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flowering stalk consists of numerous small white or ivory flowers clustered into a spike <br />arrangement at the top of the stem. The species is characterized by whitish, stout, ringent <br />(gaping at the mouth) flowers. It blooms, generally, from late July through August. <br />Habitat for the Ute ladies'- tresses has expanded since the 1992 listing, which includes moist <br />meadows associated with perennial stream terraces, floodplains, and oxbows at elevations <br />between 4,300 to 6,850 feet; seasonally flooded river terraces, sub - irrigated or spring -fed <br />abandoned stream channels and valleys, and lakeshores; and areas along irrigation canals, berms, <br />levees, irrigated meadows, excavated gravel pits, roadside barrow pits, reservoirs, and other <br />human - modified wetlands. Over one -third of all known Ute ladies'- tresses populations are <br />found on alluvial banks, point bars, floodplains, or ox -bows associated with perennial streams. <br />Colorado populations of Ute ladies'- tresses orchids may be found within north- central and <br />central Colorado and the upper Colorado River basin, particularly in the Uinta Basin. <br />Candidate <br />North American wolverine <br />The North American wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus), is the largest terrestrial member of the family <br />Mustelidae, with adult males weighing 26 to 40 pounds and adult females weighing 17 to 26 <br />pounds. The North American wolverine resembles a small bear with a bushy tail. It has a round, <br />broad head; short, rounded ears; and small eyes. There are five toes on each foot, with curved <br />and semiretractile claws used for digging and climbing. <br />Wolverines do not appear to specialize on specific vegetation or geological habitat aspects, but <br />instead select areas that are cold and receive enough winter precipitation to reliably maintain <br />deep persistent snow late into the warm season. The requirement of cold, snowy conditions <br />means that, in the southern portion of the species' range where ambient temperatures are <br />warmest, wolverine distribution is restricted to high elevations, while at more northerly latitudes; <br />wolverines are present at lower elevations and even at sea level in the far north. Deep, persistent, <br />and reliable spring snow cover (April 15 to May 14) is the best overall predictor of wolverine <br />occurrence in the contiguous United States. However, the USFWS stated that wolverines have <br />been documented to follow elk and deer herds down into to lower elevations. <br />Yellow - billed cuckoo <br />The Yellow - billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), is a medium sized bird (12 inches in length) <br />with grey -brown above and white below plumage, with rusty colored flight feathers. The <br />underside of the tail has pairs of large white spots. This bird has a slightly down - curved bill, <br />which the upper mandible of the bill is black and the lower mandible is yellow. This species <br />occupies tall riparian habitat consisting of cottonwood (Populus deltoids) over story and an <br />under story of dense willow (Salix spp.) or tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) at elevations of less than <br />6,500 feet above mean sea level. <br />Greater sage - grouse <br />Page 7 <br />