SECTION .0300 ‑ ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST: THREATENED PLANT SPECIES LIST: LIST OF SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN

02 NCAC 48F .0301          Protected PLANT SPECIES LIST

The North Carolina Plant Conservation Board hereby establishes the following list of protected plant species (** indicates federally listed):

Species                                                                   Status

(1)           Acmispon helleri                                                  Threatened

Carolina Prairie-trefoil;

(2)           Acrobolbus ciliatus                                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

A liverwort;

(3)           Adiantum capillus-veneris                                 Threatened

Venus Hair Fern;

(4)           Adlumia fungosa                                                 Special Concern, Vulnerable

Climbing Fumitory;

(5)           Aeschynomene virginica**                               Threatened

Sensitive Jointvetch;

(6)           Agalinis virgata                                                   Threatened

Branched Gerardia;

(7)           Agrostis mertensii                                               Endangered

Arctic Bentgrass;

(8)           Aletris lutea                                                          Threatened

Yellow Colic-root;

(9)           Allium allegheniense                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

Allegheny Onion;

(10)         Allium keeverae                                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Keever's Onion;

(11)         Alnus crispa                                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

Green Alder;

(12)         Amaranthus pumilus**                                      Threatened

Seabeach Amaranth;

(13)         Amorpha confusa                                                Threatened

Savanna Indigo-bush;

(14)         Amorpha georgiana                                            Endangered

Georgia Indigo-bush;

(15)         Amphicarpum muhlenbergianum                    Endangered

Florida Goober Grass, Blue Maidencane;

(16)         Anemone berlandieri                                           Endangered

Southern Anemone;

(17)         Anemone caroliniana                                         Endangered

Prairie Anemone;

(18)         Arabis adpressipilis                                             Endangered

Hairy Rockcress;

(19)         Arethusa bulbosa                                                Endangered

Bog Rose;

(20)         Aristida condensata                                            Threatened

Big Three-awn Grass;

(21)         Aristida simpliciflora                                          Endangered

Chapman's Three-awn;

(22)         Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum          Endangered

Savanna Indian-plantain;

(23)         Asclepias cinerea                                                 Special Concern, Historical

Carolina Milkweed;

(24)         Asclepias pedicellata                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

Savanna Milkweed;

(25)         Asplenium heteroresiliens                                  Endangered

Carolina Spleenwort;

(26)         Asplenium monanthes                                       Endangered

Single-sorus Spleenwort;

(27)         Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis        Special Concern, Vulnerable

American Wall-rue;

(28)         Astragalus michauxii                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

Sandhills Milkvetch;

(29)         Baccharis glomeruliflora                                    Endangered

Silverling;

(30)         Bacopa caroliniana                                             Threatened

Blue Water-hyssop;

(31)         Bacopa innominata                                             Special Concern, Historical

Tropical Water-hyssop;

(32)         Balduina atropurpurea                                       Endangered

Purple-disk Honeycomb-head;

(33)         Baptista aberrans                                                Endangered

Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo

(34)         Baptisia alba                                                        Threatened

Thick-pod White Wild Indigo;

(35)         Baptisia bracteata                                                Special Concern, Historical

Creamy Wild Indigo;

(36)         Berberis canadensis                                            Special Concern, Vulnerable

American Barberry;

(37)         Betula cordifolia                                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Mountain Paper Birch;

(38)         Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula       Threatened

Sideoats Grama;

(39)         Bromus ciliatus                                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Fringed Brome;

(40)         Buchnera americana                                           Endangered

American Bluehearts;

(41)         Buckleya distichophylla                                     Threatened

Piratebush;

(42)         Bulbostylis warei                                                 Special Concern, Historical

Ware's Hair Sedge;

(43)         Calamagrostis cainii                                            Endangered

Cain's Reedgrass;

(44)         Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis     Special Concern, Vulnerable

Canada Reedgrass;

(45)         Calopogon multiflorus                                        Endangered

Many-flowered Grass-pink;

(46)         Caltha palustris var. palustris                            Endangered

Marsh Marigold;

(47)         Camassia scilloides                                             Threatened

Wild Hyacinth;

(48)         Campanula rotundifolia                                     Endangered

Bluebells;

(49)         Campylium stellatum                                         Special Concern, Vulnerable

Yellow Starry Fen Moss;

(50)         Cardamine dissecta                                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

Dissected Toothwort;

(51)         Cardamine longii                                                 Special Concern, Vulnerable

Long's Bittercress;

(52)         Cardamine micranthera**                                 Endangered

Small-anthered Bittercress;

(53)         Carex arctata                                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

Black Sedge;

(54)         Carex argyrantha                                                Endangered

Hay Sedge;

(55)         Carex barrattii                                                      Special Concern, Historical

Barratt's Sedge;

(56)         Carex basiantha                                                  Endangered

Widow Sedge;

(57)         Carex buxbaumii                                                 Special Concern, Vulnerable

Brown Bog Sedge;

(58)         Carex calcifugens                                                                Special Concern, Vulnerable

Calcium-fleeing Sedge;

