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.
Crataegus spathulata Littlehip Hawthorn S1S2 G5 W1
CPM: bottomland s (Bladen*,
Colu mbus, Cumberland, Davidson *,
Macon*, Stanly)
Cymophyllus fraserianus Fraser's Sedge S3 G4 W1
M: forests (Alleghany*, Ashe, Avery,
Caldwell*, Clay, Graham, Haywood*,
Jackson, Macon, McDowell*,
Mitchell*, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes,
Yancey*)
Cyperus distans A Flatsedge SH G5 W4
C: mar shes (New Hanover*)
Cyperus squarrosus Awned Flatsedge S2 G5 W7
P: granite flatrocks, other rock outcrops
(Durham*, Franklin*, Rowan*)
Cypripedium reginae Showy Ladyslipper ? G4 W4
M: the only specimen from NC is from
an implausible habitat for the species -
highly acid humus under rhododendron
(Jackson*, Macon*)
Cystopteris bulbifera Bulblet Bladder Fern S1S2 G5 W7
MP: calcareous rocks (Avery,
Buncombe, Madison, McDowell,
Orange, Swain*, Transylvania)
Dalea pinnata Eastern Prairie-clover S2 G5 W1
SC: sandhills and dryish pinelands
(Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett*, Hoke,
Lenoir*, Moore*, Pender*, Richmond,
Robeson*, Sampson*, Scotland,
Wayne*)
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi Pennsylvania Ground-pine S2? G5 W7
M: openings, balds, bog margins, and
high elevation forests (Alleghany,
Burke*, Haywood, Macon*, Mitchell)
Desmodium pauciflorum Few-flower Tick-trefoil S2? G5 W7
PC: rich forests and bottomlands
(Anson, Cabarrus*, Caswell*,
Chowan*, Craven*, Hertford*, Iredell*,
John ston , Jon es, Mecklenbu rg*,
Northampton*, Pitt*, Richmond,
Rockingham*, Wake, Warren)
Diamorpha smallii Elf Orpine S3 G4 W1
PM: granite flatrocks (Alexander,
Anson, Forsyth*, Franklin, Gaston,
Granville, Hender son*, Iredell*, Nash*,
Rowan*, Ru therford*, Wake, Yadkin *)
Dichanthelium boreale Northern Witch Grass S1S2 G5 W7
P: open woods (Chatham*, Durham*,
Franklin*, Person *, Rowan, Wake*,
Wilkes*)
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. roanokense Roanoke Witch Grass S2 G5T4? W1
CS: savannas, open swampy woods,
wet peaty meadows (Bladen,
Brun swick, Columbus, Dare*, Hyde*,
Moore, Pender)
Dichanthelium erectifolium Erectleaf Witch Grass S2 G4 W1
C: pond shores (Bladen, Brunswick,
Columbus, Hoke, New Hanover,
Onslow, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland)
Dichanthelium latifolium Broadleaf Witch Grass S2 G5 W7
M: forests (Ashe, Avery*, Caldwell*,
Haywood*, Henderson*, Jackson*,
Macon*, Swain*, Watauga*)
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