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Rare Species by Town

MESA (Massachusetts Endangered Species Act) and Federal Status

E = Endangered T = Threatened SC = Special Concern

Most Recent Observation

This field represents the most recent observation of that species in a town. However, because they are rare, many MESA-listed species are difficult to detect even when they are present. Natural Heritage does not have the resources to be able to conduct methodical species surveys in each town on a regular basis. Therefore, the fact that the 'Most Recent Observation' recorded for a species may be several years old should not be interpreted as meaning that the species no longer occurs in a town. However, Natural Heritage regards records older than twenty-five years historic.

Click on a town below to view MESA-listed species for that town. To print the species for a particular town, highlight the species using your mouse, go to Print under the File Menu, click on 'Selection' under 'Print Range' and click OK.

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These data were extracted from the database of the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program in September 2009.

East Bridgewater | East Brookfield | East Longmeadow | Eastham | Easthampton | Easton | Edgartown | Egremont | Erving | Essex | Everett

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EAST BRIDGEWATER Mussel Leptodea ochracea Tidewater Mucket
SC
1997
EAST BRIDGEWATER Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle
T
1992
EAST BRIDGEWATER Reptile Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
SC
2000
EAST BRIDGEWATER Vascular Plant Cardamine longii Long's Bitter-cress
E
2001
EAST BRIDGEWATER Vascular Plant Platanthera flava var. herbiola Pale Green Orchis
T
1997
EAST BRIDGEWATER Vascular Plant Sabatia kennedyana Plymouth Gentian
SC
1986

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EAST BROOKFIELD Amphibian Ambystoma laterale Blue-spotted Salamander
SC
2008
EAST BROOKFIELD Bird Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern
E
1995
EAST BROOKFIELD Bird Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle
E
1999
EAST BROOKFIELD Bird Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe
E
1993
EAST BROOKFIELD Bird Rallus elegans King Rail
T
1993
EAST BROOKFIELD Butterfly/Moth Rhodoecia aurantiago Orange Sallow Moth
T
2004
EAST BROOKFIELD Mussel Alasmidonta undulata Triangle Floater
SC
1999
EAST BROOKFIELD Reptile Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle
SC
2009
EAST BROOKFIELD Vascular Plant Adlumia fungosa Climbing Fumitory
SC
1932
EAST BROOKFIELD Vascular Plant Carex polymorpha Variable Sedge
E
2001
EAST BROOKFIELD Vascular Plant Lipocarpha micrantha Dwarf Bulrush
T
2007
EAST BROOKFIELD Vascular Plant Scirpus longii Long's Bulrush
T
2000

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EAST LONGMEADOW Amphibian Ambystoma jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander
SC
1991
EAST LONGMEADOW Amphibian Scaphiopus holbrookii Eastern Spadefoot
T
1993
EAST LONGMEADOW Reptile Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle
SC
1987
EAST LONGMEADOW Reptile Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
SC
1987
EAST LONGMEADOW Vascular Plant Ludwigia polycarpa Many-fruited False-loosestrife
E
Historic
EAST LONGMEADOW Vascular Plant Lygodium palmatum Climbing Fern
SC
2000

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EASTHAM Amphibian Scaphiopus holbrookii Eastern Spadefoot
T
2009
 
EASTHAM Bird Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper
E
1850
 
EASTHAM Bird Charadrius melodus Piping Plover
T
T
2006
 
EASTHAM Bird Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern
E
E
2008
 
EASTHAM Bird Sterna hirundo Common Tern
SC
2008
 
EASTHAM Bird Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern
SC
2005
 
EASTHAM Bird Sternula antillarum Least Tern
SC
2007
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Abagrotis nefascia Coastal Heathland Cutworm
SC
2003
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Catocala herodias gerhardi Gerhard's Underwing Moth
SC
2003
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Cicinnus melsheimeri Melsheimer's Sack Bearer
T
2003
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Neoligia semicana Northern Brocade Moth
SC
2003
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Oncocnemis riparia Dune Noctuid Moth
SC
2003
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Papaipema stenocelis Chain Fern Borer Moth
T
2003
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Papaipema sulphurata Water-willow Stem Borer
T
1994
 
