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Appendix B

Species Known or Suspected onthe Refuge

Greenbrier

Plants Identified at Nomans Land Island NWR

Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge B-1

Status Key:

E = Federal (F) or State (S) EndangeredT= Federal (F) or State (S) ThreatenedSC= State species of Special Concern (Administrative category without legal standing)WL = State Watch list

Table B.1. Plants Identified at the Refuge.

FAMILY or GROUP COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMEHorsetails Common Horsetail Equisetum arvense

Hay-scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobulaNetted Chain Fern Lorinseria areolataSensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilisCinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomeaInterrupted Fern Osmunda claytonianaRoyal Fern Osmunda regalisBracken Fern Pteridium aquilinumNew York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensisMarsh Fern T. palustris

Ferns

Virginia Chain Fern Woodwardia virginicaEastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginianaPitch Pine Pinus rigida

Conifers

Pine sp. Pinus sp.Cattails Broadleaf Cattail Typha latifolia

Common Bur-reed Sparganium americanumBur-reedsNarrowleaf Bur-reed Sparganium angustifoliumRunning five fingersOakes' Pondweed Potamogeton oakesianus

Pondweeds

Clasping PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus var.bupleuroides

Early Silver Hairgrass Aira praecoxQuackgrass Agropyron repensMarsh Bentgrass Agrostis stoloniferaDog Bentgrass Agrostis caninaDunegrass Ammophila breviligulataBunched Broom-sedge Andropogon glomeratusBroom-sedge A. virginicusSweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratus

Purple Needlegrass (ST)Aristida purpurascens var.purpurascens

Soft Chess Bromus mollisDrooping Brome B. tectorumReedgrass Calamagrostis canadensisOrchard Grass Dactylus glomerata

Grasses

Poverty Grass Danthonia spicata

Appendix B: Species Known or Suspected on the Refuge

B-2 Environmental Assessment and Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan

Auburn Panicgrass (WL)Dichanthelium acuminatum var.acuminatum

Fascicled Panicgrass D. acuminatum var. fasciculatumDeertongue D. clandestinumDowny Panicgrass D. columbianumDepauperate Panicgrass D. depauperatumRoundseed Panicgrass D. sphaerocarponPurple Lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilisHair Fescue Festuca capillataRed Fescue F. rubraRattlesnake Grass Glyceria canadenseVelvetgrass Holcus lanatusSaltmarsh Switchgrass Panicum virgatum var. spissumReed Canarygrass Phalaris arundinaceaTimothy Phleum pratensePhragmites (Common Reed) Phragmites australisCanada Bluegrass Poa compressaKentucky Bluegrass P. pratensisLittle Bluestem Schizachyrium scopariumBlue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifoliumPrairie Cordgrass Spartina pectinataPale False Mannagrass Torreyochloa (Glyceria) pallidaGreenwhite Sedge Carex albolutescensPrickly Bog Sedge C. atlantica var. atlanticaThreadstem Prickly Bog Sedge C. atlantica var. capillaceaSilvery Bog Sedge C. canescensFringed Sedge C. crinitaWhite Edge Sedge C. debilis var. rudgeiWhitetinge (or Stellate) Sedge C. emmonsii (2 varieties)Marsh Straw Sedge C. hormathodesGreater Bladder Sedge C. intumescensSmoothsheath Sedge C. laevivaginataLong's Sedge C. longiiShallow Sedge C. luridaBeaked Sedge C. rostrataWeak Stellate Sedge C. seorsaBeach Sedge C. siliceaAwlfruit Sedge C. stipataSwan's Sedge C. swaniiFox Sedge C. vulpinoideaSmooth Sawgrass Cladium mariscoidesGray's Flatsedge Cyperus grayiStrawcolored Flatsedge Cyperus strigosusSaltmarsh Spikerush Eleocharis halophilaDwarf Spikerush E. parvula

Sedges

Common Spikerush E. smallii



Slender Spikerush E. tenuisFewnerved Cottongrass Eriophorum tenellumTawny Cottongrass E. virginicumWhite Beaksedge Rhynchospora albaSoftstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontaniWoolgrass Scirpus cyperinusCommon Threesquare S. pungens (americanus)Swamp Jack in the pulpit Arisaema stewardsoniiGreen Arrow Arum Peltandra virginica

Arums

Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidusDuckweeds Duckweed Lemna minor

Tapertip Rush Juncus acuminatusSeasice Rush J. ambiguusJointleaf Rush J. articulatusToad Rush J. bufoniusCanadian Rush J .canadensisForked Rush J. dichotomusCommon Rush J. effususGreene's Rush J. greeneiGrassleaf Rush J. marginatus

Rushes

Common Woodrush Luzula multifloraCanada Mayflower Maianthemum canadenseIndian Cucumber Medeola virginiana

