Habitats of North Carolina

Members of Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats:

Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats
Coastal Freshwater and Low-Salinity Marshes

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Habitat Overview

Members are associated with coastal marshes that are primarily freshwater but with some also occurring in brackish but not salt marshes. Members of this habitat are restricted to the Coastal Plain, with residential populations, at least, not occurring in the Piedmont or Mountains.

This habitat intersects Salt and Brackish Marshes, with both including low-salinity areas.

Related NHP Natural Communities

Determining Species

Taxa	Global Rank	State Rank	Probability of Extirpation (PE)
FORBS
Bacopa innominata - Tropical Water-hyssop	G3G5	SH	0.00
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos - Seashore Mallow	G5	S4	0.0007
Typha angustifolia - Narrowleaf Cattail	G5	S3	0.0058
Typha domingensis - Southern Cattail	G4G5	S3	0.0058
MOTHS
Bellura brehmei	GNR	SU	0.0020
Macrochilo santerivalis - An Owlet Moth	G3G4	SU	0.0020
Meropleon ambifusca	G3G4	SH	0.00
Meropleon cinnamicolor	GU	SH	0.00
Tarache terminimaculata - Curve-lined Bird-dropping Moth	GNR	S2S4	0.0058
BIRDS
Botaurus lentiginosus - American Bittern	G5	S1	0.3584
Cistothorus palustris - Marsh Wren	G5	S3	0.0058
Laterallus jamaicensis - Black Rail	G3G4	S2S3	0.0164
Rallus limicola - Virginia Rail	G5	S3	0.0058
ODONATES
Brachymesia gravida - Four-spotted Pennant	G5	S5	0.00
Libellula needhami - Needham's Skimmer	G5	S5	0.00
GRAMINOIDS
Carex hyalinolepis - Shoreline Sedge	G4G5	S2	0.0460
Cladium jamaicense - Sawgrass	G5	S3	0.0058
Fimbristylis castanea - Marsh Fimbry	G5	S4S5	0.0002
Schoenoplectus acutus - Hardstem Bulrush	G5	SH	0.00
Spartina cynosuroides - Big Cordgrass	G5	S5	0.00
Zizania aquatica - Annual Wild-rice	G5	S2	0.0460
BUTTERFLIES
Euphyes dukesi - Dukes' Skipper	G3G4	S1S2	0.1284
Euphyes pilatka - Palatka Skipper	G3G4	S3S4	0.0020
Problema bulenta - Rare Skipper	G3	S1	0.3584
MAMMALS
Oryzomys palustris - Marsh Rice Rat	G5	S5 S4
Expected Number of Extirpations with a PE value (Sum of PE) = 0.9953
N = Number of Extant Species with a PE value = 17
Average PE = ENE/N = 0.0585
Number of S5 species = 3
Proportion of Secure Species = Number of S5 Species/N = 0.1765
Habitat Risk Index = ENE x (1 – PSS) = 0.8196

Phagic and Competitory Symbioses: (Carex hyalinolepis/Euphyes dukesi); (Cladium jamaicense/Euphyes pilatka); (Zizania aquatica-Sporobolus cynosuroides/Problema bulenta)

Candidates for Inclusion

Habitat Sub-sets

Distribution Map

Distribution

Survey Coverage Map

Survey Coverage

Survey Priorities

Average Imperilment of Habitat Members

Habitat Conservation Status

High Quality Habitat Occurrence Table

High Quality Habitat Occurrences

Protected Habitat Occurrences

Threats and Trends

Status Summary

Stewardship Recommendations

References

Updated on

2019-09-23 16:33:39