Floristic quality assessment for Minnesota wetlands

Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) is a methodology for monitoring and assessing the condition, or quality, of ecosystems based on the plants that grow there and their individual affinity with unaltered habitats.  Floristic Quality Assessment for Minnesota Wetlands provides the scientific background, instruction, and technical resources necessary to apply FQA in Minnesota’s wetlands.  This publication should be useful to natural resource professionals who work closely with wetlands for a variety of applications as well as researchers and students.

Included in the publication is a working list of the 1,266 vascular plant species that occur in Minnesota’s wetlands and associated attributes required to perform FQA.  Updated state distribution maps for each species and a thorough taxonomic synonymy are also provided.  Excel™ data versions of the plant list and synonymy that can readily be imported into a relational database are available below.

A limited number of printed copies are available.  To obtain a free, printed copy of this publication contact Shane Hanly at 651-757-2066.

If you have questions or comments about FQA contact Michael Bourdaghs at 651-757-2239.

Publication Files

• Floristic Quality Assessment for Minnesota Wetlands (File size = 2.5 MB) (wq-bwm2-01)

• Appendix A: Minnesota’s Wetland Species (wq-bwm-01a)
  • Data version
    
    
• Appendix B: Distribution Atlas
  • Abies balsamea-Calla palustris (wq-bwm-01b)
  • Callitriche hermaphroditica-Cirsium muticum (wq-bwm-01c)
  • Cirsium vulgare-Erigeron annuus (wq-bwm-01d)
  • Erigeron lonchophyllus-Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (wq-bwm-01e)
  • Laportea canadensis-Osmunda claytoniana (wq-bwm-01f)
  • Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis-Pycnanthemum virginianum (wq-bwm-01g)
  • Pyrola americana-Solanum carolinense var. carolinense (wq-bwm-01h)
  • Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara-Zizia aurea (wq-bwm-01i)
    
• Appendix C: Synonymy (wq-bwm-01j)
  • Data version