Lilies

Wild Oats Uvularia sessilifoliaCatbriers Common Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia

Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorusHarlequin Blueflag I. versicolorSandplain Blue-eyed Grass (SC) Sisyrinchium arenicolaNarrowleaf Blue-eyed grass S. angustifolium

Irises

Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (SoftBlue-eyed Grass)

S. atlanticum (including"bermudianum" )

Arethusa (Dragons Mouth) (ST) Arethusa bulbosaGrasspink Calopogon tuberosusGreen Fringed Orchid Platanthera laceraRose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides

Orchids

Northern Slender Lady’s Tresses Spiranthes lacera var. gracillisPoppies Yellow Hornpoppy Glaucium flavum

White Poplar Populus albaQuaking Aspen P. tremuloidesBebb Willow (Beaked Willow) Salix bebbianaBebb Willow (cross) Salix bebbiiGray Willow Salix cinerea ssp. OleifoliaPrairie Willow Salix humilis var. humilis

Willows, Poplars

Willow sp. S. sp.Bayberries Northern Bayberry Morella pensylvanicaNettles False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica



Stinging Nettle Urtica dioicaNodding Smartweed Persicaria lapathifoliaSpotted Ladysthumb P. maculosaSmartweed P. pensylvanicumSaltpond Smartweed P. pensylvanicum var. nesophilumDotted Smartweed P. punctatumArrowleaf Tearthumb P. sagittatumSeaside (Sea-beach) Knotweed(SC) P. glaucumWater Smartweed Polygonum amphibiumBlack Bindweed P. convolvulusSwamp Smartweed P. hydropiperoidesSheep Sorrel Rumex acetosellaCurly Dock R. crispusBitter Dock R. obtusifolius

Smartweeds, Docks

Greater Water Dock R. orbiculatusCrested Saltbush Atriplex arenariaScotland Orache A. glabriusculaTriangle Orache A. hastataLamb’s Quarters Chenopodium albumMexican Tea C. ambrosioides

Goosefoots

Russian Thistle Salsola kaliPokeweeds Pokeweed Phytolacca americanaCarpetweeds Carpetweed Mollugo verticillata

Fivestamen Chickweed Cerastium semidecandrumBig Chickweed C. vulgatumDeptford Pink Dianthus armeriaSeaside Sandplant Honckenya (Arenaria) peploidesBluntleaf Sandwort Moehringia (Arenaria) laterifloraBirdeye Pearlwort Sagina procumbensBladder Campion Silene latifolia ssp. AlbaSalt Sandspurrey Spergularia marinaCommon Stichwort Stellaria graminea

Pinks

Common Chickweed S. mediaButtercups Common Buttercup Ranunculus acrisLaurels, etc. Sassafras Sassafras albidum

Yellow Rocket Barbarea vulgarisBlack Mustard Brassica nigraSearocket Cakile edentulaVirginia Pepperweed Lepidium virginicum

Mustards

Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrumSpoonleaf Sundew Drosera intermediaSundewsRoundleaf Sundew D. rotundifolia

Sedums, etc. Water Pygmyweed (ST) Crassula aquaticaRed Chokeberry Aronia arbutifoliaRoses, Cherries, etc.Purple Chokeberry Aronia floribunda



Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginianaBlack Chokeberry Pyrus arbutifoliaSilver Cinquefoil Potentilla argenteaSulphur Cinquefoil P. rectaCommon Cinquefoil P. simplexBlack Cherry Prunus serotinaSwamp Rose Rosa palustrisRugosa Rose R. rugosaVirginia Rose R. virginianaMultiflora Rose R. multifloraBristly Dewberry Rubus hispidusCommon Blackberry R. allegheniensisNorthern Blackberry R. flagellarisSmith's Blackberry R. jaysmithiiRose sp. R. sp.

Buckthorns Glossy Buckthorn Frangula alnusGroundnut Apios americanaBeach Pea Lathyrus japonicus var. pellitusRabbitfoot Clover Trifolium arvenseAlsike Clover T. hybridumRed Clover T. pratenseWhite Clover T. repens

Peas, Legumes

Cow Vetch Vicia craccaCommon Yellow Woodsorrel Oxalis strictaWoodsorrelsWood Sorrel sp. Oxalis sp.Seaside Milkwort Glaux maritimaMilkwortsRacemed Milkwort Polygala polygama

Water-starworts Variable Water Starwort Callitriche heterophyllaWinged Sumac Rhus copallinumSmooth Sumac R. glabraStaghorn Sumac R. typhina

Sumacs

Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicansSmooth Winterberry Ilex laevigataHolliesWinterberry (Black Alder) I. verticillata

Touch-me-nots Orange Jewelweed Impatiens capensisBittersweets Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatusMallows Common Mallow Malva neglecta

Seaside Sandmat Chamaesyce polygonifoliaSpurgesCypress Spurge Euphorbia cyparissiasVirginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefoliaThicket Creeper Parthenocissus vitaceaSilver-leaved Grape Vitis aestivalis var. argentifoliaFox Grape V. labrusca

Grapes, etc.

