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

Scientific Name Common Name Status Rank
Province: Habitat (Counties of occurrence) N.C. U.S. N.C. Global
Shortia galacifolia var. galacifolia Southern Oconee Bells E-SC FSC S2 G2T2
M: streambanks, slopes, and
outcrops in humid gorges
(Jackson*, Swain*, Transylvania)
Sida elliottii Elliott's Fan-petal SR-P - S1 G4G5
P: stream banks, sandy woodlands
(Iredell)
Sideroxylon tenax Tough Bumelia SR-P FSC S1 G3?
T: maritime forests and scrub
(Brunswick, New Han over*)
Silene ovata Mountain Catchfly SR-T FSC S3 G3
M: rich slopes, cove forests,
montane oak-hickory forests
(Buncombe, Cherokee, Graham,
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson,
Macon, Madiso n, Ru therford*,
Swain, Yancey)
Silphium connatum Virginia Cup-plant SR-T - S2 G3?Q
MP: floodplains, rich alluvial
woods (Alleghany*, Iredell,
Rockingham, Stokes)
Silphium perfoliatum Northern Cup-plant SR-P - S1 G5
PM: floodplains (Alleghany*,
Ashe, Cabarrus, Forsyth+,
Iredell*, Mecklenb urg, Stokes*,
Surry)
Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock SR-P - S2 G4G5
P: diabase glades, other open or
semi-open sites over mafic rock
(Cabarrus, Davie, Durham,
Granville, Mecklenburg, Stanly,
Wake*)
Sisyrinchium dichotomum White Irisette E E S2 G2
M: thin woods, especially over
amphibolite, in the escarpment
region (Burke, Henderson, Polk,
Rutherford)
Smilax hugeri Huger's Carrion-flower SR-P - S2 G4
MP: deciduous forests
(Cumberland, Richmond)
Smilax lasioneura Blue Ridge Carrion-flower SR-P - S1 G5
MP: oak-hickory forests over
mafic rocks (Guilford*,
Henderson, Polk*)
Solanum pseudogracile Graceful Nightshade SR-T - S1 GNR
T: dunes (Carteret, New
Hanover*, Onslow)
Solidago leavenworthii Leavenworth's Goldenrod SR-P - S1 G3G4
C: savannas, pocosin borders,
clay-based Carolina bays, peaty
seeps (Carteret*, Columbus,
Robeson, Scotland*)
Solidago plumosa Yadkin River Goldenrod E C S1 G1
P: riverside rocks (Montgomery,
Stanly)
Solidago ptarmicoides Prairie Goldenrod E - S1 G5
P: diabase glades (Granville,
Rowan*)
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