Sec. 26-306-6. List of species of special concern

*Canis lupus

Gray wolf

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Silver-haired bat

Lasiurus borealis

Red bat

Lasiurus cinereus

Hoary bat

*Neotoma magister

Eastern woodrat

Phocoena phocoena ssp.phocoena

Harbor porpoise

*Puma concolor couguar

Eastern cougar

Synaptomys cooperi

Southern bog lemming

*Believed Extirpated

Aegolius acadicus

Northern saw-whet owl

Ammodramus caudacutus

Saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow

*Ammodramus henslowii

Henslow's sparrow

Buteo platypterus

Broad-winged hawk

Caprimulgus vociferus

Whip-poor-will

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bobolink

Egretta caerulea

Little blue heron

Empidonax alnorum

Alder flycatcher

Falco sparverius

American kestrel

Gavia immer

Common loon

*Numenius borealis

Eskimo curlew

Nyctanassa violacea

Yellow-crowned night-heron

Passerculus sandwichensis

Savannah sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis ssp. princeps

Ipswich sparrow

(wintering population)

Plegadis falcinellus

Glossy ibis

Progne subis

Purple martin

Setophaga americana

Northern parula

Setophaga cerulea

Cerulean warbler

Sterna hirundo

Common tern

Toxostoma rufum

Brown thrasher

*Believed Extirpated

Clemmys guttata

Spotted turtle

Glyptemys insculpta

Wood turtle

Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern hognose snake

Malaclemys terrapin terrapin

Northern diamondback terrapin

Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth green snake

Terrapene carolina carolina

Eastern box turtle

Thamnophis sauritus

Eastern ribbon snake

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Jefferson salamander "complex"

Ambystoma laterale

Blue-spotted salamander "complex"

