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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.
| Taunton | Templeton | Tewksbury | Tisbury | Tolland | Topsfield | Townsend | Truro | Tyngsborough | Tyringham |
| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAUNTON | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
2001
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| TAUNTON | Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T |
1996
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| TAUNTON | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2001
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| TAUNTON | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
2003
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| TAUNTON | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1941
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| TAUNTON | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
1900
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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
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| TAUNTON | Fish | Acipenser oxyrinchus | Atlantic Sturgeon | E |
1992
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| TAUNTON | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1951
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| TAUNTON | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1999
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| TAUNTON | Mussel | Leptodea ochracea | Tidewater Mucket | SC |
1997
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| TAUNTON | Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC |
1997
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| TAUNTON | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
2004
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| TAUNTON | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle | T |
1996
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| TAUNTON | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2005
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern | SC |
1875
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis pensylvanica | Swamp Oats | T |
1862
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass | SC |
1997
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
2002
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Scirpus longii | Long's Bulrush | T |
1997
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Eleocharis tricostata | Three-angled Spike-sedge | E |
1995
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Carex typhina | Cat-tail Sedge | T |
2000
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
2003
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Cardamine longii | Long's Bitter-cress | E |
2004
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| TAUNTON | Vascular Plant | Bidens eatonii | Eaton's Beggar-ticks | E |
1984
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLETON | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1968
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| TEMPLETON | Bird | Asio otus | Long-eared Owl | SC |
1978
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| TEMPLETON | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | T |
1993
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| TEMPLETON | Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | T |
1993
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| TEMPLETON | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail | E |
2004
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| 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 | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1905
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod-grass | E |
2002
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass | SC |
1901
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Viola adunca | Sand Violet | SC |
1953
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| TEMPLETON | Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory | SC |
1878
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| Town | 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
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| TEWKSBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Callophrys irus | Frosted Elfin | SC |
1986
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| TEWKSBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Apodrepanulatrix liberaria | New Jersey Tea Inchworm | E |
2004
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| TEWKSBURY | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1962
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| TEWKSBURY | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
2003
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| TEWKSBURY | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1992
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| TEWKSBURY | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle | T |
1993
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod-grass | E |
1853
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Potamogeton confervoides | Algae-like Pondweed | T |
Historic
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panic-grass | SC |
1990
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Carex oligosperma | Few-fruited Sedge | E |
1911
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Utricularia resupinata | Resupinate Bladderwort | T |
1900
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| TEWKSBURY | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1899
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TISBURY | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
1978
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| TISBURY | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
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2002
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| TISBURY | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
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2002
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| TISBURY | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2002
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| TISBURY | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Stenoporpia polygrammaria | Faded Gray Geometer | T |
1990
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer | SC |
1987
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Cicinnus melsheimeri | Melsheimer's Sack Bearer | T |
1943
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Eacles imperialis | Imperial Moth | T |
2003
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Zale sp. 1 nr. lunifera | Pine Barrens Zale | SC |
1993
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth | SC |
1993
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| TISBURY | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
2002
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| TISBURY | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
1988
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Leymus mollis ssp. mollis | Sea Lyme-grass | E |
1964
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail | SC |
1988
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Saltpond Grass | T |
1893
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass | E |
1913
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T |
1882
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Crataegus bicknellii | Bicknell's Hawthorn | E |
1918
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Polygonum glaucum | Sea-beach Knotweed | SC |
1897
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Sabatia stellaris | Sea Pink | E |
1911
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Helianthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose | SC |
1989
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| TISBURY | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite | SC |
1916
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOLLAND | Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | E |
1934
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| TOLLAND | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1996
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| TOLLAND | Mussel | Alasmidonta varicosa | Brook Floater (Swollen Wedgemussel) | E |
1996
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOPSFIELD | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
1998
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| TOPSFIELD | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
1852
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| TOPSFIELD | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
2002
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| TOPSFIELD | Bird | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler | E |
1988
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| TOPSFIELD | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald | SC |
2004
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| TOPSFIELD | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
1977