(59)         Carex careyana                                                   Threatened

Carey's Sedge;

(60)         Carex cherokeensis                                             Threatened

Cherokee Sedge;

(61)         Carex conoidea                                                    Threatened

Cone-shaped Sedge, Field Sedge;

(62)         Carex cristatella                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Crested Sedge;

(63)         Carex eburnea                                                      Threatened

Bristle-leaf Sedge;

(64)         Carex exilis                                                           Endangered

Coastal Sedge;

(65)         Carex hormathodes                                            Threatened

Marsh Straw Sedge;

(66)         Carex impressinervia                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

Ravine Sedge;

(67)         Carex jamesii                                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

James's Sedge;

(68)         Carex lasiocarpa var. americana                      Special Concern, Vulnerable

Slender Sedge;

(69)         Carex lutea**                                                       Endangered

Golden Sedge;

(70)         Carex meadii                                                        Endangered

Mead's Sedge;

(71)         Carex oligocarpa                                                 Threatened

Rich-woods Sedge;

(72)         Carex oligosperma                                              Endangered

Few-seeded Sedge;

(73)         Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata                 Special Concern, Vulnerable

Longstalk Sedge;

(74)         Carex radfordii                                                     Threatened

Radford's Sedge;

(75)         Carex reniformis                                                  Threatened

Kidney Sedge;

(76)         Carex superata                                                     Threatened

Limestone Forest Sedge;

(77)         Carex tenax                                                          Endangered

Wire Sedge;

(78)         Carex trichocarpa                                                Special Concern, Vulnerable

Hairy-fruited Sedge;

(79)         Carex trisperma                                                   Endangered

Three-seeded Sedge;

(80)         Carex utriculata                                                   Endangered

Beaked Sedge;

(81)         Carex vesicaria                                                    Endangered

Inflated Sedge;    

(82)         Carex vestita                                                        Threatened

Velvet Sedge;

(83)         Carya laciniosa                                                    Threatened

Big Shellbark Hickory;

(84)         Carya myristiciformis                                         Endangered

Nutmeg Hickory;

(85)         Caulophyllum giganteum                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Northern Blue Cohosh;

(86)         Celastrus scandens                                              Endangered

American Bittersweet;

(87)         Cetraria arenaria                                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Sand-loving Iceland Lichen;

(88)         Chamerion angustifolium ssp.                          Endangered

circumvagum Fireweed;

(89)         Chasmanthium nitidum                                     Threatened

Shiny Spanglegrass;

(90)         Chelone cuthbertii                                               Special Concern, Vulnerable

Cuthbert's Turtlehead;

(91)         Chenopodiastrum simplex                                 Threatened

Mapleleaf Goosefoot;

(92)         Chiloscyphus appalachianus                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

A liverwort;

(93)         Chiloscyphus muricatus                                     Special Concern, Vulnerable

A liverwort;

(94)         Chrysoma pauciflosculosa                                Endangered

Woody Goldenrod;

(95)         Cirsium carolinianum                                         Endangered

Carolina Thistle;

(96)         Cirsium lecontei                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

LeConte's Thistle;

(97)         Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis           Special Concern, Vulnerable

Mountain Clematis;

(98)         Clinopodium georgianum                                  Endangered

Georgia Calamint;

(99)         Collinsonia verticillata                                       Threatened

Whorled Horsebalm;

(100)      Conioselinum chinense                                      Threatened

Hemlock-parsley;

(101)      Coptis trifolia                                                       Threatened

Goldthread;

(102)      Coreopsis aristulata                                            Threatened

Short-awned Coreopsis;

(103)      Corydalis micrantha                                           Threatened

Slender Corydalis;

(104)      Coryphopteris simulata                                      Endangered

Bog Fern;

(105)      Crataegus pallens                                                Threatened

Pale Hawthorn;

(106)      Crinum americanum var. americanum           Special Concern, Historical

Swamp-lily;

(107)      Crocanthemum bicknellii                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Plains Sunrose;

(108)      Crocanthemum carolinianum                           Endangered

Carolina Sunrose;

(109)      Crocanthemum corymbosum                           Threatened

Pinebarren Sunrose;

(110)      Crocanthemum georgianum                             Endangered

Georgia Sunrose;

(111)      Crocanthemum nashii                                        Endangered

Florida Scrub Sunrose, Florida Scrub

Frostweed;

(112)      Crocanthemum propinquum                             Threatened

Creeping Sunrose;

(113)      Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium                      Threatened

Rosemary Sunrose;

(114)      Croton monanthogynus                                     Endangered

Prairie-tea Croton;

(115)      Cyperus dentatus                                                Special Concern, Historical

Toothed Flatsedge;

(116)      Cyperus granitophilus                                         Threatened

Granite Flatsedge;

(117)      Cyperus lecontei                                                  Threatened

LeConte's Flatsedge;

(118)      Cyperus subsquarrosus                                      Special Concern, Historical

Small-flowered Halfchaff;

(119)      Cyperus tetragonus                                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

Four-angled Flatsedge;

