Long Island Pine Barrens - Peconic River Complex List of Species of Special Emphasis

Species of Special Emphasis Occurring in the Long Island Pine Barrens - Peconic River Complex (Complex #8)

Scientific Name	Common Name(s)	Global	Federal	NY Rank	NY Stat.	NJ Rank	NJ Stat.	BW # Rank	L.I. Pine Pec. Riv.
ANIMALS									+
INVERTEBRATES									+
ARTHROPODA									+
INSECTA									+
Enallagma laterale	lateral bluet	G3		S2	U	S1		BW1	+
Enallagma pictum	painted bluet	G4		S2S3	U (SC)	S3?		BW2	+
Enallagma recurvatum	barrens bluet damselfly	G3	3C	S1S2	U (T)	S3		BW2	+
Nehalennia intergricollis	round-necked damselfly	G5		S1	U			BW1	+
Atrytonopsis hianna	dusted skipper	G4		S3	U	S4		BW3BW4	+
Incisalia irus	frosted elfin	G4		S1S3	U (T)	SU		BW2	+
Mitoura hesseli	Hessel's hairstreak	G3G4	3C	S1	U (E)	S3S4		BW3	+
Parrhasius m-album	white m hairstreak	G5		SU	U	C?		BW2?	+
Satyrium edwardsii	Edward's hairstreak	G4		S3S4	U	S2S4		BW3?	+
Catocala herodias gerhardi	pine barrens underwing	G3T3		S2S3	U (SC)	S3		BW2	+
Catocala jair ssp. 2	jair underwing	G4T4		S1S2	U (SC)	S3	U	BW1	+
Chaetaglaea cerata	a noctuid moth	G3G4		S1S2	U			BW1	+
Eucoptocnemis fimbriaris	a noctuid moth	G4		S1	U			BW1	+
Euxoa violaris	violet dart	G4		SU	U	S4		BW3?	+
Hemileuca maia maia	coastal barrens buckmoth	G4T2T3		S2	U/SC			BW2	+
Heterocampa varia	a notodontid moth	G3G4		S1S2	U (SC)	S3		BW2	+
Lithophane lemmeri	Lemmer's pinion moth	G3G4	C2	SR	U	S2		BW1	?
Papaipema appassionata	pitcher plant borer moth	G4		SU	U	S2S3		BW1	+
Papaipema stenocelis	chain fern borer moth	G4		S1?	U	S3		BW1	+
Psectraglaea carnosa	pink sallow	G3G4		S2	U	S3S4		BW3?	+
Zale sp. 1	pine barrens zale	G3Q		SU	U	S3		BW1	+
VERTEBRATES									+
FISH									+
Anguilla rostrata	American eel (A-F/CA)	G5		S5	U	S5		BW4	+
Menidia menidia	Atlantic silverside (A)	G5		S2S3	U			BW4	?
Enneacanthus obesus	banded sunfish (F)	G5		S2	U/SC (T)	S4		BW3BW4	+
Micropterus salmoides	largemouth bass (F)	G5		S5	P	SE		BW5	+
Alosa pseudoharengus	alewife (A-F/AN)	G5		S5	U	S5		BW4	+
Fundulus heteroclitus	mummichog (A-F)	G5		S3	U	S5		BW4	?
Apeltes quadracus	fourspine stickleback (A-F)	G5		S4	U	S4			+
Ameriurus nebulosus	brown bullhead (F)	G5		S5	U	S5		BW3	+
Morone saxatilis	striped bass (A-F/AN)	G5		S4	P	S4	W	BW4	+
Perca flavescens	yellow perch (F)	G5		S5	U	S5		BW5	+
AMPHIBIANS									+
Scaphiopus h. holbrookii	eastern spadefoot	G5		S3	U (SC)	S4	D	BW3	+
Ambystoma maculatum	spotted salamander	G5		S5	U/SC	S3	D	BW4	+
Ambystoma t. tigrinum	eastern tiger salamander	G5		S3	E	S2	E	BW2	+
REPTILES									+
Heterodon platirhinos	eastern hognose snake	G5		S3S4	U/SC	S5	D	BW4	?
