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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.
| Randolph | Raynham | Reading | Rehoboth | Revere | Richmond | Rochester | Rockland | Rockport | Rowe | Rowley | Royalston | Russell | Rutland |
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANDOLPH | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander |
T
|
1995
|
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| RANDOLPH | Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis pilosaria | Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth |
SC
|
1994
|
|
| RANDOLPH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma daeckii | Attenuated Bluet |
SC
|
1996
|
|
| RANDOLPH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| RANDOLPH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1951
|
|
| RANDOLPH | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel |
SC
|
2000
|
|
| RANDOLPH | Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis nitida | Shining Wedgegrass |
T
|
1897
|
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| RANDOLPH | Vascular Plant | Spiranthes vernalis | Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses |
T
|
1898
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAYNHAM | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
2001
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
SC
|
1924
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Butterfly/Moth | Callophrys hesseli | Hessel's Hairstreak |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
1994
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
1994
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1951
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Vascular Plant | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Round-fruited False-loosestrife |
E
|
1997
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| RAYNHAM | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis |
T
|
1917
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| READING | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| READING | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1933
|
|
| READING | Crustacean | Eubranchipus intricatus | Intricate Fairy Shrimp |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| READING | Vascular Plant | Houstonia longifolia | Long-leaved Bluet |
E
|
1902
|
|
| READING | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
1880
|
|
| READING | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1888
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVERE | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1915
|
|
| REVERE | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2007
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop |
E
|
1917
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Agrimonia pubescens | Hairy Agrimony |
T
|
1913
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed |
E
|
1896
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed |
T
|
1918
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Elymus villosus | Hairy Wild Rye |
E
|
1909
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Gentiana andrewsii | Andrews' Bottle Gentian |
E
|
1882
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Pedicularis lanceolata | Swamp Lousewort |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed |
SC
|
1800s
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-styled Sanicle |
T
|
1910
|
|
| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite |
SC
|
1897
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND | Amphibian | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Jefferson Salamander |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| RICHMOND | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2008
|
|
| RICHMOND | Bird | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge Wren |
E
|
1988
|
|
| RICHMOND | Bird | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
SC
|
1991
|
|
| RICHMOND | Butterfly/Moth | Euphyes dion | Dion Skipper |
T
|
2008
|
|
| RICHMOND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
2002
|
|
| RICHMOND | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex alopecoidea | Foxtail Sedge |
T
|
1997
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex chordorrhiza | Creeping Sedge |
E
|
1999
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex hitchcockiana | Hitchcock's Sedge |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex tetanica | Fen Sedge |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Conioselinum chinense | Hemlock Parsley |
SC
|
2001
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Eleocharis intermedia | Intermediate Spike-sedge |
T
|
1988
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Eragrostis frankii | Frank's Lovegrass |
SC
|
1990
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass |
T
|
1988
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Galium labradoricum | Labrador Bedstraw |
T
|
2006
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Milium effusum | Woodland Millet |
T
|
1999
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Poa saltuensis ssp. languida | Drooping Speargrass |
E
|
1901
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton hillii | Hill's Pondweed |
SC
|
2002
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel |
T
|
2001
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Sisyrinchium mucronatum | Slender Blue-eyed Grass |
E
|
2005
|
|
| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry |
SC
|
1988
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCHESTER | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander |
T
|
2002
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
1994
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1994
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Linum medium var. texanum | Rigid Flax |
T
|
1983
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush |
T
|
1902
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Round-fruited False-loosestrife |
E
|
1998
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Panicum rigidulum ssp. pubescens | Long-leaved Panic-grass |
T
|
1987
|
|
| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
2006
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKLAND | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow |
T
|
2005
|
|
| ROCKLAND | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper |
E
|
2005
|
|
| ROCKLAND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald |
SC
|
2003
|
|
| ROCKLAND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1952
|
|
| ROCKLAND | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| ROCKLAND | Vascular Plant | Aristida tuberculosa | Seabeach Needlegrass |
T
|
1920
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWE | Bird | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| ROWE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Boyeria grafiana | Ocellated Darner |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| ROWE | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
2002
|
|
| ROWE | Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa | Mountain Alder |
T
|
2008
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge |
T
|
2006
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coralroot |
SC
|
2002
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern |
SC
|
1915
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Myriophyllum farwellii | Farwell's Water-milfoil |
E
|
2006
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1988
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis |
T
|
2007
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Ribes lacustre | Bristly Black Currant |
SC
|
2003
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Triphora trianthophora | Nodding Pogonia |
E
|
2006
|
|
| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Trisetum spicatum | Spiked False Oats |
E
|
1989
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWLEY | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| ROWLEY | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot |
T
|
2005
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow |
T
|
1999
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2004
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2006
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern |
E
|
2004
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe |
E
|
1974
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Rallus elegans | King Rail |
T
|
2004
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| ROWLEY | Bird | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| ROWLEY | Butterfly/Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth |
SC
|
Historic
|
|
| ROWLEY | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1996
|
|
| ROWLEY | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
Historic
|
|
| ROWLEY | Snail | Floridobia winkleyi | New England Siltsnail |
SC
|
1986
|
|
| ROWLEY | Snail | Littoridinops tenuipes | Coastal Marsh Snail |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Aristida tuberculosa | Seabeach Needlegrass |
T
|
1999
|
|
| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | River Bulrush |
SC
|
1913
|
|
| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Elymus villosus | Hairy Wild Rye |
E
|
1896
|
|
| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
1836
|
|
| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-styled Sanicle |
T
|
1881
|
|
| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Sparganium natans | Small Bur-reed |
E
|
1957
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROYALSTON | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Butterfly/Moth | Psectraglaea carnosa | Pink Sallow |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus abbreviatus | Spine-crowned Clubtail |
E
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Somatochlora elongata | Ski-tipped Emerald |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Boechera laevigata | Smooth Rock-cress |
T
|
2004
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Nuphar microphylla | Tiny Cow-lily |
E
|
1950
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1909
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton confervoides | Algae-like Pondweed |
T
|
1950
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel |
T
|
1919
|
|
| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Viola adunca | Sand Violet |
SC
|
2005
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| RUSSELL | Bird | Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon |
E
|
1933
|
|
| RUSSELL | Butterfly/Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | Orange Sallow Moth |
T
|
2008
|
|
| RUSSELL | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus spiniceps | Arrow Clubtail |
T
|
2008
|
|
| RUSSELL | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| RUSSELL | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
1995
|
|
| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Boechera laevigata | Smooth Rock-cress |
T
|
2007
|
|
| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Cyperus houghtonii | Houghton's Flatsedge |
E
|
2007
|
|
| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Trisetum spicatum | Spiked False Oats |
E
|
1990
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUTLAND | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| RUTLAND | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2008
|
|
| RUTLAND | Butterfly/Moth | Callophrys lanoraieensis | Bog Elfin |
T
|
2001
|
|
| RUTLAND | Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis pilosaria | Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| RUTLAND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1986
|
|
| RUTLAND | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| RUTLAND | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| RUTLAND | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Juncus filiformis | Thread Rush |
E
|
1987
|
|
| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1933
|
Updated: October 27, 2009