(120)      Cyperus virens                                                     Special Concern, Vulnerable

Greens Flatsedge;

(121)      Cystopteris tennesseensis                                   Endangered

Tennessee Bladder-fern;

(122)      Dactylorhiza viridis                                             Threatened

Long-bracted Frog Orchid;

(123)      Dalibarda repens                                                  Endangered

Robin Runaway;

(124)      Delphinium exaltatum                                       Threatened

Tall Larkspur;

(125)      Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca                  Threatened

Tufted Hairgrass;

(126)      Desmodium ochroleucum                                 Special Concern, Historical

White Tick-trefoil, Creamy Tick-trefoil;

(127)      Desmodium sessilifolium                                   Special Concern, Historical

Sessile Tick-trefoil;

(128)      Diarrhena americana                                          Threatened

Eastern Beakgrain;

(129)      Dichanthelium annulum                                    Endangered

Ringed Witchgrass;

(130)      Dichanthelium caerulescens                              Threatened

Blue Witchgrass;

(131)      Dichanthelium hirstii                                           Endangered

Hirst Brothers' Witchgrass;

(132)      Dichanthelium spretum                                      Endangered

Eaton's Witchgrass;

(133)      Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens     Threatened

Hairless Witchgrass;

(134)      Diervilla rivularis                                                 Threatened

Riverbank Bush-honeysuckle;

(135)      Dionaea muscipula                                             Threatened

Venus Flytrap;

(136)      Diplachne maritima                                            Endangered

Salt-meadow Grass;

(137)      Drosera filiformis var. filifformis                     Special Concern, Vulnerable

Threadleaf Sundew;

(138)      Echinacea laevigata**                                       Endangered

Smooth Coneflower;

(139)      Eleocharis cellulosa                                            Threatened

Gulfcoast Spikerush;

(140)      Eleocharis elongata                                            Endangered

Florida Spikerush;

(141)      Eleocharis parvula                                              Threatened

Dwarf Spikerush;

(142)      Eleocharis robbinsii                                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

Robbins' Spikerush;

(143)      Eleocharis vivipara                                             Threatened

Viviparous Spikerush;

(144)      Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus          Threatened

Slender Wheatgrass;

(145)      Enemion biternatum                                           Special Concern, Vulnerable

Eastern Isopyrun;

(146)      Epidendrum conopseum                                    Threatened

Green-fly Orchid;

(147)      Erigenia bulbosa                                                 Threatened

Harbinger-of-spring;

(148)      Eriocaulon aquaticum                                        Special Concern, Vulnerable

Seven-angled Pipewort;

(149)      Eriocaulon parkeri                                               Threatened

Estuary Pipewort;

(150)      Eriocaulon texense                                              Endangered

Texas Hatpins;

(151)      Eriogonum tomentosum                                    Special Concern, Historical

Southern Wild-buckwheat

(152)      Erythrina herbacea                                             Endangered

Coralbean;

(153)      Eupatorium leptophyllum                                  Endangered

Limesink Dog-fennel;

(154)      Eupatorium paludicola                                       Endangered

Bay Boneset;

(155)      Euphorbia commutata                                        Threatened

Cliff Spurge;

(156)      Euphorbia cordifolia                                           Threatened

Heartleaf Sandmat;

(157)      Euphorbia mercurialina                                      Special Concern, Vulnerable

Cumberland Spurge;

(158)      Filipendula rubra                                                 Endangered

Queen-of-the-Prairie;

(159)      Fimbristylis perpusilla                                        Threatened

Harper's Fimbry;

(160)      Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis                   Endangered

Sandhills Blanket-flower;

(161)      Galactia mollis                                                     Threatened

Soft Milk-pea;

(162)      Gaylussacia brachycera                                     Endangered

Box Huckleberry;

(163)      Gaylussacia nana                                                Endangered

Dwarf Dangleberry;

(164)      Gaylussacia orocola                                            Endangered

Appalachian Dwarf Huckleberry;

(165)      Gelsemium rankinii                                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

Swamp Jessamine;

(166)      Gentiana alba                                                       Special Concern, Historical

Pale Gentian;

(167)      Gentiana latidens                                                 Threatened

Balsalm Mountain Gentian;

(168)      Gentianopsis crinita                                            Endangered

Eastern Fringed Gentian;

(169)      Geum aleppicum                                                 Endangered

Yellow Avens;

(170)      Geum geniculatum                                              Special Concern, Vulnerable

Bent Avens;

(171)      Geum laciniatum                                                 Endangered

Rough Avens;

(172)      Geum radiatum**                                               Endangered

Spreading Avens;

(173)      Gillenia stipulata                                                 Threatened

Indian Physic;

(174)      Glyceria laxa                                                        Special Concern, Vulnerable

Lax Mannagrass;

(175)      Gratiola lutea                                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

Golden Hedge-hyssop;

(176)      Gymnocarpium appalachianum                       Threatened

Appalachian Oak Fern;

(177)      Gymnoderma lineare**                                     Endangered

Rock Gnome Lichen;

