Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 321 CMR - DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE › Title 321 CMR 10.00 - Massachusetts Endangered Species Act › Part V - Species List, Designated Significant Habitats › Section 10.90 - List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
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Introduction
.
				The list in 321 CMR 10.90 contains the names of all species of plants and
				animals which have been determined to be Endangered, Threatened, or of Special
				Concern pursuant to M.G.L. c. 131A, and
				321 CMR
				10.03.
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List Format
. The
				columns entitled "Common Name" and "Scientific Name" define the species listed.
				In the "Status" columns the following symbols are used: "E" for Endangered, "T"
				for Threatened, and "SC" for Special Concern. The status defined under the "MA"
				column denotes the official status of the species in Massachusetts pursuant to
				M.G.L. C.131A and
				321 CMR 10.00. The status
				under the "US" column is the status of the species under the federal Endangered
				Species Act at the time of the latest revision of
				321 CMR 10.00 and is given
				for informational purposes only. Recent changes in the federal list might not
				be reflected in 321 CMR 10.90. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should be
				consulted for official and up to date information on the federal status of any
				species. Inquiries may be made by writing to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 70
				Commercial Street, Suite 300, Concord, NH 03301-5087. The "Taxonomic Group"
				column of the list is included for the purpose of organization. The "Notes"
				column directs the reader to footnotes which further define or clarify the
				status of a species or alternative names of species.
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Organization of the
				List
. The list is generally organized according to the
				relationship of the listed species as determined by the science of taxonomy,
				which groups and categorizes species that are similar on the basis of shared
				evolutionary descent. The most basic division in the list is between animals
				and plants. Within animals the list is divided between vertebrates (animals
				with backbones) and invertebrates (animals without backbones). Within
				vertebrates and invertebrates, the list is further divided into categories
				which are generally recognized, such as fish, mammals, and dragonflies. All
				such information has no regulatory effect and is provided only for the purpose
				of organizing the list. The following outline shows the taxonomic categories
				used and their order.
ANIMALS
Vertebrates
Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Invertebrates
Sponges
Flatworms
Segmented Worms
Snails
Mussels
Crustaceans
Dragonflies
Damselflies
Beetles
Butterflies and Moths
Bees
PLANTS
(4)
The List
. The Massachusetts List of Endangered,
				Threatened, and Special Concern species follows:
Massachusetts List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special
				  Concern Species
ANIMALS
Taxonomic Group Common Name
Scientific Name
Status MA
US
Notes
VERTEBRATES
Fish
Shortnose Sturgeon
Acipenser brevirostrum
E
E
Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus
E
Longnose Sucker
Catostomus catostomus
SC
Northern Redbelly Dace
Chrosomus eos
E
Lake Chub
Couesius plumbeus
E
Threespine Stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
T
1
Eastern Silvery Minnow
Hybognathus regius
SC
American Brook Lamprey
Lethenteron appendix
T
Burbot
Lota lota
SC
Bridle Shiner
Notropis bifrenatus
SC
Amphibians
Jefferson Salamander (complex)
Amby stoma jeffersonianum
SC
2
Blue-spotted Salamander (complex)
Amby stoma later ale
pop. 1
SC
3
Blue-spotted Salamander
Amby stoma later ale
pop. 2
T
4
Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum
T
Eastern Spadefoot
Scaphiopus holbrookii
T
Reptiles
Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix
E
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
T
T
Eastern Wormsnake
Carphophis amoenus
T
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
T
T
Timber Rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus
E
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
E
E
Blanding's Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
T
Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
E
E
Wood Turtle
Glyptemys insculpta
SC
Bog Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
E
T
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
SC
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
E
E
Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin
T
Eastern Ratsnake
Patherophis alleghaniensis
E
Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys rubriventris
E
E
5
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene Carolina
SC
Birds
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
T
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Ammospiza caudacuta
SC
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus
SC
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
E
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
SC
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
E
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
E
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
T
T
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
T
T
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
T
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
E
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
SC
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
SC
Common Loon
Gavia immer
SC
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis Philadelphia
SC
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
SC
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
E
Leach's Storm-petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
E
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
E
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
T
King Rail
Rallus elegans
T
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
T
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striata
SC
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
E
E
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
SC
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
SC
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
SC
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
SC
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
SC
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
E
Mammals
Sei Whale
Balaenoptera borealis
E
E
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
E
E
Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
E
E
North Atlantic Right Whale
Eubalaena glacialis
E
E
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
E
Eastern Small-footed Bat
Myotis leibii
E
Little Brown Bat
Myotis lucifugus
E
Northern Long-eared Bat
Myotis septentrionalis
E
T
Indiana Bat
Myotis sodalis
E
E
Tricolored Bat
Perimyotis subflavus
E
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
E
E
Rock Shrew
Sorex dispar
SC
Water Shrew
Sorex palustris
SC
Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
SC
INVERTEBRATES
Sponges
Smooth Branched Sponge
Spongilla aspinosa
SC
Flatworms
Sunderland Spring Planarian
Seidlia remota
SC
Segmented Worms
New England Medicinal Leech
Macrobdella sestertia
SC
Snails
New England Siltsnail
Floridobia winkleyi
SC
Henscomb Hydrobe
Littoridinops tenuipes
SC
Boreal Marstonia
Marstonia lustrica
E
Slender Walker
Pomatiopsis lapidaria
E
Mossy Valvata
Valvata sincera
E
Mussels
Dwarf Wedgemussel
Alasmidonta heterodon
E
E
Brook Floater
Alasmidonta varicosa
E
Yellow Lampmussel
Lampsilis cariosa
E
Tidewater Mucket
Leptodea ochracea
SC
Eastern Pondmussel
Ligumia nasuta
SC
Creeper
Strophitus undulatus
SC
Crustaceans
Intricate Fairy Shrimp
Eubranchipus intricatus
SC
Agassiz's Clam Shrimp
Eulimnadia agassizii
E
Northern Spring Amphipod
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus
SC
American Clam Shrimp
Limnadia lenticularis
SC
Taconic Cave Amphipod
Stygobromus borealis
E
Piedmont Groundwater Amphipod
Stygobromus tenuis
SC
Coastal Swamp Amphipod
Synurella chamberlaini
SC
Dragonflies
Subarctic Darner
Aeshna subarctica
E
Ocellated Darner
Boyeria grafiana
SC
Midland Clubtail
Gomphurus fraternus
E
Skillet Clubtail
Gomphurus ventricosus
T
Spine-crowned Clubtail
Hylogomphus abbreviatus
SC
Brook Snaketail
Ophiogomphus aspersus
SC
Riffle Snaketail
Ophiogomphus carolus
T
Harpoon Clubtail
Phanogomphus descriptus
E
Rapids Clubtail
Phanogomphus quadricolor
E
Ski-tipped Emerald
Somatochlora elongata
SC
Forcipate Emerald
Somatochlora forcipata
E
Coppery Emerald
Somatochlora georgiana
E
Incurvate Emerald
Somatochlora incurvata
E
Kennedy's Emerald
Somatochlora kennedyi
E
Mocha Emerald
Somatochlora linearis
SC
Riverine Clubtail
Stylurus amnicola
E
Ebony Boghaunter
Williamsonia fletcheri
E
Ringed Boghaunter
Williamsonia lintneri
T
Damselflies
Tule Bluet
Enallagma carunculatum
SC
Attenuated Bluet
Enallagma daeckii
T
Scarlet Bluet
Enallagma pictum
T
Pine Barrens Bluet
Enallagma recurvatum
T
Beetles
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Cicindela dorsalis
E
T
Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela duodecimguttata
SC
Claybank Tiger Beetle
Cicindela limbalis
T
Cobblestone Tiger Beetle
