Table 13. Species of Special Emphasis Associated with Traprock Ridge Communities in the New York Bight Watershed

Species and Communities   Ranks and Status             Habitat Complexes   Community Types  
Scientific Name Common Name(s)

Global

Federal NY Rank NY Stat. NJ Rank NJ Stat. BW # Rank Preakness Mountain Palisades Glade/ Woodlands Cliff/Talus
Animals                  

+

   
                         
Reptiles                  

+

   
Eumeces fasciatus Five-lined skink

G5

  S3 U S3 U BW2   +   +
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Northern copperhead

G5

  S3 U S4   BW3BW4   +   +
                         
Mammals                  

+

   
Neotoma magister Allegheny woodrat

G3G4

C2 SH E S1 E BW1   +   +
                         
Vascular Plants                

+

+    
Selaginella rupestris Ledge spike-moss

G5

  C   S2   BW4 +   +  
Carex argyrantha Hay sedge

G5

  S2 U S4   BW3   + +  
Carex bicknellii Bicknell's sedge

G5

  S2 R S2   BW2   + +  
Carex deweyana Dewey's sedge

G5

  NA   S1 E BW1 +   +  
Carex willdenowii Willdenow's sedge

G5

  S1 R S2   BW1 +   +  
Scleria pauciflora var caroliniana Few-flowered nutrush

G5T4T5

  S1 T S2   BW2 +   +  
Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats gramma grass

G5

  S1 E S1 E BW1     +  
Muhlenbergia capillaris Long-awned smoke grass

G5

  SX U S1 E BW1 +   +  
Sanicula trifoliata Large-fruited sanicle

G4

  C   S1 E BW1? +   +  
Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia snakeroot

G5

  S1 U S3   BW2 +   +  
Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed

G5

  C   S2   BW3? +   +  
Asclepias viridiflora Green milkweed

G5

  S2 R S4   BW4   + +  
Solidago rigida Stiff goldenrod

G5

  S2 T S1 E BW1   + +  
Triosteum angustifolium Narrow-leaved tinker's-weed

G5

  SX U S1 E BW1     +  
Cunila origanoides Dittany

G5

  S2S3 U S5   BW4   + +  
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Basil mountain mint

G2

  SX U S1 E BW1 +   +  
Pycnanthemum torrei Torrey's mountain mint

G2

  S1 E S1 E BW1 + + +  
Scutellaria leonardii Small skullcap

G4T4

  SU R S1 E BW1 +   +  
Corydalis flavula Yellow harlequin

G5

  S2 R S4   BW3BW4   + +  
Polygonum tenue Slender knotweed

G5

  S3 R S4   BW4   + +  
Agrimonia microcarpa Small-fruited groovebur

G5

  NA   S2 E BW2 +   +  
Verbena simplex Narrow-leaved vervain

G5

  C   S1 E BW3? +   +  
                         
Communities and Ecosystems                

+

+    
Cliff Community  

G5

  S4? U     BW2   +   +
Ice Cave Talus Community  

G3?

  S1S2 U     BW1   +   +
Rocky Summit Grassland  

G3G4

  S2S3 U     BW2   + +  
Traprock Glade  

G3G4

      S1?   BW1 + + +  
                         
Definitions for global, federal, state, and bight watershed (BW) rank and status codes in Appendix I; "+" indicates occurrence of a species in habitat complex or community type.                        

Definitions of ranks used in list

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