS Desktop, Version 10.7.1. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri). U.S.A. https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-desktop/overview. Accessed May 2022.
FEDERAL REGISTER. 1999. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of threatened status for the plant Helianthus paradoxus (Pecos sunflower). Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AE88. Vol. 64(202):56582-56590. (Oct 20, 1999) Available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-10-20/pdf/99-27186.pdf#page=2. Accessed May 2022.
FEDERAL REGISTER. 2016. 90-day finding on petition - Leoncita false-foxglove. Fish and Wildlife Service. 50 CFR Part 17, FR Doc No: 2016-05699. Vol. 81(51):14058-14072. (Mar 16, 2016) Available at: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FWS-R2-ES-2016-0016-0001. Accessed May 2022.
FREDRICKSON, L.H. & T.S. TAYLOR. 1982. Management of seasonally flooded impoundments for wildlife. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Resource Publication 148. Available at: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA323232.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
GALLO, K. 2013. Inventory of spring ecosystems at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico: physical and biological characteristics. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/CHDN/ NRTR—2012/817, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. Available at: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2204597. Accessed May 2022
GRIFFITH, G.E., J.M. OMERNIK, M.M. MCGRAW, G.Z. JACOBI, C.M. CANAVAN, T.S. SCHRADER, D. MERCER, R HILL, & B.C. MORAN. 2006. Summary table: characteristics of the ecoregions of New Mexico, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, U.S.A. Available at: https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregion-download-files-state-region-6#pane-29. Accessed May 2022.
GRUNSTRA, M. & O.W. VAN AUKEN. 2007. Using GIS to display complex soil salinity patterns in an inland salt marsh. In: D. Sarkar et al., eds., Dev. Environm. Sci. 5:407–431. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-8177(07)05019-X
LAND, L. 2005. Evaluation of groundwater residence time in a karstic aquifer using environmental tracers: Roswell Artesian Basin, New Mexico. In: B.F. Beck, ed. Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. Geotechnical Special Publication Number 144, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia, U.S.A. Pp 432–440. https://doi.org/10.1061/40796(177)46.
LAND, L. & G.F. HUFF. 2008. Multi-tracer investigation of groundwater residence time in a karstic aquifer: Bitter Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. Hydrogeol. J. 18:445–472.
NMDGF. 2020. Threatened and endangered species of New Mexico. 2020 Biennial Review. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at: https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/download/conservation/threatened-endangered-species/biennial-reviews/2020-Biennial-Review.pdf. Accessed May 2022
NOAA. 2022. National Weather Service, NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data, Roswell Area, New Mexico (monthly summarized data). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Available at: https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=abq. Accessed May 2022.
NOWAK, M.M., K. DZIÓB, ?. LUDWISIAK, & J. CHMIEL. 2020. Mobile GIS applications for environmental field surveys: a state of the art. Global Ecol. Conserv. 23:e01089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01089.
PETERSON, R.S. 2000. New plant distribution records: Agalinis calycina. New Mexico Botanist Newslett. 15:7. Available at: https://floraneomexicana.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/15.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
RAMSAR.ORG. 2010. Ramsar Sites Information Service, Roswell Artesian Wetlands. Available at https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1917. Accessed May 2022.
ROTH, D. 2020. Pecos sunflower (Helianthus paradoxus), 2013–2020 monitoring report, Blue Hole Ciénega Nature Preserve, Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at: https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/PecosSunflowerMonitoringReport2020_000.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
ROTH, D. 2019. Leoncita false-foxglove (Agalinis calycina) status report 2019. Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/S6_AGACAL_2019.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
SIVINSKI, R.C. 2011. Agalinis calicyna (Leoncita false-foxglove): a conservation status assessment, 2011 ESA Section 6 Progress Report, New Mexico Forestry Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/Agaliniscalycina.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
SIVINSKI, R. & P. TONNE. 2011. Survey and assessment of aridland spring ciénegas in the Southwest Region. ESA Section 6 Report: New Mexico Forestry Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A; and, New Mexico and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/SWCienegaSurvey2.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
USFWS. 2005. Pecos sunflower Recovery Plan. Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at: https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/050915.pdf. Accessed May 2022.
USFWS. 1998. Bitter Lake National Wildlife refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Edit/145864. Accessed May 2022.
VAN AUKEN, O.W. & J.K. BUSH. 1995. Factors affecting the growth and distribution of Helianthus paradoxus. Performance Report for Section 6 Grant No. E-1-7, Project No. 60, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Available at: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/142548. Accessed May 2022.
VAN AUKEN, O.W. & J.K. BUSH. 1998. Spatial relationships of Helianthus paradoxus (Compositae) and associated salt marsh plants. Southwest. Nat. 43:313–320.
VAN AUKEN, O.W., M. GRUNSTRA, & S.C. BROWN. 2007. Composition and structure of a West Texas salt marsh. Madroño 54:138–147. https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637(2007)54[138:CASOAW]2.0.CO;2.
WARRICK, G.L. & P. LINNELL. 1999. 1999 Pecos puzzle sunflower survey. Technical Memorandum. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/44807. Accessed May 2022.
WELLS, J.C. 1998. Pecos sunflower distribution. Technical Memorandum. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A. Available at: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/44607. Accessed May 2022.

Downloads

Published

2022-11-29

How to Cite

Johnson, W. P., & Beauchamp, J. S. (2022). Distribution of Helianthus paradoxus (Asteraceae) and Agalinis calycina (Orobanchaceae) on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 16(2), 573–584. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1268