Reference Document 5-3
Appendix 5
Table 16. Broad risk measures (e.g., state or federal listing status, NatureServe conservation status ranks for North Carolina) and climate vulnerability measures (e.g., ecological niche model outputs).
Species
Broad Risk Measures
Climate Vulnerability Measures
Nature Serve Status
State Status
ESA Status
Niche Models Output
NC CC Threat Analysis
Common name
Scientific name
RSGCN
CCVIs
Sharphead Darter
Etheostoma acuticeps
Y
T
S1
NA
NA
Low Threat
Tuckasegee Darter
Etheostoma gutselli
Y
S3
NA
NA
Low Threat
Turquoise Darter
Etheostoma inscriptum
Y
T
S1
NA
NA
Low Threat
Kanawha Darter
Etheostoma kanawhae
S3
NA
NA
Low Threat
Seagreen Darter
Etheostoma thalassinum
Y
SC
S3
NA
NA
Low Threat
Wounded Darter
Nothonotus vulneratus
Y
SC
S2
NA
NA
Low Threat
Mountain Madtom
Noturus eleutherus
Y
SC
S1
NA
NA
Low Threat
Tangerine Darter
Percina aurantiaca
Y
S3
NA
NA
Low Threat
Appalachia Darter
Percina gymnocephala
Y
S2
Highly Vulnerable (Molina 2024)
NA
Low Threat
Sharpnose Darter
Percina oxyrhynchus
S1
NA
NA
Low Threat
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
Y
S4
Extremely Vulnerable
Large Decrease (Molina)
High Threat
Mammals
Rafinesque’s Big- eared Bat (Mt. pop’n)
Corynorhinus rafinesquii rafinesquii Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus
Y
T
S2
Highly Vulnerable
Stable (Lyon)
Low Threat
Virginia Big-eared Bat
Y
E
E
S1
Highly Vulnerable (WV swap)
Large Decrease
Low Threat
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
N
S5
NA
Stable (Lyon)
Low Threat
Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus
N
E
E
S2
Highly Vulnerable
Large Decrease
Low Threat
Hoary Bat
Lasiurus cinereus
Y
At- Risk
S3
Presumed Stable
Stable
Low Threat
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