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98 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 APPENDIX J FIVE YEAR HISTORIES OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS IN THE PROJECT LOCATION TC111406

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100 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Five Year Histories of Agricultural Lands in the Project Location Landowner Parcel # Total Acres Approx. Usable Acres Current Land Use Land Use 5 Years Ago Barbara Margaret Taylor Hayfield Hayfield Brian Wilson Hayfield Hayfield Wilbert Glenn Clarke Not in use Not in use Brenda Ann Vrooman Pasture land Pasture land Wanda Babcock Hayfield Hayfield Gary Howard Somerville 6a Hayfield Hayfield 70.0 Gary Howard Somerville 6b Hayfield Hayfield Joseph Stasko Hayfield Hayfield John Philip Rives Sod farm Sod farm Mark Brooks & Anne Routhier Sod farm Sod farm Gary Howard Somerville 11a Sod farm and hayfields Sod farm and hayfields 50.0 Gary Howard Somerville 11b Sod farm and hayfields Sod farm and hayfields Julie Grimwood Hayfield Hayfield Antoni Joseph Abreu & Donna Patricia Abreu Barbara Margaret & John Alan & Sandra Jane Taylor Barbara Margaret & John Alan & Sandra Jane Taylor Barbara Margaret & John Alan & Sandra Jane Taylor Jewell Margaret & Ronald Merilees Cameron Pasture land Pasture land 14a Sod farm and hayfields Sod farm and hayfields 14b Sod farm and hayfields Sod farm and hayfields 14c Sod farm and hayfields Sod farm and hayfields Pasture land Pasture land Leonard Rose Pasture land Pasture land TC Page 1

101 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Landowner Parcel # Total Acres Approx. Usable Acres Current Land Use Land Use 5 Years Ago Dale Williams Pasture land Pasture land Robert David Neil Chapman Pasture land Pasture land Donald Paul & Elizabeth Chapman Hayfields Hayfields Gloria McCrimmon Hayfields Hayfields William & Christina Laird Not in use Not in use Fred W Vrooman Not in use Not in use Robert A. Martin Hayfields Hayfields Ronald Dale & Helen Margaret Boyce Not in use Not in use TC Page 2

102 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 APPENDIX K PLANT LIST TC111406

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104 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Plant List Common Name Latin Name Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status Flowering Herbaceous Agrimony Hooked Agrimonia gryposepala S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Yarrow Common Achillea millefolium var. millefolium SNA - - G5T5? NE EXOTIC Snakeroot White Ageratina altissima var. altissima S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata (A. officinalis) SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Pigweed sp. Amaranthus sp Ragweed Annual Ambrosia artemisiifolia S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Hog- Peanut American Amphicarpaea bracteata S5 G5 N? SECURE Anemone Canada Anemone canadensis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana var. virginiana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Sarspirilla Wild Aralia nudicaulis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Burdock Common Arctium minus ssp. minus SNA - - GNRTNR N? EXOTIC Wild-ginger Canada Asarum canadensis S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Milkweed Common Asclepias syriaca S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Milkvetch Canadian Astragalus canadensis S4 - - G5 N? SECURE Beggarticks Nodding Bidens cernua S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Beggarticks Swamp Bidens discoidea S4 - - G5 N3N4 SECURE Beggarticks Devil's Bidens frondosa S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Beggarticks sp. Bidens sp Mustard sp. Brassica sp Knapweed Spotted Centaurea biebersteinii SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Knapweed Brown Centaurea jacea SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Chicory Cichorium intybus SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Enchanter's Nightshade sp. Circaea sp Thistle Canada Cirsium arvense SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Thistle sp. Cirsium sp Thistle Bull Cirsium vulgare SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Goldthread Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Wild Carrot Daucus corata SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC TC Page 1

105 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Common Name Latin Name Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status Aster Flat-topped White Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Viper's-bugloss Common Echium vulgare SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Fleabane Daisy Erigeron strigosus S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Boneset Common Eupatorium perfoliatum S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Aster Large-leaved Eurybia macrophyllus S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Goldentop Common Euthamia graminfolia S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Goldenrod Grassleaved Euthamia graminifolia S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Strawberry sp. Fragaria sp Strawberry Wild Fragaria virginiana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Bedstraw Marsh Galium palustre S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Bedstraw sp. Galium sp Closed Gentian Gentiana andrewsii S4 - - G5? N? SECURE Herb-robert Geranium robertianum SNA - - G5 N3N5 EXOTIC Avens White Geum canadense S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Avens sp. Geum sp Hepatica Round-lobed Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa S5 - - G5T5 - SECURE Cow-parsnip Heracleum maximum S5 - - G5 N? SECURE St. Johnswort Common Hypericum perforatum SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Elecampane Inula helenium SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Iris Blueflag Iris versicolor S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Mint sp. Lamiaceae sp Birds-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Loosestrife Purple Lythrum salicaria SNA - - G5 NE EXOTIC Solomen's Seal Starry False Maianthenum stellatum S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Black Medic Medicago lupulina SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Alfalfa Medicago sativa ssp. sativa SE5 - - G?T? NE EXOTIC Sweet- clover White Melilotus alba SNA - - G5 NE EXOTIC Sweet- clover Yellow Meliotus officinalis SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Catnip Nepeta cataria SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Evening- primrose Common Oenothera biennis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE TC Page 2

