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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.
| Randolph | Raynham | Reading | Rehoboth | Revere | Richmond | Rochester | Rockland | Rockport | Rowe | Rowley | Royalston | Russell | Rutland |
| Town | 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 | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2004
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| RANDOLPH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
2004
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| RANDOLPH | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma daeckii | Attenuated Bluet | SC |
2006
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| RANDOLPH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1951
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| RANDOLPH | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC |
2000
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| RANDOLPH | Vascular Plant | Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod-grass | E |
1898
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| RANDOLPH | Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis nitida | Shining Wedgegrass | T |
1897
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| RANDOLPH | Vascular Plant | Spiranthes vernalis | Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses | T |
1898
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAYNHAM | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
2001
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| RAYNHAM | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2001
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| RAYNHAM | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
1924
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| RAYNHAM | Butterfly / Moth | Callophrys hesseli | Hessel's Hairstreak | SC |
1988
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| RAYNHAM | Butterfly / Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
1994
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| RAYNHAM | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
1994
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| RAYNHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1951
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| RAYNHAM | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1999
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| RAYNHAM | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket | SC |
1997
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| RAYNHAM | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC |
1997
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| RAYNHAM | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2003
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| RAYNHAM | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern | SC |
1998
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| RAYNHAM | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
1917
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| RAYNHAM | Vascular Plant | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Round-fruited False-loosestrife | E |
2001
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| READING | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
2005
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| READING | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2004
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| READING | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1933
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| READING | Crustacean | Eubranchipus intricatus | Intricate Fairy Shrimp | SC |
2004
|
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| READING | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1888
|
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| READING | Vascular Plant | Houstonia longifolia var. longifolia | Long-leaved Bluet | E |
1902
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| READING | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1880
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REHOBOTH | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
1984
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| REHOBOTH | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T |
2004
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| REHOBOTH | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2004
|
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| REHOBOTH | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
1994
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| REHOBOTH | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle | SC |
1914
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| REHOBOTH | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
1909
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| REHOBOTH | Bird | Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | E |
1938
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| REHOBOTH | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
2002
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| REHOBOTH | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
1989
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| REHOBOTH | Vascular Plant | Spartina cynosuroides | Salt Reedgrass | T |
1998
|
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| REHOBOTH | Vascular Plant | Spiranthes vernalis | Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses | T |
1986
|
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| REHOBOTH | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
1914
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| REHOBOTH | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria subulata | River Arrowhead | E |
1998
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| REHOBOTH | Vascular Plant | Cardamine longii | Long's Bitter-cress | E |
1998
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| REHOBOTH | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed | T |
1903
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVERE | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle | SC |
1914
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| REVERE | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2004
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Elymus villosus | Hairy Wild Rye | E |
1909
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Pedicularis lanceolata | Swamp Lousewort | E |
Historic
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Agrimonia pubescens | Hairy Agrimony | T |
1913
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed | SC |
1800
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop | E |
1917
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Gentiana andrewsii | Andrews' Bottle Gentian | E |
1882
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite | SC |
1897
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-leaved Milkweed | T |
1918
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | E |
1896
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| REVERE | Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-styled Sanicle | T |
1910
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND | Amphibian | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Jefferson Salamander | SC |
2003
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| RICHMOND | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1996
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| RICHMOND | Bird | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | SC |
1991
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| RICHMOND | Bird | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge Wren | E |
1988
|
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| RICHMOND | Butterfly / Moth | Euphyes dion | Dion Skipper | T |
1999
|
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| RICHMOND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
2002
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| RICHMOND | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
1980
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| RICHMOND | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1998
|
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton hillii | Hill's Pondweed | SC |
2002
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Milium effusum | Woodland Millet | T |
1999
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Eragrostis frankii | Frank's Lovegrass | SC |
1990
|
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Sisyrinchium mucronatum | Slender Blue-eyed Grass | E |
2005
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass | T |
1988
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Eleocharis intermedia | Intermediate Spike-sedge | T |
1988
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex tetanica | Fen Sedge | SC |
1988
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex hitchcockiana | Hitchcock's Sedge | SC |
1988
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex chordorrhiza | Creeping Sedge | E |
1999
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Carex alopecoidea | Foxtail Sedge | T |
1997
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Galium labradoricum | Labrador Bedstraw | T |
1999
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | SC |
1988
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel | T |
2001
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Conioselinum chinense | Hemlock Parsley | SC |
2001
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| RICHMOND | Vascular Plant | Poa saltuensis spp. languida | Drooping Speargrass | E |
1901
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCHESTER | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T |
2002
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| ROCHESTER | Butterfly / Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
1994
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| ROCHESTER | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1994
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| ROCHESTER | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket | SC |
1999
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| ROCHESTER | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC |
2000
|
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| ROCHESTER | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2004
|
