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.
Rowan*, Swain*)
Brachythecium salebrosum Smooth-stalked Yellow Feather Moss S2? G5 W7
MP: shaded sils, rocks, bases of trees,
and logs in disturbed p laces (Forsyth*,
Graham, Macon*, Watauga*, Yancey*)
Brothera leana Boar Moss S2? G3G4 W7
MP: on logs in forests; on thin soil
around rock outcrops (Ashe, Avery,
Burke*, Haywood*, Jackson*,
McDowell*, Rutherford*, Stokes,
Surr y, Watauga*)
Bryhnia novae-angliae Arrowhead Moss S2? G5 W1
CM: soil, humus, or rotten logs of
shady, wet places (Haywood, Macon,
Martin*, Transylvania, Tyrrell)
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum A Red Foot Moss S2? G5 W7
M: on soil, rock, and bark in forested
boggy areas and stream ban ks (Clay*,
Jackson*, Macon*, Transylvania*)
Cryphaea ravenelii A Thread Cedar Moss S2? G3? W7
PC: on bark of trees (An son*,
Chatham*, Durham*, Halifax*,
Harnett*, Hertford*, Person *)
Dicranum fuscescens Fuscous Moss S2? G5 W7
MP: on trees, logs, soil, rock, and
humus in woodlands, spruce-fir forest,
occasionally bogs (Avery*, Buncombe,
Graham*, Haywood*, Jackson*,
Mitchell*, Sto kes*, Swain*,
Transylvania*, Yancey)
Dicranum spurium Rusty Fork Moss S2? G5 W7
CMP: sandy soil, decayed logs, acidic
rock, humus over rock, pine woods,
sometimes bogs (Alexander*,
Alleghany*, Avery*, Burke*, Carteret*,
Franklin*, Jackson*, Macon*, Stokes*,
Surr y*)
Entosthodon drummondii A Cord Moss SH G4G5 W7
CPS: primarily sandy soils of
dist urbed, o ften wet areas (Durh am*,
Harnett*, Moore*, P ender*,
Rand olph*, Tyr rell*)
Ephemerum spinulosum Emerald Dewdrops S2? G4G5 W7
CP: moist or drying soil in disturbed,
partly sunny areas, or on rotting wood
(Col umbus*, Durham, Mecklenburg*,
Orange)
Fabronia ciliaris var. polycarpa A False Crushed-rice Moss S2? G5T4T5 W7
CMPT: bark of trees, less commonly
on ro cks (Alexander *, Carteret*, Clay*,
Cumberland*, Hyde*, Jackson*,
Rowan*, Transylvania*, Washingto n*)
Fissidens adianthoides Maiden Hair Moss SH G5 W7
MP: wet areas on soil, around bases of
trees, on decaying wood or calcareous
rocks (Ashe*, Avery*, Brunswick*,
Durham*, Forsyth*, Granville*,
McDowell*)
Fissidens appalachensis Appalachian Pocket Moss S2S3 G2G3 W7
M: submerged in rapids of moderate to
high elevation mountain streams (Buncombe*,
Caldwell*, Jackson*, Macon*, McDowell*,
Swain*, Watauga*)
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