Rare Plants and Animals of the Morgan Creek Valley 
 

  Plants:
     
  • Southern Anemone

    • Anemone berlandieri
  
  • Leechbrush

    • Nestronia umbellula
  
  • Glade Milkvine

    • Matelea decipiens
  
  Animals:    
  • Cooper's Hawk

    • Accipiter cooperii
  
  • Sharp-Shinned Hawk

    • Accipter striatus
  
  • Little Brown Bat

    • Myotis lucifugus
  
  • Slender Glass Lizard

    • Ophisaurus attenuatus
  
  • Carolina Darter

    • Etheostoma collis
    
  • Four-Toed Salamander

    • Hemidactylium scutatum
  
  • Atlantic Pigtoe

    • Fusconaia masoni
  
  • Pepper-and-Salt Skipper

    • Amblyscrites hegon
  
  • Brown Elfin

    • Callophrys augustinus
    

 For a more complete list of rare species, please refer to the
  Inventory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of 
  Orange County, North Carolina (Sather and Hall 1988)

 

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