(178)      Harperella nodosa [Ptilimnium nodosum]** Endangered

Harperella;

(179)      Helanthium tenellum                                          Endangered

Dwarf Burhead;

(180)      Helenium brevifolium                                        Endangered

Littleleaf Sneezeweed;

(181)      Helenium vernale                                                Endangered

Spring Sneezeweed;

(182)      Helianthus floridanus                                         Threatened

Florida Sunflower;

(183)      Helianthus laevigatus                                         Special Concern, Vulnerable

Smooth Sunflower;

(184)      Helianthus occidenatlis ssp. occidentalis        Special Concern, Historical

Naked-stem Sunflower;

(185)      Helianthus schweinitzii**                                  Endangered

Schweinitz's Sunflower;

(186)      Helonias bullata**                                              Threatened

Swamp Pink;

(187)      Hexastylis contracta                                           Endangered

Mountain Heartleaf;

(188)      Hexastylis naniflora**                                       Threatened

Dwarf-flowered Heartleaf;

(189)      Hibiscus aculeatus                                              Threatened

Comfortroot;

(190)      Hottonia inflata                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Featherfoil;

(191)      Houstonia montana**                                        Endangered

Roan Mountain Bluet;

(192)      Hudsonia montana**                                         Threatened

Mountain Golden-heather;

(193)      Hudsonia tomentosa                                           Threatened

Sand Heather;

(194)      Hydrastis canadensis                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

Goldenseal;

(195)      Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis   Special Concern, Historical

Hillside Spider-lily;

(196)      Hymenocallis pygmaea                                     Special Concern, Vulnerable

Waccamaw River Spiderlily;

(197)      Hypericum adpressum                                       Special Concern, Historical

Bog St. John's-wort;

(198)      Hypericum brachyphyllum                               Special Concern, Vulnerable

Coastal Plain St. John's-wort;

(199)      Hypericum fasciculatum                                   Endangered

Peelbark St. John's-wort;

(200)      Hypericum radfordiorum                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Radford's St. John's-wort;

(201)      Hypericum suffruticosum                                  Special Concern, Historical

Pineland St. John's-wort;

(202)      Hypotrachyna virginica                                      Special Concern, Vulnerable

Virginia Loop Lichen;

(203)      Ilex collina                                                            Special Concern, Vulnerable

Long-stalked Holly;

(204)      Ipomoea imperati                                                Special Concern, Vulnerable

Beach Morning-glory;

(205)      Ipomoea macrorhiza                                          Special Concern, Historical

Manroot;

(206)      Isoetes microvela                                                 Threatened

Thin-wall Quillwort;

(207)      Isoetes piedmontana                                           Threatened

Piedmont Quillwort;

(208)      Isotria medeoloides**                                        Threatened

Small Whorled Pogonia;

(209)      Iva microcephala                                                Threatened

Small-headed Marsh Elder;

(210)      Jeffersonia diphylla                                             Threatened

Twinleaf:

(211)      Juncus articulatus                                                Special Concern, Historical

Jointleafed Rush;

(212)      Juncus caesariensis                                             Endangered

New Jersey Rush;

(213)      Juniperus communis var. depressa                   Threatened

Dwarf Juniper;

(214)      Kalmia angustifolia                                            Threatened

Sheep-laurel;

(215)      Koeleria spicata                                                   Special Concern, Historical

Spike Trisetum;

(216)      Lachnocaulon minus                                          Threatened

Brown Bogbutton;

(217)      Lechea maritima var. virginica                          Threatened

Maritime Pinweed;

(218)      Lechea torreyi var. congesta                             Endangered

Torrey's Pinweed;

(219)      Lejeunea blomquistii                                          Special Concern, Vulnerable

A liverwort;

(220)      Liatris aspera                                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

Rough Blazing-star;

(221)      Liatris helleri**                                                    Threatened

Heller's Blazing-star;

(222)      Liatris microcephala                                           Special Concern, Vulnerable

Small-head Blazing-star;

(223)      Lilium canadense                                                Endangered

Canada Lily;

(224)      Lilium grayi                                                          Threatened

Gray's Lily;

(225)      Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum  Endangered

Wood Lily;

(226)      Lilium pyrophilum                                              Endangered

Sandhills Lily;

(227)      Limosella australis                                              Threatened

Awl-leaf, Mudwort;

(228)      Lindera melissifolia**                                        Endangered

Pondberry;

(229)      Lindera subcoriacea                                           Special Concern, Vulnerable

Bog Spicebush;

(230)      Linum floridanum var. chrysocarpum            Threatened

Yellow-fruited Flax;

(231)      Linum sulcatum                                                  Special Concern, Historical

Glade Flax;

(232)      Liparis loeselii                                                      Endangered

Fen Orchid;

(233)      Lithospermum canescens                                  Threatened

Hoary Puccoon;

(234)      Litsea aestivalis                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Pondspice;

(235)      Lobelia boykinii                                                   Endangered

Boykin's Lobelia;

(236)      Lophiola aurea                                                    Endangered

Golden-crest;

