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Endangered
Species Poster
NYS Biodiversity Lab Extension
Gary Carlin
[email protected]
November, 2007
Endangered Species …
• Are determined by the U. S. Department of
the Interior to be in danger of extinction
throughout all or a significant portion of their
range, as defined in the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, and as amended.
• Are determined by the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) to be in imminent danger of
extinction or extirpation in New York State,
or are federally listed as endangered.
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Threatened Species …
• are determined by the U. S. Department of the
Interior as likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a significant
portion of their range, as defined in the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, and as
amended. All such species are fully protected.
• are determined by the DEC as likely to become
endangered within the foreseeable future in New
York State, or are federally listed as threatened.
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Sandplain gerardia
(Agalinis acuta)
Federal Status:
Endangered
The only Federally
Endangered plant
species in New York
State.
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Common Names
• Sandplain agalinis
• Sandplain false foxglove
• Sandplain gerardia
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Species Classification
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Classification:Agalinis acuta
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Scrophulariales
Family Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus Agalinis Raf. – false foxglove
Species Agalinis acuta – sandplain false foxglove
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Sandplain gerardia
Agalinis acuta
is a slender,
yellow-green
herbaceous
annual, growing
with few branches
up to 20 - 40 cm
(7.8 - 15.6 in) tall.
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Detailed Plant Description
• The narrow, linear leaves (2.5 cm [1 in]
long) are arrayed oppositely along the
stem.
• The pink-purple, tubular flowers are
stalked on long pedicels.
• Tiny, light brown, textured seeds are
released from oval fruits in the fall.
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The Flowers
• Appearing in late
August to early
September, its
beautiful pink or
purple flowers
bloom for only a
day.
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Fine Details
• Each blossom
has shallowlynotched petals
with two white
lines coming
together into a
white throat
marked with
purple spots.
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A Senses of Actual Size
• The flower is
usually 10-13
mm (but can be
as small as 5
mm) long.
• Seeds are 0.40.6 mm,
triangularrounded, and
straw colored.
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Interesting Information
• Late-season bloomer, August to late
September, its pollinators are bumblebees.
• Seeds disperse close to the parent plant
and germination tends to be very low .
• Seedlings of Agalinis acuta show high
mortality, leading to speculation that the
plant is a hemi-parasite that requires a host
plant in order to establish itself.
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Species Habitat
• Sandplain gerardia grows in dry, sandy
open areas of the coastal plain.
• It is primarily found in acidic, low-nutrient
soils, where many other plants that might
compete for sunlight, water, or growing
space cannot survive.
• In Maryland it grows in a rare prairie-like
habitat called a serpentine barren.
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Species Distribution
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Agalinis acuta occurs in:
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Maryland
• The species is most frequent in New York,
with six populations.
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Species Location
Six of the twelve known natural populations
can be found in coastal grassland areas on
Long Island.
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New York State Locations
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Numbers Left
• Less than fifteen (15) populations of
Agalinis acuta are known
• The largest populations, in New York and
Massachusetts, contain up to thousands of
plants.
• The global population of Agalinis acuta is
likely to be on the order of 10,000 plants.
• Because it is an annual, populations of
Agalinis acuta vary widely in numbers from
year to year.
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Population Counts
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Global Ranking
• G1
1/1/96
– Critically Imperiled
• Typically 5 or fewer
Occurrences or very few
individuals remaining
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Federal Status
• LE
9/7/1988
–Listed Endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
has enough scientific information to
warrant proposing these species for
listing as endangered or threatened
under the Endangered Species Act.
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State/Area Protection
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Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
United States
Rank Status
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
N1
E
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Date
1/1/1999
4/30/2001
11/29/2001
4/1/2001
1/1/2000
5/28/1993
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Species Threats
• Habitat conversion of coastal sandplains for residential
development
• Encroachment by invasive exotic competitors
• Suppression of fire, grazing, and other disturbances,
permitting growth of competing woody vegetation
• Mowing at inappropriate times of year
• Drought
• Trampling by people and off-road vehicles
• Herbicide use
• Pesticide use that has eradicated potential pollinators
• Possible decline of an unknown host plant
• Salt spray associated with oceanic storms and road
maintenance
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NY Management Summary
• Monitoring of Long Island populations has been
conducted by Dr. Robert Zaremba, The Nature
Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts
• The New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation completed a project with the Long
Island Chapter of The Nature Conservancy to reestablish sandplain gerardia (Agalinis acuta) to
Long Island. The efforts include replanting,
ecosystem management techniques and long term
monitoring.