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| TOPSFIELD | Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T |
1915
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| TOPSFIELD | Vascular Plant | Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | River Bulrush | SC |
1992
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| TOPSFIELD | Vascular Plant | Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass | T |
Historic
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| TOPSFIELD | Vascular Plant | Galium boreale | Northern Bedstraw | E |
Historic
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| TOPSFIELD | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1995
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOWNSEND | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1987
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| TOWNSEND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Ophiogomphus aspersus | Brook Snaketail | SC |
2005
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| TOWNSEND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
1967
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| TOWNSEND | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail | E |
2005
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| TOWNSEND | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1996
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| TOWNSEND | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
2001
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| TOWNSEND | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
1997
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| TOWNSEND | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
2001
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| TOWNSEND | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle | T |
2006
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRURO | Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | SC |
2002
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| TRURO | Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T |
2005
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| TRURO | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
1965
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| TRURO | Bird | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | E |
1993
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| TRURO | Bird | Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier | T |
2004
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| TRURO | Bird | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | SC |
1892
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| TRURO | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
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2002
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| TRURO | Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | E |
1850
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| TRURO | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
1999
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| TRURO | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2005
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| TRURO | Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | T |
1993
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis pilosaria | Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Moth | SC |
1984
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Cingilia catenaria | Chain Dot Geometer | SC |
1988
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Catocala herodias gerhardi | Gerhard's Underwing Moth | SC |
1989
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Apamea inebriata | Drunk Apamea Moth | SC |
1989
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
2005
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Oncocnemis riparia | Dune Noctuid Moth | SC |
1989
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| TRURO | Butterfly/Moth | Abagrotis nefascia | Coastal Heathland Cutworm | SC |
1989
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| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Aeshna mutata | Spatterdock Darner | SC |
1998
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| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet | T |
2000
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| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma daeckii | Attenuated Bluet | SC |
2005
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| TRURO | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet | T |
1999
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| TRURO | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1990
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| TRURO | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2003
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1933
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens | Commons's Panic-grass | SC |
1987
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T |
1986
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Utricularia resupinata | Resupinate Bladderwort | T |
2002
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Utricularia striata | Fibrous Bladderwort | T |
1985
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
2000
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Corema conradii | Broom Crowberry | SC |
2002
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Helianthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose | SC |
2001
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Opuntia humifusa | Prickly Pear | E |
2000
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| TRURO | Vascular Plant | Mertensia maritima | Oysterleaf | E |
2001
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYNGSBOROUGH | Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-spotted Salamander | SC |
1995
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle | SC |
Historic
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC |
1921
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Butterfly/Moth | Erynnis persius persius | Persius Duskywing | E |
1975
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Butterfly/Moth | Apodrepanulatrix liberaria | New Jersey Tea Inchworm | E |
1918
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus vastus | Cobra Clubtail | SC |
2004
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Neurocordulia obsoleta | Umber Shadowdragon | SC |
2004
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus amnicola | Riverine Clubtail | E |
2004
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus spiniceps | A Clubtail Dragonfly | T |
2004
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1999
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Reptile | Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle | T |
2006
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| TYNGSBOROUGH | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
1915
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| Town | Taxonomic Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
MESA Status |
Federal Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYRINGHAM | Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle | SC |
1923
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| TYRINGHAM | Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E |
2004
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| TYRINGHAM | Bird | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge Wren | E |
2000
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| TYRINGHAM | Bird | Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow | E |
1900
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| TYRINGHAM | Butterfly/Moth | Eacles imperialis | Imperial Moth | T |
1951
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| TYRINGHAM | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1987
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| TYRINGHAM | Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker | SC |
1970
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| TYRINGHAM | Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC |
1980
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| TYRINGHAM | Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC |
1980
|
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| TYRINGHAM | Reptile | Glyptemys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC |
1997
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| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Eleocharis intermedia | Intermediate Spike-sedge | T |
1990
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| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Carex tuckermanii | Tuckerman's Sedge | E |
2003
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| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Cynoglossum virginianum var. boreale | Northern Wild Comfrey | E |
1897
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| TYRINGHAM | Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-styled Sanicle | T |
2002
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Updated: 09/11/2007