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34 <br />US Fish & Wildlife Service <br />Endangered Species, Threatened Species, Federal Species of Concern, and Candidate <br />Species, Orange County, North Carolina, Updated: 12 -27 -2012 <br />(http://www.fws.gov/raleigh/species/cntylist/orange.html) <br />Common Name Scientific name Federal Record Status <br />Status <br />Vertebrate: <br />American eel <br />Anguilla rostrata <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Bald eagle <br />Haliaeetus leucocephalus <br />BGPA <br />Current <br />Carolina darter <br />Etheostoma collis lepidinion <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Red- cockaded woodpecker <br />Picoides borealis <br />E <br />Historic <br />Roanoke bass <br />Ambloplites cavifrons <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Invertebrate: <br />Atlantic pigtoe <br />Fusconaia masoni <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Brook floater <br />Alasrnidonta varicosa <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Dwarf wedgemussel <br />Alasinidonta heterodon <br />E <br />Current <br />Green floater <br />Lasmigona subviridis <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Savannah lilliput <br />Toxolasmapullus <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Yellow lampmussel <br />Lampsilis cariosa <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Vascular Plant: <br />Butternut <br />Juglans cinerea <br />FSC <br />Historic <br />Creamy tick - trefoil <br />Desrnodium ochroleucum <br />FSC <br />Historic <br />Michaux's sumac <br />Rhus michauxii <br />E <br />Historic <br />Smooth coneflower <br />Echinacea laevigata <br />E <br />Historic <br />Sweet pinesap <br />Monotropsis odorata <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Torrey's Mountain -mint <br />Pycnanthemurn torrei <br />FSC <br />Current <br />Definitions of Federal Status Codes: <br />E = endangered. A taxon "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its <br />range." <br />T = threatened. A taxon "likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout <br />all or a significant portion of its range." <br />C = candidate. A taxon under consideration for official listing for which there is sufficient <br />information to support listing. (Formerly "C1" candidate species.) <br />BGPA =Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. See below. <br />FSC = Federal Species of Concern. FSC is an informal term. It is not defined in the federal <br />Endangered Species Act. In North Carolina, the Asheville and Raleigh Field Offices of the US <br />Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) define Federal Species of Concern as those species that <br />appear to be in decline or otherwise in need of conservation and are under consideration for <br />listing or for which there is'insufficient information to support listing at this time.Subsumed <br />under the term "FSC" are all species petitioned by outside parties and other selected focal species <br />identified in Service strategic plans, State Wildlife Action Plans, or Natural Heritage Program <br />Lists. <br />EWS Biological Inventory March 2015 <br />Catena Job# 6210 Page 11 <br />