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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0003433_Table 12-11 T&E Chatham County_20150902TABLE 12-11 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA CAPE FEAR STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC, MONCURE, INC Species Protection Status Habitat Requirements Taxonomic Group Common Name Scientific Name State Federal (USFWS) Record Status Triangle Floater Alasmidonta undulata (syn. ) T Current Roanoke, Chowan, Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear drainages Brook Floater Alasmidonta varicosa (syn. ) E FSC Current along Blue Ridge escarpment of Catawba and Yadkin --Pee Dee drainages; Cape Fear drainage Box Spike Elliptio cistellaeformis W3,W5 Current Neuse, Lumber, Pee Dee drainages; Lake Waccamaw Carolina Slabshell Elliptio congaraea W2,W5 Current drainages north to the White Oak drainage Atlantic Spike Elliptio producta W3,W5 Current many Atlantic drainages; very difficult to identify Roanoke Slabshell Elliptio roanokensis (syn. Elliptio judithae) T Current Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, White Oak, Cape Fear, Lumber, and Yadkin --Pee Dee drainages v Atlantic Pigtoe Fusconaia masoni (syn.) E FSC Current Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear, Yadkin --Pee Dee drainages i Yellow Lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa (syn.) E FSC Current Chowan, Roanoke, Neuse, Tar, Cape Fear, Lumber, Yadkin --Pee Dee drainages m Eastern Lampmussel Lampsilis radiata (syn.) T Current Chowan, Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear, Yadkin --Pee Dee drainages Creeper Strophitus undulatus (syn.) T Current Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear, Yadkin --Pee Dee, Catawba, Broad, and French Broad drainage Savannah Lilliput Toxolasma pullus (syn.) E FSC Current Cape Fear, Lumber, and Yadkin --Pee Dee drainages Notched Rainbow Villosa constricta (syn.) SC lCurrent Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, Yadkin --Pee Dee, and Catawba drainages Eastern Creekshell Villosa delumbis (syn.) SR Current Cape Fear, Lumber, Yadkin --Pee Dee, and Catawba drainages Carolina Creekshell Villosa vaughaniana (syn.) E FSC Current Cape Fear, Yadkin --Pee Dee, and Catawba drainages (endemic to North Carolina and adjacent N L 9 N U Carolina Ladle Crayfish Cambarus davidi (syn.) SR Current Neuse and Cape Fear drainages (endemic to North Carolina) N O e N Panhandle Pebblesnail Somatogyrus virginicus (syn.) SR FSC Current Eno River Leonard's Skipper Hesperia leonardus W2 Current wooded borders and openings, brushy fields; host plants -- grasseE Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea W2 Current dry barren sites, such as powerline clearings and pine/oak sandhills; host plants -- mainly broomsed a <i>Andro 0 on< i> Helicta Satyr Neonympha helicta (syn.) SR Current sedgy wetlands, including sandhi[] seeps, pocosin ecotones, and drained beaver ponds in the Sandhills, low pocosins in the northeast Coastal Plain, and wet open swales in the Piedmont; host plants -- sedges (Alamance*, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie*, Chatham*, Cumberland, Dare, Durham*, Gaston*, Gates*, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Hyde, Martin*, Moore, Pitt, Checkered White Pontia protodice (syn.) SR Current fields, pastures; host plants -- mustard species (Family Brassicaceae) Confused Cloudywing Thorybes confusis W3 Current dry woodland borders and openings, brushy fields; host plants -- legumes Li u Robust Baskettail Epitheca spinosa W3 Current ponds and lakes Spine -crowned Clubtail Gomphus abbreviatus (syn.) SR Current rivers Banner Clubtail Gomphus apomyius W3 Current spring -fed streams Blackwater Clubtail Gomphus dilatatus W3 Current rivers Rapids Clubtail Gomphus quadricolor (syn.) SR Current rocky rivers Septima's Clubtail Gomphus septima (syn.) SR FSC Current rocky rivers Cinnamon Shadowdragon Neurocordulia virginiensis W3 Current large rivers Coppery Emerald Somatochlora georgiana (syn.) SR Current creeks and other slow -moving acidic streams, in forested areas a ma fl Choroter es basalis (syn.) SR Current Waccamaw River DrowningCreek Bear Creek Lanes Creek UT Laurens Creek DutchmanE Magdalen Underwing Catocala illecta W3 Current habitats not known Honey Locust Moth Sphingicampa bicolor W3 Current on honey locust (Gleditsia ) A Liverwort Plagiochila undata W7 Historical on rocks or bark N i Knothole Moss Anacamptodon splachnoides W7 Historical bark of trees > C A Thread Cedar Moss Cryphaea raveneiii W7 Historical on bark of trees e a A Cord Moss Funaria serrata W7 Historical on soil of disturbed places, near streams or ditches Z Fernmoss Thuidium allenii W7 Historical on soil logs, exposed roots and tree bases in swamps, often iust above water line Thin -pod White Wild Indigo Baptisia albescens W1 Historical open woodlands, clearings Fescue Sedge Carex festucacea W7 Current piedmont swamp forests, bogs, upland depression swamps Velvet Sedge Carex vestita (syn.) SC-H Historical low woods Piedmont Horsebalm Collinsonia tuberosa (syn.) SC-V Current rich hardwood forests