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References
• 2002). New York Botanical Garden--The Virtual
Herbarium. [Searchable Web site] New York
Botanical Garden. Fordham Road Bronx, New
York.
http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwws
pecimen.searchform. Accessed: 2002.
• Jordan, Marilyn; Jacobs, Bill. (2001). Description
of management to remove two invasive species
from Hempstead Plains, NY, threatening Agalinis
acuta. The Nature Conservancy.
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/moredocs/eupcy01.
pdf. Accessed: 2002.
• Buttrick, Steve. 1990. Ecology Forum: The Weed
that Wasn't. Nature Conservancy Magazine: 2223.
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References, cont.
• Mitchell, R.S.; Sheviak, C.J. 1981. Rare
Plants of New York State. Bull. No. 445.
Albany, N.Y.: New York State Museum.
University of the State of New York. p.96.
• Mitchell, R.S.; Sheviak, C.J.; Dean, J.K.
1980. Rare and Endangered Vascular Plant
Species in New York State. Albany, New
York: State Botanist's Office, New York State
Museum. In cooperation with U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service. p.38.
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Endangered Species Project
• Everyone will be assigned an Endangered
or Threatened Species of New York State.
• You will use the world wide web to collect
information and pictures about your species.
• The Information will be processed (in your
own words), organized, and displayed on a
white (size) Poster Board.
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Beginning Your Research
• Everyone will start their project at
the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
Website.
• http://www.dec.ny.gov/
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Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC)
• Using the menu on the left-hand side of
the page, click on:
– Outdoor Recreation (new Page)
– Animal, Plants, & Aquatic Life (n P)
– Species Conservation (new Page)
– Endangered Species (new Page)
– List of Endangered, Threatened and
Special Concern Fish & Wildlife Species
of NYS
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Finding the Scientific Name
• Go to the DEC List of Endangered and
Threatened Species. They appear as 2column tables.
• Both tables (Endangered or Threatened
Lists) have the common name and the
Scientific Name.
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Finding Species Information
• The DEC Lists of Endangered and
Threatened Species have information links
for organisms names that are appear in a
blue font color.
• Click on the name of the organism (if linked)
in the Common Name Column and it will
bring you to the organism’s Fact Sheet.
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The DEC Fact Sheets
Each Fact Sheet contains the organism’s …
• Description
• Life History
• Distribution and Habitat
• Status
• Management and Research Needs
• Additional References
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Finding More Species Information
• Go to a search engine such as Google
http://www.google.com
• Type in the common name or scientific
name in the search box and click on the
“Google Search” dialogue box.
• You can add words to the organism name
such as: “description, New York, habitat,
conservation, etc…”.
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Finding More Pictures
• Go to: <http://www.google.com>
• Click on “Images”
• Type the scientific name of your organism
into the search box.
• Click on the “Google Search” dialog box.
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Information for Your 3x3 Poster
-Picture of Endangered
Species
-Common Name
-Scientific Name
-Map(s) of Species
Distribution
-General Description of
Endangered Species
-Habitat Description
-Niche Description
-Interesting Information
about the Endangered
Species.
-List of Human
Activities that have put
the Species at Risk.
-Reasons Why the
Species should be
Saved
-Things that could be
Done to Preserve the
Species
-References: Website
Addresses and Names
where information was
found.
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Poster Scoring Guide
• Brainstorm the important Criteria that
should be addressed in the poster.
– Identify those criteria that are required vs.
those that have different levels of performance
• Compact (or expand) to 4-6 major criteria.
– This will create an Analytic Rubric.
• Create a descriptor for each scoring level
(1-4) for each criteria.
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Remember …
• Posters should be as visual as possible.
• All pictures should have (clear, concise)
captions.
• The poster should “tell a story” – which
means there needs to be ORGANIZATION.
• All website materials should be
REWRITTEN (paraphrased) in your own
words – NO PLAGURISM!
• You can also draw or create your own
materials for your project board – be
creative!!!
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GOOD
LUCK
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