TUCSONRANA Links page

You may hop or migrate to any of these links: 

Hop back to the pond

• Arizona Invasive Species List 
• Wild Kid Non Natives aquatics AZG&F

SAFE HARBOR:

• Notice of  Recovery Plan for the 
  Chiricahua Leopard Frog
• http://ncsfs.fws.gov/safeharbor.htm
• http://search.netscape.com/nscp_results.adp?source=NSCPResults&query=topminnow+arizona+safe+harbor
• Malpai Borderlands Chiricahua Leopard frog search results. .

Frog Watch USA

• http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchusa/frogs_state.cfm?showstate=az#frogs
• USGS North American Amphibian monitoring program

The Australia hop:

• http://www.wildsuburbia.net/    RANA Australia  grassroots
• http://www.fdrproject.org/
• http://rainforest-australia.com/frogs.htm
• http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/frogs/18.html

Reports and articles:

• Chytridiomycosis in native Arizona frogs  
• Science News Online (7/4/98): Fatal skin fungus found in US frogs
• http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/gtm.html
• https://ars.fws.gov/regmap.cfm?arskey=3610
• http://www.invasivespecies.gov/other/faq.shtml
• http://esa.sdsc.edu/esarpt.htm
• http://ifw2es.fws.gov/Library/ListDocs.cfm?Topic=Endangered+Species&AppName=EndangeredSpecies
• http://www.endangeredearth.org/opus/USFWS1996.pdf
• http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1049248/posts
• http://www.pima.gov/cmo/sdcp/reports/reestab/pdfs/reprt.pdf
• https://ars.fws.gov/regmap.cfm?arskey=8337
• http://geography.surfwax.com/files/Gila_River.html
• http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/reports%5Cd10%5C013PRI.PDF
• http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=708

Just RANA:

• http://www.livingunderworld.org/gallery/photos/anura/ranidae/rana/yavapaiensis/
• http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/sw158.htm
• http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/clf.html
• http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/species/lfrog/index.HTML
• http://greennature.com/article1316.html
• http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/SpeciesProfile?spcode=D02F
• http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Rana+chiricahuensis
• http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/vuln/llf.html
• http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchusa/frogs_state.cfm?showstate=az#frogs
• http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp/

The fish:

• http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/gtm.html
• http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=1373127&nav=14RTH4Oz
• http://ifw2es.fws.gov/Documents/R2ES/DesertPupfish.pdf
• http://ifw2es.fws.gov/Documents/R2ES/SonoranTopminnow.pdf
• http://ifw2es.fws.gov/Documents/R2ES/gtop94fn.pdf
• http://search.netscape.com/nscp_results.adp?source=NSCPResults&query=topminnow+arizona+
• http://search.netscape.com/ns/search?fromPage=nsBrowserRoll&query=safe+harbor+gila+topminnow

Mosquito concerns:

• CDC West Nile Virus Homepage
• West Nile Virus infected mosquitoes
• West Niles Virus google search results
• http://search.netscape.com/nscp_results.adp?start=11&first=11&nav=next&query=animal%2bspecies%2bas%2bbiological%2bcontrol&source=NSCPNextPrev
• http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1130westnile30.html
• http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/water/issues_concerns/mosquito/mc200305.pdf
• http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/apfish11-28-03.htm

The Birds

• http://mirror-pole.com/wild_at_heart/intro/wah_intro_fs.html- Owl and raptor rescue

The Organizations and agencies

• http://tucsonherpsociety.org/
• http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/
• http://arizonaes.fws.gov/
• http://www.arts.arizona.edu/herp/
• http://az.usda.gov/
• http://aznps.org/
• http://www.gf.state.az.us/
• http://www.gf.state.az.us/inside_azgfd/agency_directory.html
• Desert Amphibians of Tucson, AZ
• http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/
• http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
• http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Endangered.html
• http://www.phoenixzoo.org/zoo/
• http://tucsonwatergardeners.com/
• http://www.swca.com/jsps/site.jsp?resource=pag_ex_home
• http://www.parcplace.org/
• http://natureserve.org/
• http://www.skyislandalliance.org/
• http://www.usgs.gov/index.html
• http://southwest.fws.gov/statelinks/arizonalinks.htm
• Link recommendation from the students at Amorita Charter School - http://www.aaenvironment.com/environment-library-endangered-animals.htm
• Link recommendation from the students at Enrichingkids.com - http://biology.answers.com/conservation/conservation-and-preservation-of-endangered-species

Images courtesy:

• http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/idguide
• http://www.reptilesofaz.com
• http://www.livingunderworld.org
• http://allaboutfrogs.org

