State-Listed Species in Virginia's Coastal Zone

J. Christopher Ludwig, Chief Biologist, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation,

Division of Natural Heritage

Summary of species• 44 state-listed species in Virginia’s Coastal Zone

counties

• 18 of which are also federally-listed

• This number does not include marine mammals, but does include marine turtles

• This number does include a few state-listed species that come near the counties and are somewhat to highly likely to occur

BEACHES - 13• Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

G3/S1B LT LT• Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

G3/-B LT LT• Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

G2/-B LE LE• Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

G3/-B LE LE• Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii

G1/-B LE LE• Eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis

G5/S1 LT -• Piping plover, Charadrius melodus

G3/S2B LT LT• Wilson’s plover, Charadrius wilsonia

G5/S1B LE -• Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus

G4/S1 LT -• Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica

G5/S2B LT -• Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii

G4/SHB LE LE• Northeastern beach tiger beetle, Cicindela dorsalis

G2/S2 LT LT• Seabeach amaranth, Amaranthus pumilus

G2/S1 LT LT

AQUATIC/ STREAMS - 9• Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum

G3/SHB LE LE• Blackbanded Sunfish, Enneacanthus chaetodon

G4/S1 LE -• Roanoke Logperch, Percina rex

G1G2/S1S2 LE LE• Dwarf wedgemussel, Alasmidonta heterodon

G1G2/S1 LE LE• Brook floater, Alasmidonta varicosa

G3/S1 LE -• Atlantic pigtoe, Fusconaia masoni

G2/S2 LT -• Green floater, Lasmigona subviridis

G3/S2 LT -• Virginia Piedmont water boatman, Sigara depressa

G1G2/S1S2 LE -• Harperella, Ptilimnium nodosum

G2/S1 LE LE

Presenter

Presentation Notes

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FRESHWATER INTERTIDAL WETLANDS - 2

• Sensitive joint-vetch, Aeschynomene virginicaG2/S2 LT LT

• Narrow-leaved spatterdock, Nuphar sagittifoliaG2/S2 LT -

ISOLATED PONDS - 5

• Mabee’s salamander, Ambystoma mabeeiG4/S1S2 LT -

• Tiger salamander, Ambysoma tigrinumG5/S1 LE -

• Barking treefrog, Hyla gratiosaG5/S1 LT -

• Chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticulariaG5/S1 LE -

• Harpers Fimbry, Fimbristylis perpusillaG2/S1 LE -

PINE SAVANNAS - 4

• Bachman’s Sparrow, Aimophila aestivalis G3/S1B LT -

• Henslow’s Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii G4/S1B LT -

• Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus G4/S2B LT -

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picoides borealisG3/S1 LE LE

SEEPS/BOGS - 3

• Appalachian springsnail, Fontigens bottemeriG2/S2 LE -

• Swamp pink, Helonias bullataG3/S2S3 LE LT

• New Jersey rush, Juncus caesariensisG2/S2 LT -

OTHER STATE-LISTED SPECIES - 8

• Canebrake rattlesnake, Crotalus horridusG5/S1 LE -

• Wood turtle, Glyptemys insculptaG4/S2 LT -

• Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalusG5/S2S3B LT -

• Eastern big-eared bat. Corynorhinus rafinesquii macrotisG3G4/S2 LE -

• Delmarva fox squirrel, Sciurus niger cinereusG3/S1 LE LE

• Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew, Sorex longirostris fisheri G4/S2 LT -

• Small whorled pogonia, Isotria medeoloidesG2/S2 LE LT

• Ginseng, Panax quinquefoliusG3G4/S3S4 LE -

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