1. (a) The following mammal species are determined to be species of special concern: *Canis lupusGray wolfLasionycteris noctivagansSilver-haired batLasiurus borealisRed batLasiurus cinereusHoary bat*Neotoma magisterEastern woodratPhocoena phocoena ssp.phocoenaHarbor porpoise*Puma concolor couguarEastern cougarSynaptomys cooperiSouthern bog lemming*Believed Extirpated
2. (b) The following bird species are determined to be species of special concern: Aegolius acadicusNorthern saw-whet owlAmmodramus caudacutusSaltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow*Ammodramus henslowiiHenslow's sparrowButeo platypterusBroad-winged hawkCaprimulgus vociferusWhip-poor-willDolichonyx oryzivorusBobolinkEgretta caeruleaLittle blue heronEmpidonax alnorumAlder flycatcherFalco sparveriusAmerican kestrelGavia immerCommon loon*Numenius borealisEskimo curlewNyctanassa violaceaYellow-crowned night-heronPasserculus sandwichensisSavannah sparrowPasserculus sandwichensis ssp. princepsIpswich sparrow(wintering population)Plegadis falcinellusGlossy ibisProgne subisPurple martinSetophaga americanaNorthern parulaSetophaga ceruleaCerulean warblerSterna hirundoCommon ternToxostoma rufumBrown thrasher*Believed Extirpated
3. (c) The following reptile species are determined to be species of special concern: Clemmys guttataSpotted turtleGlyptemys insculptaWood turtleHeterodon platirhinosEastern hognose snakeMalaclemys terrapin terrapinNorthern diamondback terrapinOpheodrys vernalisSmooth green snakeTerrapene carolina carolinaEastern box turtleThamnophis sauritusEastern ribbon snake
4. (d) The following amphibian species are determined to be species of special concern: Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson salamander "complex"Ambystoma lateraleBlue-spotted salamander "complex"Necturus maculosusMudpuppyRana pipiensNorthern leopard frog
5. (e) The following fish species are determined to be species of special concern: Alosa aestivalisBlueback herringCarcharias taurusSand tiger sharkCatostomus catostomusLongnose suckerCottus cognatusSlimy sculpinEnneacanthus obesusBanded sunfishLiparis atlanticusAtlantic seasnailNotropis bifrenatusBridle shinerUlvaria subbifurcataRadiated shanny
6. (f) The following invertebrate species are determined to be species of special concern: *Acronicta albarufaBarrens dagger mothAcronicta falculaCorylus dagger mothAcronicta fragilisFragile dagger moth*Acronicta lanceolariaPointed dagger mothAgonum darlingtoniGround beetleAgonum mutatumGround beetleAgrotis stigmosaSpotted dart mothAmara chalceaGround beetleApamea lintneriSand wainscot mothArgyrostrotis anilisShort-lined chocolateBadister transversusGround beetleBembidion carinulaGround beetleBembidion lacunariumGround beetleBembidion planumGround beetleBembidion pseudocautumGround beetleBembidion quadratulumGround beetleBembidion semicinctumGround beetleBembidion simplexGround beetle*Bombus affinisRusty-patched bumble bee*Bombus ashtoniAshton’s cuckoo bumble beeBrachinus cyanipennisBombardier beetleBrachinus fumansBombardier beetleBrachinus mediusBombardier beetleBrachinus ovipennisBombardier beetleBrachinus patruelisBombardier beetleCallophrys henriciHenry's elfin*Callophrys poliosHoary elfinCambarus bartoniiCommon crayfishCarabus serratusGround beetleCarabus vinctusGround beetleCatocala badia badiaBay underwing moth*Catocala pretiosa pretiosaPrecious underwing mothChaetaglaea cerataWaxed sallow*Chlosyne harrisiiHarris’ checkerspot*Chlosyne nycteisSilvery checkerspot*Cicindela dorsalis dorsalisNortheastern beach tiger beetleCicindela formosa generosaBig sand tiger beetleCicindela hirticollisHairy-necked tiger beetleCicindela marginataSaltmarsh tiger beetle*Cicindela purpureaPurple tiger beetle*Citheronia regalisRegal mothCoccinella novemnotataNine-spotted lady beetleCrangonyx aberransMystic Valley amphipod*Cucullia speyeriSpeyer’s paintDerrima stellataPink star mothDichagyris acclivisNoctuid mothDigrammia equivocataEquivocal looper*Drasteria occultaDrasteria mothEacles imperialis imperialisImperial mothEnallagma daeckiiAttenuated bluetEnallagma minusculumLittle bluetEnallagma pictumScarlet bluetErynnis horatiusHorace's