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 Table 10 . Special Plants on Shakleford Banks 

 Scientific Name Common Name 



Status 



2 * 



Habitat 



ARalinis maritime 



Saltmarsh gerardia 

 Seaside foxglove 



EP 



Salt marshes 



Corallorhlza 



Spring coral root 



TP 



Swamp forests, 



wisteriana 



rich ravines 



Opuntia drumraondii 



Drunmond's prickly 

 pear 



TP 



Sand dune:^ and 



sandy pine woods 



Parletarla floridana 



Florida pellitory 



EP 



Maritime forests 



LudwiRia repens 



Creeping marsh- 

 purslane 



EP 



Ditches, ephemeral 

 pools 



Rhynchospora odorata 



Fragrant beakrush 



TP 



Swamp forests and 



low disturbed areas 



Ludwigia microcarpa 



Tiny fruited seedbox 



EP 



Ditches and marshes 



Ludwlgia alata 



Winged seedbox 



EP 



Marshes 



* These plants are no longer listed as endangered or threatened by the 

 N.C. Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection Program. 



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

 1977. Endangered and Threatened Plants and Animals of North Carolina. N. C, 

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



Explanation of Status Categories 



Plants 



EE - Endangered Endemic 

 ED - Endangered Disjunct 

 EP - Endangered Peripheral 

 ET - Endangered Throughout 



TE - Threatened Endemic 

 TD - Threatened Disjunct 

 TP - Threatened Peripheral 

 TT - Threatened Throughout 