Cicindela marginipennis
E
Barrens Tiger Beetle
Cicindela patruela
E
Puritan Tiger Beetle
Cicindela puritana
E
T
Purple Tiger Beetle
Cicindela purpurea
SC
Hentz's Red-bellied Tiger Beetle
Cicindela rufiventris
								hentzii
T
American Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus
E
E
Butterflies and Moths
Coastal Heathland Cutworm
Abagrotis benjamini
SC
Barrens Dagger Moth
Acronicta albarufa
T
Drunk Apamea Moth
Apamea inebriata
SC
Phyllira Tiger Moth
Apantesis phyllira
E
New Jersey Tea Inchworm
Apodrepanulatrix liberaria
E
Hessel's Hairstreak
Callophrys hesseli
SC
Frosted Elfin
Callophrys irus
SC
Bog Elfin
Callophrys lanoraieensis
T
Herodias Underwing Moth
Catocala herodias
SC
Precious Underwing Moth
Catocala pretiosa
E
Waxed Sallow Moth
Chaetaglaea cerata
SC
Melsheimer's Sack Bearer
Cicinnus melsheimeri
T
Chain Dot Geometer
Cingilia catenaria
SC
Collared Cycnia
Cycnia collaris
T
The Pink Streak
Dargida rubripennis
T
Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
T
Early Hairstreak
Erora laeta
T
Persius Duskywing
Erynnis persius
E
Scrub Euchlaena
Euchlaena madusaria
SC
Dion Skipper
Euphyes dion
T
Slender Clearwing Sphinx Moth
Hemaris gracilis
SC
Buck Moth
Hemileuca maia
SC
Sandplain Heterocampa
Heterocampa varia
T
Buchholz's Gray
Hypomecis buchholzaria
E
Pale Green Pinion Moth
Lithophane viridipallens
SC
Twilight Moth
Lycia rachelae
E
Woolly Gray
Lycia ypsilon
T
Barrens Metarranthis
Metarranthis apiciaria
E
Heath Metarranthis
Metarranthis pilosaria
SC
Northern Brocade Moth
Neoligia semicana
SC
Pitcher Plant Borer
Papaipema appassionata
T
Ostrich Fern Borer
Papaipema sp. 2
SC
6
Chain Fern Borer
Papaipema stenocelis
T
Water-willow Stem Borer
Papaipema sulphurata
T
Cordgrass Borer
Photedes inops
SC
Mustard White
Pieris oleracea
T
Pink Sallow Moth
Psectraglaea carnosa
SC
Southern Ptichodis
Ptichodis bistrigata
T
Orange Sallow Moth
Pyrrhia aurantiago
SC
Pine Barrens Speranza
Speranza exonerata
SC
Faded Gray Geometer
Stenoporpia polygrammaria
T
Dune Sympistis
Sympistis riparia
SC
Pine Barrens Zale
Zale lunifera
SC
7
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha
Zanclognatha martha
SC
Bees
Walsh's Anthophora
Anthophora walshii
E
American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
E
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus terricola
T
E = Endangered, T = Threatened, SC = Special Concern
1 Trimorphic freshwater population
				  only.
2 Complex consisting of the
				  genetically pure lineage and its associated unisexual forms (statewide).
3 "Population 1"; complex
				  consisting of the genetically pure lineage and its associated unisexual forms
				  (jurisdictions outside Bristol and Plymouth Counties).
4 "Population 2"; consists of the
				  genetically pure lineage (Bristol and Plymouth Counties only).
5 This species is listed by the
				  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as P.r. bangsi (Plymouth Redbelly Turtle) in
				  50 CFR
				  17.11.
6 Undescribed species near
P. pterisii.
7 True Z.
lunifera,
				  sensu
Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Taxonomic reassessment of
Zale
				  lunifera
(Hiibner) (Erebidae, Erebinae).
Zookeys
39:
				  99-106.
Massachusetts List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special
				  Concern Species
PLANTS
Common Name
Scientific Name
Status MA
US
Notes
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
E
Climbing Fumitory
Adlumia fungosa
SC
Sandplain Gerardia
Agalinis acuta
E
E
Purple Giant Hyssop
Agastache scrophulariifolia
E
Lesser Snakeroot
Ageratina aromatica
E
Small-flowered Agrimony
Agrimonia parviflora
E
Downy Agrimony
Agrimonia pubescens
T
Mountain Alder
Alnus viridis ssp. crispa
SC
Bartram's Shadbush
Amelanchier bartramiana
T
Round-leaved Shadbush
Amelanchier sanguinea
SC
Annual Peanutgrass
Amphicarpum amphicarpon
E
Putty-root
Aplectrum hyemale
E
Lyre-leaved Rock-cress
Arabidopsis lyrata
E
Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe
Arceuthobium pusillum
SC
Arethusa
Arethusa bulbosa
T
Green Dragon
Arisaema dracontium
T
Purple Needlegrass
Aristida purpurascens
T
Seabeach Needlegrass
Aristida tuberculosa
T
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
E
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
T
Mountain Spleenwort
Asplenium montanum
E
Wall-rue Spleenwort
Asplenium ruta-muraria
T
Swamp Birch
Betula pumila
E
Eaton's Beggar-ticks
Bidens eatonii
E
Estuary Beggar-ticks
Bidens hyperborea
E
Downy Wood-mint
Blephilia ciliata
E
Hairy Wood-mint
Blephilia hirsuta
E
Smooth Rock-cress
Boechera laevigata
SC
Green Rock-cress
Boechera missouriensis
T
Pickering's Reed Grass
Calamagrostis pickeringii
E
New England Northern Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta ssp.
