26. Summary - endangered and threatened species 



Name of species: Red-shouldered hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) . 



Species legal status and authority: Threatened in North 

 Carolina (Cooper et al. 1977). 



Number of populations on site: Unknown. 



Number of individuals per population: Unknown. 



Size or maturity of individuals: Adults. 



Phenology of population: 

 Eg: vegetative °k 

 flowering % 

 fruiting % 



General vigor of population: Uncommon in the central Dismal 

 Swamp. Better habitat exists in the swamps along the rivers 

 draining the Dismal. 



Disturbance or threats to population: Continued drainage 

 of wetlands. Continued conversion of upland woods to agriculture, 

 with consequent increase of pesticide runoff into wetland food 

 chains. 



Habitat characteristics 



Plant community: Taxodium distichum/Nyssa aquatica; 



Taxodium distichum/Nyssa sylvatica. 

 Topography : 



Soil series: 



Microclimate: 



Drainage basin: 



Other plants and animal species present: 



Aerial or detailed maps with populations clearly marked; 



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