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FSC List 2016.Pdf United States Fish and Wildlife Service North Carolina Federal Species of Concern List 1 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office 2016 Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office Definition of Federal Species of Concern (FSC): “FSC” is an informal term. It is not defined in the federal Endangered Species Act. In North Carolina, the Asheville and Raleigh Field Offices of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) define “Federal Species of Concern” as those species that appear to be in decline or otherwise in need of conservation and are under consideration for listing or for which there is insufficient information to support listing at this time. Subsumed under the term “FSC” are all species petitioned by outside parties and other selected focal species identified in Service strategic plans, State Wildlife Action Plans, Professional Society Lists (e.g., AFS, FMCS) or NatureServe State Program Lists. STATE FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME STATUS STATUS TAXONOMIC GROUP Aneides aeneus Green Salamander E FSC Amphibian Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Hellbender SC FSC Amphibian Desmognathus aeneus Seepage Salamander W2 FSC Amphibian Desmognathus organi Northern Pygmy Salamander SR FSC Amphibian Desmognathus wrighti Southern Pygmy Salamander SR FSC Amphibian Eurycea chamberlaini Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander FSC Amphibian Eurycea junaluska Junaluska Salamander T FSC Amphibian Lithobates capito Carolina Gopher Frog T FSC Amphibian Necturus lewisi Neuse River Waterdog SC FSC Amphibian Plethodon amplus Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander SR FSC Amphibian Plethodon cheoah Cheoah Bald Salamander SR FSC Amphibian Plethodon meridianus South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander SR FSC Amphibian Plethodon welleri Weller's Salamander SC FSC Amphibian Nesticus carolinensis Linville Caverns Spider SR FSC Arachnid Fumontana deprehendor a Harvestman W3 FSC Arachnid Nesticus cooperi Lost Nantahala Cave Spider SR FSC Arachnid Aegolius acadicus pop. 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl - Southern Appalachian population T FSC Bird Ammodramus henslowii Eastern Henslow's Sparrow SC FSC Bird Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail SC FSC Bird Loxia curvirostra pop. 1 Southern Appalachian Red Crossbill SC FSC Bird Passerina ciris ciris Eastern Painted Bunting SC FSC Bird Peucaea aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow SC FSC Bird Poecile atricapillus practica Southern Appalachian Black-capped Chickadee SC FSC Bird Pterodroma hasitata Black-capped Petrel FSC Bird Setophaga cerulea Cerulean Warbler SC FSC Bird Setophaga virens waynei Black-throated Green Warbler - Coastal Plain population SR FSC Bird Thryomanes bewickii altus Appalachian Bewick's Wren E FSC Bird Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler SC FSC Bird Atrytone arogos arogos Eastern Arogos Skipper SR FSC Butterfly Atrytonopsis loammi Loammi Skipper SR FSC Butterfly Atrytonopsis sp. 1 Crystal Skipper SR FSC Butterfly Phyciodes batesii maconensis Appalachian Tawny Crescent SR FSC Butterfly Problema bulenta Rare Skipper SR FSC Butterfly Pyrgus wyandot Appalachian Grizzled Skipper SR FSC Butterfly Speyeria idalia Regal Fritillary SR FSC Butterfly Cambarus brimleyorum Valley River Crayfish FSC Crustacean Cambarus hiwasseensis Hiwassee Crayfish FSC Crustacean Cambarus hystricosus Sandhills Spiny Crayfish FSC Crustacean Cambarus johni Carolina Foothills Crayfish FSC Crustacean Cambarus lenati Broad River Stream Crayfish FSC Crustacean Cambarus tuckasegee Tuckasegee Stream Crayfish FSC Crustacean Procambarus medialis Pamlico Crayfish FSC Crustacean Caecidotea carolinensis Bennett's Mill Cave Water Slater E FSC Crustacean Cambarus chasmodactylus New River Crayfish FSC Crustacean Cambarus chaugaensis Chauga Crayfish SC FSC Crustacean Cambarus eeseeohensis Grandfather Mountain Crayfish SR FSC Crustacean Cambarus georgiae Little Tennessee Crayfish SC FSC Crustacean Cambarus parrishi Hiwassee Headwaters Crayfish SC FSC Crustacean Cambarus reburrus French Broad River Crayfish SR FSC Crustacean Cambarus spicatus Broad River Spiny Crayfish SC FSC Crustacean Orconectes virginiensis Chowanoke Crayfish SC FSC Crustacean Stygobromus carolinensis Yancey Sideswimmer SR FSC Crustacean Stygobromus indentatus Tidewater Amphipod FSC Crustacean Waltoncythere acuta Transylvania Crayfish Ostracod W3 FSC Crustacean Gomphus consanguis Cherokee Clubtail SR FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Gomphus septima Septima's Clubtail SR FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Macromia margarita Mountain River Cruiser SR FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Ophiogomphus edmundo Edmund's Snaketail SR FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Ophiogomphus howei Pygmy Snaketail SR FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Ophiogomphus incurvatus Appalachian Snaketail W2 FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Progomphus bellei Belle's Sanddragon SR FSC Dragonfly or Damselfly Alasmidonta undulata Triangle floater T FSC Freshwater