List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species:

The Nashua River Watershed

This list includes information from the Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program's
Massachusetts List of Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species.

Vertebrates:
Common Name Scientific Name State Status
Fish
American Brook Lamprey Lampetra Appendix T

Amphibians
Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma Jeffersonianum SC
Blue Spotted Salamander Ambystoma Laterale SC
Marbled Salamander Ambystoma Opacum T
Four-Toed Salamander Hemidactulium Scutatum SC
Eastern Spadefoot Scaphiopus Holbrookll T
Spring Salamander Gyrinophilus Porphyriticus SC

Reptiles
Spotted Turtle Clemmys Guttata SC
Wood Turtle Clemmys Insculpta SC
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus Homdus E
Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea Blandingll T
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene Carolina SC
Rat Snake Elaphe Obsoleta E
Birds
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter Cooperll SC
Sharp-Shinned Hawk Accipiter Striatus SC
Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus Henslowll E
Upland Sandpiper Ammodramus Savannarum T
American Bittern Bartramia Longicauda E
Grasshopper Sparrow Botaurus Lentiginosus E
Northern Harrier Circus Cyaneus T
Sedge Wren Cistothorus Platensis E
Common Moorhen GoUinula Chloropus SC
Common Loon Gavia Immer SC
Least Bittern lxobrychus Exilis E
Pied-Billed Grebe Podilymbus Podiceps E
King Rail Rallus Elegans T
Barn Owl TytoAlba SC
Golden-Winged Warbler Vermivora Chrysoptera E
Long-Eared Owl Asia Otus SC
Peregrine Falcon Falco Peregrinus E
Bald Eagle Halicwetus Leucocephalus E
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius Ludovicianus E

Mammals
Indiana Myotis Myotis Sodalis E
Water Shrew Sorex Palustris SC
Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys Cooperi SC
Invertebrates:
Dragonflies & Damselflies
Spring Blue Darner Aeshna Mutata E
New England Bluet Enallagma Laterale SC
Spine-Crowned Clubtail Gomphus Abbreviatus E
Beaverpond Clubtail Gomphus Borealis SC
Harpoon Clubtail Gomphus Descriptus E
Cobra Clubtail Gomphus Vastus SC
Twilight Skimmer Neurocordulia Obsoleta, SC
Brook Snaketail Ophiogomphus Aspersus SC
Kennedy's Emerald Somatochlora Kennedyi E
Mocha Emerald Somatochlora Linearis SC
Zebra Clubtail Stylurus Scudderi E
Ebony Boghaunter Williamsonia Fletcheri E
Ringed Boghaunter Williamsonia Lintneri E
Tule Bluet Enallagma Carunculatum SC
Butterflies & Moths
Barrens Daggermoth Acronicta Albarufa T
New Jersey Tea Inchworm Apodrepanulatrix Liberaria T
Straight Lined Mallow Moth Bagisara Rectifascia SC
Melsheimeis Sack Bearer Cicinnus Melsheimeri T
Chain Dot Geometer Cingilia Catenaria SC
Imperial Moth Eacles Imperialis SC
Persius Duskywing Erynnis Persius Persius T
Northern Hairstreak Fixsenia Favonius Ontario SC
Coastal Barrens Buckmoth Hemileuca Maia Maia T
Pale Green Pinion Moth Lithophane Viridipallens SC
Barrens Metarranthis Moth Metarranthis Apiciaria E
Mustard White Pieris Nopi Oleracea SC
Regal Fritillary Speyeria Idalia E
Clemens' Hawkmoth Sphinx Luscitiosa SC
Blueberry Sallow Apharetra Purpurea SC
Pine Barrens Itame Itame inextricata SC
Hessel's Hairstreak Mitoura Hessell SC
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha Zanclognatha Martha T
Segmented Worms
New England Medicinal Leech Macrobdella Sestertia SC

Sponges
Smooth Branched Sponge SpongUla Aspinosa SC

Snails
Boreal Turret Snail Valvata Sincera E

Mussels
Triangle Floater Alasmidonta Undulata SC
Brook Floater Alasmidonta Varicosa E
Eastern Pondmussel Ligumia Nasuta SC
Squawfoot Strophitus Undulatus SC

Beetles
Twelve-Spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela Diwdecimguttata SC
Barrens Tiger Beetle Cicindela Patruela SC
Purple Tiger Beetle Cicindela Purpurea SC
Hentz's Redbelly Tiger Beetle Cicindela Rufiventris Hentzil T
Elderberry LongHomed Beetle Desmocerus PdUwtus SC
American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus Americanus E

