Featured Species
Eastern North Carolina's federally protected plants and animals
T= Threatened
E=Endangered
*Eastern NC ES Lead
Birds
- Black - capped petrel - Proposed T
- Eastern black rail - T
- Piping Plover - T and E
- Red-cockaded woodpecker - E
- Roseate tern - E
- Rufa red knot - T
- Wood stork – T
Fish
- Atlantic sturgeon - E
- Carolina madtom - E*
- Cape Fear shiner - E*
- Roanoke logperch - E
- Shortnose sturgeon - E
- Spotfin chub - T
- Waccamaw silverside – T*
Insects and spiders
Mammals
- Carolina Northern flying squirrel - E
- Fin whale - E
- Gray bat - E
- Humpback whale - E
- Indiana Bat - E
- Northern long-eared bat (NLEB) - T
- Red wolf - E*
- Right whale - E
- Sei whale - E
- Sperm whale - E
- Virginia big-eared bat - E
- West Indian manatee -T
Mussels and snails
- Atlantic pigtoe - T*
- Appalachian elktoe - E
- Carolina heelsplitter - E
- Cumberland bean pearlymussel - E
- Dwarf wedgemussel - E
- James spinymussel - E
- Littlewing pearlymussel - E
- Noonday globe - T
- Tar River spinymussel - E*
- Yellow lance – T*
Plants
- American chaffseed - E
- Blue Ridge goldenrod - T
- Bunched arrowhead - E
- Canby's dropwort - E
- Cooley's meadowrue - E*
- Dwarf-flowered heartleaf - T
- Golden sedge - E*
- Green pitcher plant - E
- Harperella - E
- Heller's blazing star - T
- Michaux's sumac - E*
- Mountain golden heather - T
- Mountain sweet pitcher plant - E
- Pondberry - E
- Roan Mountain bluet - E
- Rock gnome lichen - E
- Rough-leaf loosestrife - E*
- Schweinitz's sunflower - E
- Seabeach amaranth - T*
- Sensitive joint-vetch - T
- Small-anthered bittercress - E
- Small whorled pogonia - T
- Smooth coneflower - E*
- Spreading avens - E
- Swamp pink - T
- Virginia spiraea - T
- White irisette – E
Reptiles and amphibians
- Green turtle - T
- Hawksbill turtle - E
- Kemp's Ridley turtle - E
- Leatherback turtle - E
- Loggerhead turtle – T
- Neuse River waterdog - T*
At-Risk Species
Species that are proposed for listing, candidates for listing, and/or petitioned for listing are known as At-Risk. They are under the authority of state wildlife agencies, thus conservation of these species is led by the states. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a variety of ways for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and our partners to conserve and recover species while reducing regulatory burden.
The Eastern North Carolina Ecological Services Field Offices is the assigned lead for the following species that have been petitioned to receive federal protection:
Birds
Snail