Habitats of North Carolina

Conifer Forests
Montane Cool Mesic Conifer Forests

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General Description

This habitat includes cool, moist, montane conifer forests. These include stands of Spruce and Fir at high elevations and stands of Canadian Hemlock forests in cove and alluvial forests at lower elevations.

The trees themselves belong to more specialized habitats and the Determining Species are oligophagous herbivores that make use of Spruce, Fir, and Hemlock but are not specialized on any one of these species.

Abiotic Factors

Biotic Structure

Co-evolved Species Groups

Determining Species

sciName	comName	g_rank	s_rank	mod_s_rank	prob_of_extirpation
BEETLES
Monochamus notatus	Northeastern Sawyer			S4S5	0.00010
MOTHS
Eupithecia mutata	Spruce Cone Looper	GNR	S2S3	S2S3	0.01230
Hydriomena divisaria	Black-Dashed Hydriomena	GNR	S2S3	S2S3	0.01230
Hypsopygia thymetusalis	Spruce Needleworm Moth	GNR	S2S3	S2S3	0.01230
Argyrotaenia occultana	Fall Spruce Needle Moth	GNR	S2S4	S2S4	0.00407
Syngrapha rectangula	Salt-and-Pepper Looper	G5	S2S4	S2S4	0.00407
Feralia comstocki	Comstock's Sallow	G5	S3S4	S3S4	0.00132
Cladara limitaria	Mottled Gray Carpet	G5	S4	S4	0.00041
Lambdina fiscellaria	Hemlock Looper	G5	S4	S4	0.00041
Macaria signaria	Pale-marked Angle Moth	G5	S4	S4	0.00041
Caripeta divisata	Gray Spruce Looper	G5	S4S5	S4S5	0.00010
Panthea acronyctoides	Black Zigzag Moth, Tufted Spruce Caterpillar	G5	S4S5	S4S5	0.00010
Pero morrisonaria	Morrison's Pero Moth	G5	S4S5	S4S5	0.00010
Coleotechnites atrupictella		GNR	SU	SU	0.00202
Feralia jocosa	Joker Moth	GNR	SU	SU	0.00202
Nr = Number of Ranked Species = 15
Ner = Number of Extant, Ranked Species = 15
Nv = Number of Historic and Extirpated Species = 0
Nar = Number of Species at Risk of Extirpation (State rank > S5) = 15
Nss = Number of Secure Species (State Rank = S5) = 0
Pss = Proportion of Secure Species (Nss/Ner) = 0.00000
ENE = Expected Number of Extirpations (Sum of PE) = 0.05203
Average PE (ENE/Ner) = 0.00347
Habitat Risk Index = (Nar+Nv) x Average PE = 15 x 0.00347 = 0.05205

Estimated Risk to the Determining Species

Estimated Risk to the Co-evolved Species Groups

Estimated Security of the Habitat

Index of Habitat Imperilment

Identified Risks

Observed Trends

Distribution Map

Distribution

Major Conservation Reserves

Priority Areas for Surveys and Conservation Protection

Stewardship and Management Recommendations

References

Updated on

2021-07-23 00:45:30