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Table 1. Endangered and Threatened plants of the Duke Forest Natural Areas. <br /> N.C.3 U.S.4 Location/ <br /> Scientific Name Common Name Status Status Habitat <br /> Gillenia stipulate Indian physic EP Wooden Bridge Bluff, <br /> Ebert 1957 New Hope Cr. <br /> Hexastylis lewisii Lewis' heart leaf TE Oosting Natural <br /> Bornkamm 1975 Area, Bottomland <br /> Isotria medeoloides Small whorled pogonia ET II Meadow Flats tran- <br /> Whigham 1971 (unconfirmed) sition zone <br /> Monotropsis odorata Carolina beech-drops TP Rhododendron Bluffs, <br /> Duke Herb, 1933, 1973. New Hope Cr. <br /> 3Taken from Cooper, J.E., S.S. Robinson, and J.B. Funderburg (Eds.) . <br /> 1977. Endangered and Threatened Plants and Animals of North Carolina. N.C. <br /> Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C. 444 pages + i-xvi. <br /> Explanation of Status Categories: <br /> Plants <br /> EE - Endangered Endemic TE - Threatened Endemic <br /> ED - Endangered Disjunct TD - Threatened Disjunct <br /> EP -- Endangered Peripheral TP - Threatened Peripheral <br /> ET - Endangered Throughout TT - Threate ed Throughout <br /> ;v <br /> Animals <br /> E - Endangered <br /> T - Threatened <br /> SC - Special Concern <br /> UD - Undetermined <br /> 4 <br /> Federal Register of Endangered and Threatened Species, December 15, 1980. <br /> Eplanation of U.S. Status Categories: <br /> I. Taxa currently listed <br /> II. Taxa currently proposed <br /> III. Taxa currently under review <br /> 1. Taxa with sufficient information to supply listing <br /> 2. Taxa of probable listing without sufficient information <br /> 3. Taxa no longer considered for listing <br /> IV. Taxa no longer under review <br /> B. Taxa which do not meet Endangered Species Act 's definition of <br /> "species" <br /> C. Taxa which are more abundant than thought or not subject to <br /> identifiable threat. <br />