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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.
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Town
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Taxonomic
Group |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
MESA
Status |
Federal
Status |
Most Recent
Observation |
| YARMOUTH | Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | SC |
2006
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| YARMOUTH | Bird | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | T |
T
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2002
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| YARMOUTH | Bird | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | E |
E
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2004
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| YARMOUTH | Bird | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | SC |
2004
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| YARMOUTH | Bird | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | SC |
2004
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| YARMOUTH | Bird | Parula americana | Northern Parula | T |
1983
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| YARMOUTH | Butterfly/Moth | Papaipema sulphurata | Water-willow Stem Borer | T |
1986
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| YARMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Anax longipes | Comet Darner | SC |
1995
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| YARMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC |
2005
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| YARMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma recurvatum | Pine Barrens Bluet | T |
2000
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| YARMOUTH | Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma pictum | Scarlet Bluet | T |
1999
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| YARMOUTH | Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC |
1956
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| YARMOUTH | Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC |
2002
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-tongue Fern | T |
1916
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis pensylvanica | Swamp Oats | T |
2001
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail | SC |
1989
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium wrightianum | Wright's Panic-grass | SC |
1988
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens | Commons's Panic-grass | SC |
1989
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense | Mattamuskeet Panic-grass | E |
1989
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Listera cordata | Heartleaf Twayblade | E |
2003
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Lachnanthes caroliana | Redroot | SC |
1988
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Rhynchospora scirpoides | Long-beaked Bald-sedge | SC |
1988
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Rhynchospora inundata | Inundated Horned-sedge | T |
1988
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush | T |
1913
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Carex mitchelliana | Mitchell's Sedge | T |
1907
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sagittaria teres | Terete Arrowhead | SC |
2004
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Polygonum puritanorum | Pondshore Knotweed | SC |
1986
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Utricularia subulata | Subulate Bladderwort | SC |
1925
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Gentian | SC |
2004
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Helianthemum dumosum | Bushy Rockrose | SC |
1931
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite | SC |
1928
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae | New England Blazing Star | SC |
2003
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| YARMOUTH | Vascular Plant | Hydrocotyle verticillata | Saltpond Pennywort | T |
2003
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Updated: May 23, 2007