Summary of the MESA list
The official list of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern species as defined in Section 10.60 of Chapter 321 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations. The MESA List is prepared under the authority of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA). Under this act (MGL c. 131A and its implementing regulations (321 CMR 10.00)), MESA-listed species are protected from "take".
Taxonomic Group | Endangered | Threatened | Special Concern | Totals |
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Mammals |
11 (7 FE)*** |
0 | 3 | 14 |
Birds (breeding) |
9 (1 FE) |
7 (2 FT) |
14 | 30 |
Reptiles (including 5 sea turtles) |
8 (4 FE, 1 FT) |
5 (2 FT) |
3 | 16 |
Amphibians | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4* |
Fishes | 4 (2 FE) |
2 (1 FT) | 4 | 10 |
Invertebrates (non-marine only) |
32 (2 FE, 2 FT) |
25 | 42 | 99 |
Plants (vascular) |
153 (3 FE, 1 FT) |
66 | 40 | 259 |
Totals | 217 (19 FE, 4 FT) |
108 (5 FT) |
108 (0) |
432* (27 FE or FT**) |
*Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) counted as 1 species, but is Threatened in Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Special Concern in other counties.
**Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) counted as 1 species, but is FE in the Connecticut River and FT in the Merrimack River.
***Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) was reclassified as Federally Endangered on March 31, 2023.
FE = species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as Federally Endangered.
FT = species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as Federally Threatened.
Additional Resources
List of Species
Click on the common name for a fact sheet outlining the description, habitat, threats, life history, etc. for that species.
Fish
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Acipenser brevirostrum |
E |
E |
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Acipenser oxyrinchus |
E |
E/T |
NY Bight (Connecticut and Taunton Rivers in Massachusetts) Endangered; Gulf of Maine (Merrimack River in Massachusetts) Threatened. |
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Catostomus catostomus |
SC |
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Chrosomus eos |
E |
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Couesius plumbeus |
E |
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Gasterosteus aculeatus |
T |
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Trimorphic freshwater population only. |
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Hybognathus regius |
SC |
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Lethenteron appendix |
T |
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Lota lota |
SC |
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Notropis bifrenatus |
SC |
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Amphibians
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum
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SC |
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Complex consisting of the genetically pure lineage and its associated unisexual forms (statewide). |
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Ambystoma laterale pop. 1 |
SC |
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“Population 1”; complex consisting of the genetically pure lineage and its associated unisexual forms (jurisdictions outside Bristol and Plymouth Counties). |
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Ambystoma laterale pop. 2 |
T |
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“Population 2”; consists of the genetically pure lineage (Bristol and Plymouth Counties only). |
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Ambystoma opacum |
T |
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Scaphiopus holbrookii |
T |
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Reptiles
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Agkistrodon contortrix |
E |
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Caretta caretta |
T |
T |
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Carphophis amoenus |
T |
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Chelonia mydas |
T |
T |
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Crotalus horridus |
E |
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Dermochelys coriacea |
E |
E |
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Emydoidea blandingii |
T |
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Eretmochelys imbricata |
E |
E |
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Glyptemys insculpta |
SC |
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Glyptemys muhlenbergii |
E |
T |
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Heterodon platirhinos |
SC |
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Lepidochelys kempii |
E |
E |
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Malaclemys terrapin |
T |
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Pantherophis alleghaniensis |
E |
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Pseudemys rubriventris |
E |
E |
This species is listed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as P.r. bangsi (Plymouth Redbelly Turtle) in 50 CFR 17.11.
