These data identify, in general, the areas where final critical habitat for vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), a vernal pool crustacean, occur.
BLM: (Bureau of Land Management) USFMS: (US Fish and Wildlife Service) WOPR: (Western Oregon Plan Revision) CHU: (Critical Habitat Unit) Vernal pool fairy shrimp is one of the 15 vernal pool species: Butte County meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica), Colusa grass (Neostapfia colusana), Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens), Greene's tuctoria (Tuctoria greenei), hairy orcutt grass (Orcuttia pilosa), Hoover's spurge (Chamaesyce hooveri), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), Sacramento Orcutt grass (Orcuttia viscida), San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass (Orcuttia inaequalis), slender Orcutt grass (Orcuttia tenuis), Solano grass (Tuctoria mucronata), succulent owl's-clover (Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta), vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi). These data are intended to be used as a guide to identify the general areas where final critical habitat for vernal pool fairy shrimp (vernal pool crustacean) occur. Specific identity of critical habitat should be obtained from the text of the designation of final critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species, including vernal pool fairy shrimp, published in: Federal Register, February 10, 2006, vol. 71, no. 28, pages 7117-7316.
