|
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Typical Habitat |
AMPHIBIANS (updated 11/ 17/2008)
|
T |
Blue-spotted salamander
|
Ambystoma laterale |
Deciduous forests (W) |
T |
Northern Spring Salamander |
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
Deciduous forests? (W) |
E |
Eastern Spadefoot |
Scaphiopus holbrookii |
Arid to semi-arid areas, such as fields, farmland, dunes, and woodlands with sandy or loose soils. Breed in temporary bodies of water (e.g., vernal pools), flooded fields and forested wetlands. (W) |
BIRDS |
E |
Sharp-shinned hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
Large, remote, young forests. Breeds in dense coniferous forests, less often in deciduous forests. During migration and in winter, may be seen in almost any habitat. (W) |
SC |
Northern saw-whet owl |
Aegolius acadicus |
Coniferous woodlands; in winter also in evergreen thickets and isolated pines. (W) |
SC* |
Henslow's Sparrow * |
Ammodramus henslowii |
Moist or dry grasslands with scattered weeds and small shrubs (W) |
E |
Grasshopper sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum |
Open grassy and weedy meadows, pastures (W) |
T |
Blue-winged teal (nesting populations only) |
Anas discors |
Marshes, shallow ponds, lakes |
E |
Long-eared owl |
Asio otus |
Thick woods. Roosts in dense stands of evergreens or vine-covered thickets; breeds in woodlands or riverine woodland belts; forages in openings and old fields (W) |
E |
American bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
Freshwater and saltwater ponds (W) |
SC |
Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
dry, open woodlands and canyons |
E |
Northern harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
Open marshland and meadows (W) |
SC |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
coniferous forests and rocky coasts |
SC |
Bobolink |
Dolichonyx orzivorus |
Grassland (W) |
E |
Horned lark |
Eremophila alpestris |
large fields, open areas, shoreline beaches, grasslands, and agricultural areas |
T |
American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
(W) |
E |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes
erythrocephalus |
Spotted in Pomfret in 2008 - not on DEP list |
SC |
Savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
fields, prairies, salt marshes, grassy dunes |
E |
Pied-billed grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
Streams, ponds, lakes and freshwater marshes. Winters in estaurine and marine habitats (W) |
T |
Purple martin |
Progne subis |
Open woodlands, residential areas, agricultural land |
SC |
Eastern meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
meadows, pastures and prairies; generally in open country during migration |
E |
Barn owl |
Tyto alba |
Open areas, such as grassy or old fields, wet meadows and wetland edges, around farms and rural towns (W) |
INVERTEBRATES |
E |
Brook floater |
Alasmidonta varicosa |
(W) |
SC |
A Noctuid moth (burgessi) |
Apamea burgessi |
(W) |
SC |
Henry's Elfin |
Callophrys henrici |
(W) |
T |
Frosted Elfin |
Callophrys irus |
(W) |
SC |
Sparkling Jewelwing |
Calopteryx dimidiata |
(W) |
T |
Catocala herodias gerhardi |
Herodias Underwing |
(W) |
SC* |
A Noctuid moth (Cerata) |
Chaetaglaea cerata |
(W) |
T |
Harris's Checkerspot |
Chlosyne harrisii |
(W) |
SC |
Pine Barrens Tiger beetle |
Cicindela formosa generosa |
(W) |
SC |
Tiger beetle (tranquebarica) |
Cincindela tranquebarica |
(W) |
SC |
Scarlet Bluet |
Enallagma pictum |
(W) |
T |
Sleepy Duskywing |
Erynnis brizo |
(W) |
SC |
Horace's Duskywing |
Horace's Duskywing |
(W) |
E |
Persius duskywing |
Erynnis persius persius |
(W) |
SC |
Euchlaena madusaria |
Scrub Euchlaena |
(W) |
SC |
A Noctuid Moth |
Eucoptocnemis fimbriaris |
(W) |
T |
Mustached Clubtail |
Gomphus adelphus |
(W) |
SC |
Aquatic snail |
Gyraulus circumstraitus |
(W) |
E |
Buckmoth (Maia) |
Hemileuca maia maia |
(W) |
SC |
American Rubyspot |
Hetaerina americana |
(W) |
SC |
Scribbled Sallow |
Lepipolys perscripta |
(W) |
SC |
Bog copper |
Lycaena epixanthe |
(W) |
SC* |
Barrens Metarranthis Moth |
Metarranthis apiciaria |
(W) |
E |
Hessel's Hairstreak |
Mitoura hesseli |
(W) |
E |
Pitcher Plant Borer moth |
Papaipema? (maritima or sciata?) |
(W) |
T |
Pink Sallow |
Psectraglaea carnosa |
(W) |
SC |
A Noctuid moth |
Schinia spinosae |
(W) |
E |
Banded bog skimmer |
Williamsonia lintneri |
(W) |
SC |
A Noctuid Moth |
Zale curema |
(W) |
SC |
A Noctuid Moth |
Zale obliqua |
(W) |
SC |