Autumn Coral -root Corallorhiza odontorhiza Wl Historical forests Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria W6 Historical rich, moist forests Ringed Witch Grass Dichanthelium annulum (syn.) SR-P Historical dry sandy or rocky open woods and borders of thickets Leatherwood Dirca palustris W1 Historical rich woods, either alluvial or over mafic or calcareous rocks Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea (syn.) SC-V Current open woods and clearings Eastern Isopyrum Enemion biternatum (syn.) SC-V Historical rich bottomlands, levees, and lower slopes Tall Boneset Eupatorium altissimum Wl Current woodlands, openings, and old fields over mafic rocks Showy Aster Eurybia spectabilis (syn.) SR-0 Current pine barrens and woodland borders Large Witch -alder Fothergilla major (syn.) SR-T Current dry ridgetop or bluff forests, seepage wetlands, and Piedmont longleaf pine forests Indian Physic Gillenia stipulata (syn.) T H istorica 11 forests and open woods, mainly over mafic rocks Lewis's Heartleaf Hexastylis lewisii Wl Current mesic mixed hardwood forests, streamhead pocosin ecotones c 0 a Virginia Quillwort Isoetes virginica (syn.) SR-L FSC Historical upland depression swamp forests, clayey soils `m Whiteroot Rush Juncus brachycarpus W7 Historical wet sandy soil N Two -flower Cynthia Krigia biflora W7 Historical rich mesic woods > Catchfly Cutgrass Leersia lenticularis (syn.) SR-P Current low woods Bog Spicebush Lindera subcoriacea (syn.) SR-T FSC ICUrrent streamhead pocosins, white cedar swamps, seepage slopes Sweet Pinesap Monotropsis odorata (syn.) SC-V FSC Current dry forests and bluffs Horsetail Crown Grass Paspalum fluitans (syn.) SR-P Historical drawdown riverbanks and seepage areas in swamp forests Buttercup Phacelia Phacelia covillei (syn.) SR-T FSC Current bottomlands, rich lower slopes Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus W6 Historical dry to moist woods and old fields Harperella Ptilimnium nodosum (syn.) E E Current rocky riverbeds Chinquapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Wl I Current calcareous forsts and bluffs Pin Oak Quercus palustris W1 Historicall swamps Three -square Bulrush Schoenoplectus pungens W6 Historical marshes and rocky river bottoms Veined Skullcap Scutellaria nervosa (syn.) E Historical alluvial forests A Heartleaf Skullcap Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata W7 Historical rich woods on circumneutral soil Hemlock Water -parsnip Sium suave W6 Historical fresh or brachish marshes, swamps and creek margins Appalachian Golden -banner Thermopsis mollis (syn.) SC-V Historical dry ridges and open woodlands Buffalo Clover Trifolium reFlexum (syn.) T Historical open woods and clearings d Oak Toad Anax rus quercicus (syn.) SR Current pine flatwoods and savannaspine sandhills where near water (many records not yet entered a Four -toed Salamander Hemidactylium scutatum (syn.) SC Current pools, bogs, and other wetlands in hardwood forests v c ti e Grassho pper Sparrow lAnhinga JAmmodramus savannarum W1,W5 Current 1pastures and other grasslands [breeding season only] > Anhin a anhin a W2 Current 1wooded lakes or ponds, or open swamps for nesting) [breeding evidence only] Species Protection Status Habitat Requirements Taxonomic Group Common Name Scientific Name State Federal (USFWS) Record Status Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus (syn.) T BGPA Current mature forests near large bodies of water (for nesting); lakes and sounds (for foraging) [nesting sites only] Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus W2 SC Current fields and pastures rbreeding season only] Hooded Merganser Lo hod tes cucullatus W3 Current lakes and ponds, with dead trees for nesting breedin evidence only Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis (syn.) SC FSC Current open longleaf pine forests old fields rbreeding season only Double -crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (syn.) SR Current lakes with scattered trees coastal sand bars for nesting) breedin sites only' Red -cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis (syn.) E E Historical mature open pine forests mainly in longleaf pine rbreeding evidence only King Rail Rallus ele ans Wl W3 Current fresh to slightly brackish marshes fbireeding season only' m Roanoke Bass Amblo ltes cavifrons (syn.) SR FSC Current streams in Neuse and Tars stems Carolina Darter Etheostoma Collis(syn.)SC FSC Current Roanoke Tar Neuse Cape Fear Yadkin --Pee Dee and Catawba drainage! a r Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare WS Current Cape Fear, Neuse, and Tar drainages populations have limited distribution; Pee Dee, Roanoke, New, and French Broad populations stable > Carolina Redhorse Moxostoma sp. 3 (syn. Moxostoma sp. cf. athrurum) T FSC Current Cape Fear and Pee Dee drainages Cape Fear Shiner Notro is mekistocholas (syn.) E E Current Cape Fear drainage endemic to North Carolina` Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata W3 Current forests brushy areas Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus ni er W2 Current open forests mainly longleaf pine/scrub