Chapter 4 Habitats
used to identify the species. Appendix 3 provides common and scientific species names for invasive and nonnative species as well as for SGCN and priority species.
Appendix 3 contains crosswalks between the natural communities described in Chapter 4 and the SGCN species associated with those habitats.
• Table 3-17 (wildlife) provides a crosswalk between the terrestrial SGCN and priority species introduced in Chapter 3 that are associated with the wetland and terrestrial upland natural communities described in Sections 4.3 and 4.4. • Table 3-18 (wildlife) provides a crosswalk between the aquatic SGCN and priority species introduced in Chapter 3 that are associated with the aquatic temperature regimes, natural communities, and river basins described in Sections 4.1 and 4.5.
• Table 3-22 (plants) is a crosswalk between plant SGCN associated with the natural habitats described in this chapter.
Appendix 4 contains tables that associate the natural communities described in Chapter 4 and the ecoregions where they occur. Section 4.2 provides descriptions for three water temperature regimes and nine aquatic community types. Their characteristics have been incorporated into the descriptions of the 17 river basins described by the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources (https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-planning/basin-planning- branch). The stream and river system classifications are based on a framework developed by the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) (Sheldon and Anderson 2013) and system descriptions are delineated based on size of the drainage area (DA).
• Table 4 .1 -1 (Appendix 4) provides a list of the aquatic temperature regimes and community types described in Section 4.2 and the ecoregions where they occur.
Section 4.3 in this chapter provides descriptions for 12 wetland communities. The community types are based on descriptions developed by the NCNHP ( Schafale 2012, 2024) .
• Table 4 .1 -2 (Appendix 4) provides a list of the wetland community types (in alphabetical order) described in Section 4.3 and the ecoregions where they occur.
Section 4.4 provides descriptions for 18 terrestrial (upland) community types based on descriptions developed by the NCNHP ( Schafale 2012, 2024) , as well as information about conservation concerns and priority actions.
• Table 4 .1 -3 (Appendix 4) provides a list of the terrestrial community types (in alphabetical order) described in this chapter and the ecoregions where they occur.
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