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.
Echinocystis lobata Wild Mock Cucumber S1 G5 W7
M: alluvial forests (Alleghany*, Ashe,
Watauga*)
Elatine americana American Waterwort SNA G4 W4
M: lakes (Burke, Jackson*)
Elatine minima Tiny Waterwort SNA G5 W4
P: lakes (Granville)
Eleocharis engelmannii Englemann's Spikerush S1 G4G5Q W7
PCM: marshes (Alexander *,
Henderson*, Ho ke, North ampton*,
Rowan*, St anly*)
Eleocharis equisetoides Horsetail Spikerush S3 G4 W1
C: limesink ponds (Bladen, Brunswick,
Carteret, Columbus, Craven*,
Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore,
New Hanover*, Onslow, Randolph,
Richmond, Scotland)
Eleocharis erythropoda Bald Spikerush S1 G5 W7
MC: stream banks and marshes (Ashe*,
Carteret*, Madison *)
Eleocharis melanocarpa Blackfruit Spikerush S3 G4 W1
C: clay-based Carolina bays, limesink
ponds (Brunswick, Carteret,
Cumberland, Johnston*, New Hanover,
Onslow, Richmond, Sampson,
Scot land , Wayne*)
Eleocharis smallii Small's Spikerush S1 G5? W3
M: op en, wet places (Macon*)
Eleocharis tricostata Three-angle Spikerush S2S3 G4 W1
CP: bogs and savannas (Bladen,
Brunswick, Carteret*, Cumberland,
Dare*, Hoke, New Hanover,
Northampton*, Onslow, Richmond,
Robeson, Scotland, St anly*)
Elodea canadensis Canada Elodea S1? G5 W7
CPM: streams (Craven*, McDowell*,
Orange*, Perqu imans*, Wake*,
Watauga*)
Elodea nuttallii Nuttall's Elodea S2? G5 W7
CPM: lakes, ponds, and streams
(Avery*, Currituck*, Dare*, Franklin*,
Haywood*, Jones*, McDowell*,
Perquimans*, Tyrrell*, Wake*,
Wilson*, Yancey*)
Elymus canadensis Nodding Wild Rye S1 G5 W7
M: rich woods (Buncombe*, Swain*)
Elymus riparius Riverbank Wild Rye S1S2 G5 W7
MP: riverbanks and low, rich woods
(Ashe*, Avery*, Caldwell*, Macon,
Madi son*, Orange*, Swain, Watauga*)
Epilobium leptophyllum Narrowleaf Willowherb S3 G5 W1
MP: bogs and seeps (Alleghany, Ashe,
Avery, Burke, Guilford*, Jackson,
Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga)
Eragrostis frankii Frank's Lovegrass S1 G5 W7
P: open, disturbed sites (Granville*)
Eragrostis lugens Mourning Lovegrass S1 G5 W7
P: open, wet areas (Mecklenb urg*)
Erigenia bulbosa Harbinger-of-spring SNR G5 W3
MP?: rich woods
Eriophorum virginicum Tawny Cottongrass S3 G5 W1
MSCP: peaty sites - bogs, fens, pocosins,
seeps (Alleghany, Ashe*, Bladen,
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