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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.
For more information about a particular species, view the list of Natural Heritage Fact Sheets.
These data were extracted from the database of the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program in August 2006.
| Fairhaven | Fall River | Falmouth | Fitchburg | Florida | Foxborough | Framingham | Franklin | Freetown |
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1993
|
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| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
|
2000
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| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
|
1990
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| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
1995
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| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
|
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| FAIRHAVEN | Reptile | Malaclemys terrapin | Diamondback Terrapin | T |
1988
|
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| FAIRHAVEN | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2005
|
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| FAIRHAVEN | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass | E |
1990
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| FAIRHAVEN | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed | SC |
2004
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALL RIVER | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T |
2001
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| FALL RIVER | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
1988
|
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| FALL RIVER | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1913
|
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| FALL RIVER | Bird | Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | E |
2004
|
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| FALL RIVER | Butterfly / Moth | Erynnis persius persius | Persius Duskywing | E |
1949
|
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| FALL RIVER | Butterfly / Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth | SC |
1986
|
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| FALL RIVER | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
1999
|
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| FALL RIVER | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC |
1999
|
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| FALL RIVER | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
1999
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Tripsacum dactyloides | Northern Gama-grass | E |
1983
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass | SC |
1999
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Juncus debilis | Weak Rush | E |
1999
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Round-fruited False-loosestrife | E |
1913
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Linum medium var. texanum | Rigid Flax | T |
1999
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Lycopus rubellus | Gypsywort | E |
1925
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
2000
|
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed | T |
1903
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| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Panicum rigidulum ssp. pubescens | Long-leaved Panic-grass | T |
1999
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALMOUTH | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
1940
|
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| FALMOUTH | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
1970
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Gavia immer | Common Loon | SC |
1921
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
|
2002
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | E |
2001
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
|
2002
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2002
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | E |
1927
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | T |
2005
|
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| FALMOUTH | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | T |
2004
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Callophrys irus | Frosted Elfin | SC |
2004
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Satyrium favonius | Oak Hairstreak | SC |
1996
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Itame sp. 1 nr. inextricata | Pine Barrens Itame | SC |
1998
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer | SC |
2004
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth | SC |
1999
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Cycnia inopinatus | Unexpected Cycnia | T |
1998
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Zale sp. 1 nr. lunifera | Pine Barrens Zale | SC |
1998
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth | SC |
1998
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
1986
|
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| FALMOUTH | Butterfly / Moth | Faronta rubripennis | The Pink Streak | T |
1998
|
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| FALMOUTH | Crustacean | Limnadia lenticularis | American Clam Shrimp | SC |
1890
|
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| FALMOUTH | Crustacean | Eulimnadia agassizii | Agassiz's Clam Shrimp | E |
1970
|
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| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Anax longipes | Comet Darner | SC |
1987
|
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| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
2003
|
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| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet | T |
2003
|
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| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet | T |
1999
|
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| FALMOUTH | Fish | Acipenser brevirostrum | Shortnose Sturgeon | E |
E
|
1871
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| FALMOUTH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1952
|
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| FALMOUTH | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket | SC |
1999
|
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| FALMOUTH | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2005
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1971
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail | SC |
1990
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Saltpond Grass | T |
1985
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium wrightianum | Wright's Panic-grass | SC |
2001
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass | E |
1894
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T |
1894
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Malaxis bayardii | Bayard's Green Adder's-mouth | E |
1911
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Lachnanthes caroliana | Redroot | SC |
2004
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana | Papillose Nut-sedge | E |
2001
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Rhynchospora nitens | Short-beaked Bald-sedge | T |
2002
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Rhynchospora scirpoides | Long-beaked Bald-sedge | SC |
1995
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush | T |
1999
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria teres | Terete Arrowhead | SC |
2002
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Polygonum puritanorum | Pondshore Knotweed | SC |
1997
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed | SC |
1913
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Utricularia resupinata | Resupinate Bladderwort | T |
2002
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Utricularia striata | Fibrous Bladderwort | T |
1925
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Linum intercursum | Sandplain Flax | SC |
1984
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Myriophyllum pinnatum | Pinnate Water-milfoil | SC |
1919
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
2003
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Corema conradii | Broom Crowberry | SC |
1932
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Helianthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose | SC |
2000
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Gamochaeta purpurea | Purple Cudweed | E |
1884