Grape sp. V. spWaterworts Waterwort Elatine spp.



Northern Dwarf St.Johnswort/Dwarf St. Johnswort Hypericum boreale/mutilumOrange-grass St.Johnswort H. gentianoidesCommon St. Johnswort H. perforatumSpotted St. Johnswort H. punctatum

St.John's-worts

Marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum virgincumBog White Violet Viola lanceolataSmall White Violet V. macloskeyi spp pallens

Violets

Arrowleaf Violet V. sagittataSwamp Loosestrife Decodon verticillatusWater LoosestrifesPurple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria

Autumn Olives,Oleasters Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata

Waterpurslane Ludwigia palustrisHairy Evening Primrose Oenothera villosa ssp. Villosa

Evening Primroses

Evening Primrose sp. Oenothera sp.Water Milfoils Marsh Mermaidweed Proserpinaca palustris

Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carotaManyflower Marshpennywort Hydrocotyle umbellataSaltpond Pennywort (WhorledMarshpennywort) (ST) Hydrocotyle verticillata

Carrots, Pennyworts,etc

Hemlock Waterparsnip Sium suaveSweet Pepperbush Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia

Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbensBlack Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccataDangleberry G. frondosaSheep Laurel Kalmia angustifoliaMaleberry Lyonia ligustrinaSwamp Azalea Rhododendron viscosumRaspberry spp. RubusHighbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosumAmerican Cranberry V. macrocarpon

Heaths, Blueberries,etc.

Lowbush Blueberry V. angustifoliumScarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensisYellow Loosestrifes,

Pimpernels, etc. Earth Loosestrife Lysimachia terrestrisBorder Privet Ligustrum obtusifoliumOlives, Privets, etc.Privet sp. Ligustrum sp.Hemp Dogbane Apocynum cannabinumDogbanesDogbane sp. Apocynum sp.Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata var. pulchraMilkweedsCommon Milkweed A. syriacaMorning Glory sp. Calystegia sepiumMorning-glories,

Dodders Dodder sp. Cuscuta sp.American Water Horehound Lycopus americanusClasping Water Horehound L. amplectens

Mints

Virginia Water Horehound L. virginicus



Northern Water Horehound orVirginia Water Horehound L. uniflorus or virginicusSpearmint Mentha spicataCatnip Nepeta catariaClustered Mountainmint Pycnanthemum muticumCommon Skullcap Scutellaria epilobiifoliaEastern Black Nightshade Solanum ptycanthumNightshades, etc.American BlackNightshade/European BlackNightshade Solanum americanum/nigrumSmall-flowered Gerardia/PurpleGerardia Agalinis paupercula/purpureaPurple Foxglove Digitalis purpureaGolden Hedgehyssop Gratiola aureaBlue Toadflax Linaria canadensis

Figworts, Gerardias,etc.

Common Mullein Verbascum thapsusBladderworts Twin-scaped Bladderwort or

Inflated Bladderwort (WL) Utricularia geminiscapa or inflataNarrowleaf Plantain Plantago lanceolataSaltmarsh Plantain P. major var. scopulorum

Plantains

Sweetflag Acorus calamusButtonbush Cephalanthus occidentalisBedstraws,

Buttonbush Stiff Marsh Bedstraw Galium tinctoriumJapanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonicaCommon Elderberry Sambucus canadensis

Honeysuckles, etc.

Northern Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum (V. recognitum)Seaside Yarrow Achillea millefolium var. lanulosaYarrow A. millefolium var. millefoliumRagweed Ambrosia artemisiifoliaPearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritaceaPussytoes Antennaria neglectaCommon Burdock Arctium minusDusty Miller Artemisia stellerianaBushy Aster Aster dumosusHeath White Aster A. ericoidesHeath Aster A. pilosusFlaxleaf Whitetop Aster A. linariifoliusNew York Aster A. novi-belgiiWavyleaf Aster A. undulatusPurplestem Beggarticks Bidens connataOxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemumYellow Thistle (WL) Cirsium horridulumCommon Thistle C. vulgareHorseweed Conyza canadensisAmerican Burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolia

Asters, Goldenrods,etc.

