Appalachian National Scenic Trail Rare Plant Monitoring Protocol : 2015 Revision
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Resource ID
1091
Access
Open
Contributed by
Appalachian Trail Museum Library
Date
April 2015
Tags - Places
Entire Trail
Tags - Natural World
Flower, Tree
Document Types
Federal, Report
Document Extract
This protocol sets forth the following specific monitoring objectives to achieve the goals of the APPA Rare Plant Monitoring Program for selected occurrences:
• Determine long-term trends at rare plant occurrences, including variability in number of individuals and life-stage distribution.
• Identify threats to occurrences of rare plant species.
This program focuses monitoring efforts on occurrences of rare plants within the APPA corridor, a ribbon on the landscape that is generally about 500 feet on either side of the Trail, and any adjacent land acquired by the APPA. Since it is not possible to monitor all 2,118 species and community occurrences that have been documented within this region, plant species occurrences are selected for monitoring using a prioritization method developed by the APPA Environmental Monitoring Coordinator.