(237)      Ludwigia lanceolata                                           Endangered

Lanceleaf Seedbox;

(238)      Ludwigia linifolia                                                Threatened

Flaxleaf Seedbox;

(239)      Ludwigia ravenii                                                  Endangered

Raven's Seedbox;

(240)      Ludwigia sphaerocarpa                                     Endangered

Globe-fruit Seedbox;

(241)      Ludwigia suffruticosa                                        Threatened

Shrubby Seedbox;

(242)      Lupinus villosus                                                   Endangered

Pink Sandhill Lupine;

(243)      Lycopodiella inundata                                       Endangered

Northern Bog Clubmoss;

(244)      Lysimachia asperulifolia**                               Endangered

Rough-leaf Loosestrife;

(245)      Lysimachia borealis                                            Threatened

Northern Starflower;

(246)      Lysimachia fraseri                                               Endangered

Fraser's Loosestrife;

(247)      Macbridea caroliniana                                       Endangered

Carolina Birds-in-a-Nest, Carolina

Bogmint;

(248)      Magnolia macrophylla                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

Bigleaf Magnolia;

(249)      Malaxis spicata                                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Florida Adder's-mouth;

(250)      Marshallia grandiflora                                        Special Concern, Historical

Large-flowered Barbara's-buttons;

(251)      Marshallia legrandii                                            Endangered

Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttons;

(252)      Marshallia trinervia                                             Special Concern, Historical

Broadleaf Barbara's-buttons;

(253)      Melanthium woodii                                             Threatened

Ozark Bunchflower;

(254)      Melica nitens                                                        Endangered

Three-flowered Melic;

(255)      Menyanthes trifoliata                                         Threatened

Buckbean;

(256)      Micranthes pensylvanica                                   Endangered

Swamp Saxifrage;

(257)      Mnesithea cylindrica                                           Special Concern, Historical

Carolina Jointgrass;

(258)      Mononeuria groenlandica                                  Threatened

Greenland Sandwort;

(259)      Mononeuria paludicola                                      Endangered

Godfrey's Sandwort;

(260)      Mononeuria uniflora                                           Endangered

Single-flowered Sandwort;

(261)      Moranopteris nimbata                                        Threatened

West Indian Dwarf Polypody;

(262)      Muhlenbergia glomerata                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Spiked Muhly;

(263)      Muhlenbergia sobolifera                                    Threatened

Rock Muhly;

(264)      Muhlenbergia torreyana                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Pinebarren Smokegrass;

(265)      Myrica gale                                                           Endangered

Sweet Gale;

(266)      Myriophyllum laxum                                         Endangered

Loose Water-milfoil;

(267)      Myriophyllum tenellum                                     Endangered

Leafless Water-milfoil;

(268)      Nabalus albus                                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

White Rattlesnakeroot;

(269)      Narthecium montanum                                      Special Concern, Historical

Appalachian Yellow Asphodel;

(270)      Oenothera perennis                                             Special Concern, Vulnerable

Perennial Sundrops;

(271)      Oldenlandia boscii                                               Threatened

Bosc's Bluet;

(272)      Oligoneuron album                                             Endangered

Prairie Goldenrod;

(273)      Oligoneuron jacksonii                                        Special Concern, Vulnerable

Southeastern Bold Goldenrod;

(274)      Oligoneuron rigidum                                           Threatened

Midwestern Bold Goldenrod;

(275)      Orbexilum macrophyllum                                 Special Concern, Historical

Bigleaf Scurfpea;

(276)      Orbexilum onobrychis                                        Special Concern, Historical

Lanceleaf Scurfpea;

(277)      Orbexilum pedunculatum                                 Endangered

Western Sampson's Snakeroot;

(278)      Oreojuncus trifidus                                              Threatened

Highland Rush;

(279)      Orthochilus ecristatus                                         Endangered

Spiked Medusa;

(280)      Pachysandra procumbens                                  Endangered

Allegheny Spurge;

(281)      Packera crawfordii                                              Endangered

Crawford's Ragwort;

(282)      Packera millefolium                                            Special Concern, Vulnerable

Blue Ridge Ragwort;

(283)      Packera paupercula var. appalachiana            Threatened

Appalachian Ragwort;

(284)      Packera paupercula var. paupercula                Special Concern, Vulnerable

Balsam Ragwort;

(285)      Packera schweinitziana                                      Threatened

New England Ragwort;

(286)      Packera serpenticola                                           Threatened

Buck Creek Ragwort;

(287)      Palustricodon aparinoides var. aparinoides    Threatened

Marsh Bellflower;

(288)      Panicum flexile                                                    Threatened

Wiry Panic Grass;

(289)      Parnassia caroliniana                                          Threatened

Carolina Grass-of-parnassus;

(290)      Parnassia grandifolia                                          Threatened

Bigleaf Grass-of-parnassus;

(291)      Paronychia herniarioides                                    Endangered

Michaux's Whitlow-wort;

(292)      Paspalum dissectum                                           Endangered

Mudbank Crown Grass;

(293)      Pedicularis lanceolata                                        Threatened