EASTHAM Butterfly/Moth Psectraglaea carnosa Pink Sallow
SC
2003
 
EASTHAM Dragonfly/Damselfly Anax longipes Comet Darner
SC
1998
 
EASTHAM Dragonfly/Damselfly Enallagma laterale New England Bluet
SC
2000
 
EASTHAM Dragonfly/Damselfly Enallagma pictum Scarlet Bluet
T
1999
 
EASTHAM Dragonfly/Damselfly Rhionaeschna mutata Spatterdock Darner
SC
1999
 
EASTHAM Mussel Ligumia nasuta Eastern Pondmussel
SC
Historic
 
EASTHAM Reptile Malaclemys terrapin Diamond-backed Terrapin
T
2002
 
EASTHAM Reptile Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
SC
2008
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Carex mitchelliana Mitchell's Sedge
T
2003
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Corema conradii Broom Crowberry
SC
2003
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Crocanthemum dumosum Bushy Rockrose
SC
2001
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens Commons's Panic-grass
SC
1987
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Lipocarpha micrantha Dwarf Bulrush
T
1985
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Nabalus serpentarius Lion's Foot
E
1913
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Opuntia humifusa Prickly Pear
E
2000
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Polygonum puritanorum Pondshore Knotweed
SC
1907
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Rhexia mariana Maryland Meadow Beauty
E
1915
 
EASTHAM Vascular Plant Sabatia kennedyana Plymouth Gentian
SC
2008
 

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EASTHAMPTON Bird Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
E
2007
EASTHAMPTON Butterfly/Moth Rhodoecia aurantiago Orange Sallow Moth
T
2007
EASTHAMPTON Dragonfly/Damselfly Ophiogomphus aspersus Brook Snaketail
SC
1997
EASTHAMPTON Dragonfly/Damselfly Stylurus scudderi Zebra Clubtail
SC
1997
EASTHAMPTON Dragonfly/Damselfly Stylurus spiniceps Arrow Clubtail
T
2006
EASTHAMPTON Fish Acipenser brevirostrum Shortnose Sturgeon
E
E
1999
EASTHAMPTON Mussel Alasmidonta undulata Triangle Floater
SC
2001
EASTHAMPTON Mussel Lampsilis cariosa Yellow Lampmussel
E
2005
EASTHAMPTON Mussel Ligumia nasuta Eastern Pondmussel
SC
2001
EASTHAMPTON Reptile Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle
SC
2008
EASTHAMPTON Reptile Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
SC
2007
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Adlumia fungosa Climbing Fumitory
SC
1872
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Arisaema dracontium Green Dragon
T
2008
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Boechera missouriensis Green Rock-cress
T
2003
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Carex grayi Gray's Sedge
T
2008
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Clematis occidentalis Purple Clematis
SC
2005
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Corallorhiza odontorhiza Autumn Coralroot
SC
2000
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae New England Blazing Star
SC
2003
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Pedicularis lanceolata Swamp Lousewort
E
1930
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Trichostema brachiatum False Pennyroyal
E
1904
EASTHAMPTON Vascular Plant Trisetum spicatum Spiked False Oats
E
2003

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EASTON Amphibian Ambystoma laterale Blue-spotted Salamander
SC
2008
EASTON Amphibian Ambystoma opacum Marbled Salamander
T
2000
EASTON Bird Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern
E
1970s
EASTON Bird Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier
T
1933
EASTON Bird Tyto alba Barn Owl
SC
1987
EASTON Dragonfly/Damselfly Somatochlora linearis Mocha Emerald
SC
2003
EASTON Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle
T
2007
EASTON Reptile Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
SC
2003
EASTON Vascular Plant Lycopus rubellus Gypsywort
E
2005
EASTON Vascular Plant Ophioglossum pusillum Adder's-tongue Fern
T
1900
EASTON Vascular Plant Oxalis violacea Violet Wood-sorrel
E
1889
EASTON Vascular Plant Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum Philadelphia Panic-grass
SC
1986
EASTON Vascular Plant Platanthera flava var. herbiola Pale Green Orchis
T
2005
EASTON Vascular Plant Potamogeton confervoides Algae-like Pondweed
T
1972
EASTON Vascular Plant Scirpus longii Long's Bulrush
T
1914
EASTON Vascular Plant Spiranthes vernalis Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses
T
1903
EASTON Vascular Plant Tillaea aquatica Pygmyweed
T
1905