oaN Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus (syn.) SR Historical old fields, wooded edges, open woods (Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Columbus, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Halifax, Harnett, Iredell, Johnston Lenoir. Oran a Pitt Stanly. Vance Wake Warren Wilson Smooth Earthsnake Virginia valeriae W2 Current deciduous or mixed woods usually in mesic soils P:\Duke Energy Progress.1026\103. Cape Fear Ash Basin GW Assessment\1.11 CSA Reporting\Tables\Table 12-11 ME Chatham County.xlsx Page 1 of 2 TABLE 12-11 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA CAPE FEAR STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC, MONCURE, NC A� n 'c E Colonial Wading Bird Colony (syn.) Current m Basic Mesic Forest Piedmont Subtype) (syn. Current Dry Basic Oak --Hickory Forest (syn. Current Dry Oak --Hickory Forest (Piedmont Subtype) (syn. Dry-Mesic Basic Oak --Hickory Forest Piedmont Subt e s n. Dry-Mesic Oak --Hickory Forest (Piedmont Subt e s n.Flood lain Pool s n. durren Low Elevation Seep (Floodplain Subtype) s n.Low Elevation See T is Subt e s n. ' Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest (Piedmont Subt e s n.Mixed Moisture Hard an Forest s n. Piedmont Acidic Glade s n. Piedmont Alluvial Forest (syn. Current Piedmont Boggy Streamhead (syn. ` Current Piedmont Bottomland Forest (High Subtype) Current (syn. v Piedmont Bottomland Forest (Typic Low Subtype) (syn. Current Piedmont Headwater Stream Forest (Typic Current E Subtype) (syn. $ Piedmont Levee Forest (Typic Subtype) (syn. Current Piedmont Monadnock Forest (Typic Subtype) i Current s n. z Piedmont Swam Forest s n. Current Piedmont Coastal Plain Heath Bluff s n. Current Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent Impoundment (Open Water Subtype) s n. Current Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent Impoundment (Piedmont Marsh Subtype) Current (syn. Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent Impoundment Shrub Subtype) s n. ' Current Rocky Bar and Shore (Mixed Bar Subtype) Current (syn. Rocky Bar and Shore (Southern Wild Rice Subtype) s n. Current Rocky Bar and Shore (Water Willow Subtype) s n. Current Upland De ression Swam Forest s n. Current Upland Pool T is Piedmont Subtype) s n. Current Xeric Hardpan Forest (Acidic Hardpan Subt e s n. Current Xeric Hardpan Forest (Basic Hardpan Subt e) ((syn. Current Prepared by: MMS Checked by: RKD http://porta1.ncdenr.org/web/nhp/database-search US FWS Updated: 3-25-2015 https://www.fws.gov/raleigh/species/cntylist/chatham.html Definitions of Federal Status Codes: E = endangered. A taxon "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range." T = threatened. A taxon "likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range." C = candidate. A taxon under consideration for official listing for which there is sufficient information to support listing. (Formerly "Cl" candidate species.) BGPA =Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. See below. FSC=Federal Species of Concern. FSC is an informal term. It is not defined in the federal Endangered Species Act. In North Carolina, the Asheville and Raleigh Field Offices of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) define Federal Species of Concern as those species that appear to be in decline or otherwise in need of conservation and are under consideration for listing or for which there is insufficient information to support listing at this time.Subsumed under the term "FSC" are all species petitioned by outside parties and other selected focal species identified in Service strategic plans, State Wildlife Action Plans, or Natural Heritage Program Lists. T(S/A) = threatened due to similarity of appearance. A taxon that is threatened due to similarity of appearance with another listed species and is listed for its protection. Taxa listed as T(S/A) are not biologically endangered or threatened and are not subject to Section 7 consultation. See below. EXP = experimental population. A taxon listed as experimental (either essential or nonessential). Experimental, nonessential populations of endangered species (e.g., red wolf) are treated as threatened species on public land, for consultation purposes, and as species proposed for listing on private land. P = proposed. Taxa proposed for official listing as endangered or threatened will be noted as "PE" or "PT", respectively. Bald and Golden Eaale Protection Act (BGPA): In the July 9, 2007 Federal Register( 72:37346-37372), the bald eagle was declared recovered, and removed (de -listed) from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered wildlife. This delisting took effect August 8,2007. After delisting, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act) (16 U.S.C. 668-668d) becomes the primary law protecting bald eagles. The Eagle Act prohibits take of bald and golden eagles and provides a statutory definition of "take" that includes "disturb". The USFWS has developed National Bald Eagle Management Guidelines to provide guidance to land managers, landowners, and others as to how to avoid disturbing bald eagles. For mor