Office of Conservation & Community Affairs
Guide to Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species of North Carolina

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Preface

Introduction

Definition of Legal Status
Information Sources for Current Legal Status
Guide to Species Accounts

Map of North Carolina

ANIMALS

Vertebrates

Mammals
Carolina northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus
Eastern cougar, Felis concolor couguar
Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis
Red wolf, Canis rufus
Virginia big-eared bat, Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus
West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus

Birds
Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Piping plover, Charadrius melodus melodus
Red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis
Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii dougallii
Wood stork, Mycteria americana

Reptiles
American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
Bog turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergii
General Sea Turtle Information
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

Fishes
Cape Fear shiner, Notropis mekistocholas
Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum
Spotfin Chub, Cyprinella (=Hybopsis) monacha
Waccamaw silverside, Menidia extensa

Invertebrates

Mollusks-Freshwater Bivalves
An Overview of Naiad Mollusks
Appalachian elktoe, Alasmidonta raveneliana
Carolina heelsplitter, Lasmigona decorata
Dwarf wedgemussel, Alasmidonta heterodon
Littlewing pearlymussel, Pegias fabula
Tar spinymussel, Elliptio steinstansana

Mollusk-Terrestrial Gastropods
Noonday globe snail, Patera clarki nantahala

Arachnids
Spruce-fir moss spider, Microhexura montivaga


PLANTS

Vascular plants

American chaffseed, Schwalbea americana
Blue Ridge goldenrod, Solidago spithamaea
Bunched arrowhead, Sagittaria fasciculata
Canby¹s dropwort, Oxypolis canbyi
Cooley¹s meadowrue, Thalictrum cooleyi
Dwarf-flowered heartleaf, Hexastylis naniflora
Green pitcher plant, Sarracenia oreophila
Harperella, Ptilimnium nodosum
Heller¹s blazing star, Liatris helleri
Michaux¹s sumac, Rhus michauxii
Mountain golden heather, Hudsonia montana
Mountain sweet pitcher plant, Sarracenia rubra jonesii
Pondberry, Lindera melissifolia
Roan Mountain bluet, Houstonia montana
Rough-leaved loosestrife, Lysimachia asperulaefolia
Schweinitz¹s sunflower, Helianthus schweinitzii
Seabeach amaranth, Amaranthus pumilus
Sensitive joint-vetch, Aeschynomene virginica
Small-anthered bittercress, Cardamine micranthera
Small whorled pogonia, Isotria medeoloides
Smooth coneflower, Echinacea laevigata
Spreading avens, Geum radiatum
Swamp pink, Helonias bullata
Virginia spiraea, Spiraea virginiana
White irisette, Sisyrinchium dichotomum

Non-vascular plants

Rock gnome lichen, Gymnoderma lineare

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Other Federally Listed Species
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
Appendix C: References
Appendix D: Illustration Credits

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