Necturus maculosus

Mudpuppy

Rana pipiens

Northern leopard frog

Alosa aestivalis

Blueback herring

Carcharias taurus

Sand tiger shark

Catostomus catostomus

Longnose sucker

Cottus cognatus

Slimy sculpin

Enneacanthus obesus

Banded sunfish

Liparis atlanticus

Atlantic seasnail

Notropis bifrenatus

Bridle shiner

Ulvaria subbifurcata

Radiated shanny

*Acronicta albarufa

Barrens dagger moth

Acronicta falcula

Corylus dagger moth

Acronicta fragilis

Fragile dagger moth

*Acronicta lanceolaria

Pointed dagger moth

Agonum darlingtoni

Ground beetle

Agonum mutatum

Ground beetle

Agrotis stigmosa

Spotted dart moth

Amara chalcea

Ground beetle

Apamea lintneri

Sand wainscot moth

Argyrostrotis anilis

Short-lined chocolate

Badister transversus

Ground beetle

Bembidion carinula

Ground beetle

Bembidion lacunarium

Ground beetle

Bembidion planum

Ground beetle

Bembidion pseudocautum

Ground beetle

Bembidion quadratulum

Ground beetle

Bembidion semicinctum

Ground beetle

Bembidion simplex

Ground beetle

*Bombus affinis

Rusty-patched bumble bee

*Bombus ashtoni

Ashton’s cuckoo bumble bee

Brachinus cyanipennis

Bombardier beetle

Brachinus fumans

Bombardier beetle

Brachinus medius

Bombardier beetle

Brachinus ovipennis

Bombardier beetle

Brachinus patruelis

Bombardier beetle

Callophrys henrici

Henry's elfin

*Callophrys polios

Hoary elfin

Cambarus bartonii

Common crayfish

Carabus serratus

Ground beetle

Carabus vinctus

Ground beetle

Catocala badia badia

Bay underwing moth

*Catocala pretiosa pretiosa

Precious underwing moth

Chaetaglaea cerata

Waxed sallow

*Chlosyne harrisii

Harris’ checkerspot

*Chlosyne nycteis

Silvery checkerspot

*Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis

Northeastern beach tiger beetle

Cicindela formosa generosa

Big sand tiger beetle

Cicindela hirticollis

Hairy-necked tiger beetle

Cicindela marginata

Saltmarsh tiger beetle

*Cicindela purpurea

Purple tiger beetle

*Citheronia regalis

Regal moth

Coccinella novemnotata

Nine-spotted lady beetle

Crangonyx aberrans

Mystic Valley amphipod

*Cucullia speyeri

Speyer’s paint

Derrima stellata

Pink star moth

Dichagyris acclivis

Noctuid moth

Digrammia equivocata

Equivocal looper

*Drasteria occulta

Drasteria moth

Eacles imperialis imperialis

Imperial moth

Enallagma daeckii

Attenuated bluet

Enallagma minusculum

Little bluet

Enallagma pictum

Scarlet bluet

Erynnis horatius

Horace's duskywing

*Erynnis martialis

Mottled duskywing

*Eulimnadia agassizii

Clam shrimp

Euphyes dion

Sedge skipper

Euxoa pleuritica

Fawn brown dart moth

Euxoa violaris

Violet dart moth

Fagitana littera

Marsh fern moth

*Fossaria galbana

Boreal fossaria

Fossaria rustica

Lymnaeid snail

Geopinus incrassatus

Ground beetle

*Glena cognataria

Blueberry gray moth

Gomphus adelphus

Mustached clubtail

Gomphus vastus

Cobra clubtail

Gomphus ventricosus

Skillet clubtail

Goniops chrysocoma

Horse fly

Gyraulus circumstriatus

Disc Gyro

Harpalus caliginosus

Ground beetle

Harpalus erraticus

Ground beetle

Helluomorphoides praeustus bicolor

Ground beetle

Hybomitra frosti

Horse fly

Hybomitra lurida

Horse fly

*Hydraecia immanis

Hop vine borer moth

Hyparpax aurora

Pink prominent

Ladona deplanata

Blue corporal dragonfly

Leptodea ochracea

Tidewater mucket

Lethe eurydice

Eyed brown

Ligumia nasuta

Eastern pondmussel

Lithophane lemmeri

Lemmer's noctuid moth

Lithophane viridipallens

Pale green pinion moth

Lomamyia flavicornis

Yellow-horned beaded lacewing

*Lordithon niger

Black lordithon rove beetle

Loxandrus vulneratus

Ground beetle

Lycaena epixanthe

Bog copper

Lycaena hyllus

Bronze copper

Macropis ciliata

Fringed loosestrife oil-bee

