<br />MN ST A 111S: [Minnesota Status], Legal status of plant and animal species under the Minnesota endangered species law:
<br />END~endangered, THR ~threatened, SPC~special concern, NON= no legal status, but rare and may become listed if declines
<br />continue. This field is blank for natural communities and colonial waterbird nesting sites, which have no legal status in ..
<br />Minnesota, but are tracked by the database. .
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<br />NC Rank: [Natural Community Rank],
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<br />Occ #: [Occurrence Number]. The occurrence number, in combination with the elenient name, uniquely identifies each record,
<br />OCCURRENCE NUMBER: See "Occ #"
<br /># OF OCCURS: The number of records existent in the database for each element within the area searched,
<br />Ownershio: Indicates whether the site is publicly or privately owned; for publicly owned land, the agency with management
<br />responsibility is listed,
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<br />Precision: Precision oflocational infonnation of occurrence: C (conftrnled) = known within 1/4 mile radius, U (unconfirmed)
<br />~ known within 1/2 mile, N (non-specific) ~ known within I mile, G (general) ~ occurs within the general region, X
<br />(unmappable}=location is unmappable on USGS topographic quadrangles (often known only to the nearest county), 0
<br />(obscure/gone}=element no longer exists at the location,
<br />PS: [Prhnary Section], The section con:aining all or the grealest par" of the occurrenc'"
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<br />Ouad Mao: See "DNR Quad"
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<br />Rec #: [Record number],
<br />RNG or Rn2' [Range number],
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<br />SECTION or Section: [Section number(s)], Some records are given only to the nearest section (s), but most are given to 'the
<br />nearest quarter-section or quarter-quarter-section (e,g" SWNW32 denotes the SWII4 of the NWt/4 of section 32), A "0" is
<br />used as a place holder when a half-section is specified (e,g" ON03 refers to the north 1/2 of section 3), When a occurrence
<br />crosses section boundaries, both sections are listed, without punctuation (e,g" the NEt/4 of section 19 and NWI/4 of section e
<br />20 is displayed as "NEI9NW20"),
<br />Site: A name which refers to the geographic area within which the occurrence lies, Ifna name for the area exists (a locally
<br />used name, for example), one is assigned by the County Biological Surveyor the Natural Heritage Program,
<br />Source: The collector or observer of the rare feature occUlTence.
<br />S RANK: [State Rank], A rank assigned to the natural community type which reflects the known extent and condition of that
<br />community in Minnesota. Ranks range from I (in greatest need of conservation action in the state) to 5 (secure under present
<br />conditions), A "?" following a rank indicates little infonnation is available to rank the community, Communities for which
<br />infonnation is especially scarce are given a "U", for "rank undetennined". The ranks do not represent a legal status, They are
<br />used by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to set priorities for research, inventory and conservation planning,
<br />The state ranks are updated as inventory infonnation becomes available.
<br />State Status: See "MN S1' A 111S"
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<br />TWP or~: [Township llumber].
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<br />Verification: A reflection of the reliability of the infonnation on which the record is based, The highest level of reliability is
<br />"verified," which usually indicates a collection was made or, in the case of bird records, nesting was observed, Plant records
<br />based on collections made before t 970 are unverified,
<br />Voucher: The museum or herbarium where specimells are mairttained, and the accession llumber assigned by the repository.
<br />Irt the case of bald eagles, this is the breeding area llumber~
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<br />Wildlife Area: The Minnesota DNR's Section of Wildlife administrative number.
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<br />Data Security
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<br />Locations of some rare features must be treated as sensitive information because widespread knowledge of these locations could resl.llt in harm to
<br />the rare features, For example. wildflowers such as orchids and ~nomically valuable plants such: as ginseng IlRvulnerable to exploitation bycotlcclOrs;
<br />othcr species. such as bald cagles. an: sensitive to disturbance by observers. For this reason,. we prcfcrthal publications not identify thc precis.c:lOC:a1ions of e
<br />vulnerable species. We suggest describing the location only to the nearest section.. If this is not ac:ceptable for your purposes. please call and d.ISCllSS this
<br />issue with the Environmental Review Specialist for the Heritage and Nongame Research Program at 651/296-8319.
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<br />Rnised 02/99
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