106 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Common Name Latin Name Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status Wood Sorrel sp. Oxalis sp Plantain Common Plantago major SNA - - G5 NE EXOTIC Solomen's Seal Hairy Polygonatum pubescens S5 - - G5 - - Lady's- thumb Polygonum persicaria SNA - - G3G5 NE EXOTIC Smartweed sp. Polygonum sp Cinquefoil Rough-Fruited Potentilla recta SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Cinquefoil sp. Potentilla sp Self-heal Prunella vulgaris ssp. Lanceolata S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Buttercup Tall Rananculus acris SNA - - G5 NE EXOTIC Buttercup sp. Rananculus sp Blackberry Allegheny Rubus allegheniensis S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Dock Curly Rumex crispus SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Snakeroot Black Sanicula marilandica S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Early Saxifrage Saxifraga virginiensis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Stonecrop Mossy Sedum acre SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Stonecrop sp. Sedum sp Goldenrod Canada Solidago canadensis var. canadensis S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Goldenrod Zig-zag Solidago flexicaulis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Goldenrod Smooth Solidago gigantea S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Goldenrod Early Solidago juncea S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Aster Upland White Solidago ptarmicoides S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Goldenrod Rough-leaf Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Goldenrod sp. Solidago sp Nettle Hedge Stachys pilosa SU - - G5 N? MAY BE AT RISK Nettle Smooth Hedge Stachys tenuifolia S4S5 - - G5T4Q - SECURE Pencil Flower Stylosanthes biflora Aster Heart-leaf Symphyotrichum cordifolium S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Aster Heath Aster Panicled Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE TC Page 3

107 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Aster Calico Common Name Latin Name Symphyotrichum lateriflorus var. hirsuticaulis Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status S4? - - G5T4T5 N? SECURE Aster New England Symphyotrichum novae-angliae S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Aster sp. Symphyotrichum sp Dandelion sp. Taraxacum sp Meadowrue sp. Thalictrum sp Poison Ivy Toxicodenron radicans ssp. Negundo S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Goat's Beard Meadow Tragopogon dubius SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Star-flower Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Clover Red Trifolium pratense SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Nettle American Stinging Urtica dioica ssp. Gracilis S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Mullein Great Verbascum thapsus SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Vervain sp. Verbena sp Speedwell Veronica catenata S4 - - G5 - SECURE Vetch Cow Vicia cracca SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Vetch Spring Vicia sativa SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Violet sp. Viola sp Hawkweed sp. Hieracium sp Mosses/Lichens Lichen spp. Lichen spp Moss Club sp. Lycopodium sp Moss Feather sp. Hylocomium sp Moss spp Grasses/Sedges/Rushes Grass Redtop Agrostis stolonifera S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Brome-grass Smooth Bromus inermis ssp. inermis SNA - - G5TNR NE EXOTIC Sedge Bebb's Carex bebbii S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Sedge sp. Carex sp Sedge Tussock Carex stricta S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Sedge Fox Carex vulpinoidea S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Grass Orchard Dactlylis glomerata SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC TC Page 4

108 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Common Name Latin Name Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status Grass Poverty Oat Danthonia spicata S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Grass Quack Elymus repens SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Rush Canada Juncus canadensis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Rye Grass sp. Lolium sp Grass Witch Panic Panicum capillare S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Grass Reed-canary Phalaris arundinacea S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Timothy Phleum pratense SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Bluegrass Canada Poa compressa SNA - - GNR NE SECURE Bluegrass Fowl Poa palustris S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Bluegrass Kentucky Poa pratensis spp. pratensis S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Bulrush Dark-green Scirpus atrovirens 3-5 S5 - - G5? N? SECURE Wool-grass Scirpus cyperinus S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Bulrush sp. Scirpus sp Cattail Typha latifolia S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Grass spp Ferns and Allies Fern Spinulus Wood Dryopteris carthusiana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Fern Wood sp. Dryopteris sp Horsetail sp. Equisitum sp Fern Sensitive Onoclea sensibilis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Fern Bracken Pteridium aquilinum S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Vines Dog-Strangling Vine Cynanchum rossicum SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia S4? - - G5 N? SECURE Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Grape Riverbank Vitis riparia S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Coniferous Trees and Shrubs Fir Balsam Abies balsamea S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Juniper Common Juniperus communis S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Cedar Eastern Red Juniperus virginiana S5 - - G5 N4? SECURE Tamarack Larix laricina S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE TC Page 5