Clemmys guttata	spotted turtle	G5		S4	U/SC	S5		BW4BW5	+
Kinosternon subrubrum	eastern mud turtle	G5		S1	T (E)	S?	U	BW1	+
Malaclemys t. terrapin	northern diamondback terrapin	G5T5	C2	S4	U/SC	SU		BW3	+
Terrapene c. carolina	eastern box turtle	G5		S4	G (SC)	S5	S	BW4	+
BIRDS									+
Gavia immer	common loon	G5		S3	P/SC	SN	S	BW2	W
Podilymbus podiceps	pied-billed grebe	G5		S3	P (T)	S1	E/S	BW2	B
Botaurus lentiginosus	American bittern	G4		S4	P (SC)	S3	T/S	BW1	B
Ardea herodias	great blue heron	G5		S5	P	S2	T/S	BW2BW3	S/M/W
Nycticorax nycticorax	black-crowned night-heron	G5		S3	P	S3	D/S	BW3	B?
Branta canadensis	Canada goose	G5		S5	G	S5		BW5	B/M/W?
Aix sponsa	wood duck	G5		S5	G	S5		BW5	B
Anas americana	American wigeon	G5		S3	G	SN		BW3	B
Anas crecca	green-winged teal	G5		S3	G	SN		BW2BW3	B
Anas platyrhynchos	mallard	G5		S5	G	S5		BW5	B/M/W
Anas rubripes	American black duck	G4		S4	G	S4		BW4	B/M/W
Aythya marila	greater scaup	G5		SN	G	SN		BW4	M/W
Aythya affinis	lesser scaup	G5		SA	G	SN		BW4	M/W
Bucephala clangula	common goldeneye	G5		S2	G	SN		BW3	M/W
Bucephala albeola	bufflehead	G5		SN	G	SN		BW4	M/W
Clangula hyemalis	oldsquaw	G5		SN	G	SN		BW3	M/W
Mergus serrator	red-breasted merganser	G5		S1S2	G	SN		BW4	M/W
Buteo lineatus	red-shouldered hawk	G5		S4	T (SC)	S2	E/T	BW1	B?
Buteo platypterus	broad-winged hawk	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B?
Circus cyaneus	northern harrier	G5		S3	T (SC)	S2	E/U	BW1	B/M/W?
Pandion haliaetus	osprey	G5		S4	T (SC)	S3	T/T	BW2	B
Charadrius melodus	piping plover	G3	T	S2B	E	S1	E	BW2	B
Rynchops niger	black skimmer	G5		S2	P (SC)	S2	E	BW3	B?
Sterna antillarum	least tern	G4		S3B	E (T)	S2	E	BW1	B
Sterna dougallii	roseate tern	G5	E	S1B	E	S1	E	BW1	B
Coccyzus americanus	yellow-billed cuckoo	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B
Coccyzus erthropthalmus	black-billed cuckoo	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW3	B
Caprimulgus vociferus	whip-poor-will	G5		S4	P (SC)	S4	D/S	BW3	B
Contopus virens	eastern wood-pewee	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B
Empidonax virescens	acadian flycatcher	G5		S3	P	S4	INC/S	BW3	B
Myiarchus crinitus	great crested flycatcher	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4BW5	B
Tyrannus tyrannus	eastern kingbird	G5		S5	P	S5	D/D	BW4BW5	B
Eremophila alpestris	horned lark	G5		S5	P (SC)	S3	D/S	BW3BW4	B
Progne subis	purple martin	G5		S5	P	S4	D/S	BW4	B
Steldidopteryx serripennis	northern rough-winged swallow	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B
Catharus fuscescens	veery	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B
Catharus guttatus	hermit thrush	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW3	B
Hylocichla mustelina	wood thrush	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW4	B
Polioptila caerulea	blue-gray gnatcatcher	G5		S5	P	S4	INC/S	BW4	B
Sialia sialis	eastern bluebird	G5		S5	P/SC (P)	S4	S	BW4	B
Dumetella carolinensis	gray catbird	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW5	B
Vireo griseus	white-eyed vireo	G5		S4	P	S4	D/S	BW4	B
Dendroica discolor	prairie warbler	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW4BW5	B
Dendroica pinus	pine warbler	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B
Icteria virens	yellow-breasted chat	G5		S3	P (SC)	S4	D/S	BW3	B
Mniotilta varia	black-and-white warbler	G5		S5	P	S4	S/S	BW4	B
Parula americana	northern parula	G5		S3S4	P	S3	P/S	BW1	B?
