26. Summary - Endangered and threatened species 



Name of species; Dionaea muscipula (Dionaeaceae) venus ' flytrap 



Species legal status and authority: Considered a threatened endemic 

 by Hardin in Cooper et al. (1977). Not listed by the North Carolina 

 Plant Protection Board. 



Number of populations on site: two 



Number of individuals per population: 30 and several hundred 



Size or Maturity of individuals: various; immature to mature 



Phenology of population: 



Eg: vegetative % 25 

 flowering % 

 fruiting % 75 



General vigor of population: very vigorous 



Disturbance or threats to population: loss of habitat through succession 

 to more closed conditions; widening of NC 306 



Habitat characteristics 



Plant community: pond pine-longleaf pine/mixed shrubs; along 



open roadsides maintained by mowing 

 Topography: Flat 



Soil Series: Leon 



Microclimate: not determined 



Drainage basin: Neuse and Bay Rivers 



Other plants and animal species present: Polygala lutea, Polygala 

 ramosa, Spiranthes sp. , Drosera intermedia, Drosera leucantha, 

 Lacnanthes caroliniana, Zigadenus glaberrimus 



AERIAL OR DETAILED MAPS WITH POPULATIONS CLEARLY MARKED. 



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