109 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Common Name Latin Name Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status Spruce White Picea glauca S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Pine Red Pinus resinosa S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Pine Eastern White Pinus strobus S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Cedar Eastern White Thuja occidentalis S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Deciduous Shrubs Alder Speckled Alnus incana ssp. rugosa S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Bittersweet Celastrus scandens S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Dogwood Silky Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Dogwood Grey Cornus foemina ssp.racemosa S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Dogwood Red-osier Cornus sericea S5 - - G5 - SECURE Hawthorn sp. Cretaegus sp Winterberry Ilex verticillata S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Honeysuckle Tartarian Lonicera tatarica SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Plum Canada Prunus nigra S4 - - G4G5 N4N5 SECURE Cherry Choke Prunus virginiana ssp. Virginiana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Buckthorn Common Rhamnus cathartica SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Sumac Staghorn Rhus typhina S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Currant Wild Black Ribes americanum S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Gooseberry Prickly Ribes cynosbati S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Currant sp. Ribes sp Gooseberry sp. Ribes sp Rose sp. Rosa sp Blackberry Allegheny Rubus allegheniensis S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Raspberry Common Red Rubus idaeus ssp. Idaeus SE1 - - G5T5 N? EXOTIC Raspberry Black Rubus occidentalis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Raspberry sp. Rubus sp Elderberry sp. Sampbucus sp Narrow-leaved Meadow-sweet Spiraea alba S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Lilac Common Syringa vulgaris SNA - - GNR NE EXOTIC Viburnum Maple-leaved Viburnum acerifolium S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Wild- raisin Northern Viburnum cassinoides S5 - - G5T5 - SECURE TC Page 6

110 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Common Name Latin Name Coefficient of Conservatism Wetness Index Weediness Index Provincial SRANK COSEWIC Status OMNR Status Global GRANK National NRANK Ontario General Status Arrow-wood Downy Viburnum rafinesquianum S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Prickly- ash Northern Zanthoxylum americanum S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Viburnum sp Deciduous Trees Maple Manitoba Acer negundo S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Maple Red Acer rubrum S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Maple Sugar Acer saccharum var. saccharum S5 - - G5T5 N? SECURE Maple Freeman's Acer x freemanii SNR - - GNA HYB UNDETE RMINED Birch White Betula papyrifera S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Blue-Beech Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Hickory Bitternut Carya cordiformis S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Hickory Shagbark Carya ovata S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Beech American Fagus grandifolia S4 - - G5 N? SECURE Ash White Fraxinus americana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Ash Black Fraxinus nigra S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Ash Green (Red) Fraxinus pennsylvanica S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Apple sp. Malus sp Ironwood Ostrya virginiana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Cottonwood Plains Populus deltoides ssp. Deltoides S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Aspen Large-tooth Populus grandidentata S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Aspen Trembling Populus tremuloides S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Cherry Black Prunus serotina S5 - - G5 N5 SECURE Oak White Quercus alba S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Oak Bur Quercus macrocarpa S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Oak Northern Red Quercus rubra S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Willow sp. Salix sp Basswood American Tilia americana S5 - - G5 N? SECURE Elm White Ulmus americana S5 - - G5? N? SECURE Reference: Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) Total: 201, Native: 160 (80%), Exotic: 41 (20%) TC Page 7

111 Kingston Solar LP Sol-luce Kingston Solar PV Energy Project Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Document No RPT-0001 June 2012 Global GRANK NHIC Provincial SRANK National NRANK G3 Rare to Uncommon S2 Imperiled N3 Vulnerable G4 Common S3 Vulnerable N4 Apparently Secure G5 Very common S4 Apparently Secure N5 Secure T# Rank applies to a subspecies or S5 Secure N? Inexact Numeric Range variety (# corresponds to GRANK) S? Not Ranked Yet: if follow a rank, rank uncertain NE Exotic? Inexact Numeric Range SE Exotic HYB Hybrid G? Unranked or tentatively assigned SNR Unranked rank (if placed after a ranking) SNA Not Applicable Q Questionable Taxonomic Status GNR Unranked GNA Not Applicable TC Page 8