Common Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum



Rough Boneset E. pilosumBoneset or Thoroughwort E. perfoliatumSweet Everlasting Cudweed Gnaphalium obtusifoliumLow Cudweed G. uliginosumWhip Hawkweed Hieracium x flagellareSmooth Hawkweed H. florentinumField Hawkweed H. pratenseSpotted Cat's Ear Hypochoeris radicataWild Lettuce sp. Lactuca sp.Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgareStiff Aster Lonactis linariifoliusSickleleaf Silkgrass Pityopsis falcataGall-of-the-earth Prenanthes trifoliolataBlack-eyed Susan Rudbeckia serotinaCoastal Goldenrod Solidago elliottiiGoldentop sp. S. graminifoliaField Goldenrod S. nemoralisRough Stemmed Goldenrod S. rugosaSeaside Goldenrod S. sempervirensSlender Goldentop S. tenuifoliaSpinyleaf Sow Thistle Sonchus asperLanceleaf American Aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatumColtsfoot Tussilago farfaraCocklebur sp. Xanthium strumarium

Atrichum angustatumAulacomnium palustreBrachythecium rivulareBryhnia novae-angliaeBryum argenteumCallicladium haldanianumCeratodon purpureusDicranella heteromallaDicranum flagellareDicranum scopariumDitrichum lineareDrepanocladus aduncusEntodon seductrixFontinalis novae-angliaeHelodium paludosumIsopterygium tenerumMicromitrium megalosporumMnium hornumPhilonotis fontanaPlagiothecium denticulatumP. latibricola

Mosses

Pohlia nutans



Polytrichum communeP. piliferumRhynchostegium serrulatumSphagnum atlanticumS. fallaxS. fimbriatumS. henryenseS. inundatumS .lescuriiS. palustreS. recurvumS. torreyannumS. trinitenseWarnstorfia fluitansAcarospora smaragdulaAgonimia gelatinosaAmandinea milliariaA. polysporaA. punctataAnisiomeridium biformeArthonia caesiaA. muscigenaA. quintariaBacidina egenulaBuellia StillingianaCaloplaca citrinaC. feracissimaC. holocarpaC. lithophilaCandelariella aurellaCandelariella vitellinaCladonia boryiC. ChlorophaeaC. coniocraeaC. humilisC. cristatellaC. floerkeanaC. furcataC. grayiC. macilentaC. macilentaC. peziziormisC. polycarpoidesC. reiC. subtenuis

Lichen

Cyalideospsis spp.



Flavoparmelia caperataLecanora caesiorubella proliferaL. dispersaL. hageniiL. hybocarpaL. minutellaL. strobilinaL. xylophilaMicarea erracticaM. denigrataParmelia sulcataParmotrema chinenseP. stuppeumPeltigera didactylaPertusaria xanthodesPhaeographis inustaPhaeophycia rubropulchraPhyscia millegranaP. stellarisPlacynthiella icmaleaP. oligotrophaP. uliginosaPolysporina simplexPyrrhospora variansRamalina americanaRinodina gennariiR. maculansSarcogyne privignaScoliciosporum chlorococcumS. umbrinumTrapelia involutaTrapeliopsis flexuosaT. granulosaUsnea strigosa strigosaVerrucaria muralisXanthoria perietinaCalypogeia sullivantiiCephalozia macrostachyaLophocolea heterophyllaNardia insectaRiccia huebeneriana subsp.sullivantii

Liverworts

Scapania nemoreaBlastophysa rhizopusBlidingia minima

CHLOROPHYTA(Green algae)

Chaetomorpha linum



C. minimaCladophora flexuosaCodium fragile ssp. TomentosoidesDerbesia marinaUlva intestinalisU. lactucaCalothrix sp.CYANOPHTYA

(Blue-green algae) Coccoid CyanophyteAscoophyllum nodosumChorda filumChordaria flagelliformisDesmarestia aculeataElachista fucicolaFucus sprialisF. vesiculosusLaminaria digitataL. saccharinaLeathesia difformisMelanosiphon intestinalsPetalonia fasciaPetroderma maculiformePilayella littoralisPunctaria plantagineaSphacelaria radicans

PHAEOPHTYA(Brown algae)

Stragularia sp.Audouinella endozioicaBonnemaisonia hamiferaCallophyllus cristataCeramium rubrumChondrus crispusCoccotylus truncatusCorallina officinalisCruoriopsis gracilisCystoclonium purpureum v.cirrhosumDasya baillouvianaGrinnellia americanaHildenbrandia prototypusH. rubraLomentaria orcadensisNemalion helminthoidesPalmaria palmataPetrocelis sp.Phycodrys rubensPhyllophora pseudocerandoides

RHODOPHTYA (Redalgae)

Phymatolithon laevigatum



Polyides rotundusPolysiphonia nigraP. strictaPterothamnion plumulaRhodomela virgataRhodophysema elegansSpermothamnion repensTrailiellaVerebrata lanosa

