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Plan Title	Plan Stage	Plan Lead Region (FWS)	Plan Lead Office (FWS)	Species Common Name	Species Scientific Name	Action Priority	Action Number	Action Description	Action Status	Estimated Initiation Date	Action Lead Agencies	Responsible Parties	Work Types	Labor Types	Comments
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	1	1.1	Protect and manage populations	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Alabama Forestry Commission, Alabama Highway Department, The Nature Conservancy, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Department of Transportation, City of Gadsden	Acquisition: Easement, Acquisition: Management Agreement, Acquisition: Fee Title, Management: General, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Planning, Management: Land Use, Other: Regulations	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	TNC's Dry Creek Preserve, established in 1986, protects one of the largest populations in AL. The City of Gadsden wrote a management plan and fenced off their population. TNC and Birmingham Botanical Gardens have initiated management activities at TNC's AL preserve and at City of Gadsden's population. GDNR manages one population owned by GDOT in GA. TNC manages an introduced population in GA. Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance volunteers and Chattahoochee Nature Center staff periodically assist GADNR with management of GA populations.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	1	3.1.2	Determine community composition/structure	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement	Contractor	Research: Ecosystem Studies, Research: Habitat Requirements	Contract
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	1	4.1	Management technique experiments	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Alabama Forestry Commission, Contractor	Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Cost estimate also includes task 4.2 (Site management plans). Management studies conducted in the 1990s. Additional study is needed to incorporate recent information on the species' needs and improve management.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	1	4.2	Site management plans	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor, The Nature Conservancy, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, City of Gadsden	Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Planning, Management: Land Use	Contract, Internal Administrative, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert	Cost estimates included under task 4.1 (Management technique experiments). Site management plans exist for several populations, but revisions are needed. The City of Gadsden, AL recently wrote a management plan for the population located on the City's airport property.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	1.2	Search for additional populations	Partially Complete	Prior to FY 1995	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Population Surveys	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Surveys have been conducted in Alabama and Georgia, which have successfully located new populations. One new population was discovered in 2016 in Alabama, suggesting that other populations may be discovered.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	2.1	Determine population size/viability	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Contractor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta	Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Populations have been periodically assessed for population size.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	2.2	Design monitoring study and gather baseline data	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Habitat Requirements, Research: Demographic Studies, Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Baseline data has been collected and monitoring of various populations is ongoing, but a formal monitoring study has not yet been conducted.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	2.3	Conduct periodic monitoring	Ongoing Current		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Most populations are monitored annually by TNC &/or GADNR. FWS personnel assist, as possible.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	3.1.1	Analyze physical habitat	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Habitat Requirements	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Information gathered for most sites.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	5.1	Establish seed bank	Ongoing Current		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Center for Plant Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta	Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Volunteer	Cost estimate assumes one-time fee to Center for Plant Conservation to carry out activities on long-term basis. Species is established in CPC's National Collection of Endangered Plants. North Carolina Botanical Garden maintains a small seed bank of Georgia material. Current seed bank collection needs to be expanded to include all extant populations.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	5.2	Maintain material in cultivation	Ongoing Current		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Center for Plant Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta	Research: Other Information	Contract, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance	Cost estimate included under task 5.1 (Establish seedbank). Species established in CPC's National Collection of Endangered Plants. Some plants are maintained in cultivation by Auburn University's Davis Arboretum and Chattahoochee Nature Center. These efforts need to be expanded to encompass and safeguard more of the species' genetic diversity.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	5.3	Investigate propagation techniques	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Center for Plant Conservation	Management: Propagation	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Studies of propagation using in vitro tissue cultures and stem cuttings have been completed. Graduate students at Auburn University have investigated propagation via stem cuttings. Chattahoochee Nature Center staff have successfully used plant divisions to propagate the species. Two known seed germination studies have failed to produce plants. Additional seed germination studies are needed to complete this task.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	6.1	Identify introduction sites	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Management: Reintroduction	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Partially accomplished along with task 1.2 (Search for additional populations). Limited attempts to identify suitable sites and establish plants have occurred with limited success.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	6.2	Establish and monitor populations	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Reintroduction, Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Duration estimated 5+ years. Four outplanting sites were established in Floyd County, GA by TNC, GADNR, and Chattahoochee Nature Center in 2007 and 2009 with limited success. Monitoring is ongoing.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	2	7	Determine community composition/structure	Partially Complete	Prior to FY 1995	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Contractor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta	Research: Habitat Status, Research: Habitat Requirements	Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Contract, Species Expert, Graduate Student, Volunteer	Information gathered for most sites.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	3	3.2.1	Study reproduction biology	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Studies on various aspects of this species reproductive biology and ecology (e.g., pollination, seed production, seedling recruitment) were conducted in the 1990s & 2000s.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	3	3.2.2	Rhizome dormancy	Not Started		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	3	3.2.3	Seed biology/seedling ecology studies	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor, Center for Plant Conservation	Research: Other Information	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	Seed and seedling ecolgy remain poorly understood. Seed germination studies have failed to produce seedlings in the greenhouse or field. Seedlings have rarely been observed in the field.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	3	3.2.4	Genetic analysis	Partially Complete		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, Contractor	Research: Genetics	Contract, Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert	Results of genetics studies conducted in the 1990s and 2000s were published in 1998, 2007, 2011. Studies need to be expanded to include all extant populations.
Alabama Leather-flower	F	4	Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office (601) 965-4900	Alabama Leather Flower	Clematis socialis	3	7	Educate public	Ongoing Current		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Center for Plant Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife enhancement, USFWS Regional Office 4 - Atlanta	Other: Information and Education	Graduate Student, Internal Administrative, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Technical Assistance, Species Expert, Volunteer	USFWS produced informational cards for public distribution. Alabama Forestry Commission created a fact sheet about the species and its conservation. Various online websites include information pages on the species, including NatureServe and Center for Plant Conservation.