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Terrapene carolina |
SC |
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Birds
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MAStatus |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Ammodramus savannarum |
T |
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Ammospiza caudacuta |
SC |
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Antrostomus vociferus |
SC |
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Asio flammeus |
E |
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Asio otus |
SC |
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Bartramia longicauda |
E |
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Botaurus lentiginosus |
E |
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Calidris canutus |
T |
T |
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Charadrius melodus |
T |
T |
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Circus hudsonius |
T |
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Cistothorus platensis |
E |
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Falco peregrinus |
SC |
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Gallinula galeata |
SC |
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Gavia immer |
SC |
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Geothlypis philadelphia |
SC |
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
SC |
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Ixobrychus exilis |
E |
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Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
E |
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Podilymbus podiceps |
E |
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Pooecetes gramineus |
T |
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Rallus elegans |
T |
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Setophaga americana |
T |
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Setophaga striata |
SC |
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Sterna dougallii |
E |
E |
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Sterna hirundo |
SC |
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Sterna paradisaea |
SC |
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Sternula antillarum |
SC |
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Sturnella magna |
SC |
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Tyto alba |
SC |
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Vermivora chrysoptera |
E |
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Mammals
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Balaenoptera borealis |
E |
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Balaenoptera musculus |
E |
E |
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Balaenoptera physalus |
E |
E |
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Eubalaena glacialis |
E |
E |
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Megaptera novaeangliae |
E |
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Myotis leibii |
E |
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Myotis lucifugus |
E |
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Myotis septentrionalis |
E |
E |
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Myotis sodalis |
E |
E |
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Perimyotis subflavus |
E |
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Physeter macrocephalus |
E |
E |
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Sorex dispar |
SC |
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Sorex palustris |
SC |
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Synaptomys cooperi |
SC |
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Sponges
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MA Status |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Spongilla aspinosa |
SC |
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Flatworms
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MA Status |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Seidlia remota |
SC |
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Segmented Worms
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MA Status |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Macrobdella sestertia |
SC |
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Snails
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Floridobia winkleyi |
SC |
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Littoridinops tenuipes |
SC |
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Marstonia lustrica |
E |
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Pomatiopsis lapidaria |
E |
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Valvata sincera |
E |
Mussels
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MA Status |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Alasmidonta heterodon |
E |
E |
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Alasmidonta varicosa |
E |
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Lampsilis cariosa |
E |
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Leptodea ochracea |
SC |
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Ligumia nasuta |
SC |
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Strophitus undulatus |
SC |
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Crustaceans
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MA Status |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Eubranchipus intricatus |
SC |
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Eulimnadia agassizii |
E |
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Gammarus pseudolimnaeus |
SC |
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Limnadia lenticularis |
SC |
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Stygobromus borealis |
E |
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Stygobromus tenuis |
SC |
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Synurella chamberlaini |
SC |
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Dragonflies
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Aeshna subarctica |
E |
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Boyeria grafiana |
SC |
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Gomphurus fraternus |
E |
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Gomphurus ventricosus |
T |
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Hylogomphus abbreviatus |
SC |
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Ophiogomphus aspersus |
SC |
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Ophiogomphus carolus |
T |
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Phanogomphus descriptus |
E |
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Phanogomphus quadricolor |
E |
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Somatochlora elongata |
SC |
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Somatochlora forcipata |
E |
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Somatochlora georgiana |
E |
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Somatochlora incurvata |
E |
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Somatochlora kennedyi |
E |
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Somatochlora linearis |
SC |
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Stylurus amnicola |
E |
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Williamsonia fletcheri |
E |
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Williamsonia lintneri |
T |
Damselflies
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
MA Status |
Fed Status |
Notes |
Enallagma carunculatum |
SC |
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Enallagma daeckii |
T |
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Enallagma pictum |
T |
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Enallagma recurvatum |
T |
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Beetles
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Cicindela dorsalis |
E |
T |
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Cicindela duodecimguttata |
SC |
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Cicindela limbalis |
T |
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Cicindela marginipennis |
E |
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Cicindela patruela |
E |
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Cicindela puritana |
E |
T |
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Cicindela purpurea |
SC |
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Cicindela rufiventris hentzii |
T |
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Nicrophorus americanus |
E |
E |
