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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.
| Taunton | Templeton | Tewksbury | Tisbury | Tolland | Topsfield | Townsend | Truro | Tyngsborough | Tyringham |
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAUNTON | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander |
T
|
1996
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| TAUNTON | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot |
T
|
2009
|
|
| TAUNTON | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
SC
|
1900
|
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| TAUNTON | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
1941
|
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| TAUNTON | Bird | Parula americana | Northern Parula |
T
|
1880
|
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| TAUNTON | Butterfly/Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer |
SC
|
1933
|
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| TAUNTON | Butterfly/Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth |
SC
|
1887
|
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| TAUNTON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Anax longipes | Comet Darner |
SC
|
1994
|
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| TAUNTON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet |
T
|
1993
|
|
| TAUNTON | Fish | Acipenser oxyrinchus | Atlantic Sturgeon |
E
|
1991
|
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| TAUNTON | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1951
|
|
| TAUNTON | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1997
|
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| TAUNTON | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| TAUNTON | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| TAUNTON | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle |
T
|
1996
|
|
| TAUNTON | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| TAUNTON | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Bidens eatonii | Eaton's Beggar-ticks |
E
|
1984
|
|
| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Carex typhina | Cat-tail Sedge |
T
|
2006
|
|
| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Eleocharis tricostata | Three-angled Spike-sedge |
E
|
2001
|
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern |
SC
|
1875
|
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis |
T
|
2007
|
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Scirpus longii | Long's Bulrush |
T
|
2008
|
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis pensylvanica | Swamp Oats |
T
|
1862
|
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLETON | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow |
T
|
1993
|
|
| TEMPLETON | Bird | Asio otus | Long-eared Owl |
SC
|
1978
|
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| TEMPLETON | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2005
|
|
| TEMPLETON | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow |
T
|
1993
|
|
| TEMPLETON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| TEMPLETON | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1997
|
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| TEMPLETON | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1985
|
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory |
SC
|
1878
|
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
Historic
|
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass |
SC
|
1901
|
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod-grass |
E
|
2002
|
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Viola adunca | Sand Violet |
SC
|
2008
|
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEWKSBURY | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
2005
|
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| TEWKSBURY | Bird | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge Wren |
E
|
1978
|
|
| TEWKSBURY | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1962
|
|
| TEWKSBURY | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle |
T
|
1993
|
|
| TEWKSBURY | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1992
|
|
| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Carex oligosperma | Few-fruited Sedge |
E
|
1911
|
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
1899
|
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass |
SC
|
1990
|
|
| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton confervoides | Algae-like Pondweed |
T
|
Historic
|
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod-grass |
E
|
1853
|
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Utricularia resupinata | Resupinate Bladderwort |
T
|
1900
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TISBURY | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2006
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| TISBURY | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern |
E
|
E
|
2008
|
| TISBURY | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| TISBURY | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Acronicta albarufa | Barrens Daggermoth |
T
|
1989
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Cicinnus melsheimeri | Melsheimer's Sack Bearer |
T
|
Historic
|
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer |
SC
|
1987
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Eacles imperialis | Imperial Moth |
T
|
2005
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
2002
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Stenoporpia polygrammaria | Faded Gray Geometer |
T
|
1990
|
|
| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Zale sp. 1 nr. lunifera | Pine Barrens Zale |
SC
|
1993
|
|
| TISBURY | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Crataegus bicknellii | Bicknell's Hawthorn |
E
|
1918
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Crocanthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass |
E
|
1913
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Saltpond Grass |
T
|
1893
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Leymus mollis ssp. mollis | Sea Lyme-grass |
E
|
1964
|
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Sabatia stellaris | Sea Pink |
E
|
1911
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite |
SC
|
1916
|
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOLLAND | Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe |
E
|
1934
|
|
| TOLLAND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma carunculatum | Tule Bluet |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| TOLLAND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus abbreviatus | Spine-crowned Clubtail |
E
|
2006
|
|
| TOLLAND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail |
SC
|
2006
|
|
| TOLLAND | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1996
|
|
| TOLLAND | Mussel | Alasmidonta varicosa | Brook Floater (Swollen Wedgemussel) |
E
|
1996
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOWNSEND | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2000
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow |
T
|
2007
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet |
SC
|
1967
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Ophiogomphus aspersus | Brook Snaketail |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1996
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
2005
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
1996
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle |
T
|
2009
|
|
| TOWNSEND | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
2007
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRURO | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot |
T
|
2006
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper |
E
|
1850
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2007
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover |
T
|
T
|
2006
|
| TRURO | Bird | Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier |
T
|
2006
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
SC
|
1892
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern |
E
|
1993
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow |
T
|
1993
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern |
E
|
E
|
2008
|
| TRURO | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| TRURO | Bird | Sternula antillarum | Least Tern |
SC
|
2007
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Abagrotis nefascia | Coastal Heathland Cutworm |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Apamea inebriata | Drunk Apamea Moth |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer |
SC
|
1988
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis pilosaria | Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth |
SC
|
1984
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Oncocnemis riparia | Dune Noctuid Moth |
SC
|
1989
|
|
| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer |
T
|
2005
|
|
| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma daeckii | Attenuated Bluet |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet |
T
|
1999
|
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| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet |
T
|
2000
|
|
| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Rhionaeschna mutata | Spatterdock Darner |
SC
|
1998
|
|
| TRURO | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1956
|
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| TRURO | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass |
T
|
2000
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Corema conradii | Broom Crowberry |
SC
|
2008
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Crocanthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose |
SC
|
2000
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens | Commons's Panic-grass |
SC
|
1987
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Mertensia maritima | Oysterleaf |
E
|
2001
|
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern |
T
|
1933
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Opuntia humifusa | Prickly Pear |
E
|
2000
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian |
SC
|
2000
|
|
| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Utricularia resupinata | Resupinate Bladderwort |
T
|
2002
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander |
SC
|
1995
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
Historic
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1921
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Butterfly/Moth | Apodrepanulatrix liberaria | New Jersey Tea Inchworm |
E
|
1918
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus vastus | Cobra Clubtail |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Neurocordulia obsoleta | Umber Shadowdragon |
SC
|
2004
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus amnicola | Riverine Clubtail |
E
|
2004
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus spiniceps | Arrow Clubtail |
T
|
2004
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle |
T
|
2008
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1999
|
|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star |
SC
|
1915
|
|
Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYRINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle |
SC
|
1923
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Bird | Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow |
E
|
Historic
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern |
E
|
2008
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Bird | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge Wren |
E
|
2000
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Butterfly/Moth | Eacles imperialis | Imperial Moth |
T
|
1951
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker |
SC
|
1970
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner |
SC
|
1987
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater |
SC
|
1980
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper |
SC
|
1980
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle |
SC
|
1997
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Carex tuckermanii | Tuckerman's Sedge |
E
|
2003
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Cynoglossum virginianum var. boreale | Northern Wild Comfrey |
E
|
1897
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Eleocharis intermedia | Intermediate Spike-sedge |
T
|
1990
|
|
| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-styled Sanicle |
T
|
2002
|
Updated: October 27, 2009