SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE
Threatened and Endangered Species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service maintains a regular listing of threatened species, endangered species, species of concern, and candidate species for counties across the United States. Wake County has nine species that are listed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. Table 3.2 below lists the species identified as threatened, endangered, or other classification. Table 3.2 – Threatened and Endangered Species
Group
Common Name
Scientific Name
Federal Status
Amphibians
Neuse River waterdog
Necturus lewisi Picoides borealis
Under Review Endangered Endangered Endangered
Birds Clams Clams Clams Clams Fishes Fishes
Red-cockaded woodpecker
Tar River spinymussel Dwarf wedgemussel
Elliptio steinstansana Alasmidonta heterodon
Yellow lance Atlantic pigtoe Cape Fear shiner Carolina madtom
Elliptio lanceolata Fusconaia masoni
Threatened
Proposed Threatened
Notropis mekistocholas
Endangered Under Review
Noturus furiosus Rhus michauxii
Flowering Plants Endangered Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/reports/species-by-current-range-county?fips=37183) Michaux's sumac
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