Butterflies and Moths
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Abagrotis benjamini |
SC |
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Acronicta albarufa |
T |
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Apamea inebriata |
SC |
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Apantesis phyllira |
E |
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Apodrepanulatrix liberaria |
E |
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Callophrys hesseli |
SC |
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Callophrys irus |
SC |
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Callophrys lanoraieensis |
T |
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Catocala herodias |
SC |
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Catocala pretiosa |
E |
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Chaetaglaea cerata |
SC |
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Cicinnus melsheimeri |
T |
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Cingilia catenaria |
SC |
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Cycnia collaris |
T |
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Dargida rubripennis |
T |
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Eacles imperialis |
T |
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Erora laeta |
T |
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Erynnis persius |
E |
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Euchlaena madusaria |
SC |
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Euphyes dion |
T |
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Hemaris gracilis |
SC |
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Hemileuca maia |
SC |
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Heterocampa varia |
T |
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Hypomecis buchholzaria |
E |
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Lithophane viridipallens |
SC |
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Lycia rachelae |
E |
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Lycia ypsilon |
T |
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Metarranthis apiciaria |
E |
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Metarranthis pilosaria |
SC |
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Neoligia semicana |
SC |
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Papaipema appassionata |
T |
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Papaipema sp. 2 |
SC |
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Undescribed species near P. pterisii. |
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Papaipema stenocelis |
T |
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Papaipema sulphurata |
T |
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Photedes inops |
SC |
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Mustard White |
Pieris oleracea |
T |
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Psectraglaea carnosa |
SC |
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Ptichodis bistrigata |
T |
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Pyrrhia aurantiago |
SC |
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Speranza exonerata |
SC |
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Stenoporpia polygrammaria |
T |
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Sympistis riparia |
SC |
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Zale lunifera |
SC |
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True Z. lunifera, sensu Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Taxonomic reassessment of Zale lunifera (Hübner) (Erebidae, Erebinae). Zookeys 39: 99-106. |
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Zanclognatha martha |
SC |
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Bees
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Anthophora walshii |
E |
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Bombus pensylvanicus |
E |
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Bombus terricola |
T |
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Plants
Common Name | Scientific Name | MA Status | Fed Status | Notes |
Actaea racemosa |
E |
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Adlumia fungosa |
SC |
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Agalinis acuta |
E |
E |
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Agastache scrophulariifolia |
E |
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Ageratina aromatica |
E |
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Agrimonia parviflora |
E |
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Agrimonia pubescens |
T |
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Alnus viridis ssp. crispa |
SC |
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Amelanchier bartramiana |
T |
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Amelanchier sanguinea |
SC |
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Amphicarpum amphicarpon |
E |
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Aplectrum hyemale |
E |
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Arabidopsis lyrata |
E |
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Arceuthobium pusillum |
SC |
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Arethusa bulbosa |
T |
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Arisaema dracontium |
T |
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Aristida purpurascens |
T |
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Aristida tuberculosa |
T |
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Asclepias purpurascens |
E |
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Asclepias verticillata |
T |
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Asplenium montanum |
E |
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Asplenium ruta-muraria |
T |
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Betula pumila |
E |
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Bidens eatonii |
E |
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Bidens hyperborea |
E |
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Blephilia ciliata |
E |
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Blephilia hirsuta |
E |
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Boechera laevigata |
SC |
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Boechera missouriensis |
T |
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Calamagrostis pickeringii |
E |
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Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa |
E |
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Calystegia spithamaea |
E |
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Cardamine dentata |
T |
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Cardamine douglassii |
E |
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Cardamine longii |
E |
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Carex alopecoidea |
T |
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Carex backii |
E |
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Carex baileyi |
T |
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Carex bushii |
E |
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Carex castanea |
E |
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Carex chordorrhiza |
E |
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Carex davisii |
E |
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Carex formosa |
T |
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Carex glaucodea |
E |
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Carex gracilescens |
E |
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Carex grayi |
T |
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Carex hitchcockiana |
SC |
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Carex lenticularis |
T |
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Carex livida |
E |
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Carex lupuliformis |
E |
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Carex mesochorea |
E |
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Carex michauxiana |
E |
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Carex mitchelliana |
T |
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Carex oligocarpa |
T |
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Carex oligosperma |
E |
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Carex pauciflora |
E |
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Carex polymorpha |
E |
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Carex schweinitzii |
E |