Snake and Toad avoidance training 

• Please support the Humane Society of Southern Arizona
• Desert Wildlife Services snake avoidance

• The Arizona Native Plant Society
• Desert Survivors Nursery
• Native Seed Search
• Pima Community College Common -  Plants around Tucson list
• Native Plant list for Arizona - PlantNatives.org
• Tucson Audubon Society 
• Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society
• Pima County Sonoran Conservation Plan - Species List  Plants

City of Tucson and Pima County lists and information 

• City of Tucson  - Urban Planning & Design Code
• City of Tucson  - Urban Planning & Design PDF
• Pima County -  Native Plant Preservation Manual PDF 
• Do not read into these in that you need permits to plant plants in your yard. These apply to major projects and deal with protected areas. They may give you a very little idea of what is involved in planning and executing any major work project in the City and County. Federal regulations are not listed. 

Plants native to streams and wetlands of southwestern United States.

• Yerba mansa Anemopsis californica (bog plant tolerant of alkaline soil, lush deep green leaves and showy white flowers in summer)
• Yellow columbine Aquilegia chrysantha (bog plant, showy yellow flowers in spring-early summer)
• Miner's lettuce Claytonia perfoliata (small bog plant, edible cup shaped leaves with small white flower in center)
• Horstail Equisetum laevigatum (aggressive bog plant)
• Coral bells Heuchera sanguinea (bog plant, often grows out of seeps in rock crevasses, bright red flower stalks in summer)
• Rocky mountain iris Iris missouriensis (bog plant, showy lavender flowers in summer)
• Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis (bog plant, showy red flowers on tall stalk, does well in shade, a good hummingbird flower)
• Crimson Monkey flower Mimulus cardinalis (bog plant, bright red flowers in spring-early summer, full sun)
• Common Monkey flower Mimulus guttatus (bog plant, lots of small yellow flowers in spring-early summer, full sun)
• Texas betony Stachys coccinea (bog plant, bright red tubular flowers in summer, full sun, a good hummingbird flower)
• American speedwell, Veronica spp. (leafy water plant, grows in shallows, top of plant grows up out of the water and produces clusters of small blue flowers in spring)
• Stonewort Chara vulgarus (oxygenator, macrophytic algea, grows densely from bottom of pond, easy to thin out)
• Marshpennywort, Hydrocotyle spp. (forms floating mats in shallows)
• Deergrass, Muhlenbergia rigens (plant along banks of pond for shade and cover and near pond with supplemental water)

Bad Plants-  Non native aquatic species list:

Plants that are currently causing problems in Arizona

• Brazilian elodea Egeria densa submersed species (Exotic invasive)
• curly leaf pondweed Potamogeton crispus submersed (Exotic invasive)
• giant salvinia Salvinia molesta floating in calm waters (Restricted)
• hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata submersed species (Prohibited
• parrot-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum mat-forming emergent grows along lake and river shorelines (Restricted)
• water-cress Nasturtium officinale cold water streams
   

Plants with Apparent Limited Distribution and Weedy Potential

• Eurasian water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum submersed species (Exotic invasive)

Species of Concern Being Sold in Arizona, But Not Established in the Wild

• water-hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes floating plant with dangling roots (sold as an aquatic garden plant)(Restricted)

Introduced Plant Species, But Not Causing Problems

• dotted duckweed Landoltia (Spirodela) punctata floating leaved in shallow water (US Native invasive)
• yellow floating-heart Nymphoides peltata floating leaved in shallow water (Exotic invasive)

Species Of Concern in Other States, Not Yet Introduced to Arizona

Other plants that are not native to the Southwestern United States that currently are causing damage to native species or pose a potential threat to native species if introduced:

• Anchored water hyacinth Eichhornia azurea (SW)(Prohibited)
• Water-chestnut Trapa natans L.
• Alligatorweed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Prohibited)
• Mosquitofern Azolla pinnata (Prohibited)
• Swamp morningglory Ipomoea aquatica (Prohibited)
• Creeping waterprimrose Ludwigia hexapetala (Exotic invasive)
• Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria (Prohibited)

Bad Plants-  Non native invasive

• buffelgrass - cenchrus ciliaris  - buffelgrass.org

For more information on invasive water plants visit these web sites:

Arizona Noxious Weeds List http://agriculture.state.az.us

Federal Noxious Weeds List http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/noxwdsa.html

US National Plant List (database) http://plants.usda.gov

To report violations of Prohibited plant sales:

Dr. Ed Northham AZ Dept. of Agric. 602-542-3309 ed.northam@agric.state.az.us

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