information, visit http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/baideagle.htm Threatened due to similarity of aooearance(T(S/A)1: In the November 4, 1997 Federal Register (55822-55825), the northern population of the bog turtle (from New York south to Maryland) was listed as T (threatened), and the southern population (from Virginia south to Georgia) was listed as T(S/A) (threatened due to similarity of appearance). The T(S/A) designation bans the collection and interstate and international commercial trade of bog turtles from the southern population. The T(S/A) designation has no effect on land management activities by private landowners in North Carolina, part of the southern population of the species. In addition to its official status as T(S/A), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers the southern population of the bog turtle as a Federal species of concern due to habitat loss. Definitions of Record Status: Current - the species has been observed in the county within the last 50 years. Historic - the species was last observed in the county more than 50 years ago. Obscure - the date and/or location of observation is uncertain. Incidental/migrant - the species was observed outside of its normal range or habitat. Probable/potential - the species is considered likely to occur in this county based on the proximity of known records (in adjacent counties), the presence of potentially suitable habitat, or both. Definition of State Codes: CODE/ STATUS DEFINITION E=Endangered Any native or once -native species of wild animal whose continued existence as a viable component of the State's fauna is determined by the Wildlife Resources Commission to be in jeopardy or any species of wild animal determined to be an 'endangered species' pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. (Article 25 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes; 1987). T=Threatened Any native or once -native species of wild animal which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range, or one that is designated as a threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. (Article 25 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes; 1987). SC=Special Concern Any species of wild animal native or once -native to North Carolina which is determined by the Wildlife Resources Commission to require monitoring but which may be taken under regulations adopted under the provisions of this Article. (Article 25 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes; 1987). Any species which has not been listed by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission as an Endangered, Threatened, or Special Concern species, but which exists in the state (or recently occurred in the state) in SR=Significantly Rare small numbers and has been determined by the N.C. Natural Heritage Program to need monitoring. Significantly Rare species include "peripheral" species, whereby North Carolina lies at the periphery of the species' range (such as Hermit Thrush), as well as species of historical occurrence with some likelihood of re -discovery in the state. Species considered extirpated in the state, with little likelihood of re- discovery, are given no N.C. Status (unless already listed by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission as E, T, or SC). SR-G=Game Animal Species is a game animal or a furbearer, and therefore (by law) cannot be listed for State protection as E, T, or SC. SC-V=Special Concern -Vulnerable "Any species or higher taxon of plant which is likely to become a threatened species within the foreseeable future"(NCAC 02 NCAC 48F .0401). SC-H=Special Concern -Historical "Any species or higher taxon of plant that occurred in North Carolina at one time, but for which all known populations are currently considered to be either historical or extirpated." "(NCAC 02 NCAC 48F .0401). SR-L= Significantly Rare Limited The range of the species is limited to North Carolina and adjacent states (endemic or near endemic). These are species that may have 20-50 populations in North Carolina, but fewer than 100 populations rangewide. The preponderance of their distribution is in North Carolina and their fate depends largely on conservation here. SR-T=Significantly Rare The species is rare throughout its range (fewer than 100 populations total). Thrnuahnut SR-D=Significantly Rare Disjunct The species is disjunct to North Carolina from a main range in a different part of the country or world. SR-P=Significantly Rare The species is at the periphery of its range in North Carolina. These species are generally more common somewhere else in their ranges, occurring in North Carolina peripherally to their main ranges, mostly in Peripheral habitats which are unusual in North Carolina. SR-O=Significantly Rare Other The range of the species is sporadic or cannot be described by the other Significantly Rare categories W= Watch List Any other species believed to be rare and of conservation concern in the state but not warranting active monitoring at this time P:\Duke Energy Progress.1026\103. 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