duskywing*Erynnis martialisMottled duskywing*Eulimnadia agassiziiClam shrimpEuphyes dionSedge skipperEuxoa pleuriticaFawn brown dart mothEuxoa violarisViolet dart mothFagitana litteraMarsh fern moth*Fossaria galbanaBoreal fossariaFossaria rusticaLymnaeid snailGeopinus incrassatusGround beetle*Glena cognatariaBlueberry gray mothGomphus adelphusMustached clubtailGomphus vastusCobra clubtailGomphus ventricosusSkillet clubtailGoniops chrysocomaHorse flyGyraulus circumstriatusDisc GyroHarpalus caliginosusGround beetleHarpalus erraticusGround beetleHelluomorphoides praeustus bicolorGround beetleHybomitra frostiHorse flyHybomitra luridaHorse fly*Hydraecia immanisHop vine borer mothHyparpax auroraPink prominentLadona deplanataBlue corporal dragonflyLeptodea ochraceaTidewater mucketLethe eurydiceEyed brownLigumia nasutaEastern pondmusselLithophane lemmeriLemmer's noctuid mothLithophane viridipallensPale green pinion mothLomamyia flavicornisYellow-horned beaded lacewing*Lordithon nigerBlack lordithon rove beetleLoxandrus vulneratusGround beetleLycaena epixantheBog copperLycaena hyllusBronze copperMacropis ciliataFringed loosestrife oil-beeMargaritifera margaritiferaEastern pearlshellMelitara prodenialisEastern cactus-boring mothMeropleon ambifuscumNewman's brocadeMetarranthis apiciariaBarrens metarranthis moth*Mixogaster johnsoniSyrphid flyNebria lacustris lacustrisGround beetle*Nicrophorus americanusAmerican burying beetle*Papaipema circumlucensHops-stalk borer moth*Papaipema maritimaMaritime sunflower borer moth*Papaipema sciataCulvers root borer mothParasa indeterminaStinging rose caterpillar mothPhotedes inopsSpartina borer mothPomatiopsis lapidariaSlender walker*Pyreferra ceromaticaAnnointed sallow mothScaphinotus viduusGround beetleSchinia spinosaeApinose flower moth*Sideridis maryxMaroonwing mothSomatochlora elongataSki-tailed emerald*Speyeria idaliaRegal fritillarySphodros nigerPurse web spiderStagnicola catascopiumWoodland pondsnailStonemyia isabellinaTabanid flyStygobromus tenuis tenuisPiedmont groundwater amphipodSympistis perscriptaScribbled sallow mothSympistis ripariaSynurella chamberlainiDune SympistisCoastal pond amphipodValvata sinceraBoreal turret snailValvata tricarinataTurret snailZale obliquaOblique zale*Zale submedianaGray spring zale*Believed Extirpated
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(g) The following plant species are determined to be species of special concern: Acalypha virginicaVirginia copperleaf*Amaranthus pumilusSea-beach amaranthAnemone acutilobaSharp-lobed hepatica*Angelica venenosaHairy angelica*Antennaria howellii ssp. petaloideaField pussytoes*Aplectrum hyemalePuttyroot*Arethusa bulbosaDragon’s-mouthAristida longespica var. geniculataNeedlegrassAsclepias purpurascensPurple milkweed*Asclepias variegataWhite milkweedAsplenium montanumMountain spleenwortAtriplex glabriusculaBracted oracheBidens beckiiBeck’s water-marigold*Blephilia ciliataDowny wood-mint*Blephilia hirsutaHairy wood-mintBolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosusBayonet grassBolboschoenus novae-angliaeSalt marsh bulrush*Botrychium simplexLittle grape fern*Calystegia silvaticaShort-stalked false bindweed*Calystegia spithamaeaLow bindweedCardamine douglassiiPurple cressCarex aestivalisSummer sedgeCarex aquatilis ssp. altiorWater sedgeCarex bushiiBush’s sedge*Carex collinsiiCollins’ sedge*Carex crawfordiiCrawford sedgeCarex foeneaBronze sedgeCarex formosaHandsome sedgeCarex hitchcockianaHitchcock's sedgeCarex molestaTroublesome sedge*Carex nigromarginataBlack-edge sedgeCarex novae-angliaeNew England sedgeCarex oligocarpaEastern few-fruited sedge*Carex oligospermaFew-seeded sedge*Carex paucifloraFew-flowered sedgeCarex praireaPrairie sedgeCarex sterilisDioecious sedgeCarex trichocarpaHairy-fruited sedgeCarex tuckermaniiTuckerman's sedgeCarex typhinaCattail sedgeCelastrus scandensAmerican bittersweet*Chenopodium rubrumRed goosefoot*Coleataenia longifolia ssp. elongataLong-leaved redtop-panicgrassCorallorhiza trifidaEarly coral root*Crocanthemum dumosumBushy frostweedCrocanthemum propinquumLow frostweed*Crotonopsis ellipticaElliptical rushfoil*Cuphea viscosissimaBlue waxweed*Cuscuta