Appendix 5
Reference Document 5-2
Table 8. List of RSGCN by taxa and their level of concern (very high, high, or moderate). Fish taxa have the most species categorized as “very high concern” and comprise 30% of all RSGCN within the Southeast region. This list totals 1,034 (versus 960) because it includes subspecies.
RSGCN taxonomic group
Very high concern
High concern Moderate concern
Total
Amphibians
30
52
34
116 (11%)
Birds
10
56
18
84 (8%)
Bumblebees
2
1
2
5 (.4%)
Crayfish
53
86
34
173 (17%)
Fishes
101
120
96
317 (30%)
Mammals
18
37
30
85 (8%)
Mussels
69
55
13
139 (13%)
Reptiles
18
58
39
115 (11%)
Total
302
466
266
1,034 (100%)
Table 9. The top 15 U.S. National Vegetation Group Assignments for all Southeast plant RSGCN, showing longleaf ecosystems supporting this highest number of priority plants.
USNVC groups serving as primary habitat
Number of plant RSGCN
Wet-Mesic Longleaf Pine Open Woodland
80
Xeric Longleaf Pine Woodland
43
South Florida Slash Pine Rockland
29
Central Interior Alkaline Open Glade & Barrens
29
Appalachian - South-central Interior Mesic Forest
28
Tamaulipan Dry Mesquite & Thornscrub
28
South Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Pondshore & Wet Prairie
22
Blackland & Coastal Tallgrass Prairie
21
Florida Xeric Scrub
18
South Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Dune & Grassland
17
Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Seep
16
Southern Coastal Plain Mixed Evergreen Swamp
13
Southern Mesic Beech - Oak - Mixed Deciduous Forest
12
Southern Appalachian Rocky Outcrop
11
Southeastern Coastal Plain Barrens & Glade
9
Central Interior-Appalachian Riverscour Barrens & Prairie
9
Caribbean Hardwood Hammock & Coastal Strand Forest
9
Coastal Live Oak - Hickory - Palmetto Forest
9
Appalachian Mafic Barrens
8
Central & Southern Appalachian Seep
8
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