Table 1. Federally-Listed Species Occurring in the New York Bight Watershed

Scientific Name Common Name(s)

Global

Federal NY Rank NY Status NJ Rank NJ Status BW # Rank
                 
ANIMALS                
                 
Invertebrates                
                 
Mollusks                
Alasmidonta heterodon dwarf wedge mussel

G1

E S1 E SH E BWH/BWO
                 
Insects                
Cicindela d. dorsalis northeastern beach tiger beetle

G4T1T2

T SH U SH E BWH/BWI
Lycaeides melissa samuelis Karner blue butterfly

G5T2

E S1S2 E NA   BW1
                 
Vertebrates                
                 
Fish                
Acipenser brevirostrum shortnose sturgeon

G3

E S1 E S3 E BW1
                 
Reptiles                
Caretta caretta loggerhead sea turtle

G3

T SZN T SN E BW1
Chelonia mydas green sea turtle

G3

T SZN T SN T BW1
Dermochelys coriacea leatherback sea turtle

G3

E SZN E SN E BW1
Eretmochelys i. imbricata hawksbill sea turtle

G3T3

E SR E SN E BW1
Lepidochelys kempii Atlantic (=Kemp's) ridley sea turtle

G1

E S1N E SN E BW1
                 
Birds                
Falco peregrinus peregrine falcon

G3

E (SA) S2 E S1 E BW1
Haliaeetus leucocephalus bald eagle

G3G4

T S1B,S1N E S1 E BW1
Charadrius melodus piping plover

G3

T S2B E S1 E BW1
Sterna dougallii roseate tern

G5

E S1B E S1 E BW1
                 
Mammals                
Myotis sodalis Indiana bat

G2

E S1 E S1 E BW1
Balaenoptera musculus blue whale

G2

E SZN E SA E BW1
Balaenoptera physalus finback whale

G2

E S1 E SN E BW1
Balaenoptera borealis sei whale

G3

E SZN E S? E BW1
Eubalaena glacialis northern right whale

G2

E SZN E SA E BW1
Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale

G3

E SZN E SA E BW1
Physeter catodon sperm whale

G2

E SN E SA E BW?
                 
VASCULAR PLANTS                
                 
Rhynchospora knieskernii Knieskern's beaked rush

G1

T NA   S1 E(LP) BW1
Helonias bullata swamp pink

G3

T SX U S3 E(LP) BW1
Isotria medeoloides small whorled pogonia

G2G3

E SH V S1 E BWH/BWO
Amaranthus pumilus seabeach amaranth

G2

T S1 U SH E BW1
Aeschynomene virginica sensitive joint-vetch

G2

T NA   S1 E(LP) BW1
Aconitum noveboracense northern wild monkshood

G3

T S2 T NA   BW1
Agalinis acuta sandplain gerardia

G1

E S1 E NA   BW1
Schwalbea americana chaffseed

G2

E SX U S1 E(LP) BWH/BWO
                 
                 
See Appendix I for definition of federal, global, state, and bight watershed (BW) ranks and status                

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