Birds Identified at Nomans Land Island NWR


Table B.2. Birds Identified at the Refuge.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMECoopers Hawk Accipiter cooperiiSharp-shinned Hawk (SC) A. striatusSpotted Sandpiper Actitus maculariaRed-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceusWood Duck Aix sponsaSaltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutusAmerican Green-winged Teal Anas creccaBlue-winged Teal A. discorsMallard A. platyrhynchosAmerican Black Duck A. rubripesGadwall A. streperaAmerican Pipit Anthus rubescensRuby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubrisGreat blue Heron Ardea herodiasRuddy Turnstone Arenaria interpresShort-eared Owl (SE) Asio flammeusRedhead Aythya americanaUpland Sandpiper (SE) Bartramia longicaudaCedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorumCanada Goose Branta canadensisBufflehead Bucephala albeolaCommon Goldeneye B. clangulaRed-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensisRough-legged Hawk B. lagopusBroad-winged Hawk B. platypterusGreen Heron Butorides virescensSanderling Calidris albaDunlin C. alpinaWhite-rumped Sandpiper C. fuscicollisPectoral Sandpiper C. melanotosLeast Sandpiper C. minutillaSemipalmated Sandpiper C. pusillaNorthern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalisAmerican Goldfinch Carduelis tristisHouse Finch Carpodacus mexicanusPurple Finch C. purpureusHermit Thrush Catharus guttatusWillet Catoptrophorus semipalmatusBrown Creeper Certhia americanaBelted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyonPiping Plover (FT-ST) Charadrius melodusSemipalmated Plover C. senipalmatus



Killdeer C. vociferusSnow Goose Chen caerulescensBlack Tern Chlidonias nigerCommon Nighthawk Chordeiles minorNorthern Harrier (ST) Circus cyaneusMarsh Wren Cistothorus palustrisSedge Wren (SE) C. platensisLong-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalisYellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanusBlack-billed Cuckoo C. erythropthalmusNorthern Flicker Colaptes auratusEastern Wood-pewee Contopus virensAmerican Crow Corvus brachyrhynchosBlue Jay Cyanocitta cristataMute Swan Cygnus olorBlack-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescensBay-breasted warbler D. castaneaYellow-rumped Warbler D. coronataYellow-throated Warbler D. dominicaMagnolia Warbler D. magnoliaPalm Warbler D. palmarumYellow Warbler D. petechiaPine Warbler D. pinusBlackpoll Warbler (SC) D. striataCape May Warbler D. tigrinaBlack-throated Green Warbler D. virensBobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorusGray Catbird Dumetella carolinensisLittle Blue Heron Egretta caeruleaSnowy Egret E. thulaFlycatcher spp. Empidonax spp.Willow Flycatcher E. trailliiHorned Lark Eremophila alpestrisRusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinusMerlin Falco columbariusPeregrine Falcon (SE) F. peregrinusKestrel F. sparveriusNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialisWilson's Snipe Gallinago gallinagoCommon Loon (SC) Gavia immerPacific Loon G. pacificaRed-throated Loon G. stellataCommon Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichasAmerican Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatusBald Eagle (SE) Haliaeetus leucocephalusCliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonta



Barn Swallow H. rusticaHarlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicusYellow-breasted Chat Icteria virensBaltimore Oriole Icterus galbulaLeast Bittern (SE) Ixobrychus exilisDark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalisHerring Gull Larus argentatusLaughing Gull L. atricillaRing-billed Gull L. delawarensisLesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscusGlaucous Gull L. hyperboreusGreat Black-backed Gull L. marinusBonaparte's Gull L. philadelphiaShort-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseusHooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatusRed-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalusWhite-winged Scoter Melanitta fuscaBlack Scoter M. nigraSurf Scoter M. perspicillataSwamp Sparrow Melospiza georgianaSong Sparrow M. melodiaRed-breasted Merganser Mergus serratorNorthern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottosBlack-and-white Warbler Mniotilta variaBrown-headed Cowbird Molothrus aterYellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violaceaSnowy Owl Nyctea scandiacaBlack-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticoraxLeach's Storm Petrel (SE) Oceanodroma leucorhoaOsprey Pandion haliaetusHouse Sparrow Passer domesticusSavannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensisIndigo Bunting Passerina cyaneaDouble-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritusGreat Cormorant P. carboCormorant spp. Phalacrocorax spp.Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianusThree-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylusDowny Woodpecker Picoides villosusEastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmusRufous-sided Towhee P. erythrophthalmusScarlet Tanager Piranga olivaceaSnow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalisGlossy ibis Plegadis falcinellusBlack-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarolaHorned Grebe Podiceps auritus



