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.
Ophioglossum nudicaule Slender Adder's-tongue S1? G5 W7
C: moist sandy flats (Brunswick*)
Ophioglossum petiolatum Long-stem Adder's-tongue S2? G5 W7
CT: maritime wet grasslands, moist
ditchbanks, grassy roadside flats
(Beaufort*, Brunswick*, Carteret,
Craven*, Dare*, Washington*)
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius Shortleaf Basket Grass S1 G5 W7
TC: maritime forests, bottomlands
(Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Dare,
Onslow, P ender*, Washin gton *)
Orbexilum lupinellum Lupine Scurfpea S3 G3G4 W1
CS: sandhills (Bladen*, Craven,
Cumberland*, Harnett, Hoke, Moore,
Pamlico*, Richmond, Scotland)
Orbexilum pedunculatum var. pedunculatum Sampson's Snakeroot S1 G5T5? W7
MP: open woodlands (Catawba,
Cherokee, Orange*, Transylvania*)
Oxypolis ternata Savanna Cowbane S3 G3 W1
CS: pine savannas, sandhill seeps
(Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret,
Columbus, Craven, Cumberland,
Duplin*, Harnett, Hoke, Jon es*, Lee*,
Martin*, Moore, Onslo w, Pender , Pitt*,
Scotland)
Packera obovata Roundleaf Ragwort S2 G5 W1
MP: wooded slopes, mostly over mafic
rocks (Alexander, Ashe*, Burke, Clay*,
Cleveland, Graham, Jackson,
Madi son*, McDowell, Polk*,
Rutherford, Swain)
Panax quinquefolius Ginseng S4 G3G4 W-SC
MPS: cove forests, other rich forests
(Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke,
Caswell, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland,
Davidson*, Durham, Graham,
Granville, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, Lee, Macon, Madison,
Martin*, McDowell, Mecklenburg*,
Mitchell, Moore, Orange, Polk,
Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford,
Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania,
Wake, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey)
Panax trifolius Dwarf Ginseng S3 G5 W1
MP: cove forests, northern hardwoods,
other rich forests (Ashe, Buncombe,
Caldwell*, Caswell, Cherokee, Clay,
Durham, Graham, Haywood, Jackson,
Macon, Orange, Swain*, Wake,
Watauga*)
Panicum tenerum Southeastern Panic Grass S3 G4 W1
CST: wet savannas, sandhill seeps,
limesink ponds (Brunswick, Carteret,
Columbus, Moore*, New Hanover,
Onslow, Sampson, Scotland)
Parietaria floridana Florida Pellitory SNA G5 W4
TC: shell middens, disturbed sites,
maritime forests (New Hanover*)
Parietaria pensylvanica Pennsylvania Pellitory S2 G5 W7
PMC: slopes and bottomlands, usu ally
over calcareous or mafic rocks (Anson*,
Bertie*, Buncombe*, Harnett, Haywood,
Madi son, Martin*, Mitchell*)
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