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EDGARTOWN Amphibian Scaphiopus holbrookii Eastern Spadefoot
T
2000
EDGARTOWN Beetle Cicindela purpurea Purple Tiger Beetle
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Bird Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow
T
2003
EDGARTOWN Bird Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl
E
1997
EDGARTOWN Bird Asio otus Long-eared Owl
SC
1979
EDGARTOWN Bird Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper
E
1957
EDGARTOWN Bird Charadrius melodus Piping Plover
T
T
2006
EDGARTOWN Bird Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier
T
2004
EDGARTOWN Bird Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern
E
E
2008
EDGARTOWN Bird Sterna hirundo Common Tern
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Bird Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern
SC
1982
EDGARTOWN Bird Sternula antillarum Least Tern
SC
2007
EDGARTOWN Bird Tyto alba Barn Owl
SC
2007
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Abagrotis nefascia Coastal Heathland Cutworm
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Acronicta albarufa Barrens Daggermoth
T
2007
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Bagisara rectifascia Straight Lined Mallow Moth
SC
2007
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Catocala herodias gerhardi Gerhard's Underwing Moth
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Cicinnus melsheimeri Melsheimer's Sack Bearer
T
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Cingilia catenaria Chain Dot Geometer
SC
2006
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Cycnia inopinatus Unexpected Cycnia
T
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Digrammia eremiata Three-lined Angle Moth
T
1983
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Eacles imperialis Imperial Moth
T
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Euchlaena madusaria Sandplain Euchlaena
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Faronta rubripennis The Pink Streak
T
2006
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Hemileuca maia Barrens Buckmoth
SC
2004
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Itame sp. 1 nr. inextricata Pine Barrens Itame
SC
2005
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Lycia ypsilon Pine Barrens Lycia
T
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Metarranthis apiciaria Barrens Metarranthis Moth
E
1999
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Metarranthis pilosaria Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth
SC
1993
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Oncocnemis riparia Dune Noctuid Moth
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Papaipema sulphurata Water-willow Stem Borer
T
1988
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Psectraglaea carnosa Pink Sallow
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Ptichodis bistrigata Southern Ptichodis
T
2005
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Stenoporpia polygrammaria Faded Gray Geometer
T
2006
EDGARTOWN Butterfly/Moth Zale sp. 1 nr. lunifera Pine Barrens Zale
SC
2006
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Ageratina aromatica Lesser Snakeroot
E
1913
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Amelanchier nantucketensis Nantucket Shadbush
SC
2008
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Aristida purpurascens Purple Needlegrass
T
2008
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Asclepias verticillata Linear-leaved Milkweed
T
1915
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Crocanthemum dumosum Bushy Rockrose
SC
1999
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Gamochaeta purpurea Purple Cudweed
E
1913
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Hydrocotyle verticillata Saltpond Pennywort
T
1984
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae New England Blazing Star
SC
2006
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Linum intercursum Sandplain Flax
SC
2006
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Nabalus serpentarius Lion's Foot
E
2004
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Ophioglossum pusillum Adder's-tongue Fern
T
1917
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Polygonum glaucum Sea-beach Knotweed
SC
2007
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Scleria pauciflora Papillose Nut Sedge
E
2006
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Setaria parviflora Bristly Foxtail
SC
2005
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Sisyrinchium fuscatum Sandplain Blue-eyed Grass
SC
2006
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Spiranthes vernalis Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses
T
2001
EDGARTOWN Vascular Plant Symphyotrichum concolor Eastern Silvery Aster
E
1929

