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APPENDIX G
- PROTECTED SPECIES LIST
| TABLE G: PROTECTED SPECIES LIST | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | FLUCFCS | Month Beginning | Month Ending | Rec. Buffer Guideline (Feet) | Buffer For | Aspects to be Included in Survey |
| Reptile** | |||||||
| Alligator mississipiensis | American alligator | 500 series, 610, 621, 630, 641, 653 | N/A | N/A | 500 | Nest | Nests, sunning areas |
| Crocodylus acutus | American crocodile | 642, 651 | N/A | N/A | 500 | Nests | Nests, sunning areas |
| Drymarchon corais couperi | Eastern indigo snake | 320 series, 411, 412, 414, 421, 425, 426, 427, 428 | N/A | N/A | 150 | Gopher tortoise burrows | Burrows, feeding |
| Gopherus polyphemus | Gopher tortoise | 320 series, 411, *412, 421, 426, 427, 432, 743 | N/A | N/A | 150 | Burrows | Burrows, feeding |
| Rana areolata | Gopher frog | 320 series, 411, 412, 421, 426, 560, 620, 630 | N/A | N/A | 150 | Gopher tortoise burrows | Burrows, feeding paths to wetlands |
| Bird** | |||||||
| Ajaia ajaja | Roseate spoonbill | 500 series, 612, 642, 652, 653, 654 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Feeding | Feeding |
| Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens | Florida scrub jay | 412, 421, 432 | N/A | N/A | 500 | Nest | Feeding, nests |
| Aramus guarauna | Limpkin | 500 series, 617, 621, 630, 641, 643 | N/A | N/A | 150 | Nests | Feeding (harbor apple snails), nests |
| Athene cunicularia floridana | Burrowing owl | 191, 192, 310 | N/A | N/A | 150 | Burrows | Burrows |
| Charadrius alexandrinus tenitrostris | Southeastern snowy plover | 651, 652, 710 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Charadrius melodus | Piping plover | 651, 652, 710 | Dec. | May | 250 | Nests | Nest, feeding |
| Egretta caerulea | Little blue heron | 500 series, 600 series | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Egretta rufescens | Reddish egret | 500 series, 610, 640, 650 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Egretta thula | snowy egret | 500 series, 600 series | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Egretta tricolor | Tricolored heron | 500 series, 600 series | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Falco peregrinus tundrius | Arctic peregrine falcon | 620, 650 | Sept. | April | 150 | Feeding | Feeding |
| Falco sparverius paulus | Southeastern American kestrel | 321, 411, 435 | March | July | 500 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Grus canadensis pratensis | Florida sandhill crane | (211, 212)**, 310, 321, 641 | N/A | N/A | 500 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Haematopus palliatus | American oystercatcher | 651, 652, 645, 710 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Mycteria americana | Wood stork | 560, 610, 621, 630, 640, 650 | N/A | N/A | 500 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Pelecanus occidentalis | Brown pelican | 612, 650 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Nests | Nests |
| Picoides borealis | Red-cockaded woodpecker | 411 | N/A | N/A | 750 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Polyborus plancus audubonii | Audobon's crested caracara | 321, 428 | N/A | N/A | 750 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Rostrhamus sociabilis | Snail kite | 520, 641, 643 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Feeding | Feeding (harbor apple snails areas) |
| Sterna antillarum | Least tern | 191, 261, 651, 652 | April | Sept. | 250 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Sterna douballii | Roseate tern | 651, 652, 710 | Jan. | April | 250 | Feeding | Feeding |
| Mammal** | |||||||
| Felis concolor coryi | Florida panther | (211)***, 212, 411, 414, 425, 427, 428, 434, 617, 621, 624, 630 | N/A | N/A | 750 | Dens | Dens, feeding |
| Mustela vison evergladensis | Everglades mink | 500 series, 620, 630, 641, 643 | N/A | N/A | 250 | Dens | Dens, feeding |
| Sciurus niger avicennia | Big Cypress fox squirrel | 411, 610, 620 | N/A | N/A | 125 | Nests | Nests, feeding |
| Ursus americanus floridanus | Florida black bear | 321, 411, 414, 425, 427, 428, 438, 612, 617, 621, 624, 630 | N/A | N/A | 750 | Dens | Dens, feeding |
| Plant** | |||||||
| Asclepias curtissii | Curtis milkweed | 320 series | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Burmannia flava | Fakahatchee burmannia | 320 series, 411, 412 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Celtis iguanaea | Iguana hackberry | 322, 426 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Celtis pallida | Spiny hackberry | 322, 426 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Cereus gracillis | Prickly-apple | 322, 426, 612 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Chrysophyllum olivaeforme | Satinleaf | 411, 426 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
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Deeringo-
thamnus pulchellus | Beautiful pawpaw | 321, 411 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Eragrostis tracyi | Sanibel love grass | 710 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Erondia littoralis | Golden creeper | 322 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Gossypium hirsutum | Wild cotton | 611 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Jacquina keyensis | Joewood | 322, 426 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Myrcianthes fragrans var. simpsonii | Simpon's stopper | 427, 428 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Ophioglossum palmatum | Hand adder's tongue fern | 427 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Tillandsia flexuosa | Twisted air plant | 426, 427, 610 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
| Zamia floridana | Florida coontie | 320 series, 411, 412, 421, 426 | N/A | N/A | 10 | Plant | Sighting |
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NOTES:
*Mesic and xeric 411 only. **Only when associated with vegetated nonforested wetlands. ***Only when associated with large adjacent woodlands. | |||||||