Pied-billed Grebe (SE) Podilymbus podicepsBlue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caeruleaVesper Sparrow (ST) Pooecetes gramineusSora Porzana carolinaGreater Shearwater Puffinus gravisSooty Shearwater P. griseusManx Shearwater P. puffinusCommon Grackle Quiscalus quiscalaVirginia Rail Rallus limicolaRuby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendulaGolden-crowned Kinglet R. SatrapaBank Swallow Riparia ripariaBlack-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactylaEastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebeAmerican Woodcock Scolopax minorOvenbird Seiurus aurocapullusNorthern Waterthrush S. noveboracensisAmerican Redstart Setophaga ruticillaEastern Bluebird Sialia sialisRed-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch S. carolinensisCommon Eider Somateria mollissimaKing Eider S. spectabilisYellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus variusChipping Sparrow Spizella passerinaField Sparrow S. pusillaNorthern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennisPomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinusLeast Tern (SC) Sterna antillarumRoseate Tern (FE-SE) S. dougalliiCommon Tern (SC) S. hirundoArctic Tern (SC) S. paradisaeaEastern Meadowlark Sturnella magnaEuropean Starling Sturnus vulgarisNorthern Gannet Sula bassanusTree Swallow Tachycineta bicolorCarolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianusBrown Thrasher Toxostoma rufumLesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipesGreater Yellowlegs T. melanoleucaHouse Wren Troglodytes aedonWinter Wren T. troglodytesAmerican Robin Turdus migratoriusEastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannusNashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapillaBlue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius



Mourning Dove Zenaida macrouraWhite-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollisWhite-crowned Sparrow Z. leucophrys



Table B.3. Mammals Identified at the Refuge.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMEGray Seal Halichoerus grypusRiver Otter Lutra canadensisHumpback Whale (FE – SE) Megaptera novaeangliaeMuskrat Ondatra zibethicusDomestic Sheep Ovis ariesHarp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicusHarbor Seal Phoca vitulinaStriped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalbaBottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Fish Identified at Nomans Land Island NWR


Table B.4. Fish Identified at or in the surroundings waters of the Refuge.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMECHONDRICHTHYES

(Cartilaginous Fish)Smooth Dogfish Mustelus canisLittle Skate Raja erinaceaBarndoor Skate Raja laevisWinter Skate Raja ocellataThorny Skate Raja radiataSpiny Dogfish Squalus acanthiasAtlantic Torpedo Ray Torpedo nobiliana

OSTEICHTHYES (Bony Fish)Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalisAlewife A. pseudoharengusAmerican Shad A. sapidissimaOrange Filefish Aluterus schoepfiScrawled Filefish Aluterus scriptusNorthern Sand Lance Ammodytes dubiusStriped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetusBay Anchovy A. mitchilliAmerican Eel Anguilla rostrataGray Triggerfish Balistes capriscusLefteye Flounder unclassified BothidaeAtlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannusBlue Runner Caranx crysosCrevalle Jack C. hipposBlack Sea Bass Centropristis striataGulf Stream Flounder Citharichthys arctifronsAtlantic Herring Clupea harengusConger Eel Conger oceanicusConger Eel unclassified CongridaeLumpfish Cyclopterus lumpusWeakfish Cynoscion regalisFlying Gurnard Dactylopterus volitansMackeral Scad Decapterus macarellusFourbeard Rockling Enchelyopus cimbriusSilver Anchovy Engraulis eurystoleSnowy Grouper Epinephelus niveatusSmallmouth Flounder Etropus microstomusRound Herring Etrumeus teresCornetfish unclassified Fistularia sp.Bluespotted Cornetfish F. tabacariaHake unclassified Gadidae



Atlantic Cod Gadus morhuaGoby unclassified GobiidaeNaked Goby Gobiosoma boscSea Raven Hemitripterus americanusLined Seahorse Hippocampus erectusAmerican Plaice Hippoglossoides platessoidesSpot Leiostomus xanthurusFawn Cusk-eel Lepophidium profundorumAtlantic Seasnail Liparis atlanticusGoosefish Lophius americanusSnapper unclassified LutjanidaeGray Snapper Lutjanus griseusOcean Pout Macrozoarces americanusHaddock Melanogrammus aeglefinusAtlantic Silverside Menidia menidiaNorthern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilisSilver Hake Merluccius bilinearisAtlantic Tomcod Microgadus tomcodOcean Sunfish Mola molaPlanehead Filefish Monacanthus hispidusStriped Bass Morone saxatilisRed Goatfish Mullus auratusGrubby Myoxocephalus aenaeus

Longhorn SculpinMyoxocephalusoctodecemspinosus

Cusk-eel unclassified OphidiidaeCrested Cusk-eel Ophidion marginatumStriped Cusk-eel O. marginatumOyster Toadfish Opsanus tauRainbow Smelt Osmerus mordaxRed Porgy Pagrus sedecimSummer Flounder Paralichthys dentatusFourspot Flounder P. oblongusButterfish Peprilus triacanthusRock Gunnel Pholis gunnellusWinter Flounder Pleuronectes americanusYellowtail Flounder P. ferrugineusPollock Pollachius virensBluefish Pomatomus saltatrixBigeye Priacanthus arenatusNorthern Searobin Prionotus carolinusStriped Searobin P. evolansShort Bigeye Pristigenys altaNinespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitiusVermilion Snapper Rhomboplites aurorubensAtlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus