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
2004
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed | T |
1884
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | E |
2005
|
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| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Hydrocotyle verticillata | Saltpond Pennywort | T |
2002
|
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FITCHBURG | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle | T |
1996
|
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| FITCHBURG | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory | SC |
1879
|
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle | SC |
1916
|
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| FLORIDA | Bird | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | E |
T
|
1976
|
| FLORIDA | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
1990
|
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| FLORIDA | Bird | Oporornis philadelphia | Mourning Warbler | SC |
1990
|
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| FLORIDA | Butterfly / Moth | Erora laeta | Early Hairstreak | T |
1988
|
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| FLORIDA | Butterfly / Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | Orange Sallow Moth | T |
1987
|
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| FLORIDA | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Boyeria grafiana | Ocellated Darner | SC |
2004
|
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| FLORIDA | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Somatochlora elongata | Ski-tailed Emerald | SC |
2005
|
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| FLORIDA | Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker | SC |
2003
|
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| FLORIDA | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
Historic
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Triphora trianthophora | Nodding Pogonia | E |
2000
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
1909
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Goodyera repens | Dwarf Rattlesnake-plantain | E |
1919
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Juncus filiformis | Thread Rush | E |
1916
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge | T |
1991
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Viola nephrophylla | Northern Bog Violet | E |
1984
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Sorbus decora | Northern Mountain-ash | E |
1993
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Amelanchier bartramiana | Bartram's Shadbush | T |
2004
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Ribes lacustre | Bristly Black Currant | SC |
2005
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Moehringia macrophylla | Large-leaved Sandwort | E |
2001
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa | Mountain Alder | T |
2004
|
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| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Solidago macrophylla | Large-leaved Goldenrod | T |
2004
|
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOXBOROUGH | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
1994
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Butterfly / Moth | Callophrys hesseli | Hessel's Hairstreak | SC |
1988
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Butterfly / Moth | Callophrys irus | Frosted Elfin | SC |
2004
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Butterfly / Moth | Satyrium favonius | Oak Hairstreak | SC |
1999
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald | SC |
2002
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1999
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1993
|
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| FOXBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1919
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| FOXBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Ageratina aromatica | Lesser Snakeroot | E |
1940
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| FOXBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Nabalus serpentarius | Lion's Foot | E |
1946
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRAMINGHAM | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
1989
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| FRAMINGHAM | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2001
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
1852
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle | SC |
1907
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela rufiventris hentzii | Hentz's Redbelly Tiger Beetle | T |
1908
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1928
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Bird | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler | E |
1982
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Butterfly / Moth | Apodrepanulatrix liberaria | New Jersey Tea Inchworm | E |
1934
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Butterfly / Moth | Metarranthis apiciaria | Barrens Metarranthis Moth | E |
1934
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1962
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC |
1911
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Sparganium natans | Small Bur-reed | E |
1890
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass | E |
1892
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T |
1911
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush | T |
1911
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Cyperus engelmannii | Engelmann's Umbrella-sedge | T |
2001
|
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Nabalus serpentarius | Lion's Foot | E |
1909
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| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | E |
1885
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T |
2006
|
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| FRANKLIN | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2000
|
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| FRANKLIN | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | E |
1992
|
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| FRANKLIN | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1995
|
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| FRANKLIN | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1982
|
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| FRANKLIN | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2004
|
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| FRANKLIN | Vascular Plant | Ranunculus micranthus | Tiny-flowered Buttercup | E |
1910
|
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| FRANKLIN | Vascular Plant | Linum medium var. texanum | Rigid Flax | T |
1886
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREETOWN | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1905
|
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| FREETOWN | Butterfly / Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
1988
|
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| FREETOWN | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma daeckii | Attenuated Bluet | SC |
1972
|
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| FREETOWN | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet | T |
1972
|
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| FREETOWN | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1994
|
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| FREETOWN | Reptile | Malaclemys terrapin | Diamondback Terrapin | T |
2003
|
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| FREETOWN | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2005
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern | SC |
1991
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass | SC |
1999
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass | E |
1990
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T |
1955
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Juncus debilis | Weak Rush | E |
1999
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Scirpus longii | Long's Bulrush | T |
1997
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Carex oligosperma | Few-fruited Sedge | E |
1997
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
Historic
|
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| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Panicum rigidulum ssp. pubescens | Long-leaved Panic-grass | T |
1999
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Updated: 09/11/2007