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Natural Areas Inventory for Rowan County, North Carolina Baranski, M.J. 1994
Natural Areas Inventory for Yadkin River Corridor in Davie, Davidson, and Rowan Counties, North Carolina Baranski, M.J. 1993
Montgomery County Natural Heritage Inventory Bates, M.C. 2001
Randolph County Natural Heritage Inventory Bates, M.C. and R.J. Coomans 1999
Inventory of Natural Heritage of Forsyth County, North Carolina Bridle, K.A., S.C. Oakley, and A.B. Somers 1998
Inventory of Natural Heritage of Stokes County, North Carolina Brindle, K.A., S.C. Oakley, and A.B. Somers 1998
Natural Areas Inventory Guilford County North Carolina Burnette, D., B. Craft, S. Gilliam, G. Morris, L. Philips, J. Thomas, R.K. Ross, and R.J. Coomans 1991
Longleaf Pine Survey of the Sandhills and Southwestern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1989-1990 (Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, and Scotland counties) Carter, J.H., III 1991
Inventory of the Natural Areas of Moore County, North Carolina Carter, J.H., III and H.E. LeGrand, Jr. 1989
Inventory of the Natural Areas of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Citizens' Environmental Advisory Council 1998
Alamance County Natural Heritage Inventory Coomans, R.J. 2002
Inventory of Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Plants of the Uwharrie National Forest (Montgomery and Randolph counties) Coomans, R.J. 1994
Rockingham County Natural Heritage Inventory Coomans, R.J. and R.C. Bates 1999
RTE Bryophyte Survey of Southern Appalachian Fraser Fir Forests, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (Avery, Haywood, Mitchell, Swain, and Yancey counties) Davidson, P.G., K.D. McFarland, and D.K. Smith 1999
Natural Areas Inventory of Davidson County, North Carolina Diamond, P. 2004
Regional Inventory for Critical Natural Areas, Wetland Ecosystems, and Endangered Species Habitats of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Region: Phase 2 (Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Pamlico, and Pitt counties) Frost, C.C., H.E. LeGrand, Jr., and J.O. Fussell, III 1992
Regional Inventory for Critical Natural Areas, Wetland Ecosystems, and Endangered Species Habitats of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Region: Phase 1 (Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Washington counties) Frost, C.C., H.E. LeGrand, Jr., and R.E. Schneider 1990
Inventory of Natural Heritage of Iredell County, North Carolina Frye, C.T. 1996
Yadkin River Natural Areas Inventory: Inventory and Classification of the Primary Natural Communities and Wildlife Habitats of the Yadkin River Corridor in Davie, Forsyth, and Yadkin Counties, North Carolina Frye, C.T. 1992
Natural Areas of Henderson County: A Preliminary Inventory of the Natural Areas of Henderson County, North Carolina Gaddy, L.L. 1994
Lincoln County North Carolina Natural Heritage Inventory Gaffney, L., J. Matthews, D. Seriff, S. Perillo, E. Menhinick, E. Secrist, J.T. Soule, and W.A. Conine 2002
Inventory of the Wildlife Habitats, Movement Corridors, and Rare Animal Populations of Durham County, North Carolina Hall, S.P. 1995
Statewide Assessment of Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level Hall, S.P. 2008
Statewide Assessment of Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level Upland and Interbasin Habitats Eastern Piedmont Region (Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, Union, Vance, Wake, and Warren counties) Hall, S.P. 2009
Statewide Assessment of Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level Upland and Interbasin Habitats Fall-line Sandhills (Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland counties) Hall, S.P. 2008
Statewide Assessment of Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level Upland and Interbasin Habitats Northern Coastal Plain Project Region (Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties) Hall, S.P. 2009
Statewide Assessment of Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level Upland and Interbasin Habitats Southern Coastal Plain Project Region (Bladen, Brunswick, Craven, Cumberland, Dupliln, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson, and Sampson counties) Hall, S.P. 2008
Statewide Assessment of Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level Upland and Interbasin Habitats Western Piedmont (Alamance, Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Person, Polk, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin counties) Hall, S.P. 2009
Conservation Assessment of the Southeast Coastal Plain of North Carolina, Using Site-Oriented and Landscape-Oriented Analyses (Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson, Sampson, and Scotland counties) Hall, S.P. and M.P. Schafale 1999
Inventory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Chatham County, North Carolina Hall, S.P. and M.W. Boyer 1992
Durham County Inventory of Important Natural Areas, Plants, and Wildlife Hall, S.P. and R.D. Sutter 1999
A Natural Heritage Inventory of the Roanoke River Floodplain, North Carolina Harry E. LeGrand, Jr. and Stephen P. Hall 2014