Swamp Lousewort;

(294)      Pellaea wrightiana                                               Endangered

Wright's Cliff-brake;

(295)      Persicaria hirsuta                                                 Endangered

Hairy Smartweed;

(296)      Phacelia maculata                                               Endangered

Flatrock Phacelia;

(297)      Phegopteris connectilis                                       Endangered

Northern Beech Fern;

(298)      Phemeranthus piedmontanus                            Endangered

Piedmont Rock-pink;

(299)      Pinguicula lutea                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Yellow Butterwort;

(300)      Pinguicula pumila                                               Threatened

Small Butterwort;

(301)      Pityopsis graminifolia                                         Endangered

A Silkgrass;

(302)      Plantago cordata                                                 Endangered

Heart-leaf Plantain;

(303)      Plantago sparsiflora                                            Threatened

Pineland Plantain;

(304)      Platanthera herbiola                                            Special Concern, Vulnerable

Tubercled Rein Orchid;

(305)      Platanthera integra                                              Threatened

Yellow Fringeless Orchid;

(306)      Platanthera integrilabia**                                  Threatened

White Fringeless Orchid;

(307)      Platanthera nivea                                                Endangered

Snowy Orchid;

(308)      Platanthera peramoena                                      Threatened

Purple Fringeless Orchid;

(309)      Platanthera shriveri                                             Endangered

Shriver's Purple Fringed Orchid;

(310)      Poa saltuensis                                                       Threatened

Old-pasture Bluegrass;

(311)      Polemonium reptans var. reptans                     Threatened

Spreading Jacob's Ladder;

(312)      Polygala hookeri                                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Hooker's Milkwort;

(313)      Polygala senega                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Seneca Snakeroot;

(314)      Polygonella articulata                                        Special Concern, Historical

Northern Wireweed, Coast Jointweed;

(315)      Polygonum glaucum                                           Endangered

Seabeach Knotweed;

(316)      Ponthieva racemosa                                           Threatened

Shadow-witch;

(317)      Portulaca smallii                                                  Threatened

Small's Portulaca;

(318)      Potamogeton illinoensis                                      Endangered

Illinois Pondweed;

(319)      Primula meadia                                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Eastern Shooting-star;

(320)      Pseudognaphalium helleri                                  Endangered

Heller's Rabbit-tobacco;

(321)      Ptilimnium costatum                                          Threatened

Big Bishop-weed;

(322)      Pyrola elliptica                                                     Threatened

Elliptic Shinleaf;

(323)      Pyxidanthera brevifolia                                      Threatened

Sandhills Pyxie-moss;

(324)      Quercus elliottii                                                    Endangered

Running Oak;

(325)      Quercus ilicifolia                                                  Endangered

Bear Oak

(326)      Quercus minima                                                  Endangered

Dwarf Live Oak;

(327)      Quercus prinoides                                                Endangered

Dwarf Chinquapin Oak;

(328)      Ranunculus ambigens                                        Special Concern, Historical

Water-plantain Spearwort;

(329)      Ranunculus hederaceus                                     Threatened

Ivy-leaved Water Crowfoot;

(330)      Rhexia aristosa                                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Awned Meadow-beauty;

(331)      Rhodiola rosea                                                     Endangered

Roseroot;

(332)      Rhododendron prinophyllum                            Threatened

Election Pink;

(333)      Rhus michauxii**                                               Endangered

Michaux's Sumac;

(334)      Rhynchospora crinipes                                       Threatened

Alabama Beaksedge;

(335)      Rhynchospora decurrens                                   Threatened

Swamp Forest Beaksedge;

(336)      Rhynchospora harperi                                        Special Concern, Vulnerable

Harper's Beaksedge:

(337)      Rhynchospora macra                                         Threatened

Southern White Beaksedge;

(338)      Rhynchospora microcarpa                                Threatened

Southern Beaksedge;

(339)      Rhynchospora odorata                                       Special Concern, Vulnerable

Fragrant Beaksedge;

(340)      Rhynchospora pleiantha                                    Threatened

Coastal Beaksedge;

(341)      Rhynchospora thornei                                        Special Concern, Vulnerable

Thorne's Beaksedge;

(342)      Rhynchospora tracyi                                          Threatened

Tracy's Beaksedge;

(343)      Rubus strigosus                                                    Threatened

American Red Raspberry;

(344)      Rudbeckia heliopsidis                                         Endangered

Sun-facing Coneflower;

(345)      Ruellia ciliosa                                                       Threatened

Sandhills Wild-petunia;

(346)      Ruellia humilis                                                     Threatened

Low Wild-petunia;

(347)      Ruellia purshiana                                                Special Concern, Vulnerable

Pursh's Wild-petunia;

(348)      Ruellia strepens                                                   Endangered

Limestone Wild-petunia;

(349)      Sabal palmetto                                                     Threatened

Cabbage Palmetto;

(350)      Sabatia kennedyana                                            Threatened

Plymouth Gentian;

(351)      Sageretia minutiflora                                          Threatened

Small-flowered Buckthorn;

