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Endangered Species In North Carolina
North Carolina has 61 threatened and endangered plant and animal species. |
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Animals -- 35 |
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| Status | Listing |
| T(S/A) | Alligator, American ( Alligator mississippiensis) |
| E | Bat, Indiana ( Myotis sodalis) |
| E | Bat, Virginia big-eared ( Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) |
| E | Butterfly, Saint Francis' satyr ( Neonympha mitchellii francisci) |
| T | Chub, spotfin Entire ( Cyprinella monacha) |
| T | Eagle, bald (lower 48 States) ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
| E | Elktoe, Appalachian ( Alasmidonta raveneliana) |
| E | Heelsplitter, Carolina ( Lasmigona decorata) |
| E | Manatee, West Indian ( Trichechus manatus) |
| E | Pearlymussel, littlewing ( Pegias fabula) |
| T | Plover, piping (except Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus) |
| E | Puma, eastern ( Puma concolor couguar) |
| T | Sea turtle, green (except where endangered) ( Chelonia mydas) |
| E | Sea turtle, hawksbill ( Eretmochelys imbricata) |
| E | Sea turtle, Kemp's ridley ( Lepidochelys kempii) |
| E | Sea turtle, leatherback ( Dermochelys coriacea) |
| T | Sea turtle, loggerhead ( Caretta caretta) |
| E | Shiner, Cape Fear ( Notropis mekistocholas) |
| T | Silverside, Waccamaw ( Menidia extensa) |
| T | Snail, noonday ( Mesodon clarki nantahala) |
| E | Spider, spruce-fir moss ( Microhexura montivaga) |
| E | Spinymussel, Tar River ( Elliptio steinstansana) |
| E | Squirrel, Carolina northern flying ( Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) |
| E | Sturgeon, shortnose ( Acipenser brevirostrum) |
| E | Tern, roseate (northeast U.S. nesting pop.) ( Sterna dougallii dougallii) |
| T | Tern, roseate (Western Hemisphere except NE U.S.) ( Sterna dougallii dougallii) |
| T(S/A) | Turtle, bog (southern) ( Clemmys muhlenbergii) |
| E | Wedgemussel, dwarf ( Alasmidonta heterodon) |
| E | Whale, finback ( Balaenoptera physalus) |
| E | Whale, humpback ( Megaptera novaeangliae) |
| E | Whale, right ( Balaena glacialis) |
| E | Whale, sperm ( Physeter catodon) |
| E | Wolf, red (except where XN) ( Canis rufus) |
| XN | Wolf, red [XN] ( Canis rufus) |
| E | Woodpecker, red-cockaded ( Picoides borealis) |
Plants -- 26 |
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| Status | Listing |
| T | Joint-vetch, sensitive ( Aeschynomene virginica) |
| T | Amaranth, seabeach ( Amaranthus pumilus) |
| E | Bittercress, small-anthered ( Cardamine micranthera) |
| E | Coneflower, smooth ( Echinacea laevigata) |
| E | Avens, spreading ( Geum radiatum) |
| E | Lichen, rock gnome ( Gymnoderma lineare) |
| E | Bluet, Roan Mountain ( Hedyotis purpurea montana) |
| E | Sunflower, Schweinitz's ( Helianthus schweinitzii) |
| T | Pink, swamp ( Helonias bullata) |
| T | Heartleaf, dwarf-flowered ( Hexastylis naniflora) |
| T | Heather, mountain golden ( Hudsonia montana) |
| T | Pogonia, small whorled ( Isotria medeoloides) |
| T | Blazingstar, Heller's ( Liatris helleri) |
| E | Pondberry ( Lindera melissifolia) |
| E | Loosestrife, rough-leaved ( Lysimachia asperulaefolia) |
| E | Dropwort, Canby's ( Oxypolis canbyi) |
| E | Harperella ( Ptilimnium nodosum) |
| E | Sumac, Michaux's ( Rhus michauxii) |
| E | Arrowhead, bunched ( Sagittaria fasciculata) |
| E | Pitcher-plant, green ( Sarracenia oreophila) |
| E | Pitcher-plant, mountain sweet ( Sarracenia rubra jonesii) |
| E | Chaffseed, American ( Schwalbea americana) |
| E | Irisette, white ( Sisyrinchium dichotomum) |
| T | Goldenrod, Blue Ridge ( Solidago spithamaea) |
| T | Spiraea, Virginia ( Spiraea virginiana) |
| E | Meadowrue, Cooley's ( Thalictrum cooleyi) |
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