Inventory of Natural Areas of the French Broad Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest (Madison and Haywood counties) Heiman, K. 1995
Natural Areas of Buncombe County, North Carolina: A Preliminary Inventory Heiman, K. and A. Smith 1995
Significant Natural Communities and Rare Plant and Animal Habitats of the Appalachian Trail Corridor in North Carolina and Tennessee (Avery, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey counties) Heiman, K., S.P. Hall, and H.E. LeGrand, Jr. 1993
Inventory of the Natural Areas and Rare Species of Brunswick County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. 1995
Inventory of the Natural Areas and Rare Species of Columbus County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. 1995
Natural Area Inventory of New Hanover County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. 2003
Natural Area Inventory of Onslow County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. 1999
Natural Area Inventory of Pender County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. 2000
Natural Area Inventory of Cumberland County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. and B.A. Sorrie 2002
Natural Area Inventory of Bladen County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. and G.S. Grant 2005
Natural Area Inventory of Duplin County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. and G.S. Grant 2007
Natural Area Inventory of Sampson County, North Carolina LeBlond, R.J. and G.S. Grant 2007
An Inventory of Significant Natural Areas in Johnston County, North Carolina LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 2001
An Inventory of Significant Natural Areas in Wake County, North Carolina LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 2003
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Caswell County, North Carolina LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 2011
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Person County, North Carolina LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 2007
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Robeson County, North Carolina LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 2009
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Scotland County, North Carolina LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 2005
B. Everett Jordan Lake Project: Inventory for Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species and Natural Community Inventory (Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Wake counties) LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 1999
Biological Inventory of Dismal Swamp State Natural Area, North Carolina (Camden County) LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 1994
Inventory of the Natural Areas of Wake County LeGrand, H.E., Jr. 1987
Natural Heritage Program List of the Rare Animal Species of North Carolina Ratcliffe, J.A., J.T. Finnegan, and S.C. Mason 2016
An Assessment of Maritime Forest Resources on the North Carolina Coast (Brunswick, Carteret, Currituck, Dare, and Onslow counties) Lopazanski, M.J., J.P. Evans, and R.E. Shaw 1988
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Cabarrus County, North Carolina Matthews, J. 2002
Natural Heritage Inventory of Gaston County, N.C. Matthews, J. 2000
NC Natural Heritage Program 2015 Biennial Report NC Natural Heritage Program 2015
Procedures for Rating Significant Natural Heritage Areas NC Natural Heritage Program 2014
Procedures for Rating Significant Natural Heritage Areas (Short Summary) NC Natural Heritage Program 2014
The Clay Subsoil Bays of North Carolina Nifong, T.D. 1982
An Inventory of Significant Natural Areas of Madison County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. 2011
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Ashe County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. 1999
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Burke County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. 2002
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of McDowell County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. 2005
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Watauga County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. 2000
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Yancey County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. 2009
Natural Areas Inventory of the Hickorynut Gorge Area of North Carolina (Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford counties) Oakley, S.C. 1996
A Natural Areas Inventory of Haywood County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. and A.B. Smith 1996
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Cleveland County, North Carolina Oakley, S.C. and C.R. Rossell, Jr. 2003
An Inventory of Mafic Natural Areas in the North Carolina Piedmont (Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties) Oakley, S.C., H.E. LeGrand, Jr., and M.P. Schafale 1995
Reconnaissance Natural Area Survey for Edgecombe County, North Carolina Otte, L.J. 1985
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Alexander County, North Carolina Padgett, J.E. 2012