(352)      Sagittaria chapmanii                                           Threatened

Chapman's Arrowhead;

(353)      Sagittaria fasciculata**                                     Endangered

Bunched Arrowhead;

(354)      Sagittaria isoetiformis                                         Threatened

Quillwort Arrowhead;

(355)      Sagittaria macrocarpa                                        Threatened

Streamhead Arrowhead;

(356)      Sagittaria weatherbiana                                     Endangered

Grassleaf Weatherby's Arrowhead;

(357)      Sarracenia jonesii**                                            Endangered

Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant;

(358)      Sarracenia minor var. minor                              Endangered

Hooded Pitcher Plant;

(359)      Sarracenia oreophila**                                      Endangered

Green Pitcher Plant;

(360)      Sarracenia purpurea var. montana                   Endangered

Southern Appalachian Purple Pitcher Plant;

(361)      Sceptridium jenmanii                                         Special Concern, Vulnerable

Alabama Grape-fern;

(362)      Schisandra glabra                                                Threatened

Magnolia Vine;

(363)      Schwalbea americana**                                    Endangered

Chaffseed;

(364)      Scirpus flaccidifolius                                          Endangered

Reclining Bulrush;

(365)      Scirpus lineatus                                                    Threatened

Drooping Bulrush;

(366)      Scleria baldwinii                                                  Threatened

Baldwin's Nutrush;

(367)      Scleria bellii                                                          Endangered

Smooth-seeded Hairy Nutrush;

(368)      Scleria reticularis                                                 Special Concern, Vulnerable

Netted Nutrush;

(369)      Sclerolepis uniflora                                             Threatened

Sclerolepis;

(370)      Scutellaria australis                                             Endangered

Southern Skullcap;

(371)      Scutellaria galericulata                                       Special Concern, Historical

Hooded Skullcap;

(372)      Scutellaria leonardii                                            Endangered

Shale-barren Skullcap;

(373)      Scutellaria nervosa                                             Endangered

Veined Skullcap;

(374)      Sedum pusillum                                                   Endangered

Puck's Orpine;

(375)      Senecio suaveolens                                             Endangered

Sweet Indian-plantain;

(376)      Sesuvium maritimum                                         Endangered

Slender Sea-purslane;

(377)      Sesuvium portulacastrum                                  Endangered

Shoreline Sea-purslane;

(378)      Seymeria pectinata ssp.pectinata                     Special Concern, Historical

Comb Seymeria;

(379)      Shortia brevistyla                                                Threatened

Northern Oconee Bells;

(380)      Shortia galacifolia                                               Special Concern, Vulnerable

Southern Oconee Bells;

(381)      Sideroxylon tenax                                               Threatened

Tough Bumelia;

(382)      Silene ovata                                                         Special Concern, Vulnerable

Mountain Catchfly;

(383)      Silphium connatum                                            Special Concern, Vulnerable

Virginia Cup-plant;

(384)      Silphium perfoliatum                                         Special Concern, Vulnerable

Common Cup-plant;

(385)      Sisyrinchium dichotomum**                           Endangered

White Irisette;

(386)      Solidago leavenworthii                                       Endangered

Leavenworth's Goldenrod;

(387)      Solidago plumosa                                                               Threatened

Yadkin River Goldenrod;

(388)      Solidago radula                                                   Endangered

Western Rough Goldenrod;

(389)      Solidago spithamaea**                                      Threatened

Blue Ridge Goldenrod;

(390)      Solidago tortifolia                                               Endangered

Leafy Pineywoods Godenrod;

(391)      Solidago verna                                                     Threatened

Spring-flowering Goldenrod;

(392)      Solidago villosicarpa                                          Threatened

Carolina Maritime Goldenrod:

(393)      Sparganium acaule                                             Endangered

Greenfruit Bur-reed;

(394)      Spartina pectinata                                                               Threatened

Freshwater Cordgrass;

(395)      Sphagnum contortum                                         Threatened

Contorted Peatmoss;

(396)      Sphagnum warnstorfii                                        Special Concern, Vulnerable

Fen Peatmoss;

(397)      Spigelia marilandica                                           Threatened

Pink-root;

(398)      Spiraea corymbosa                                             Endangered

Rock Spiraea;

(399)      Spiraea virginiana**                                           Threatened

Virginia Spiraea;

(400)      Spiranthes lacera var. lacera                             Endangered

Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses;

(401)      Spiranthes laciniata                                            Special Concern, Vulnerable

Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses;

(402)      Spiranthes longilabris                                          Endangered

Giant Spiral Orchid;

(403)      Spiranthes lucida                                                 Endangered

Shining Ladies'-tresses;

(404)      Spiranthes ochroleuca                                        Threatened

Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses;

(405)      Sporobolus heterolepis                                       Threatened

Prairie Dropseed;

(406)      Sporobolus teretifolius                                        Endangered

Wireleaf Dropseed;

(407)      Sporobolus virginicus                                          Threatened

Seashore Dropseed;

(408)      Stachys appalachiana                                         Endangered