Fish Identified at Nomans Land Island NWR


Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatusWindowpane Scophthalmus aquosusBigeye Scad Selar crumenophthalmusAtlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnisLookdown S. vomerBanded Rudderfish Seriola zonataNorthern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatusNorthern Sennet Sphyraena borealisGuaguanche S. guachanchoScup Stenotomus chrysopsNorthern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscusLizardfish unclassified SynodontidaeInshore Lizardfish Synodus foetensTautog Tautog onitisCunner Tautogolabrus adspersusSnakefish Trachinocephalus myopsRough Scad Trachurus lathamiHogchoker Trinectes maculatusRed Hake Urophycis chussSpotted Hake U. regiaWhite Hake U. tenuis



Table B.5. Amphibians and Reptiles Identified at the Refuge.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMELoggerhead Sea Turtle (FT – ST) Caretta carettaGreen Sea Turtle (FT – ST) Chelonia mydasSnapping Turtle Chelydra serpentiaEastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta pictaSpotted Turtle (SC) Clemmys guttataLeatherback Sea Turtle (FE – SE) Dermochelya coriaceaBlanding’s Turtle (ST) Emydoidea blandingiiHawksbill Sea Turtle (FE – SE) Eretmochelys imbricataKemp’s ridley Sea Turtle (FE – SE) Lepidochelys kempiiEastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Invertebrates Identified at Nomans Land Island NWR


Table B.6. Invertebrates Identified at the Refuge.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMEMOLLUSCABIVALVIA (Bivalves)Jingle Shell Anomia simplexOcean Quahog Arctica islandicaBay Scallop Argopecten irradiansChestnut Astarte Astart castaneaIceland Scallop Chlamys islandicaIceland Scallop clapper C. islandica clapperNorthern Quahog Mercenaria mercenariaRibbed Mussel Modiolus demissusNorthern Horsemussel M. modiolusBlue Mussel Mytilus edulisSea Scallop Placopecten magellanicusAtlantic Surfclam Spisula solidissimaStout Tagelus Tagelus plebeiusNorthern Cardita Venericardia borealis

GASTROPODA (Gastropods)Well-ribbed Dove Shell Anachis translirataWaved Whelk Buccinum undatumKnobbed Whelk Busycon caricaChanneled Whelk Busycotypus canaliculatusCommon Slipper Shell Crepidula fornicataFlat Slipper Shell C. planaCommon Perwinkle Littorina littoreaSmooth Perwinkle L. obtusataNorthern Moon Shell Lunatia herosSpotted Moon Shell L. triseriataMoon Snail NaticidaeDogwinkle Thais lapillusOyster Drill Urosalpinx cinerea

CEPHALOPODA (Squids & Octopuses)Northern Shortfin Squid Illex illecebrosusLongfin Squid Loligo pealeiiLongfin Squid egg mops L. pealeii egg mops

ARTHROPODAMEROSTOMATAHorseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus

CRUSTACEA (Crustaceans)



Blue Crab Callinectes sapidusJonah Crab Cancer borealisAtlantic Rock Crab C. irroratusGreen Crab Carcinus maenasShrimp unclassified Crustacea shrimpAmerican Lobster Homarus smericanusSpider Crab unclassified MajidaeLady Crab Ovalipes ocellatusHermit Crab unclassified PaguroideaMantis Shrimp unclassified Stomatopoda

ECHINODERMATASand Dollar unclassified ClypeasteroidaSea Star, Brittle Star Stelleroidea

INSECTALEPIDOPTERA (Butterflies & Moths)Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitorPolyphemus Moth Anthaerea polyphemusVelvetbean Caterpillar Moth Anticarsia gemmatalisDrunk Apamea Moth (SC) Apamea inebriataIo Moth Automeris ioCommon Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegalaChain Dot Geometer (SC) Cingilia catenariaOrange Sulphur Colias eurythemeClouded Sulphur C. philodiceMonarch Danaus plexippusAzalea Sphinx Darapsa choerilusEastern Tailed Blue Everes comyntasCorn Earworm Moth Heliothis zeaLeonard's Skipper Hesperia leonardusCommon Buckeye Junonia coeniaViceroy Limenitis archippusAmerican Copper Lycaena phlaeasZebra Caterpillar Moth Melanchra pictaMourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopaDune Noctuid Moth (SC) Oncocnemis ripariaPearl Crescent Phyciodes tharosCabbage White Pieris RapaePeck's Skipper Polites corasLong Dash (skipper) P. mysticArmy Worm Pseudaletia unipunctaBanded Woolly Bear (Isabella tiger moth) Pyrrharetia isabellaSpartina Borer Moth (SC) Spartiniphaga inopsRegal Fritillary (presumed extirpated) Speyeria idaliaGray Hairstreak Strymon melinus