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha |
Zanclognatha martha |
(W) |
FISH |
SC |
Banded sunfish |
Enneacanthus obesus |
|
MAMMALS |
SC |
Eastern cougar* + |
Puma concolor couguar |
(removed on 2008 list) |
SC |
Southern bog lemming |
Synaptomys cooperi |
grassy meadows, sometimes forests, often dry broom sedge, seldom bogs |
PLANTS |
E |
Balsam fir x |
Abies balsamea |
A wide variety of upland and lowland sites, including alluvial flats, peatlands, and swamps |
SC |
Virginia copperleaf |
Acalypha virginica |
|
E |
Sandplain gerardia + |
Agalinis acuta |
Found on dry, low-nutrient soils, this plant appears to depend upon disturbance (including fire) to persist |
SC |
Arethusa * |
Arethusa bulbosa |
Obligate wetlands species |
SC |
Arrowfeather |
Aristida purpurascens |
|
SC |
Purple milkweed |
Asclepias purpurascens |
|
T |
Mountain spleenwort |
Asplenium montanum |
|
E |
Bog aster |
Aster nemoralis |
Acidic bogs |
SC |
Hervey's aster |
Aster X herveyi |
|
SC |
Sedge |
Carex bushii |
|
E |
Brown bog sedge |
Carex buxbaumii |
|
E |
Variable sedge |
Carex polymorpha |
|
SC |
Long-bracted green orchid |
Coeloglossum viride var. virescens |
|
SC |
Early coralroot |
Corallorhiza trifida |
|
SC |
Yellow lady's-slipper |
Cypripedium parviflorum |
|
SC |
Dillen's tick-trefoil |
Desmodium glabellum |
|
SC |
Trailing tick-trefoil |
Desmodium humifusum |
Dry, sandy or rocky woods, or along power line right-of-ways or railroad tracks |
SC* |
Sessile-leaf tick-trefoil |
Desmodium sessilifolium |
|
SC |
Goldie's fern |
Dryopteris goldiana |
|
E |
Horse-tail spike-rush |
Eleocharis equisetoides |
Obligate wetlands species |
T |
Hare's tail |
Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum |
Obligate wetlands species |
E |
Small white snakeroot |
Eupatorium aromaticum |
|
T |
Creeping Snowberry |
Gaultheria hispidula |
|
T |
Dwarf huckleberry |
Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana |
|
SC* |
Dwarf rattlesnake plantain |
Goodyera repens var. ophioides |
|
SC |
Featherfoil |
Hottonia inflata |
Obligate wetlands species |
E |
Water pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
Obligate wetlands species |
T |
Ink-berry |
Ilex glabra |
|
E |
Small whorled pogonia ^ |
Isotria medeoloides |
|
SC |
Creeping bush-clover |
Lespedeza repens |
|
SC |
Blazing star |
Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae |
|
E |
Lily-leaved twayblade |
Liparis liliifolia |
|
SC |
Climbing fern |
Lygodium palmatum |
|
E |
Green adder's-mouth |
Malaxis unifolia |
Acidic soils such as seepy scrapes, bogs, sphagnous swamp edge, and semi-open young forest of mixed
hemlocks and hardwoods. |
T |
Water-marigold |
Megalodonta beckii |
|
E |
One-flowered wintergreen |
Moneses uniflora |
|
SC |
Slender mountain-ricegrass |
Oryzopsis pungens |
|
SC |
Violet wood-sorrel |
Oxalis violacea |
|
SC |
American ginseng |
Panax quinquefolius |
rich, mesic woods, often on slopes, over a limestone or marble parent material. The species requires adequate moisture (but not wet hollows or swamps) and a closed canopy. |
SC* |
Panic grass |
Panicum xanthophysum |
|
T |
Swamp lousewort |
Pedicularis lanceolata |
|
SC |
Pale Green Orchid |
Platanthera flava |
|
SC* |
Hooker orchid |
Platanthera hookeri |
|
SC |
Threadfoot |
Podostemum ceratophyllum |
Obligate wetlands species |
E |
Capillary pondweed |
Potamogeton pusillus var. gemmiparus |
|
E |
Vasey's Pondweed |
Potamogeton vaseyi |
|
SC* |
Alleghany plum |
Prunus alleghaniensis |
Shrublands and borders of woods; dry ridges and slopes. |
SC* |
One-sided pyrola * |
Pyrola secunda |
|
SC |
Shining rose |
Rosa nitida |
|
SC* |
Sea-side dock |
Rumex maritimus var. fueginus |
|
SC |
Arrowleaf |
Sagittaria subulata |
|
SC* |
Cotton bulrush |
Scirpus hudsonianus |
Obligate wetlands species |
E |
Nutrush |
Scleria triglomerata |
|
SC |
Wild senna |
Senna hebecarpa |
|
T |
Three-leaved Solomon's-seal |
Smilacina trifolia |
obligate wetlands species |
E |
Hyssop-leaf hedge-nettle |
Stachys hyssopifolia |
|
SC |
Northern stitchwort |
Stellaria borealis |
|
SC |
Canada violet |
Viola canadensis |
|
REPTILES |
SC |
Wood turtle |
Clemmys insculpta |
Cool streams in deciduous woodlands, red maple swamps, marshy meadows, farm country |
SC |
Eastern hognose snake |
Heterodon platirhinos |
Prefers open sandy-soil areas, thinly wooded upland hillsides, cultivated fields, woodland meadows |
SC |
Eastern Box Turtle |
Terrapene carolina |
|
SC |
Eastern Ribbon Snake |
Thamnophis sauritus |
|