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Table 1. Rare and Endangered Plant Species in* Minis Road Pocosin 



Natural Area 



Scientific Name 



Conunon Name 



Status 



2 * 



Dionaea rouscipula 



Venus ' fly trap 



TT 



Peltandra sagittaefolia Arrowleaf shieldwort TP 



Habitat 



Wet sandy 

 ditches, 

 savannahs, 

 open bog 



Bogs 



* These plants are no longer listed as threatened or endangered by the N.C. Department 

 of Agriculture's Plant Protection Program. 



Table 2. Rare and Endangered Animal Species in: Pocosin Natural Area. 



Scientific Name 



Common Ncime 



Status' 



Habitat 



Alligator mississippiensis American alligator E 



Crotalus adamanteus Eastern diamondback 



rattlesnake E 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald eagle E 



Pandion haliatus 

 Picoides borealis 



Rana areolata 



Ursus americanus 



Osprey SC 



Red cockaded woodpecker E 



Gopher frog 



Black bear 



SC 



SC 



Great rivers, 



Flatwoods, inter- 

 spaced w bays 

 or pocosins w 

 sandy ridges 



Chiefly near 

 oceans, rivers 

 lakes 



Breed near water 



Pine woodlands 

 longleaf/ loblolly 



Upland sandy ridge 

 temp, or perm, 

 ponds 



Taken from Cooper, J. E. , S. S. Robinson, and J. B. Funderberg (Eds). 

 1977. Endangered and Threatened Plants and Animals of N. C. N. C. Museum 

 of Natural History, Raleigh, N. C. 444 pages + i-xvi. 



Explanation of Status Categories ; 



EE - Endangered Endemic TE 



ED - Endangered Disjunct TD 



EP - Endangered Peripheral TP 



ET - Endangered Throughout TT 

 UD - Undetermined 



Threatened Endemic E 

 Threatened Disjunct T 

 Threatened Peripheral SC 

 Threatened Throughout 



Endangered 

 Threatened 

 Special Concer 



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