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140 <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 Anguilla rostrata FSC Current <br /> Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus BGPA Current <br /> Carolina darter Etheostoma collis lepidinion FSC Current <br /> Red-cockaded woodpecker Picoides borealis E Historic <br /> Roanoke bass Ambloplites cavifrons FSC Current <br /> Invertebrate: <br /> Atlantic pigtoe Fusconaia masoni FSC Current <br /> Brook floater Alasmidonta varicosa FSC Current <br /> Dwarf wedgemussel Alasmidonta heterodon E Current <br /> Green floater Lasmigona subviridis FSC Current <br /> Savannah lilliput Toxolasma pullus FSC Current <br /> Yellow lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa FSC Current <br /> Vascular Plant: <br /> Butternut Juglans cinerea FSC Historic <br /> Creamy tick-trefoil Desmodium ochroleucum FSC Historic <br /> Michaux's sumac Rhus michauxii E Historic <br /> Smooth coneflower Echinacea laevigata E Historic <br /> Sweet pinesap Monotropsis odorata FSC Current <br /> Torrey's Mountain-mint Pycnanthemum torrei FSC 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 "Cl" 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 />