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.
Radula tenax A Liverwort S2 G3G4 W7
M: on moist rocks or bark in humid
gorges and cove forests (Ashe*,
Buncombe*, Burke*, Caldwell*,
Jackson*, Macon*, Mi tchell*, Swain*,
Transylvania*, Watauga*, Yancey*)
Reboulia hemisphaerica ssp. dioica A Liverwort S1 G5T2?Q W7
M: in spray zone of waterfalls in humid
gorges (Macon*, McDowell,
Rutherford)
Ricciocarpos natans A Liverwort S1 G5 W1
C: floating in shaded ponds or pools
(Dare*)
Lichens
Cladina evansii Green Reindeer Lichen S2 G3G5 W7
C: sandhills (primarily near the coast)
usually associated with Quercus
geminata (Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret,
Craven*, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow,
Pender)
Ochrolechia yasudae Coral Saucer Lichen SH? G3G4 W7
M: on bark or rock (Ashe*,
Buncombe*, Macon*)
Platismatia glauca Varied Rag Lichen SH? G5 W7
M: on bark of spruce, fir, or hardwoods
in th e spruce-fir zone (Avery*,
Haywood*, Jackson*, Swain*,
Yancey*)
Porpidia cinereoatra A Crustose Lichen S1 G5? W7
M: high elevation rocky summits
(Mit chell*)
Porpidia macrocarpa A Crustose Lichen S1? G4 W7
M: high elevation rocky summits
(Mit chell*)
Porpidia tuberculosa A Crustose Lichen S1 G2G4 W7
M: high elevation rocky summits
(Mit chell*)
Punctelia reddenda A Foliose Lichen S2 G5 W7
M: on bark of hardwoods at high
elevations (generally spruce-fir zone)
(Bun combe*, Haywood*, Jackson*,
Swain*, Yancey*)
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