Habitats of North Carolina
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Habitat Group:
Beaches
Conifer Forests
Early Succesional and Semi-Natural Habitats
Floodplain Forests
General Hardwood Forests
General Shrublands
High Elevation Forests
Lentic Habitats
Longleaf Pine Woodlands
Lotic Habitats
Marine Habitats
Maritime Forests and Dunes
Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats
Peatland Forests and Shrublands
Rock Outcrops, Glades, and Barrens
Underground Habitats
Upland Hardwood Forests
Habitat Type:
Members of Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats:
Coastal Freshwater and Low-Salinity Marshes
Salt and Brackish Marshes
General Cattail and Tall Grass Marshes
General Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
Shoreline Shrublands
Large Water Body Shorelines
Muddy Shorelines and Flats
Salt Flats
General Broadleaf Herbaceous Mires
Montane Broadleaf Herbaceous Mires
Coastal Plain Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
Montane Shoreline Shrub Thickets
Montane Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
General Fernlands
General Coastal Plain Fernlands
General Montane Fernlands
General Shoreline Forblands
Coastal Plain Shallow Wetlands
Coastal Plain Open, Wet Herblands
Montane Wet Meadows
Montane Wet-Mesic Forests and Edges
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Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats
General Wet Meadows
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Habitat Overview
Habitats consist of open or partially shaded, shallow, persistent wetlands occurring in two or more of the state physiographic provinces. Both non-alluvial wetlands, such as peatlands, are included, as are alluvial wetlands, particularly partially filled-in beaver ponds and wet pastures.
Animal members include Bog Turtles, which are associated with both naturally occurring, herb-dominated peatlands and also "wet meadows", which are valley bottom habitats kept open either by grazing by livestock or by beaver activity.
Related NHP Natural Communities
Determining Species
Taxa
Global Rank
State Rank
Probability of Extirpation (PE)
MOTHS
Chionodes mediofuscella
- Black-smudged Chionodes Moth
GNR
S4S5
0.0002
Eudryas unio
- Pearly Wood-nymph Moth
G5
S4
0.0007
FORBS
Doellingeria umbellata
- Tall Flat-top Aster
G5
S3
0.0058
Galium asprellum
- Rough Bedstraw
G5
S2
0.0460
Mimulus ringens
- Allegheny Monkey-flower
G5
S4
0.0007
Symphyotrichum puniceum
- Purplestem Aster
G5
S4
0.0007
TURTLES
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
- Bog Turtle
G3
S2
0.0460
GRAMINOIDS
Juncus marginatus
- Grassleaf Rush
G5
S5
0.000000000
Juncus scirpoides
- Needlepod Rush
G5
S5
0.000000000
CLUBMOSSES
Lycopodioides apodum
- Meadow Spikemoss
G5
S5
0.000000000
SHRUBS
Spiraea tomentosa
- Steeplebush
G5
S3
0.0058
MAMMALS
Zapus hudsonius
- Meadow Jumping Mouse
G5
S1
0.3584
Expected Number of Extirpations with a PE value (Sum of PE) = 0.4643
N = Number of Extant Species with a PE value = 9
Average PE = ENE/N = 0.0516
Number of S5 species = 3
Proportion of Secure Species = Number of S5 Species/N = 0.3333
Habitat Risk Index = ENE x (1 – PSS) = 0.3095
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Updated on
2020-11-28 22:14:10
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