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Draft North & East Metro Groundwater Management Area Plan 2-13 Table 2-1 Native plant communities in the GWMA closely associated with groundwater Native Plant Community Ecological System *Conservation Associated with Name Status Rank Seepage Areas? Black Ash—Yellow Birch— Wet Forest S3 no Red Maple—Alder Swamp (East central) Black Ash—(Red Maple) Wet Forest S1, S2 yes Seepage Swamp Wet Sandstone Cliff Cliff/Talus S1 yes (Southern) Wet Limestone—Dolomite Cliff/Talus S2 yes Cliff(Southern) Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Open Rich S4 no Peatland Graminoid—Sphagnum Rich Open Rich S4 no Fen (Basin) Peatland Low Shrub Poor Fen Acid Peatland S5 no Seepage Meadow/Carr Wet Meadow/Carr 1 S3 yes *S1 =critically imperiled; S2= imperiled; S3 =vulnerable to extirpation; S4= apparently secure, uncommon but not rare; S5=secure, common,widespread, and abundant. Table 2-2 Native plant communities in the GWMA often associated with groundwater Native Plant Community Ecological System *Conservation Associated with Name Status Rank Seepage Areas? Black Ash—Yellow Birch—Red Wet Forest S4 no Maple—Alder Swamp (East central) Tamarack Swamp (Southern) Forested Rich S2, S3 no Peatland Willow—Dogwood Shrub Wet S5 no Swamp Meadow/Carr Sedge Meadow Wet S4 or S5 no Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Southern) Wetland Prairie S2 no Alder—(Maple—Loosestrife) Forested Rich S5 no Swamp Peatland Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Marsh S2 no Northern Bulrush—Spikerush Marsh S2 or S3 no Marsh *S1 =critically imperiled; S2 =imperiled; S3 =vulnerable to extirpation; S4= apparently secure, uncommon but not rare; S5 =secure, common,widespread, and abundant. P40