coryliHazel dodder*Cynoglossum virginianumWild comfrey*Cypripedium arietinumRam's-head lady's-slipperCypripedium parviflorumYellow lady's-slipperDeschampsia cespitosaTufted hairgrassDesmodium glabellumDillenius' tick-trefoil*Desmodium sessilifoliumSessile-leaf tick-trefoilDicentra canadensisSquirrel corn*Dichanthelium ovale ssp.Stiff-leaved rosette-panicgrasspseudopubescens*Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var.Round-fruited rosette-panicgrassisophyllum*Dichanthelium xanthophysumPale-leaved rosette-panicgrass*Doellingeria infirmaAppalachian white-asterDraba reptansWhitlow-grass*Drosera filiformisThread-leaf sundewDrymocallis argutaTall cinquefoilDryopteris goldianaGoldie's fern*Eleocharis microcarpa var. filiculmisSmall-fruited spikesedgeElymus wiegandiiWiegand's wild ryeEndodeca serpentariaVirginia snakeroot*Equisetum palustreMarsh horsetail*Gamochaeta purpureaPurple cudweedGaultheria hispidulaCreeping snowberry*Geranium bicknelliiBicknell's northern crane's-bill*Goodyera repens var. ophioidesDwarf rattlesnake plantain*Heteranthera reniformisKidneyleaf mud-plantainHonckenya peploidesSeabeach sandwortHottonia inflataFeatherfoil*Huperzia appressaFir clubmoss*Hybanthus concolorGreen violetHydrophyllum virginianumVirginia waterleaf*Hypericum adpressumCreeping St. John's-wortHypericum ascyronGreat St. John's-wort*Juncus debilisWeak rush*Lechea racemulosaIllinois pinweedLespedeza repensCreeping bush-cloverLiatris novae-angliaeNew England blazing-starLilaeopsis chinensisLilaeopsisLimosella australisMudwort*Linum intercursumSandplain flax*Ludwigia polycarpaMany-fruited false-loosestrifeLycopus amplectensClasping-leaved water-horehoundLygodium palmatumClimbing fern*Lyonia marianaStagger-bush*Malaxis bayardiiBayard’s white adder’s mouthMitella nudaNaked miterwort*Nuphar advenaLarge yellow pond lily*Nuphar microphyllaSmall yellow pond lily*Oenothera fruticosaSundropsOpuntia humifusaEastern prickly pearOrontium aquaticumGolden club*Orthilia secundaOne-sided pyrolaOxalis violaceaViolet wood-sorrelPanax quinquefoliusAmerican ginseng*Panicum verrucosumWarty panic grass*Paronychia fastigiataHairy forked chickweed*Paspalum setaceum var. psammophilumThin paspalum*Phaseolus polystachios var.Wild kidney beanpolystachiosPhragmites americanusAmerican reedPlantago virginicaHoary plantain*Platanthera dilatataTall white bog orchidPlatanthera flava var. herbiolaPale green orchid*Platanthera hookeriHooker's orchid*Platanthera orbiculataLarge round-leaved orchid*Polanisia dodecandraClammy-weedPolygala ambiguaAlternate milkwortPolygonum glaucumSeabeach knotweed*Prunus alleghaniensisAlleghany plum*Prunus maritima var. gravesiiGrave's beach plum*Puccinellia pumilaGoose grassQuercus macrocarpaBur oak*Ranunculus flammula var.Creeping spearwortreptansRanunculus pensylvanicusBristly buttercup*Rhus aromaticaFragrant sumac (native populations only)Ribes glandulosumSkunk currant*Ribes lacustreSwamp black currantRibes rotundifoliumWild currant*Rosa nitidaShining roseRubus cuneifoliusSand blackberry*Rumex persicarioidesSea-side dock*Sabatia dodecandraLarge marsh pinkSagittaria subulataAwl-leaved arrowheadSalix petiolarisSlender willowSchizachne purpurascensPurple oat*Schwalbea americanaChaffseed*Scirpus georgianusGeorgia bulrush*Scirpus longiiLong's bulrush*Scleria verticillataLow nutrush*Smilax hispidaBristly greenbriar*Solidago aestivalisEarly wrinkle-leaved goldenrod*Solidago latissimifoliaElliott's goldenrodSpiranthes tuberosa var. grayiLittle ladies'-tressesStellaria borealisNorthern stitchwort*Symphyotrichum prenanthoidesCrooked-stem asterTrichomanes intricatumAppalachian gametophyte*Trichophorum alpinumAlpine bulrush*Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minusMountain cranberry*Valerianella radiataBeaked corn-salad*Veratrum latifoliumHybrid bunchflower*Verbena simplexNarrow-leaved vervain*Viburnum nudumPossum hawViola canadensisCanada violet*Viola hirsutulaSouthern wood violetViola nephrophyllaNorthern bog violetViola selkirkiiGreat-spurred violet*Believed Extirpated

(Effective March 23, 1992; Amended March 4, 1998; Amended June 3, 2004; Amended July 1, 2010; Amended August 7, 2015)