Tall Bugbane (Actaea elata): recovery strategy 2017 [Final version]

Official title: Recovery Strategy for the Tall Bugbane (Actaea elata) in Canada - 2017

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• Part 2

Species at Risk Act
Recovery Strategy Series

Adopted under Section 44 of SARA

Part 1 - Table of contents

• Part 1 - Federal Addition to the Recovery Plan for the Tall Bugbane (Actaea elata var. elata) in British Columbia, prepared by Environment and Climage Change Canada.
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Additions and modifications to the adopted document
  • 1. Critical habitat
    • 1.1 Identification of the species' critical habitat
    • 1.2 Schedule of studies to identify critical habitat
    • 1.3 Activities likely to result in destruction of critical habitat
  • 2. Statement on action plans
  • 3. Effects on the environment and other species
  • 4. References

  List of figures

  • Figure 1. Critical habitat for Tall Bugbane in Canada is represented by the yellow shaded polygons (units) where the criteria and methodology set out in Section 1.1 are met. The detailed polygons show the area within which critical habitat is found at North Vedder Mountain (Population #1; 577.2 ha). The 1 km x 1 km UTM grid overlay (red outline) shown on this figure is part of a standardized national grid system used to indicate the general geographic area within which critical habitat is found in Canada. Areas outside of the shaded yellow polygons do not contain critical habitat.
  • Figure 2. Critical habitat for Tall Bugbane in Canada is represented by the yellow shaded polygons (units) where the criteria and methodology set out in Section 1.1 are met. The detailed polygons show the area within which critical habitat is found at South Vedder Mountain (Population #2; 160.3 ha). The 1 km x 1 km UTM grid overlay (red outline) shown on this figure is part of a standardized national grid system used to indicate the general geographic area within which critical habitat is found in Canada. Areas outside of the shaded yellow polygons do not contain critical habitat.
  • Figure 3. Critical habitat for Tall Bugbane in Canada is represented by the yellow shaded polygons (units) where the criteria and methodology set out in Section 1.1 are met. The detailed polygons show the area within which critical habitat is found at Upper Tamihi (Population #3; 19.6 ha) and Elk Mountain (Population #5; 291.6 ha). The 1 km x 1 km UTM grid overlay (red outline) shown on this figure is part of a standardized national grid system used to indicate the general geographic area within which critical habitat is found in Canada. Areas outside of the shaded yellow polygons do not contain critical habitat.
  • Figure 4. Critical habitat for Tall Bugbane in Canada is represented by the yellow shaded polygons (units) where the criteria and methodology set out in Section 1.1 are met. The detailed polygons show the area within which critical habitat is found at Chipmunk Creek (Population #4; 19.6 ha). The 1 km x 1 km UTM grid overlay (red outline) shown on this figure is part of a standardized national grid system used to indicate the general geographic area within which critical habitat is found in Canada. Areas outside of the shaded yellow polygons do not contain critical habitat.
  • Figure 5. Critical habitat for Tall Bugbane in Canada is represented by the yellow shaded polygons (units) where the criteria and methodology set out in Section 1.1 are met. The detailed polygons show the area within which critical habitat is found at Mount Thom (Population #6; 39.7 ha) and Opsee (Population #7; 196.7 ha). The 1 km x 1 km UTM grid overlay (red outline) shown on this figure is part of a standardized national grid system used to indicate the general geographic area within which critical habitat is found in Canada. Areas outside of the shaded yellow polygons do not contain critical habitat.

  List of tables

  • Table 1. Schedule of studies to identify critical habitat for Tall Bugbane.
  • Table 2. Examples of activities likely to result in destruction of critical habitat for Tall Bugbane in Canada. IUCN Threat numbers are in accordance with the IUCN-CMP (World Conservation Union–Conservation Measures Partnership) unified threats classification system (CMP 2010).

Part 2 - Table of contents

• Part 2 - Recovery Plan for the Tall Bugbane (Actaea elata var. elata) in British Columbia, prepared by the Tall Bugbane Recovery Team for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment.
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Recovery team members
  • Executive summary
  • Recovery feasibility summary
  • 1 COSEWIC species assessment information
  • 2 Species status information
  • 3 Species information
    • 3.1 Species description
    • 3.2 Populations and distribution
    • 3.3 Needs of the Tall Bugbane
      • 3.3.1 Habitat and biological needs
      • 3.3.2 Biology
    • 3.4 Limiting factors
  • 4 Threats
    • 4.1 Threat assessment
    • 4.2 Description of threats
  • 5 Recovery goal and objectives
    • 5.1 Recovery (population and distribution) goal
    • 5.2 Rationale for the recovery (population and distribution) goal
    • 5.3 Recovery objectives
  • 6 Approaches to meet objectives
    • 6.1 Actions already completed or underway
    • 6.2 Recovery planning table
    • 6.3 Narrative to support recovery planning table
  • 7 Information on habitat needed to meet recovery goal
    • 7.1 Description of the species' survival and recovery habitat
      • 7.1.1 Biophysical attributes of survival and recovery habitat
      • 7.1.2 Description of survival habitat
      • 7.1.3 Description of recovery habitat
      • 7.1.4 Geospatial description of survival and recovery habitat
      • 7.1.5 Human activities to mitigate and avoid in Tall Bugbane habitat
  • 8 Measuring progress
  • 9 Effects on other species
  • 10 References
  • Appendix 1. Predictive habitat mapping and modeling
  • Appendix 2. Survival habitat polygons for Tall Bugbane
  • Appendix 3. Best management practices for Tall Bugbane habitat

List of tables

• Table 1. Summary of tall bugbane sites in British Columbia as of March 2013
• Table 2. Threat classification table for tall bugbane in British Columbia
• Table 3. Existing provisions for habitat protection for tall bugbane
• Table 4. Recovery planning table for tall bugbane

List of figures

• Figure 1. Tall bugbane characteristics. The maple-like leaves of tall bugbane have hairs on the underside and on the bulbous stem joint
• Figure 2. Global distribution of tall bugbane
• Figure 3. Distribution of tall bugbane in British Columbia, data current to March 2013
• Figure 4. Tall bugbane plant upslope from a road
• Figure 5. Survival and recovery habitat for tall bugbane
• Figure 6. Predictive habitat mapping for tall bugbane
• Figure 7. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at North Vedder Mountain, B.C
• Figure 8. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at South Vedder Mountain, B.C
• Figure 9. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at Upper Tamihi, B.C
• Figure 10. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at Chipmunk Creek, B.C
• Figure 11. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at Elk Mountain, B.C
• Figure 12. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at Mount Thom, B.C
• Figure 13. Area within which survival habitat for tall bugbane is found at Opsee, B.C