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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.
| Oak Bluffs | Oakham |Orleans | Otis | Orange | Oxford |
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK BLUFFS | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot |
T
|
1950
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| OAK BLUFFS | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1986
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2006
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern |
E
|
1900
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern |
E
|
E
|
2008
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2008
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly/Moth | Abagrotis nefascia | Coastal Heathland Cutworm |
SC
|
2006
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly/Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth |
SC
|
2005
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly/Moth | Eacles imperialis | Imperial Moth |
T
|
2006
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly/Moth | Oncocnemis riparia | Dune Noctuid Moth |
SC
|
2005
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly/Moth | Stenoporpia polygrammaria | Faded Gray Geometer |
T
|
2005
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly/Moth | Zale sp. 1 nr. lunifera | Pine Barrens Zale |
SC
|
1999
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
1988
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Amelanchier nantucketensis | Nantucket Shadbush |
SC
|
1986
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass |
T
|
1882
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Crocanthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed |
SC
|
1897
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Scleria pauciflora | Papillose Nut Sedge |
E
|
2005
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail |
SC
|
1996
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Sisyrinchium fuscatum | Sandplain Blue-eyed Grass |
SC
|
2006
|
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Tripsacum dactyloides | Northern Gama-grass |
E
|
2007
|
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKHAM | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
1999
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| OAKHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OAKHAM | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
2000
|
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe |
SC
|
2006
|
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass |
T
|
2005
|
||
| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
2006
|
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Sparganium natans | Small Bur-reed |
E
|
2002
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow |
T
|
2009
|
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| ORANGE | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2005
|
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| ORANGE | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow |
T
|
2000
|
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| ORANGE | Butterfly/Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | Orange Sallow Moth |
T
|
2005
|
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
2007
|
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus abbreviatus | Spine-crowned Clubtail |
E
|
2004
|
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Neurocordulia yamaskanensis | Stygian Shadowdragon |
SC
|
2006
|
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Ophiogomphus aspersus | Brook Snaketail |
SC
|
1995
|
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail |
SC
|
2005
|
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus spiniceps | Arrow Clubtail |
T
|
2005
|
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| ORANGE | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
2000
|
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| ORANGE | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
2006
|
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| ORANGE | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
2003
|
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| ORANGE | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
2006
|
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory |
SC
|
2003
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Clematis occidentalis | Purple Clematis |
SC
|
2003
|
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
1931
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Mimulus moschatus | Muskflower |
E
|
1910
|
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Viola adunca | Sand Violet |
SC
|
2003
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORLEANS | Bird | Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl |
E
|
1985
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2002
|
| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern |
E
|
E
|
2008
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2008
|
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern |
SC
|
2005
|
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
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| ORLEANS | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
1986
|
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| ORLEANS | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Anax longipes | Comet Darner |
SC
|
1995
|
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| ORLEANS | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
2000
|
|
| ORLEANS | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet |
T
|
2000
|
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| ORLEANS | Reptile | Malaclemys terrapin | Diamond-backed Terrapin |
T
|
2002
|
|
| ORLEANS | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2002
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Crocanthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose |
SC
|
1919
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens | Commons's Panic-grass |
SC
|
1989
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
1913
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush |
T
|
2003
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Polygonum puritanorum | Pondshore Knotweed |
SC
|
1985
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
2008
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria teres | Terete Arrowhead |
SC
|
2008
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Spartina cynosuroides | Salt Reedgrass |
T
|
1988
|
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite |
SC
|
1989
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
SC
|
1978
|
|
| OTIS | Bird | Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow |
E
|
Historic
|
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| OTIS | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus descriptus | Harpoon Clubtail |
E
|
1996
|
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| OTIS | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1996
|
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| OTIS | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OTIS | Mussel | Alasmidonta varicosa | Brook Floater (Swollen Wedgemussel) |
E
|
2007
|
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| OTIS | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OTIS | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
2008
|
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe |
SC
|
1998
|
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge |
T
|
1985
|
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Juncus filiformis | Thread Rush |
E
|
1994
|
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri | Gattinger's Panic-grass |
SC
|
1978
|
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel |
T
|
1997
|
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Crooked-stem Aster |
T
|
2004
|
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXFORD | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander |
T
|
2009
|
|
| OXFORD | Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe |
E
|
2006
|
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| OXFORD | Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis pilosaria | Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OXFORD | Butterfly/Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | Orange Sallow Moth |
T
|
2007
|
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| OXFORD | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail |
SC
|
2007
|
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| OXFORD | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
2006
|
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| OXFORD | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
2006
|
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| OXFORD | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1999
|
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| OXFORD | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern |
SC
|
1941
|
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| OXFORD | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1933
|
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| OXFORD | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis |
T
|
1939
|
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| OXFORD | Vascular Plant | Ranunculus pensylvanicus | Bristly Buttercup |
SC
|
2006
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Updated: October 27, 2009