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NHESP Plant Historic List

(as of March 6, 2012)

Scientific Name MA Checklist Synonym Common Name SRank New England Rank GRank
Amaranthus pumilus   Seabeach-amaranth SH 4 G2
Anemone virginiana var. alba A. virginiana var. riparia; A. riparia Riverbank Thimbleweed SH   G5T4T5
Angelica venenosa A. villosa Hairy-angelica SH 4 G5
Callitriche terrestris C. deflexa Terrestrial Starwort SH 4 G5
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora C. fraterniflora; C. sepium var. fraterniflora; Convolvulus fraterniflorus Short-stalked False Bindweed SH   G5T5
Carex peckii   Peck's Sedge SH   G5
Carex vacillans   Swinging Sedge SH   GNR
Carex wiegandii   Wiegand's Prickly Sedge SH 1 G4
Carex willdenowii   Willdenow's Sedge SH 4 G5
Castilleja coccinea   Scarlet Painted Cup SH 2 G5
Chenopodium rubrum   Coast-blite SNR   G5
Crataegus dodgei C. rotundata; C. gravesii Dodge's Hawthorn SH   G4
Crataegus lumaria C. dodgei var. lumaria Thorny Hawthorn SH   G3G4
Crataegus populnea C. compta; C. iracunda var. populnea; C. iracunda var. stolonifera Poplar Hawthorn SH   GNRQ
Crataegus schizophylla   Cut-leaved Hawthorn SNR   G1G2
Crataegus stonei   Stone's Hawthorn SH   GNR
Cuscuta indecora   Collared Dodder SH   G5
Cuscuta pentagona   Field-dodder SH   G5
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum C. calceolus var. parviflorum Southern Small Yellow Lady's-slipper SH   G5T3T5
Desmodium sessilifolium   Sessile-leaved Tick-trefoil SH   G5
Dichanthelium ovale ssp. villosissimum D. villosissimum; Panicum villosissimum Villous Panic-grass SH   G5T5
Dichanthelium scoparium Panicum scoparium Velvet Panic-grass SH   G5
Draba reptans   Carolina Whitlow-grass SH 2 G5
Echinodorus tenellus E. parvulus; E. tenellus var. parvulus Little Burhead SH 1 G5?
Eleocharis equisetoides   Horsetail Spike-rush SH 2 G4
Eleocharis fallax   Deceitful Spike-rush SH 2 G4G5
Eleocharis quadrangulata E. quadrangulata var. crassior Square-stemmed Spike-rush SH 2 G4
Elymus glabriflorus   Southeastern Wild-Rye SH   GNR
Equisetum palustre   Marsh-horsetail SH   G5
Floerkea proserpinacoides   False Mermaid SH 2 G5
Galium trifidum ssp. halophilum   Seaside Bedstraw SH   G5T3T5
Lechea intermedia var. juniperina   Maine Pinweed SH   G5TNR
Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum L. sulcatum Grooved Yellow Flax SH 2 G5T5
Muhlenbergia capillaris   Hairgrass SH 2 G5
Onosmodium virginianum   False Gromwell SH 2 G4
Paspalum laeve P. laeve var. circulare Field Bead-grass SH 2 G4G5
Platanthera ciliaris Habenaria ciliaris Yellow or Orange-fringed Orchis SH 2 G5
Platanthera obtusata P. obtusata; Habenaria obtusata Blunt-leaved Orchis SH   G5
Polygala senega   Seneca Snakeroot SH 2 G4G5
Potamogeton alpinus   Northern Pondweed SH 2 G5
Pseudognaphalium micradenium Gnaphalium helleri var. micradenium; Gnaphalium obtusifolium var. micradenium Heller's Everlasting SH IND. G3?
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana Lycopodium carolinianum Carolina or Slender Clubmoss SX 4 G4
Puccinellia fasciculata   Bunched Alkali-grass SH   G3G5
Puccinellia pumila P. tenella ssp. alascana; P. paupercula var. alaskana Northern Alkali-grass SH IND. G4G5
Ranunculus ambigens   American Spearwort SH 2 G4
Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis R. reptans var. ovalis Creeping Spearwort SH   G5TNRQ
Saururus cernuus   Lizard's Tail SH 2 G5
Schoenoplectus hallii Scirpus hallii Hall's Bulrush SH 4 G2G3
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus Scirpus heterochaetus; Scirpus lacustris Slender Bulrush SH IND. G5
Schwalbea americana   Chaffseed SH 4 G2G3
Scutellaria integrifolia   Hyssop Skullcap SH 2 G5
Selaginella eclipes S. apoda ssp. eclipes Hidden Spike-moss SH   G4
Solidago hispida S. bicolor var. concolor Hispid Goldenrod SH   G5
Solidago rigida   Stiff Goldenrod SH 2 G5
Sporobolus heterolepis   Northern Dropseed SH 2 G5
Stachys pilosa S. palustris ssp. pilosa; Stachys palustris var. pilosa American Hedge-nettle SH   G5
Symphyotrichum praealtum Aster praealtus Willow Aster SH IND G5

Last Updated: 04/17/2012