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63 <br /> Meadowmont Farms Biological Inventory Report Orange County, N.C. <br /> Table 5. NCNHP state-listed plant species listed for Orange County (continued) <br /> Taxonomic Scientific Name Common Name NCFederal County Status2 Habitat <br /> Group Status' <br /> Status Present <br /> Vascular Scutellaria australis southern skullcap E None Historical No <br /> Plant <br /> Vascular shale-barren <br /> Plant Scutellaria leonardii skullcap E None Historical No <br /> Vascular Steironema tonsum Appalachian SR-P None Historical No <br /> Plant loosestrife <br /> Vascular Swida racemosa gray dogwood SC-V None Current No <br /> Plant <br /> Vascular Symphyotrichum narrow-leaved E None Historical No <br /> Plant concinnum smooth aster <br /> Vascular Symphyotrichum laeve smooth blue aster SR-P None Historical Yes <br /> Plant <br /> Vascular Thermopsis mollis Appalachian SR-T None Current No <br /> Plant golden-banner <br /> Vascular Tradescantia Virginia SR-0 None Current No <br /> Plant virginiana spiderwort <br /> Vascular Trichostema glade bluecurls E None Historical No <br /> Plant brachiatum <br /> Vascular Tridens chapmanii Chapman's redtop T None HistoricalPlant <br /> No <br /> 1 E—Endangered;T-Threatened; SC-V—Special Concern(Vulnerable); SC-H—Special Concern(Historical); SR— <br /> Significantly Rare; SR-O—Significantly Rare(Other); SR-P—Significantly Rare(Peripheral); SR-T—Significantly Rare <br /> (Throughout) <br /> z—Current—The species has been identified recently within the County(NCNHP does not define"recently"in their documentation) <br /> Historical—Of historical occurrence,with some expectation that it may be rediscovered. Its presence may not have been verified in the <br /> past 20 years. An element is not automatically assigned a historical status if it has not been verified in the past 20 years; some effort must <br /> have been made to locate or relocate occurrences.A Historical status does not impact the State Status of a species. <br /> 'One known occurrence of this species was identified within 1.0 mile of the PSA;however,none were located within the PSA itself. <br /> Nearly every protected vascular plant species listed in Tables 3 and 5 requires a <br /> circumneutral soil pH. The floristic composition within the natural communities on this <br /> site suggests an acidic pH, which is typical for much of the North Carolina Piedmont <br /> ecoregion. <br /> 4.3 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act <br /> The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act is enforced by the USFWS. Golden eagles do <br /> not nest in North Carolina. Habitat for the bald eagle primarily consists of mature forests <br /> in proximity to large bodies of open water for foraging. Large dominant trees are utilized <br /> for nesting sites, typically within 1.0 mile of open water. <br /> A desktop-GIS assessment of the PSA, as well as the area within a 1.0-mile radius of the <br /> project limits, was performed on November 23, 2022, using the most recent color aerials. <br /> Water bodies large enough or sufficiently open to be considered potential feeding sources <br /> 13 January 2023 <br />