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• <br />Coordinator, provides a summary listing of all of the protected species of concern <br />occurring within the State of Florida. The Federal interpretation of take is described <br />above in Section 1.2. <br />Table 4 provides a list of protected species either confirmed to occur or expected <br />to occur in the potential Florida scrub -jay habitat identified within the NCP Plan <br />Area (Toland unpubl. data). As stated in Section 2.4 above, federally listed plant <br />species do not occur within the HCP Plan Area. A Preliminary Vascular Plant List <br />prepared by The Institute for Regional Conservation from site surveys conducted on <br />November 21, 1995 at the Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area, Sebastian Highlands <br />Scrub Conservation Area, and North Sebastian Conservation Area is provided in <br />Appendix C. This plant list confirms that no federally listed plants occur on the <br />subject conservation properties. Several wetland dependent avian species and the <br />bald eagle (Haliaeetus /eucocephalus) were observed to use wetland habitats <br />located within the landscape matrix of the HCP Plan Area (Toland unpubl. data). <br />Table 4. Protected Wildlife Species Occurring or Potentially Occurring within the <br />HrP Plan Araa. <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Re ulator Agency_ <br />Protection Status <br />Eastern Indigo <br />Drymarchon corais <br />FWS and FWC <br />Threatened and <br />Snake <br />couperi <br />Threatened <br />Florida Scrub -Jay <br />Aphelocoma <br />FWS and FWC <br />Threatened and <br />_.......... <br />coerulescens <br />Threatened <br />__ <br />Florida pine <br />... ....._..._ <br />Pituophis <br />..__.................... _.. <br />FWC <br />. <br />Species of Special <br />snake <br />mefanoleucus <br />Concern (SSC) <br />muitus <br />Florida mouse <br />Podomys floridanus <br />FWC <br />SSC <br />Florida gopher <br />Rana capito <br />FWC <br />SSC <br />frog <br />Gopher tortoise <br />Gopherus <br />FWC <br />SSC <br />Polyphemus <br />3.5 Other Regulatory Laws Relevant to the HCP Plan Area <br />Residential development actions conducted within the ITP impact area have the <br />potential to result in the "taking" of State protected wildlife species listed above in <br />Table 4 and/or the dredging and filling of wetlands. <br />41 <br />