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Location Description: County or Counties in which the Element Occurrence was documented followed by Township, Range, and Section
<br />information (not listed in any particular order). Each unique Township, Range, and Section combination is separated by a comma. In some
<br />cases, there are too many Township, Range, and Section combinations to list in the field, in which case, the information will be replaced
<br />with, "Legal description is too lengthy to fit in allotted space".
<br />_M_
<br />Managed Area(s): Name of the federally, state, locally, or privately managed park, forest, refuge, preserve, etc., containing the occurrence,
<br />if any. If this field is blank, the element probably occurs on private land. If "(Statutory Boundary)" occurs after the name of a managed
<br />area, the location may be a private inholding within the statutory boundary of a state forest or park.
<br />MN Status: [Minnesota Status]. Legal status of plant and animal species under the Minnesota Endangered Species Law: END =
<br />endangered; THR = threatened; SPC = special concern; NON = tracked, but no legal status. Native plant communities, geological features,
<br />and colonial waterbird nesting sites do not have any legal status under the Endangered Species Law and are represented by a N/A.
<br />-N-
<br />NPC Classification (vl .5): Native plant community name in Minnesota's Native Vegetation: A Key to Natural Communities (Version 1.5).
<br />This earlier classification has been replaced by Minnesota's Native Plant Community Classification (Version 2.0).
<br />-O-
<br />Observed Area: The total area of the Element Occurrence, in acres, which is measured or estimated during fieldwork. If null, the value has
<br />not been determined.
<br />Ownership Type: Indicates whether the land on which the Element Occurrence was located was publicly or privately owned; for publicly
<br />owned land, the agency with management responsibility is listed, if known.
<br />_S_
<br />Site Name: The name of the site(s) where the Element Occurrence is located. Sites are natural areas of land with boundaries determined and
<br />mapped according to biological and ecological considerations.
<br />Survey Site #/Name: The name of the survey site, if applicable, where the Element Occurrence is located. Survey sites are sites that provide
<br />a geographic framework for recording and storing data, but their boundaries are not based on biological and ecological considerations.
<br />Minnesota County Biological Survey site numbers, if applicable, are also listed in this field.
<br />Survey Type: Information on the type of survey used to collect information on the Element Occurrence.
<br />Surveyor(s): Name(s) of the person(s) that collected survey information on the Element Occurrence.
<br />State Rank: Rank that best characterizes the relative rarity or endangerment of the taxon or plant community in Minnesota. The ranks do
<br />not represent a legal status. They are used by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to set priorities for research, inventory and
<br />conservation planning. The state ranks are updated as inventory information becomes available. S 1 = Critically imperiled in Minnesota
<br />because of extreme rarity or because of some factor(s) making it especially vulnerable to extirpation from the state. S2 = Imperiled in
<br />Minnesota because of rarity or because of some factor(s) making it very vulnerable to extirpation from the state. S3 = Vulnerable in
<br />Minnesota either because rare or uncommon, or found in a restricted range, or because of other factors making it vulnerable to extirpation.
<br />S4 = Apparently secure in Minnesota, usually widespread. S5 = Demonstrably secure in Minnesota, essentially ineradicable under present
<br />conditions. SH = Of historical occurrence in the state, perhaps having not been verified in the past 20 years, but suspected to be still extant.
<br />An element would become SH without the 20 -year delay if the only known occurrences in the state were destroyed or if it had been
<br />extensively and unsuccessfully looked for. SNR = Rank not yet assessed. SU = Unable to rank. SX = Presumed extinct in Minnesota. SNA
<br />= Rank not applicable. S#S# = Range Rank: a numeric range rank (e.g., S2S3) is used to indicate the range of uncertainty about the exact
<br />status of the element. S#B, S#N = Used only for migratory animals, whereby B refers to the breeding population of the element in
<br />Minnesota and N refers to the non -breeding population of the element in Minnesota.
<br />_V_
<br />Vegetation Plot: Code(s) for any vegetation plot data that have been collected within this Element Occurrence (i.e., either Releve Number
<br />or the word "RELEVE" indicates that a releve has been collected).
<br />* Element Occurrence — an area of land and/or water in which an Element (i.e., a rare species or community) is, or was, present, and which
<br />has practical conservation value for the Element as evidenced by potential continued (or historical) presence and/or regular recurrence at a
<br />given location. Specifications for each species determine whether multiple observations should be considered 1 Element Occurrence or 2,
<br />based on minimum separation distance and barriers to movement.
<br />Data Security
<br />Locations of some rare features must be treated as sensitive information because widespread knowledge of these locations could result in harm to the rare features. For
<br />example, wildflowers such as orchids and economically valuable plants such as ginseng are vulnerable to exploitation by collectors; other species, such as bald eagles, are
<br />sensitive to disturbance by observers. For this reason, we prefer that publications not identify the precise locations of vulnerable species. We suggest describing the location
<br />only to the nearest section. If this is not acceptable for your purposes, please call and discuss this issue with the Natural Heritage Review Coordinator at 651- 259-5109.
<br />Revised 9/2010
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