Margaritifera margaritifera

Eastern pearlshell

Melitara prodenialis

Eastern cactus-boring moth

Meropleon ambifuscum

Newman's brocade

Metarranthis apiciaria

Barrens metarranthis moth

*Mixogaster johnsoni

Syrphid fly

Nebria lacustris lacustris

Ground beetle

*Nicrophorus americanus

American burying beetle

*Papaipema circumlucens

Hops-stalk borer moth

*Papaipema maritima

Maritime sunflower borer moth

*Papaipema sciata

Culvers root borer moth

Parasa indetermina

Stinging rose caterpillar moth

Photedes inops

Spartina borer moth

Pomatiopsis lapidaria

Slender walker

*Pyreferra ceromatica

Annointed sallow moth

Scaphinotus viduus

Ground beetle

Schinia spinosae

Apinose flower moth

*Sideridis maryx

Maroonwing moth

Somatochlora elongata

Ski-tailed emerald

*Speyeria idalia

Regal fritillary

Sphodros niger

Purse web spider

Stagnicola catascopium

Woodland pondsnail

Stonemyia isabellina

Tabanid fly

Stygobromus tenuis tenuis

Piedmont groundwater amphipod

Sympistis perscripta

Scribbled sallow moth

Sympistis riparia

Synurella chamberlaini

Dune Sympistis

Coastal pond amphipod

Valvata sincera

Boreal turret snail

Valvata tricarinata

Turret snail

Zale obliqua

Oblique zale

*Zale submediana

Gray spring zale

*Believed Extirpated

Acalypha virginica

Virginia copperleaf

*Amaranthus pumilus

Sea-beach amaranth

Anemone acutiloba

Sharp-lobed hepatica

*Angelica venenosa

Hairy angelica

*Antennaria howellii ssp. petaloidea

Field pussytoes

*Aplectrum hyemale

Puttyroot

*Arethusa bulbosa

Dragon’s-mouth

Aristida longespica var. geniculata

Needlegrass

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple milkweed

*Asclepias variegata

White milkweed

Asplenium montanum

Mountain spleenwort

Atriplex glabriuscula

Bracted orache

Bidens beckii

Beck’s water-marigold

*Blephilia ciliata

Downy wood-mint

*Blephilia hirsuta

Hairy wood-mint

Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus

Bayonet grass

Bolboschoenus novae-angliae

Salt marsh bulrush

*Botrychium simplex

Little grape fern

*Calystegia silvatica

Short-stalked false bindweed

*Calystegia spithamaea

Low bindweed

Cardamine douglassii

Purple cress

Carex aestivalis

Summer sedge

Carex aquatilis ssp. altior

Water sedge

Carex bushii

Bush’s sedge

*Carex collinsii

Collins’ sedge

*Carex crawfordii

Crawford sedge

Carex foenea

Bronze sedge

Carex formosa

Handsome sedge

Carex hitchcockiana

Hitchcock's sedge

Carex molesta

Troublesome sedge

*Carex nigromarginata

Black-edge sedge

Carex novae-angliae

New England sedge

Carex oligocarpa

Eastern few-fruited sedge

*Carex oligosperma

Few-seeded sedge

*Carex pauciflora

Few-flowered sedge

Carex prairea

Prairie sedge

Carex sterilis

Dioecious sedge

Carex trichocarpa

Hairy-fruited sedge

Carex tuckermanii

Tuckerman's sedge

Carex typhina

Cattail sedge

Celastrus scandens

American bittersweet

*Chenopodium rubrum

Red goosefoot

*Coleataenia longifolia ssp. elongata

Long-leaved redtop-panicgrass

Corallorhiza trifida

Early coral root

*Crocanthemum dumosum

Bushy frostweed

Crocanthemum propinquum

Low frostweed

*Crotonopsis elliptica

Elliptical rushfoil

*Cuphea viscosissima

Blue waxweed

*Cuscuta coryli

Hazel dodder

*Cynoglossum virginianum

Wild comfrey

*Cypripedium arietinum

Ram's-head lady's-slipper

Cypripedium parviflorum

Yellow lady's-slipper

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted hairgrass

Desmodium glabellum

Dillenius' tick-trefoil

*Desmodium sessilifolium

Sessile-leaf tick-trefoil

Dicentra canadensis

Squirrel corn

*Dichanthelium ovale ssp.

Stiff-leaved rosette-panicgrass

pseudopubescens

*Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var.

