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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.
| Oak Bluffs | Orleans | Oakham | Otis | Orange | Oxford |
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
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| OAK BLUFFS | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
1950
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | E |
1900
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
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2002
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2003
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
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2002
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| OAK BLUFFS | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
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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 | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1986
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| OAK BLUFFS | Butterfly / Moth | Eacles imperialis | Imperial Moth | T |
1999
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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 |
2005
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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 |
2001
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T |
1882
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Helianthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose | SC |
2000
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Linum intercursum | Sandplain Flax | SC |
2004
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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 |
2004
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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 |
2004
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| OAK BLUFFS | Vascular Plant | Tripsacum dactyloides | Northern Gama-grass | E |
2003
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| Town | 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 | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
2004
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Sparganium natans | Small Bur-reed | E |
2002
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass | T |
2000
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe | SC |
2006
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| OAKHAM | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1999
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
1996
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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 | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | T |
2000
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| ORANGE | Butterfly / Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | Orange Sallow Moth | T |
2005
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Gomphus abbreviatus | Spine-crowned Clubtail | E |
2004
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Ophiogomphus aspersus | Brook Snaketail | SC |
2003
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Neurocordulia yamaskanensis | Stygian Shadowdragon | SC |
2006
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail | E |
2005
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| ORANGE | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Stylurus spiniceps | A Clubtail Dragonfly | 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 | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton diversifolius | Variable Pondweed | E |
2002
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Viola adunca | Sand Violet | SC |
2003
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Mimulus moschatus | Muskflower | E |
1910
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Clematis occidentalis | Purple Clematis | SC |
2003
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory | SC |
2005
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| ORANGE | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1931
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORLEANS | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
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2002
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
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2001
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2003
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | SC |
2003
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
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| ORLEANS | Bird | Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | E |
1985
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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
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| ORLEANS | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet | T |
2005
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| ORLEANS | Reptile | Malaclemys terrapin | Diamondback Terrapin | T |
2002
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| ORLEANS | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2004
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Spartina cynosuroides | Salt Reedgrass | T |
1995
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens |
Commons's Panic-grass | SC |
1989
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush | T |
1985
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Carex mitchelliana | Mitchell's Sedge | T |
2003
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria teres | Terete Arrowhead | SC |
1985
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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 |
1994
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Helianthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose | SC |
1919
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite | SC |
1989
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| ORLEANS | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1913
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
1978
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| OTIS | Bird | Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow | E |
1900
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| OTIS | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Gomphus descriptus | Harpoon Clubtail | E |
2001
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| OTIS | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1996
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| OTIS | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1997
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| OTIS | Mussel | Alasmidonta varicosa | Brook Floater (Swollen Wedgemussel) | E |
2004
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| OTIS | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
1997
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| OTIS | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1990
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri | Gattinger's Panic-grass | SC |
1978
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Juncus filiformis | Thread Rush | E |
1994
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge | T |
1985
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| OTIS | Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe | SC |
1998
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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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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXFORD | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T |
1978
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| OXFORD | Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | E |
2006
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| OXFORD | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1998
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| OXFORD | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
2004
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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 | Desmodium humifusum | Spreading Tick-trefoil | E |
2004
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Updated: 09/11/2007