Seiurus aurocapillus	ovenbird	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW4	B
Setophaga ruticilla	American redstart	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW4BW5	B
Vermivora pinus	blue-winged warbler	G5		S5	P	S4	INC/S	BW4	B
Piranga olivacea	scarlet tanager	G5		S5	P	S4	S	BW4	B
Ammodramus savannarum	grasshopper sparrow	G4		S4	P/SC	S2	T/T	BW2	B
Pipilo erythrophthalmus	rufous-sided towhee	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW4	B
Pooecetes gramineus	vesper sparrow	G5		S5	P/SC	S2	E	BW2	B
Icterus spurius	northern oriole	G5		S5	P	S5	S/S	BW4BW5	B
Sturnella magna	eastern meadowlark	G5		S5	P	S4	D/S	BW3BW4	B
MAMMALS
Lutra canadensis	river otter	G5		S5	G	S4		BW4	+
VASCULAR PLANTS									+
Chamaecyparis thyoides	Atlantic white cedar	G4		S3	R	S5		BW4	+
Sagittaria teres	quill-leaf arrowhead	G3		S1	E	S1	E	BW1	+
Carex bullata	button sedge	G5		S1	T	S5		BW3BW4	+
Carex collinsii	Collins' sedge	G4		S1S2	R	S4		BW3	+
Carex cumulata	clustered sedge	G4?		S2S3	R	SH	E	BW2	+
Cyperus erythrorhizos	red-rooted flatsedge	G5		S3	R	S4		BW3BW4	+
Cyperus houghtonii	Houghton's umbrella-sedge	G4?		S3	R	SRF		BW2	+
Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis	coast flatsedge	G5T5		S2	R	S1	E	BW2	+
Eleocharis equisetoides	knotted spikerush	G4		S2	T	SH	E(LP)	BW1	+
Eleocharis tricostata	three-ribbed spikerush	G4		S1	T	S4		BW2	+
Eleocharis tuberculosa	long-tubercled spikerush	G5		S2	T	S5		BW4	+
Fimbristylis castanea	marsh fimbry	G5		S2	T	S3		BW3	+
Lipocarpha micrantha	dwarf bullrush	G4		S1	R			BW1	+
Rhynchospora inundata	horned beaked rush	G4		S1	E	S2	LP	BW2	+
Rhynchospora nitens (=Psilocarya nitens)	short-beaked bald-rush	G4		S2	R	S2		BW2	+
Rhynchospora scirpoides (=Psilocarya scirpoides)	long-beaked bald-rush	G4		S3	R	S2		BW3BW4	+
Scleria reticularis var. reticularis	reticulated nutrush	G3G4T3T4		S3	R	S4		BW3BW4	+
Iris prismatica	slender blue flag	G4G5		S2	U	S5		BW4	+
Aletris farinosa	stargrass	G5		S2	U	S4		BW3BW4	+
Uvularia puberula var. nitida	pine barren bellwort	G5T3		S1	E	S2	E	BW1	+
Malaxis bayardii	Bayard's malaxis	G2?		S1	V	NA		BW1	+
Platanthera ciliaris	orange fringed orchid	G5		S1	T	S2	LP	BW2	+
Digitaria filiformis	slender crabgrass	G5		S2	R	SU		BW2BW3?	+
Dichanthelium wrightianum	Wright's witchgrass	G4		S1S2	U	S2		BW1	+
Aster nemoralis	bog aster	G5		S3	R	C		BW3?	+
Coreopsis rosea	pink or rose tickseed	G3		S3	R	S2	LP	BW2	+
Helianthus angustifolius	swamp sunflower	G5		S2	T	S5		BW4	+
Lobelia nuttallii	Nuttall's lobelia	G4G5		S3	R	S5		BW4	+
Viburnum nudum	possum-haw	G5		S1	T	C		BW3?	+
Minuartia (=Arenaria) caroliniana	pine-barren sandwort	G5		S3	R	S5		BW4	+
Lechea tenuifolia	slender pinweed	G5		S2	R	S1	E	BW2	+