Bivalve Lampsilis sp. 2 Chameleon lampmussel SR FSC Freshwater Bivalve United States Fish and Wildlife Service North Carolina Federal Species of Concern List 2 Asheville Ecological Services Field Office 2016 Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office Villosa constricta Notched rainbow SC FSC Freshwater Bivalve Alasmidonta robusta Carolina Elktoe FSC Freshwater Bivalve Alasmidonta viridis Slippershell FSC Freshwater Bivalve Elliptio angustata Carolina Lance FSC Freshwater Bivalve Elliptio dilatata Spike FSC Freshwater Bivalve Elliptio producta Atlantic Spike FSC Freshwater Bivalve Elliptio roanokensis Roanoke Slabshell FSC Freshwater Bivalve Lampsilis splendida Rayed Pink Fatmucket FSC Freshwater Bivalve Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Kidneyshell FSC Freshwater Bivalve Toxolasma lividum Purple Lilliput FSC Freshwater Bivalve Villosa constricta Notched Rainbow FSC Freshwater Bivalve Alasmidonta varicosa Brook Floater E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Elliptio lanceolata Yellow Lance E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Elliptio waccamawensis Waccamaw Spike E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Fusconaia masoni Atlantic Pigtoe E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Fusconaia subrotunda Longsolid SR FSC Freshwater Bivalve Lampsilis cariosa Yellow Lampmussel E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Lampsilis fullerkati Waccamaw Fatmucket T FSC Freshwater Bivalve Lasmigona holstonia Tennessee Heelsplitter E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Lasmigona subviridis Green Floater E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Medionidus conradicus Cumberland Moccasinshell FSC Freshwater Bivalve Pleurobema oviforme Tennessee Clubshell E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Pleuronaia barnesiana Tennessee Pigtoe E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Toxolasma pullus Savannah Lilliput E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Villosa vaughaniana Carolina Creekshell E FSC Freshwater Bivalve Carpiodes sp. cf. velifer Atlantic highfin carpsucker SC FSC Freshwater Fish Acipenser fulvescens Lake Sturgeon SC FSC Freshwater Fish Alosa aestivalis Blueback Herring FSC Freshwater Fish Alosa pseudoharengus Alewife FSC Freshwater Fish Ambloplites cavifrons Roanoke Bass SR FSC Freshwater Fish Anguilla rostrata American Eel FSC Freshwater Fish Clinostomus sp. 1 Smoky Dace SC FSC Freshwater Fish Elassoma boehlkei Carolina Pygmy Sunfish T FSC Freshwater Fish Etheostoma acuticeps Sharphead Darter T FSC Freshwater Fish Etheostoma collis Carolina Darter SC FSC Freshwater Fish Etheostoma mariae Pinewoods Darter SC FSC Freshwater Fish Etheostoma perlongum Waccamaw Darter T FSC Freshwater Fish Etheostoma vulneratum Wounded Darter SC FSC Freshwater Fish Fundulus cf. diaphanus Lake Phelps Killifish SR FSC Freshwater Fish Fundulus waccamensis Waccamaw Killifish SC FSC Freshwater Fish Moxostoma robustum Robust Redhorse E FSC Freshwater Fish Moxostoma sp. 3 Carolina Redhorse T FSC Freshwater Fish Notropis bifrenatus Bridle Shiner E FSC Freshwater Fish Noturus furiosus Carolina Madtom T FSC Freshwater Fish Noturus gilberti Orangefin Madtom E FSC Freshwater Fish Noturus sp. 2 Broadtail Madtom SC FSC Freshwater Fish Percina burtoni Blotchside Logperch E FSC Freshwater Fish Percina squamata Olive Darter SC FSC Freshwater Fish Percina williamsi Sickle Darter SC FSC Freshwater Fish Polyodon spathula Paddlefish E FSC Freshwater Fish Semotilus lumbee Sandhills Chub SC FSC Freshwater Fish Thoburnia hamiltoni Rustyside Sucker E FSC Freshwater Fish Amnicola sp. 1 Waccamaw snail SC FSC Freshwater Gastropod Catinella waccamawensis Waccamaw ambersnail T FSC Freshwater Gastropod Cincinnatia/Floridobia sp. 1 Waccamaw siltsnail SC FSC Freshwater Gastropod Leptoxis dilatata Seep Mudalia T FSC Freshwater Gastropod Pleurocera parva Dainty Hornsnail FSC Freshwater Gastropod Fumonelix clingmanica Summit Covert T FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Glyphyalinia clingmani Fragile Glyph E FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Helisoma eucosmium Greenfield Rams-horn E FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Leptoxis virgata Smooth Mudalia W3 FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Paravitrea ternaria Sculpted Supercoil T FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Paravitrea varidens Roan Supercoil T FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Somatogyrus virginicus Panhandle Pebblesnail SR FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Triodopsis soelneri Cape Fear Threetooth T FSC Freshwater or Terrestrial Gastropod Aspiromitus appalachianus A Hornwort SR-L FSC Hornwort Nothoceros aenigmaticus A Hornwort W1 FSC Hornwort Bombus affinis Rusty Patched Bumblebee SH FSC Insect Arthonia cupressina Golden spruce dots (lichen) FSC Lichen Arthonia kermesina Hot dots (lichen) W7 FSC Lichen Arthopyrenia betulicola Old birch spots (lichen) FSC Lichen Buellia sharpiana Evelyn's buttons (lichen) FSC Lichen Cladonia appalachensis Appalachian cupless cups (lichen) FSC Lichen Graphis sterlingiana Sterlings lips (lichen) FSC Lichen Hypotrachyna
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