for each species based upon all the regional review and information gathered 

 about the species. The tentative Indicator assignment developed from the 

 Annotated National Wetland Plant Species Data Base often was regarded as the 

 equivalent of a regional reviewer's assignment and was given the same status or 

 weight in Review Panel deliberations. The Regional Review Panel collectively 

 considered Indicator assignments for each species made by each agency panel 

 member and, with each agency having one vote, attempted to achieve unanimous 

 agreement on a Regional Indicator assignment. The plus (+) and minus (-) 

 designations, specifying respectively the higher or lower part of the frequency 

 range for a particular Indicator, were used by some Review Panels as a means of 

 achieving interagency agreement. The number of reviewers for each species varied 

 considerably, and each reviewer was generally given the same weight by a Review 

 Panel. The number of reviewers coimienting on individual species varied, 

 depending on the distribution of the species across the region. Particular 

 species ranged from 20 review comments to only a single review, and in some cases 

 received no review. Review reflecting a wide range of suggested Indicators was 

 received for some species. This broad range of suggested Indicators for these 

 species was difficult to synthesize and blend into a single Indicator status. 

 These species were given an NA (no agreement) assignment if the Review Panel 

 could not reach a unanimous decision. Unreviewed species were assigned an NI 

 (no indicator) assignment if the Review Panel had little or no information on 

 which to base an Indicator status. 



The National Review Panel met in July 1985 to review progress, to examine the 

 Indicator assignments for consistency across regions, and to develop a procedure 

 for the assignment of an Indicator to as many unassigned species as possible. 

 National, regional, and State lists of plant species that Occur in Wetlands were 

 produced in the spring of 1985, and were distributed widely. 



The Regional Review Panels met during the summer and fall of 1986 to apply an 

 Indicator assignment to as many remaining unassigned species as possible. The 

 Review Panels principally relied on additional review received from former and 

 new reviewers, the habitat information recorded in the Annotated National Wetland 

 Plant Species Data Base, or examination of the habitat given in selected regional 

 manuals if the Species Data Base information was not available, to assign a 

 regional Indicator status. An asterisk (*) was assigned by the Regional Review 

 Panels to Indicators derived from limited ecological information. The asterisk 

 reflected a tentative assignment made with less confidence and data than the 

 other Indicator assignments. Usually no review was received from regional 

 ecologists for these asterisked species. A question mark (?) following a 

 National Indicator denoted a tentative Indicator assignment assigned by the 

 compiler and not confirmed by Regional Interagency Review Panel concurrence. 

 The 1986 National Wetland Plant List - Regional Indicator Compilation (Reed 1986) 

 reported the status of the review process. 



The National Review Panel reexamined the review process and current list in 1986 

 and directed the Regional Panels to complete the review of the regional lists. 

 The Regional Review Panels met during the spring and summer of 1987 to complete 

 the initial assignment of as many unassigned species remaining on the regional 

 lists as possible. The Review Panels also considered species suggested for 

 addition by reviewers. Additional Regional Indicator assignments and changes 

 to previous assignments were made based on new review received from reviewers. 