Round-fruited rosette-panicgrass

isophyllum

*Dichanthelium xanthophysum

Pale-leaved rosette-panicgrass

*Doellingeria infirma

Appalachian white-aster

Draba reptans

Whitlow-grass

*Drosera filiformis

Thread-leaf sundew

Drymocallis arguta

Tall cinquefoil

Dryopteris goldiana

Goldie's fern

*Eleocharis microcarpa var. filiculmis

Small-fruited spikesedge

Elymus wiegandii

Wiegand's wild rye

Endodeca serpentaria

Virginia snakeroot

*Equisetum palustre

Marsh horsetail

*Gamochaeta purpurea

Purple cudweed

Gaultheria hispidula

Creeping snowberry

*Geranium bicknellii

Bicknell's northern crane's-bill

*Goodyera repens var. ophioides

Dwarf rattlesnake plantain

*Heteranthera reniformis

Kidneyleaf mud-plantain

Honckenya peploides

Seabeach sandwort

Hottonia inflata

Featherfoil

*Huperzia appressa

Fir clubmoss

*Hybanthus concolor

Green violet

Hydrophyllum virginianum

Virginia waterleaf

*Hypericum adpressum

Creeping St. John's-wort

Hypericum ascyron

Great St. John's-wort

*Juncus debilis

Weak rush

*Lechea racemulosa

Illinois pinweed

Lespedeza repens

Creeping bush-clover

Liatris novae-angliae

New England blazing-star

Lilaeopsis chinensis

Lilaeopsis

Limosella australis

Mudwort

*Linum intercursum

Sandplain flax

*Ludwigia polycarpa

Many-fruited false-loosestrife

Lycopus amplectens

Clasping-leaved water-horehound

Lygodium palmatum

Climbing fern

*Lyonia mariana

Stagger-bush

*Malaxis bayardii

Bayard’s white adder’s mouth

Mitella nuda

Naked miterwort

*Nuphar advena

Large yellow pond lily

*Nuphar microphylla

Small yellow pond lily

*Oenothera fruticosa

Sundrops

Opuntia humifusa

Eastern prickly pear

Orontium aquaticum

Golden club

*Orthilia secunda

One-sided pyrola

Oxalis violacea

Violet wood-sorrel

Panax quinquefolius

American ginseng

*Panicum verrucosum

Warty panic grass

*Paronychia fastigiata

Hairy forked chickweed

*Paspalum setaceum var. psammophilum

Thin paspalum

*Phaseolus polystachios var.

Wild kidney bean

polystachios

Phragmites americanus

American reed

Plantago virginica

Hoary plantain

*Platanthera dilatata

Tall white bog orchid

Platanthera flava var. herbiola

Pale green orchid

*Platanthera hookeri

Hooker's orchid

*Platanthera orbiculata

Large round-leaved orchid

*Polanisia dodecandra

Clammy-weed

Polygala ambigua

Alternate milkwort

Polygonum glaucum

Seabeach knotweed

*Prunus alleghaniensis

Alleghany plum

*Prunus maritima var. gravesii

Grave's beach plum

*Puccinellia pumila

Goose grass

Quercus macrocarpa

Bur oak

*Ranunculus flammula var.

Creeping spearwort

reptans

Ranunculus pensylvanicus

Bristly buttercup

*Rhus aromatica

Fragrant sumac (native populations only)

Ribes glandulosum

Skunk currant

*Ribes lacustre

Swamp black currant

Ribes rotundifolium

Wild currant

*Rosa nitida

Shining rose

Rubus cuneifolius

Sand blackberry

*Rumex persicarioides

Sea-side dock

*Sabatia dodecandra

Large marsh pink

Sagittaria subulata

Awl-leaved arrowhead

Salix petiolaris

Slender willow

Schizachne purpurascens

Purple oat

*Schwalbea americana

Chaffseed

*Scirpus georgianus

Georgia bulrush

*Scirpus longii

Long's bulrush

*Scleria verticillata

Low nutrush

*Smilax hispida

Bristly greenbriar

*Solidago aestivalis

Early wrinkle-leaved goldenrod

*Solidago latissimifolia

Elliott's goldenrod

Spiranthes tuberosa var. grayi

Little ladies'-tresses

Stellaria borealis

Northern stitchwort

*Symphyotrichum prenanthoides

Crooked-stem aster

Trichomanes intricatum

Appalachian gametophyte

*Trichophorum alpinum

Alpine bulrush

*Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minus

Mountain cranberry

*Valerianella radiata

Beaked corn-salad

*Veratrum latifolium

Hybrid bunchflower

*Verbena simplex

Narrow-leaved vervain

*Viburnum nudum

Possum haw

Viola canadensis

Canada violet

*Viola hirsutula

Southern wood violet

Viola nephrophylla

Northern bog violet

Viola selkirkii

Great-spurred violet

*Believed Extirpated