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EGREMONT Amphibian Ambystoma jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander
SC
2008
EGREMONT Bird Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow
T
1978
EGREMONT Bird Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern
E
2008
EGREMONT Bird Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren
E
1955
EGREMONT Bird Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
SC
2008
EGREMONT Bird Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern
E
1991
EGREMONT Bird Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe
E
1987
EGREMONT Bird Rallus elegans King Rail
T
1965
EGREMONT Butterfly/Moth Euphyes dion Dion Skipper
T
2008
EGREMONT Fish Catostomus catostomus Longnose Sucker
SC
1970
EGREMONT Mammal Myotis leibii Small-footed Myotis
SC
2006
EGREMONT Mammal Myotis sodalis Indiana Myotis
E
E
1935
EGREMONT Reptile Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle
SC
1989
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Acer nigrum Black Maple
SC
1990
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Agrimonia pubescens Hairy Agrimony
T
1986
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Blephilia hirsuta Hairy Wood-mint
E
1990
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Cardamine pratensis var. palustris Fen Cuckoo Flower
T
1998
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Carex formosa Handsome Sedge
T
2002
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Carex sterilis Dioecious Sedge
T
2006
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Carex tetanica Fen Sedge
SC
1987
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Eleocharis intermedia Intermediate Spike-sedge
T
Historic
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Eriophorum gracile Slender Cottongrass
T
1990
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Galium labradoricum Labrador Bedstraw
T
1987
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri Gattinger's Panic-grass
SC
1989
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Platanthera dilatata Leafy White Orchis
T
1857
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Poa saltuensis ssp. languida Drooping Speargrass
E
1998
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Potamogeton hillii Hill's Pondweed
SC
2001
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak
SC
2006
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Rhododendron maximum Great Laurel
T
2004
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Rhynchospora capillacea Capillary Beak-sedge
E
2001
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Sanicula canadensis Canadian Sanicle
T
1999
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Symphyotrichum prenanthoides Crooked-stem Aster
T
2001
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Verbena simplex Narrow-leaved Vervain
E
Historic
EGREMONT Vascular Plant Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's-root
T
2006

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
ERVING Bird Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
E
2003
ERVING Bird Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler
E
1988
ERVING Dragonfly/Damselfly Enallagma laterale New England Bluet
SC
2008
ERVING Dragonfly/Damselfly Gomphus abbreviatus Spine-crowned Clubtail
E
2004
ERVING Fish Catostomus catostomus Longnose Sucker
SC
1940s
ERVING Mussel Alasmidonta undulata Triangle Floater
SC
2002
ERVING Reptile Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle
SC
2004
ERVING Reptile Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
SC
1978
ERVING Vascular Plant Amelanchier sanguinea Roundleaf Shadbush
SC
1911
ERVING Vascular Plant Potamogeton confervoides Algae-like Pondweed
T
2005

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
ESSEX Amphibian Ambystoma jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander
SC
1916
ESSEX Bird Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk
SC
2000
ESSEX Bird Parula americana Northern Parula
T
1983
ESSEX Bird Sterna hirundo Common Tern
SC
2007
ESSEX Bird Sternula antillarum Least Tern
SC
2007
ESSEX Fish Notropis bifrenatus Bridle Shiner
SC
1959
ESSEX Reptile Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle
T
1999
ESSEX Vascular Plant Suaeda calceoliformis American Sea-blite
SC
1953

 

Town
Taxonomic
Group
Scientific
Name
Common
Name
MESA
Status
Federal
Status
Most Recent
Observation
EVERETT Bird Sterna hirundo Common Tern
SC
2005
EVERETT Vascular Plant Asclepias verticillata Linear-leaved Milkweed
T
Historic
EVERETT Vascular Plant Bolboschoenus fluviatilis River Bulrush
SC
1885

 

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Updated: October 27, 2009