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
Plagiochila virginica var. virginica A Liverwort SR-L - S1 G3T3
CM: on limestone (Jackson,
Martin*, McDowell, Pitt*,
Wilkes*)
Porella wataugensis A Liverwort SR-L FSC S1 G1G2Q
M: on rocks in humid gorges
(Burke, Graham, Macon,
McDowell, Transylvania,
Watauga*)
Ptilidium ciliare A Liverwort SR-D - S1 G5
M: on soil in high elevation
forests (Mitchell+)
Radula sullivantii A Liverwort SR-L - S2 G3
M: on moist rocks, mostly in spray
zones of waterfalls (Jackson*,
Macon, Transylvania*)
Radula voluta A Liverwort SR-D - S1 G3
M: on moist rocks in spray zones
of waterfalls (Macon)
Riccardia jugata A Liverwort SR-L - S1? G2
M: on fallen logs in humid areas,
especially gorges (Graham,
Haywood, Macon*)
Scapania mucronata A Liverwort SR-D - S1 G5
M: high elevation rocky summits
(Ashe*)
Sphenolobopsis pearsonii A Liverwort E FSC S2 G2?
M: on bark of Fraser Firs in
spruce-fir forests (Avery,
Caldwell, Haywood*, Jackson*,
Mitchell, Swain, Watauga,
Yancey)
Tritomaria exsectiformis ssp. exsectiformis A Liverwort SR-D - SH G5T5
M: on high elevation rocky
summits (Ashe*)
Hornworts
Aspiromitus appalachianus A Hornwort SR-L FSC S1 G1
M: on rocks on streambeds
(Transylvania*)
Megaceros aenigmaticus A Hornwort SR-L - S2S3 G2G3
M: on rocks in streams
(Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Haywood, Macon, Swain)
Lichens
Anaptychia setifera Hanging Fringe Lichen SR-D - S1 G3G4
M: high elevation rocky summits
and exposed tree twigs on dry
ridges (Mitchell)
Anzia americana A Black-foam Lichen SR-T - S1 G3G5
M: on bark of trees in humid
gorges (Tr ansylvania*)
Anzia ornata A Black-foam Lichen SR-T - SH G1G3
C: on bark of deciduous trees
where humidity is fairly high
(Dup lin*)
Canoparmelia amabilis Worthy Shield Lichen E FSC S1 G1
M: on bark of trees in open woods
or on sandstone in river gorges
(Polk)
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