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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 September 2009.
| Fairhaven | Fall River | Falmouth | Fitchburg | Florida | Foxborough | Framingham | Franklin | Freetown |
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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
|
2006
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern |
E
|
E
|
2008
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Reptile | Malaclemys terrapin | Diamond-backed Terrapin |
T
|
1988
|
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass |
E
|
1990
|
|
| FAIRHAVEN | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed |
SC
|
2004
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALL RIVER | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander |
T
|
2001
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1913
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Bird | Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon |
E
|
2006
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Bird | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle |
E
|
2009
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Butterfly/Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth |
SC
|
1986
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed |
T
|
1903
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Juncus debilis | Weak Rush |
E
|
1999
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Linum medium var. texanum | Rigid Flax |
T
|
1999
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Round-fruited False-loosestrife |
E
|
1913
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Lycopus rubellus | Gypsywort |
E
|
1925
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Panicum rigidulum ssp. pubescens | Long-leaved Panic-grass |
T
|
2006
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
2000
|
|
| FALL RIVER | Vascular Plant | Tripsacum dactyloides | Northern Gama-grass |
E
|
1983
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALMOUTH | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot |
T
|
1970
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow |
T
|
2008
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper |
E
|
2005
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2006
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Gavia immer | Common Loon |
SC
|
1921
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow |
T
|
2005
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern |
E
|
E
|
2008
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Callophrys irus | Frosted Elfin |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Cycnia inopinatus | Unexpected Cycnia |
T
|
2008
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Faronta rubripennis | The Pink Streak |
T
|
1998
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Itame sp. 1 nr. inextricata | Pine Barrens Itame |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
1986
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Satyrium favonius | Oak Hairstreak |
SC
|
1996
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Zale sp. 1 nr. lunifera | Pine Barrens Zale |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Crustacean | Eulimnadia agassizii | Agassiz's Clam Shrimp |
E
|
1970
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Crustacean | Limnadia lenticularis | American Clam Shrimp |
SC
|
1890
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Anax longipes | Comet Darner |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet |
T
|
1999
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet |
T
|
2006
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Fish | Acipenser brevirostrum | Shortnose Sturgeon |
E
|
E
|
1871
|
| FALMOUTH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1952
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Amelanchier nantucketensis | Nantucket Shadbush |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass |
T
|
1894
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed |
E
|
2007
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed |
T
|
1884
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Corema conradii | Broom Crowberry |
SC
|
1932
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Crocanthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose |
SC
|
2000
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass |
E
|
1894
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium wrightianum | Wright's Panic-grass |
SC
|
2001
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Gamochaeta purpurea | Purple Cudweed |
E
|
1884
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Hydrocotyle verticillata | Saltpond Pennywort |
T
|
2005
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Lachnanthes caroliana | Redroot |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Saltpond Grass |
T
|
1985
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Linum intercursum | Sandplain Flax |
SC
|
1984
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush |
T
|
1990
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Malaxis bayardii | Bayard's Green Adder's-mouth |
E
|
1911
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Myriophyllum pinnatum | Pinnate Water-milfoil |
SC
|
1919
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1971
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Opuntia humifusa | Prickly Pear |
E
|
2007
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed |
SC
|
1901
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Polygonum puritanorum | Pondshore Knotweed |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Rhynchospora nitens | Short-beaked Bald-sedge |
T
|
2002
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Rhynchospora scirpoides | Long-beaked Bald-sedge |
SC
|
1995
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria teres | Terete Arrowhead |
SC
|
2002
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Scleria pauciflora | Papillose Nut Sedge |
E
|
2005
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail |
SC
|
1990
|
|
| FALMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Utricularia resupinata | Resupinate Bladderwort |
T
|
2002
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FITCHBURG | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle |
T
|
2007
|
|
| FITCHBURG | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory |
SC
|
1879
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1916
|
|
| FLORIDA | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
SC
|
1990
|
|
| FLORIDA | Bird | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| FLORIDA | Bird | Oporornis philadelphia | Mourning Warbler |
SC
|
1990
|
|
| FLORIDA | Butterfly/Moth | Erora laeta | Early Hairstreak |
T
|
1988
|
|
| FLORIDA | Butterfly/Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | Orange Sallow Moth |
T
|
1987
|
|
| FLORIDA | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Somatochlora elongata | Ski-tipped Emerald |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| FLORIDA | Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker |
SC
|
1984
|
|
| FLORIDA | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
Historic
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa | Mountain Alder |
T
|
2006
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Amelanchier bartramiana | Bartram's Shadbush |
T
|
1988
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge |
T
|
2006
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Goodyera repens | Dwarf Rattlesnake-plantain |
E
|
1919
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Juncus filiformis | Thread Rush |
E
|
1916
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Moehringia macrophylla | Large-leaved Sandwort |
E
|
2001
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis |
T
|
1909
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Ribes lacustre | Bristly Black Currant |
SC
|
1987
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Solidago macrophylla | Large-leaved Goldenrod |
T
|
2004
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Sorbus decora | Northern Mountain-ash |
E
|
1993
|
|
| FLORIDA | Vascular Plant | Triphora trianthophora | Nodding Pogonia |
E
|
2005
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOXBOROUGH | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
1994
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Butterfly/Moth | Callophrys hesseli | Hessel's Hairstreak |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Butterfly/Moth | Callophrys irus | Frosted Elfin |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Butterfly/Moth | Satyrium favonius | Oak Hairstreak |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald |
SC
|
2002
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1993
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Ageratina aromatica | Lesser Snakeroot |
E
|
1940
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Nabalus serpentarius | Lion's Foot |
E
|
1946
|
|
| FOXBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1919
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRAMINGHAM | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot |
T
|
Historic
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1907
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1928
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela rufiventris hentzii | Hentz's Redbelly Tiger Beetle |
T
|
1908
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Bird | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler |
E
|
1982
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Butterfly/Moth | Apodrepanulatrix liberaria | New Jersey Tea Inchworm |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis apiciaria | Barrens Metarranthis Moth |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1962
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel |
SC
|
1911
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass |
T
|
1911
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed |
E
|
1885
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Cyperus engelmannii | Engelmann's Umbrella-sedge |
T
|
2001
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass |
E
|
1892
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush |
T
|
1911
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Nabalus serpentarius | Lion's Foot |
E
|
1909
|
|
| FRAMINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Sparganium natans | Small Bur-reed |
E
|
1890
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern |
E
|
1992
|
|
| FRANKLIN | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1982
|
|
| FRANKLIN | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| FRANKLIN | Vascular Plant | Linum medium var. texanum | Rigid Flax |
T
|
1886
|
|
| FRANKLIN | Vascular Plant | Ranunculus micranthus | Tiny-flowered Buttercup |
E
|
1910
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREETOWN | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1905
|
|
| FREETOWN | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
1988
|
|
| FREETOWN | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma daeckii | Attenuated Bluet |
SC
|
1972
|
|
| FREETOWN | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet |
T
|
1972
|
|
| FREETOWN | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1994
|
|
| FREETOWN | Reptile | Malaclemys terrapin | Diamond-backed Terrapin |
T
|
2007
|
|
| FREETOWN | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass |
T
|
1955
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Carex oligosperma | Few-fruited Sedge |
E
|
2008
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass |
E
|
1990
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Juncus debilis | Weak Rush |
E
|
1999
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern |
SC
|
1991
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Panicum rigidulum ssp. pubescens | Long-leaved Panic-grass |
T
|
1999
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
Historic
|
|
| FREETOWN | Vascular Plant | Scirpus longii | Long's Bulrush |
T
|
2008
|
Updated: October 27, 2009