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Carex squarrosa |
T |
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Carex sterilis |
T |
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Carex striata |
E |
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Carex tetanica |
SC |
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Carex trichocarpa |
SC |
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Carex tuckermanii |
E |
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Carex typhina |
T |
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Celastrus scandens |
T |
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Cerastium nutans |
E |
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Chamaelirium luteum |
E |
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Chenopodium foggii |
E |
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Claytonia virginica |
E |
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Clematis occidentalis |
SC |
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Coleataenia longifolia ssp. longifolia |
T |
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Conioselinum chinense |
SC |
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Corallorhiza odontorhiza |
SC |
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Crassula aquatica |
T |
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Crataegus bicknellii |
E |
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Crepidomanes intricatum |
E |
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Cryptogramma stelleri |
E |
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Cynoglossum virginianum var. boreale |
E |
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Cyperus engelmannii |
T |
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Cyperus houghtonii |
E |
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Cypripedium arietinum |
E |
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Cypripedium parviflorum |
E |
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Cypripedium reginae |
E |
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Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca |
E |
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Desmodium cuspidatum |
T |
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Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense |
E |
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Dichanthelium commonsianum |
SC |
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Dichanthelium scabriusculum |
T |
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Dichanthelium wrightianum |
SC |
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Doellingeria infirma |
E |
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Elatine americana |
E |
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Eleocharis diandra |
E |
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Eleocharis intermedia |
T |
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Eleocharis microcarpa |
E |
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Eleocharis ovata |
E |
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Eleocharis quinqueflora |
E |
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Eleocharis tricostata |
E |
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Elymus villosus |
E |
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Equisetum scirpoides |
SC |
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Eragrostis frankii |
SC |
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Eriocaulon parkeri |
E |
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Eriophorum gracile |
T |
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Eupatorium novae-angliae |
E |
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Galium boreale |
E |
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Galium labradoricum |
T |
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Gamochaeta purpurea |
E |
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Gentiana andrewsii |
E |
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Geum fragarioides |
SC |
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Goodyera repens |
E |
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Halenia deflexa |
E |
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Houstonia longifolia |
E |
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Appalachian Firmoss |
Huperzia appressa |
E |
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Huperzia selago |
E |
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Hydrastis canadensis |
E |
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Hydrocotyle verticillata |
T |
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Hydrophyllum canadense |
E |
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Hypericum adpressum |
T |
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Hypericum ascyron |
E |
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Hypericum stragulum |
E |
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Ilex montana |
E |
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Isoetes acadiensis |
E |
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Isoetes lacustris |
E |
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Isotria medeoloides |
E |
T |
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Juncus biflorus |
T |
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Juncus debilis |
E |
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Juncus filiformis |
E |
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Lachnanthes caroliniana |
SC |
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Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis |
E |
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Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis |
T |
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Leymus mollis |
E |
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Liatris novae-angliae |
SC |
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Linnaea borealis |
SC |
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Linum medium var. texanum |
T |
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Liparis liliifolia |
T |
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Lipocarpha micrantha |
T |
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Lobelia siphilitica |
E |
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Lonicera hirsuta |
E |
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Ludwigia polycarpa |
E |
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Ludwigia sphaerocarpa |
E |
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Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa |
E |
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Lycopodiella alopecuroides |
E |
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Lycopus rubellus |
E |
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Lygodium palmatum |
SC |
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Magnolia virginiana |
E |
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Malaxis bayardii |
E |
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Malaxis monophyllos ssp. brachypoda |
E |
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Malaxis unifolia |
T |
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Mertensia maritima |
E |
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Milium effusum |
T |
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Mimulus alatus |
E |
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Mimulus moschatus |
T |
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Minuartia michauxii |
T |
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Moehringia macrophylla |
E |
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Moneses uniflora |
SC |
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Morus rubra |
E |
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Myriophyllum alterniflorum |
E |
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Myriophyllum farwellii |
E |
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Myriophyllum pinnatum |
SC |
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Myriophyllum verticillatum |
E |
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Nabalus serpentarius |
E |
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Neottia bifolia |
T |
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Neottia cordata |
E |
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Nuphar microphylla |
E |
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Oligoneuron album |
E |
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Ophioglossum pusillum |
T |