								inexpansa
E
Upright Bindweed
Calystegia spithamaea
E
Fen Cuckoo-flower
Cardamine dentata
T
Purple Cress
Cardamine douglassii
E
Long's Bittercress
Cardamine longii
E
Foxtail Sedge
Carex alopecoidea
T
Back's Sedge
Carex backii
E
Bailey's Sedge
Carex baileyi
T
Bush's Sedge
Carex bushii
E
Chestnut-colored Sedge
Carex castanea
E
Creeping Sedge
Carex chordorrhiza
E
Davis' Sedge
Carex davisii
E
Handsome Sedge
Carex formosa
T
Glaucescent Sedge
Carex glaucodea
E
Slender Woodland Sedge
Carex gracilescens
E
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
T
Hitchcock's Sedge
Carex hitchcockiana
SC
Shore Sedge
Carex lenticularis
T
Livid Sedge
Carex livida
E
False Hop Sedge
Carex lupuliformis
E
Midland Sedge
Carex mesochorea
E
Michaux's Sedge
Carex michauxiana
E
Mitchell's Sedge
Carex mitchelliana
T
Rich Woods Sedge
Carex oligocarpa
T
Few-seeded Sedge
Carex oligosperma
E
Few-flowered Sedge
Carex pauciflora
E
Variable Sedge
Carex polymorpha
E
Schweinitz's Sedge
Carex schweinitzii
E
Squarrose Sedge
Carex squarrosa
T
Dioecious Sedge
Carex sterilis
T
Walter's Sedge
Carex striata
E
Fen Sedge
Carex tetanica
SC
Hairy-fruited Sedge
Carex trichocarpa
SC
Tuckerman's Sedge
Carex tuckermanii
E
Cat-tail Sedge
Carex typhina
T
American Bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
T
Nodding Chickweed
Cerastium nutans
E
Devil's-bit
Chamaelirium luteum
E
Fogg's Goosefoot
Chenopodium foggii
E
Narrow-leaved Spring-beauty
Claytonia virginica
E
Purple Clematis
Clematis occidentalis
SC
Long-leaved Panic-grass
Coleataenia longifolia ssp.
								longifolia
T
Hemlock-parsley
Conioselinum chinense
SC
Autumn Coral-root
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
SC
Shore Pygmy-weed
Crassula aquatica
T
Bicknell's Hawthorn
Crataegus bicknellii
E
Appalachian Bristle-fern
Crepidomanes intricatum
E
Fragile Rock-brake
Cryptogramma stelleri
E
Northern Wild Comfrey
Cynoglossum virginianum
var. boreale
E
Engelmann's Flatsedge
Cyperus engelmannii
T
Houghton's Flatsedge
Cyperus houghtonii
E
Ram's Head Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium arietinum
E
Yellow Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum
E
Showy Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium reginae
E
Tussock Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp.
								glauca
E
Large-bracted Tick-trefoil
Desmodium cuspidatum
T
Mattamuskeet Rosette-grass
Dichanthelium
								mattamuskeetense
E
Commons' Rosette-grass
Dichanthelium commonsianum
SC
Rough Rosette-grass
Dichanthelium scabriusculum
T
Wright's Rosette-grass
Dichanthelium wrightianum
SC
Cornel-leaved Aster
Doellingeria infirma
E
American Waterwort
Elatine americana
E
Wright's Spike-sedge
Eleocharis diandra
E
Matted Spike-sedge
Eleocharis intermedia
T
Tiny-fruited Spike-sedge
Eleocharis microcarpa
E
Ovate Spike-sedge
Eleocharis ovata
E
Few-flowered Spike-sedge
Eleocharis quinqueflora
E
Three-angled Spike-sedge
Eleocharis tricostata
E
Hairy Wild Rye
Elymus villosus
E
Dwarf Scouring Rush
Equisetum scirpoides
SC
Frank's Lovegrass
Eragrostis frankii
SC
E = Endangered, T = Threatened, SC = Special
				  Concern