Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
All SGCN and priority species tables (listed below) are available to download as an Excel file from the 2025 NC SWAP website and are included in Appendix 3.
• Table 3-1 Amphibian SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-2 Bird SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-3 Crayfish SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-4 Freshwater Fish SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-5 Freshwater Mussel SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-6 Mammal SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-7 Reptile SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-8 Aquatic Snail SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-9 Terrestrial Snail SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-10 Insect SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-11 Plant SGCN and Priority Species • Table 3-12 EBCI SGCN and Priority Species
Table 3-13 provides information on the federal and state listing abbreviations and their definitions. In 2022, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) worked with the NC Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP) and the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Plant Conservation Program to publish a list of plant SGCN. Addendum 2 to the 2015 SWAP outlines methods used to designate plant SGCN. Table 3-14 (Appendix 3) provides a list of common and scientific names for invasive or nonnative species mentioned in this document. 3.1.1 Regulatory Authority for Plants and Wildlife The idea of wildlife as a “public trust” resource, meaning it is a resource shared as common property amongst all people, was the prevalent perspective during the Roman era. During the Middle Ages, common law traditions that emerged in England stated wildlife species were legally owned by the king and not for private use (Organ and Mahoney 2007; Freyfogle et al.2017) . However, plants were not owned by the king, and fish were subject to limited property rights dependent upon possession (Walrut 2004) . The legal system in the United States is based on English common law; however, common usage and laws in the United States have reestablished fish and wildlife as public trust resources (Mansfield 1993) . The public trust doctrine is a legal principle that establishes certain natural and cultural resources are preserved for public use. By the beginning of the 20th century, overuse and extinctions led to the need for regulation, thus federal laws were established to protect and regulate the use of wildlife resources.
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