| Listed Species in Newton
County | ||||
| Species | Federal Status | State Status | Habitat | Threats |
| Bird | ||||
| Plant | ||||
| Black-spored quillwort Isoetes melanospora | E | E | Shallow pools on granite outcrops, where water collects after a rain. Pools are less than 1 foot deep and rock rimmed. | Quarrying that destroys granite outcrops is the major threat. Other threats include vehicle traffic, littering, fire building, vandalism, and cattle eutrophication/trampling on outcrops. Genetic integrity is threatened due to hybridization with I. piedmontana. |
| Michaux's sumac Rhus michauxii | E | E | Sandy or rocky open woods, usually on ridges with a disturbance history (periodic fire, prior agricultural use, maintained right-of-ways); the known population of this species in Newton County has been extirpated | Low reproductive capability (dioecious), low genetic variability associated with geographic isolation, hybridization with R. copallina and R. glabra, and habitat loss due to development |
| Pool Sprite,
Snorkelwort Amphianthus pusillus | T | T | Shallow pools on granite outcrops, where water collects after a rain. Pools are less than 1 foot deep and rock rimmed. | Quarrying that destroys granite outcrops is the major threat. Other threats include vehicle traffic, littering, fire building, vandalism, and cattle eutrophication/trampling on outcrops. |