Crustaceans
Mystic Valley Amphipod Crangonyx Aberans SC
Intricate Fairy Shrimp Eubranchipus Intricatus SC
Plants:
Vascular Plants
Climbing Fumitory Hairy Wild Rye Tiny-Flowered Buttercup
Sandplain Gerardia Slender Cottongrass Tooth
Hairy Agrimony Lesser Snakeroot Estuary Arrowhead
Roundleaf Shadbush Northern Bedstraw Terete Arrowhead
Green Rock-Cress Andrews' Bottle Gentian Pod-Grass
Dwarf Mistletoe Long-Leaved Bluet River Bulrush
Arethusa Giant St. John's Wort Long's Bulrush
Purple Needlegrass Lake Quillwort Tall Nut-Sedge
Seabeach Needlegrass Small Whorled Pogonia Wild Senna
Purple Milkweed New England Blazing Star Small Bur-Reed
Linear-Leaved Milkweed Rigid Flax Shining Wedgegrass
Comel-Leaved Aster Heartleaf Twayblade Swamp Oats
Downy Wood-Mint Many-Fruited False Loosestrife Grass-Leaved Ladies' Tresses
Low Bindweed Round-Fruited False Loosestrife American Sea-Blite
Bush's Sedge Climbing Fern Spiked False Oats
Glaucescent Sedge Muskflower Sand Violet
Slender Woodland Sedge Alternate Flowered Water MilfoU Button's Violet
Shore Sedge Tiny Cow-Lily Black Maple
Few-Fruited Sedge Adder's Tongue Fern Mountain Alder
Variable Sedge Violet Wood-Sorrel Bartram's Shadbush
Saline Sedge Ginseng Lyre-Leaved Rock-Cress
Fen Sedge Philadelphia Panic Grass Mountain Spleenwort
Hairy-Fruited Sedge Leafy White Orchis Long's Bitter-Cress
Purple Clematis Pale Green Orchis Michaux's Sedge
Engelmann's Umbrella- Threadfoot Tuckerman's Sedge
Sedge Fries's Pondweed Cat-Tail Sedge
Houghton's Flatsedge Lion's Foot Wiegand's Sedge
Showy Lady's Slipper Basil Mountain-Mint Black Cohosh
Tufted Hairgrass Hemlock Parsley
Mattamuskeet Panic-Grass Autumn Coralroot
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Spreading Tick-Trefoil
Ovate Spike-Sedge
Frank's Lovegrass
Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain
Broad Waterleaf
Thread Rush
Bayard's Green Adder's
Mouth
Golden Club
Swamp Lousewort
Hairy Beardtongue
Sweet Coltsfoot
Pondshore Knotweed
Bristly Buttercup
Great Laurel
Papillose Nut-Sedge
Sclerolepis
Mountain Cranberry
Culver's Root
Barren Strawberry
Adlumia Fungosa
Agalinis Acuta
Agrimonia Pubescens
Amelanchier Sanguinea
Arabis Missouriensis
Arceuthobium Pusillum
Arethusa Bulbosa
Aristida Purpurascens
Aristida Tuberculosa
Asclepias Purpurascens
Asclepias Verticillata
Aster Infirmus
BlephUia Ciliata
Calystegia Spithamaea
Carex BushU
Carex Flaccosperma var Glaucodea
Carex GracUescens
Carex Lenticularis
Carex Oligosperma
Carex Polymorpha
Carex Recta
Carex Tetanica
Carex Trichocarpa
Clematis Occidentalis
Cyperus Engelmannii
Cyperus Houghtonii
Cypripedium Reginae
Deschampsia Cespitosa SSP Glauca
DichantheHum Mattoamuskeetense
Elymus VUlosus
Eriophorum Gracile
Eupatorium Aromaticum
Galium Boreale
Gentianct Andrewsii
Houstonia LongifoUa Var Longfolia
Huperzia Appalachiana
Hypericum Ascyron
lsoetes Mocrospora
IsotriaMedeoloides
Liatris Scariosa Var Novae-AngUae
Linum Medium Var Texanum
Listera Cordata
Ludwigia Polycarpa
Ludloigia Sphaerocarpa
Lygodium Palmatum
MimuhlsMoschatlls
MyriophyUum Alterniflorum
Nuphar Lutea SSP Pumila
Ophwglossum Pusillum
Oxalis Violacea
Panox Quinquefolius
Panicum Philadelphicum
Platanthera Dilatata
Platanthera Flava Var Herbiola
Podostemum Ceratophyllum
Potamogeton Friesii
Prenanthes Serpentaria
Pycnanthemum Clinopodioides
Ranunculus Micranthus
Rotala Ramosior
Sagittaria Calycina Var Spongiosa
Sagittaria Teres
Scheuchzeria Palustris
Scirpus Fluviatilis
Scirpus Longu Juncus Filiformis T
Scleria Triglomerata Malaxis Bayardii E
Senna Hebecarpa Orontium Aquaticum T
Sparganium Natans Pedicularis Lanceolata SC
SphenophoUs Nitida Penstemon Hirsutus T
Sphenopholis Pensylvanica Petasites Frigidus Var Palmatus SC
Spiranthes Vernalis Polygonum Puntanorum T
Suaeda Calceoliformis Ranunculus Pensylvanicus T
Trisetum Triflorum SSP Rhododendron Maximum SC
Molle Scleria Pauciflora Var Caroliniana T
Viola Adunca Sclerolepis Uniflora T
Viola Brittoniana Vaccinium Vitis-ldaeaSSP Minus E
Acer Nigrum Veronicastrum Virginicum E
Ainus Viridis SSP Crispa Waldsteinia Fragarioides E
Amelanchier Bartramiana E
Arabis Lyrata E
Asplenium Montanum E
Cardamine LongU T
CarexMichauxiana T
Carex Tuckermanii E
Carex Typhina E
Carex Wiegandii SC
Cimidfuga Racemosa T
ConioseUnum Chinense SC
Corallorrhiza Odontorhiza SC
Cypripedium Calceolus Var E
Parviflor SC
Desmodium Humifusum E
Eleocharis Obtusa Var E
Ovata T
Eragrostis Frcinkii T
Goodyera Repens E
Hydrophyllum Canadense E
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