Hypericum denticulatum	coppery St. John's-wort	G5		S1	E	C		BW4	+
Cuscuta campestris	field-dodder	G5		S1	R	SES3?		BW2?	+
Desmodium ciliare	tick-trefoil	G5		S2S3	T	S5		BW4	+
Lachnanthes caroliana	Carolina redroot	G4		S1	T	S5		BW4	+
Proserpinaca pectinata	comb-leaved mermaid-weed	G5		S2	R	S4		BW4	+
Utricularia biflora	two-flowered bladderwort	G5		SN	R	S1	E	BW2	+
Utricularia fibrosa	fibrous bladderwort	G4G5		S2	R	S5		BW4	+
Utricularia juncea	rush bladderwort	G5		S2	R	S5		BW4	+
Utricularia radiata	small floating bladderwort	G4		S2	R	SU		BW2?	+
Lythrum lineare	saltmarsh loosestrife	G5		S1	E	S4		BW3	+
Rotala ramosior	tooth-cup	G5		S2	R	S3		BW3	+
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa	round-fruited ludwigia	G5		S2	R	S5		BW4	+
Oenothera laciniata	cut-leaved evening-primrose	G5		S1	U	S4		BW3	+
Polygonum careyii	Carey's smartweed	G4		S2	U	C?		BW2	+
Polygonum glaucum	seabeach knotweed	G3		S3	U	S1	E	BW3	+
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. opelousanum (=P. opelousanum)	northeastern smartweed	G5		S3	U	S2		BW2	+
Rumex maritimus var. fueginus	golden dock	G5T5		S1	T	NA?		BW1?	+
Hottonia inflata	featherfoil	G4		S2	T	S1	E	BW1	+
Oldenlandia uniflora (=Hedyotis uniflora)	clustered bluets	G5		S1	T	S3		BW2	+
Agalinis virgata	pine-barren gerardia	G3G4		S3	R	S4		BW4	+
COMMUNITIES and ECOSYSTEMS
Low Salt Marsh		G5		S3S4		S5		BW5	+
High Salt Marsh		G5		S4S4		S5		BW5	+
Salt Panne		G5		S3		S5		BW4	+
Coastal Plain Pond (lacustrine)		G3G4		S2	U			BW2	+
Coastal Plain Pond Shore		G3G4		S2	U			BW2	+
Pine Barrens Shrub Swamp (palustrine)		G5		S3	U	S5		BW4	+
Coastal Plain Atlantic White Cedar Swamp		G3G4		S1	U	S4?		BW3	+
Poor Fen		G4		S3	U			BW2	+
Dwarf Pine Plains		G1G2		S1	U			BW1	+
Pitch Pine-Oak-Heath Woodland		G3G4		S2S3	U			BW2	+
ANIMAL CONCENTRATION AREAS									+
Anadromous Fish Concentration				S3	U			BW3	+
Warmwater Fish Concentration Area					U			BW4	+
Waterbird Nesting Colony				S?				BW4	+
Waterfowl Concentration Area				S3S4				BW4	+

See Appendix I for definition of federal, global, state, and bight watershed (BW) ranks and status
L.I. Pine Pec. Riv. column contains codes indicating the status of a species population within the Long Island Pine Barrens - Peconic River Complex :
+ = known to occur in the area; seasonal use not specified; B = breeds in the area; S = regular non-breeding use in the summer
M = migrates through the area and has identifiable migratory stopover or staging areas within the area; W = overwinters in the area
P = primarily pelagic; ? = unconfirmed or questionable occurrence or seasonal use; H = occurred historically in the area

Definitions of ranks used in list

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