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Alleghany County, North Carolina Padgett, J.E. 2011
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Caldwell County, North Carolina Padgett, J.E. 2008
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Rutherford County, North Carolina Padgett, J.E. 2006
Natural Area Inventory of Mainland Dare County, North Carolina Peacock, S.L., and J.M. Lynch 1982
Natural Areas Inventory for Jackson County, North Carolina Pittillo, J.D. 1994
Natural Areas Inventory for Surry County, North Carolina Randall, J., A.B. Somers, and M. Lipscomb 1995
Inventory of the Natural Areas of the Pacolet Area (Polk County) Rayner, D.A. 1994
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina Robinson, L.G., and J.T. Finnegan 2016
An Inventory of Significant Natural Areas of Catawba County, North Carolina Rossell, C.R., Jr. and J. Levi 2002
Report on Ownership of Potential Preserves within Madison and Haywood Counties, NC Sather, D. 1982
Inventory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Orange County, North Carolina Sather, D. and S.P. Hall 1988
Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North Carolina Sather, D., S.P. Hall, B.A. Sorrie, and R.E. Shaw 2004
Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation Schafale, M.P. 2012
Nonriverine Wet Hardwoods Forests in North Carolina: Status and Trends (Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Hyde, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties) Schafale, M.P. 1999
Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Third Approximation Schafale, M.P., and A.S. Weakley 1990
An Inventory of the Natural Areas of Macon County, North Carolina Schwartzman, E. 2010
An Inventory of the Natural Areas of Transylvania County, North Carolina Schwartzman, E. 2008
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Cherokee County, North Carolina Schwartzman, E. 2014
An Inventory of Natural Areas of Mitchell County, North Carolina Shawn C. Oakley 2014
Natural Areas Inventory for Haywood County, North Carolina Smith, A.B. 1993
Regional Inventory for Critical Natural Areas, Wetland Ecosystems, and Endangered Species Habitats of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Region: Phase 3 (Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Johnston, Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson counties) Smith, I.K., H.E. LeGrand, Jr., S.P. Hall, Z.E. Murrell, C.W. Nordman, and M.P. Schafale 1993
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Avery County, North Carolina Smith, P., A. Kelly, and K. Sinclair 2006
An Inventory of the Natural Areas of Dare County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2014
An Inventory of the Natural Areas of Tyrrell County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2014
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Anson County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2011
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Harnett County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2007
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Hoke County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2004
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Stanly County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2011
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Union County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. 2012
Natural Areas Inventory for Richmond County Sorrie, B.A. 2001
Inventory of the Natural Areas and Rare Species of Durham County Sutter, R.D. 1987
A Preliminary Inventory of the Natural Areas of Lee County, North Carolina Swab, E.C and L.M. Cotterman 1996
A Natural Heritage Inventory of John H. Kerr Reservoir, Virginia and North Carolina (Granville, Vance, and Warren counties) Van Alstine, N.E., G.P. Fleming, and H.E. LeGrand, Jr. 1999
Inventory of Longleaf Pine Natural Communities in North Carolina Schafale, M.P. 1994
Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North Carolina Sorrie, B.A. and Shaw, R.E. 2004
Biennial Report and Protection Plan Buchanan, M.F. 2017
The North Carolina Conservation Planning Tool Report NC Natural Heritage Program 2014
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Animal Species of North Carolina Ratcliffe, J. 2018
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina Robinson, L. 2018
An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Graham County, North Carolina Schwartzman, E. 2017
NC Natural Heritage Program 2019 Biennial Report Buchanan, M.F. 2019
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Animal Species of North Carolina Ratcliffe, J.A. and M.L. Wojcik 2022
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Animal Species of North Carolina Ratcliffe, J.A. 2020
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina Wichmann, B.L. and M.L. Wojcik 2022
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina Wichmann, B.L. and M.L. Wojcik 2021
NC Natural Heritage Program 2021 Biennial Report and Protection Plan Buchanan, M.F. 2021
NC Natural Heritage Program 2023 Biennial Report and Protection Plan Buchanan, M.F. 2023
Survey of Piedmont Prairies and Savannas of Durham County, North Carolina Robinson, J. 2023