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Opuntia humifusa |
E |
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Orontium aquaticum |
E |
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Oxalis violacea |
E |
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Panax quinquefolius |
SC |
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Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri |
SC |
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Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum |
SC |
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Paronychia argyrocoma |
E |
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Pedicularis lanceolata |
E |
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Penstemon hirsutus |
E |
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Persicaria puritanorum |
SC |
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Persicaria setacea |
T |
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Petasites frigidus var. palmatus |
E |
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Platanthera cristata |
E |
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Platanthera dilatata |
T |
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Platanthera flava var. herbiola |
T |
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Poa saltuensis ssp. languida |
E |
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Polygonum glaucum |
SC |
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Polystichum braunii |
E |
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Populus heterophylla |
E |
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Potamogeton confervoides |
T |
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Potamogeton friesii |
E |
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Potamogeton hillii |
SC |
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Potamogeton ogdenii |
E |
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Potamogeton strictifolius |
E |
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Potamogeton vaseyi |
E |
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Prunus pumila var. depressa |
T |
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Pyrola asarifolia |
E |
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Quercus macrocarpa |
SC |
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Quercus muehlenbergii |
T |
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Ranunculus micranthus |
E |
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Ranunculus pensylvanicus |
SC |
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Rhexia mariana |
E |
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Rhododendron maximum |
T |
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Rhynchospora capillacea |
E |
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Rhynchospora inundata |
T |
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Rhynchospora nitens |
T |
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Rhynchospora scirpoides |
SC |
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Rhynchospora torreyana |
E |
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Ribes lacustre |
SC |
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Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi |
E |
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Rotala ramosior |
E |
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Rumex pallidus |
T |
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Rumex verticillatus |
T |
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Sabatia campanulata |
E |
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Sabatia kennedyana |
SC |
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Sabatia stellaris |
E |
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Sagittaria cuneata |
T |
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Sagittaria montevidensis ssp. spongiosa |
E |
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Sagittaria teres |
SC |
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Salix exigua ssp. interior |
T |
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Sanicula canadensis |
T |
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Sanicula odorata |
T |
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Scheuchzeria palustris |
E |
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Schwalbea americana |
E |
E |
|
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Scirpus ancistrochaetus |
E |
E |
|
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Scirpus longii |
E |
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Scleria pauciflora |
E |
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Scleria triglomerata |
E |
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Sclerolepis uniflora |
E |
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Senna hebecarpa |
E |
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Setaria parviflora |
SC |
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Sisyrinchium fuscatum |
SC |
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Sisyrinchium mucronatum |
E |
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Solidago macrophylla |
SC |
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Solidago randii |
E |
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Sorbus decora |
E |
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Sparganium natans |
E |
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Spartina cynosuroides |
T |
|
|
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Sphenopholis nitida |
T |
|
|
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Sphenopholis pensylvanica |
T |
|
|
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Spiranthes romanzoffiana |
E |
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|
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Spiranthes vernalis |
T |
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|
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Sporobolus neglectus |
E |
|
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Suaeda calceoliformis |
SC |
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Symphoricarpos albus var. albus |
E |
|
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Symphyotrichum concolor |
E |
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Symphyotrichum tradescantii |
T |
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Thuja occidentalis |
E |
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Tipularia discolor |
E |
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Trichostema brachiatum |
E |
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Triosteum perfoliatum |
E |
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Triphora trianthophoros |
E |
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Tripsacum dactyloides |
E |
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Trisetum spicatum |
E |
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Utricularia resupinata |
T |
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Utricularia subulata |
SC |
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
E |
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Verbena simplex |
E |
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Veronica catenata |
E |
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Veronicastrum virginicum |
T |
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Viburnum rafinesqueanum |
E |
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Viola adunca |
SC |
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Viola brittoniana |
T |
|
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List Categories
Endangered - any species of plant or animal in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range and species of plants or animals in danger of extirpation as documented by biological research and inventory
Threatened - any species of plant or animal likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range and any species declining or rare as determined by biological research and inventory and likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future
Species of Special Concern - any species of plant or animal which has been documented by biological research and inventory to have suffered a decline that could threaten the species if allowed to continue unchecked or that occurs in such small numbers or with such a restricted distribution or specialized habitat requirements that it could easily become threatened within Massachusetts
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Last updated: | January 10, 2020 |
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