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| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass | SC |
1999
|
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| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush | T |
1902
|
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| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Round-fruited False-loosestrife | E |
1998
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| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
2000
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| ROCHESTER | Vascular Plant | Panicum rigidulum ssp. pubescens | Long-leaved Panic-grass | T |
1987
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKLAND | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | E |
2005
|
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| ROCKLAND | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | T |
2002
|
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| ROCKLAND | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald | SC |
2003
|
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| ROCKLAND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1952
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| ROCKLAND | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2004
|
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| ROCKLAND | Vascular Plant | Aristida tuberculosa | Seabeach Needlegrass | T |
1920
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKPORT | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | E |
2001
|
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| ROCKPORT | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
|
1920
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| ROCKPORT | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
1920
|
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| ROCKPORT | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
1937
|
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| ROCKPORT | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1928
|
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| ROCKPORT | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
1921
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| ROCKPORT | Vascular Plant | Rumex pallidus | Seabeach Dock | T |
2003
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWE | Bird | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | E |
T
|
Historic
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| ROWE | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
2002
|
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| ROWE | Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker | SC |
2003
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern | SC |
1915
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1988
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Trisetum spicatum | Spiked False Oats | E |
1989
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Triphora trianthophora | Nodding Pogonia | E |
2003
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
2005
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coralroot | SC |
2002
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge | T |
1991
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Myriophyllum farwellii | Farwell's Water-milfoil | E |
2003
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Ribes lacustre | Bristly Black Currant | SC |
2005
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| ROWE | Vascular Plant | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa | Mountain Alder | T |
2004
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWLEY | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
1978
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | E |
1974
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | E |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Rallus elegans | King Rail | T |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | SC |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
|
2002
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
|
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler | E |
1906
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| ROWLEY | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | T |
1999
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| ROWLEY | Butterfly / Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth | SC |
1934
|
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| ROWLEY | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1996
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| ROWLEY | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1900
|
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| ROWLEY | Snail | Cincinnatia winkleyi | New England Siltsnail | SC |
1986
|
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| ROWLEY | Snail | Littoridinops tenuipes | Coastal Marsh Snail | SC |
1986
|
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Sparganium natans | Small Bur-reed | E |
1957
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Elymus villosus | Hairy Wild Rye | E |
1896
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Aristida tuberculosa | Seabeach Needlegrass | T |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | River Bulrush | SC |
1913
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria montevidensis ssp. spongiosa | Estuary Arrowhead | E |
2004
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1836
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Bidens hyperborea var. colpophila | Estuary Beggar-ticks | E |
1981
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| ROWLEY | Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-styled Sanicle | T |
1881
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROYALSTON | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
2000
|
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| ROYALSTON | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1993
|
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| ROYALSTON | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Gomphus abbreviatus | Spine-crowned Clubtail | E |
2004
|
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| ROYALSTON | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Somatochlora elongata | Ski-tailed Emerald | SC |
2002
|
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| ROYALSTON | Dragonfly / Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
2002
|
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| ROYALSTON | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
2004
|
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| ROYALSTON | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
2004
|
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| ROYALSTON | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
2006
|
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| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1909
|
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| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton confervoides | Algae-like Pondweed | T |
1950
|
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| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Viola adunca | Sand Violet | SC |
2005
|
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| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Nuphar microphylla | Tiny Cow-lily | E |
1950
|
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| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel | T |
1919
|
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| ROYALSTON | Vascular Plant | Boechera laevigata | Smooth Rock-cress | T |
2004
|
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL | Bird | Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | E |
1933
|
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| RUSSELL | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | E |
1901
|
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| RUSSELL | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
2002
|
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| RUSSELL | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
1995
|
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| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Trisetum spicatum | Spiked False Oats | E |
1990
|
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| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Cyperus houghtonii | Houghton's Flatsedge | E |
2003
|
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| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory | SC |
1998
|
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| RUSSELL | Vascular Plant | Boechera laevigata | Smooth Rock-cress | T |
1990
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUTLAND | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2004
|
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| RUTLAND | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1999
|
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| RUTLAND | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
2005
|
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| RUTLAND | Butterfly / Moth | Callophrys lanoraieensis | Bog Elfin | T |
2001
|
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| RUTLAND | Butterfly / Moth | Metarranthis pilosaria | Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth | SC |
1999
|
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| RUTLAND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1986
|
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| RUTLAND | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1997
|
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| RUTLAND | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
1997
|
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| RUTLAND | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1989
|
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| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1933
|
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| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Juncus filiformis | Thread Rush | E |
1987
|
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| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe | SC |
1989
|
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| RUTLAND | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1999
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Updated: 09/11/2007