Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species - Rawlings ...

Scientific Name Common Name Rank Status
Province: Habitat (Counties of occurrence) N.C. Global N.C. U.S.
Stachys aspera Rough Hedge-nettle S2 G4? W7
CP: moist or wet sandy soil of
savannas, marshes, or swamp forests
(Chatham*, Durham*, Granville*,
Hertford*, Northampton*, Tyr rell*,
Warren*)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia Hyssopleaf Hedge-nettle S2 G4G5 W7
CP: moist soils of savannas, marshes,
seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds,
road side ditches (Burke*, Columbus*,
Davidson *, Stanly*)
Stellaria corei Core's Starwort S3 G4 W1
MP: coves, seeps, northern hardwood
forests (Avery, Buncombe, Burke,
Caldwell*, Catawba*, Clay, Haywood,
Jackson, Macon, Mitchell, Polk, Swain,
Watauga, Yancey*)
Streptopus roseus var. roseus Southern Twisted-stalk S1? G5T4 W7
M: high elevation forests, mainly
northern hardwoods and spruce-fir
(Ashe, Avery, Haywood, Jackson,
Mitchell)
Stuckenia pectinata Sago Pondweed S2? G5 W1
CT: Brackish and alkaline waters
(Curritu ck*, Dare*)
Symphyotrichum elliottii Elliott's Aster S2S3 G3G4 W1
C: bogs, swamps and marshes
(Beaufort*, Brunswick*, Chowan*,
Dare*, Dup lin*, New Hanover*,
Onslow*, P asquotan k*, Tyrrell*)
Symphyotrichum firmum Purple-stem Aster S1 G5 W7
M: moist places (Buncombe*,
McDowell)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum Panicled Aster S2? G5TNR W7
P: sunny, wet meadows (Durham,
McDowell, Orange)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster S3 G5 W1
M: wet meadows, bogs, prairies
Syngonanthus flavidulus Yellow Hatpins S3 G5 W1
C: ditches, pocosin ecotones, savannas
(Bladen, Brun swick, Carteret, Craven*,
Cumberland, New Hanover*, Onslow,
Pender, Sampson*)
Tetragonotheca helianthoides Pineland Squarehead S3? G5 W1
CMP: sandy woodlands, forests,
roadsides
Thermopsis villosa Aaron's-rod S2? G3? W7
M: forests and open ings (Avery*,
Cherokee*, Clay*, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson*, Macon, Madiso n*, Su rry*,
Swain*, Transylvania)
Thuja occidentalis American Arborvitae SNA G5 W4
M: calcareous rocks? (no known and
documented native occurrences in
North Carolina) (Alleghany+, Ashe+)
Tilia americana var. americana American Basswood S1? G5T5 W7
MP: rich cove forests (Cherokee,
Davidson *, Swain*, Wake*, Watauga*)
Triadenum tubulosum Marsh St. John's-wort SNR G4? W3
C: wet sites, pools (Dare*, Forsyth*)
Trichomanes intricatum Grotto-felt S2 G3G4 W7
M: moist grottoes (Burke, Jackson*,
Macon, McDowell, Transylvan ia*)
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