Appalachian Hedge-nettle;

(409)      Stachys eplingii                                                    Endangered

Epling's Hedge-nettle;

(410)      Stachys matthewsii                                             Endangered

Yadkin Hedge-nettle;

(411)      Stenanthium gramineum                                    Endangered

Featherbells;

(412)      Stenanthium leimanthoides                               Threatened

Pinebarrens Death-camas;

(413)      Stylisma aquatica                                                Endangered

Water Dawnflower;

(414)      Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii                 Special Concern, Vulnerable

Pickering's Dawnflower;

(415)      Swida asperifolia                                                 Endangered

Roughleaf Dogwood;

(416)      Swida racemose                                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Gray Dogwood;

(417)      Symphyotrichum concinnum                           Endangered

Narrow-leaved Smooth Aster;

(418)      Symphyotrichum depauperatum                      Endangered

Serpentine Aster;

(419)      Symphyotrichum georgianum                          Threatened

Georgia Aster;

(420)      Symphyotrichum oblongifolium                      Threatened

Eastern Aromatic Aster;

(421)      Symphyotrichum rhiannon                                Threatened

Buck Creek Aster;

(422)      Synandra hispidula                                             Threatened

Synandra;

(423)      Taxus canadensis                                                Threatened

Canada Yew;

(424)      Thalictrum cooleyi**                                         Endangered

Cooley's Meadowrue;

(425)      Thalictrum macrostylum                                   Special Concern, Vulnerable

Small-leaved Meadowrue;

(426)      Thaspium pinnatifidum                                     Endangered

Mountain Thaspium;

(427)      Thermopsis fraxinifolia                                      Special Concern, Vulnerable

Ash-leaved Golden-banner;

(428)      Tiedmannia [Oxypolis] canbyi**                    Endangered

Canby's Dropwort;

(429)      Triantha glutinosa                                               Special Concern, Vulnerable

Sticky Bog Asphodel;

(430)      Trichostema brachiatum                                    Endangered

Glade Bluecurls;

(431)      Trichostema nesophilum                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Dune Bluecurls;

(432)      Tridens ambiguus                                                                Endangered

Pineland Triodia;

(433)      Tridens chapmanii                                              Special Concern, Vulnerable

Chapman's Triodia;

(434)      Tridens strictus                                                     Special Concern, Historical

Spike Triodia;

(435)      Trifolium carolinianum                                      Special Concern, Historical

Carolina Clover;

(436)      Trifolium reflexum                                             Threatened

Buffalo Clover;

(437)      Trillium discolor                                                  Threatened

Pale Yellow Trillium;

(438)      Trillium flexipes                                                  Threatened

Bent White Trillium;

(439)      Trillium pusillum var. ozarkanum                   Endangered

Alabama Least Trillium;

(440)      Trillium pusillum var. pusillum                        Endangered

Carolina Least Trillium;

(441)      Trillium pusillum var. virginianum                  Endangered

Virginia Least Trillium;

(442)      Trillium recurvatum                                           Threatened

Prairie Trillium;

(443)      Trillium sessile                                                     Threatened

Sessile-flowered Trillium;

(444)      Trillium simile                                                      Special Concern, Vulnerable

Sweet White Trillium;

(445)      Turritis glabra                                                      Endangered

Tower Mustard;

(446)      Urtica chamaedryoides                                      Threatened

Dwarf Stinging Nettle;

(447)      Utricularia cornuta                                              Threatened

Horned Bladderwort;

(448)      Utricularia geminiscapa                                     Special Concern, Vulnerable

Two-flowered Bladderwort;

(449)      Utricularia minor                                                 Special Concern, Historical

Small Bladderwort;

(450)      Utricularia olivacea                                            Threatened

Dwarf Bladderwort:

(451)      Utricularia resupinata                                         Endangered

Northeastern Bladderwort;

(452)      Vaccinium macrocarpon                                   Threatened

Cranberry;

(453)      Vandenboschia boschiana                                 Endangered

Appalachian Filmy-fern;

(454)      Veronica americana                                           Threatened

American Speedwell;

(455)      Waldsteinia lobata                                              Endangered

Lobbed Barren-strawberry;

(456)      Warea cuneifolia                                                 Endangered

Carolina Pineland-cress;

(457)      Woodsia ilvensis                                                  Endangered

Rusty Cliff Fern;

(458)      Xyris floridana                                                    Special Concern, Vulnerable

Florida Yellow-eyed-grass;

(459)      Xyris scabrifolia                                                  Special Concern, Vulnerable

Roughleaf Yellow-eyed-grass;

(460)      Xyris serotina                                                       Special Concern, Historical

Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grass;

(461)      Xyris stricta                                                          Endangered

Pineland Yellow-eyed-grass;

(462)      Zephyranthes simpsonii                                     Endangered

Florida Atamasco-lily.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106‑202.15;

Eff. July 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2010; August 1, 2006; March 1, 2004; July 1, 1998; April 1, 1993; December 1, 1992; September 1, 1991; August 1, 1990;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 26, 2017;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2021.