Invertebrates Identified at Nomans Land Island NWR


European Skipper Thymelicus lineolaRed Admiral Vanessa atalantaEuropean Painted Lady V. carduiAmerican Lady V. virginiensisPale-banded Dart Xestia badinodis

COLEOPTERA & OTHER INSECTS (Beetles & Other Insects)Hairy-necked Beach Tiger Beetle Cicindela hirticollisPunctured Tiger Beetle C. punctulata punctulataPraying Mantis Mantis religiosaAmerican Carrion Beetle Necrophila americanaFireflies Photuris spp.



Annotated BibliographyGore, L. and A. Jones. 2003. Memorandum: Noman's Land Island NWR Bird and Habitat Assessment byLamar B. Gore, Division of Migratory Birds, Migratory Bird Biologist and Andrea L. Jones, MA AudubonSociety, Bird Conservation Biologist. (Personal included: Stephanie Koch, Janet Thibault, and RachelNichols).

Haines, A. 2005. Nomans Land Island Floristic Inventory, 18-20 July 2005. New England WildflowerSociety, Framingham, MA. 5 p.

Kneiper, E. 2004. The Lichens of Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge, Chilmark, Dukes County,Massachusetts. Site visit conducted June 29 – July 1 and August 25-27, 2004. 17 pp.

Massachuetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Undated. Breeding Bird List from 1970 through 1987 byBrad Blodget, State Ornithologist at MassWildlife (terns and gulls only).

Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Engangered Species Program. 1988. A Floristic Survey of NomansLand, Massachusetts. June 22-23, 1988. Investigators: Bruce Sorrie, Richard LeBlond, Ralph Andrews,Gary Atwell, Carl Ferguson.

Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program. 1989. Trip Report: Nomans LandNWR. Thomas French, Asst Director, MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife/MNHP. July 26, 1989(Personnel included: French, Gus Ben David and Steve Roble).

Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program. 1989. Trip Report: Nomans LandNWR. Thomas French, Asst Director, MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife/MNHP. October 6, 1989(Personnel included : French, Gus Ben David, and Arnold Brown).

Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program. 1998. MNHP Rare Species andNatural Communities Doncumented on Nomans Island NWR, 17 Sept 1998.

Miller, N.G. 2008. Bryophytes of Nomans Land, Dukes County, Town of Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard,Massachusetts. Site visit conducted August 6-8, 2007. 7pp.

Sears, J.R. 2005. Survey of Benthic Seaweeds – Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge. Site visitconducted July 22-23 an August 9, 2004. 16pp.

Smith, N. and V. Zolo. 2004. Detected by Norman Smith and Vin Zolo (MA Audubon) while at Nomans forRaptor Banding during the trip 10/13-14/2004.

USFWS. Undated. Composite List of Birds and Other Wildlife Observed on Noman's Land Island SinceApril 1980.

Annotated Bibliography


USFWS. 1974. Mammal Survey on Nomans Land Island on September 18-19, 1974 - Management Biologist,Div. of Wildlife Refuge, Boston, MA.

USFWS. 1976. Memorandum: Trip Report - Nomans Land Island & Letter From MA Audubon Society(identifying species observed) -- both from same trip June 25, 1976. (Personnel: William French, USFWS;Dr. Alan Nesbit, Mass Audubon; Robert Steinwurtzel; Undersecretary Reed's Office).

USFWS. 1978. Files: RAL Coastal Ecosystems. Inspection Trip - Nomans Land Island. (Personnel: BillFrench and Ralph Anderson).

USFWS. 1979. Coastal Waterbird Colonies: Maine to Virginia, 1977. An Atlas Showing Colony Locationsand Species Compositions. Erwin, R.M. and C.E. Korschgen. FWS/085-79/08.

USFWS. 1979. Memorandum: Wildlife Management Joint Inspection - Nomans Land Island on July 19,1979 (To the Regional Director from Migratory Bird Coordinator).

USFWS. 1980. Memorandum to Files. Tern Census-Nomans Land Island. French, Andrew. July 15, 1980(Trip on June 26, 1980).

USFWS. 1980. Memorandum: Noman's Land Island Trip Report - Incidental Observations. March 27th,1980. (Personnel: Gerry Atwell, Commander Warren Dick and Commander Glen Edleman).

USFWS. 1982. Nomans Land Inventory (Trip Report) May 26-27, 1982. (Personnel : Augustus Ben DavidII, Ed Ladd, and Gerry Atwell - USFWS.).

USFWS. 1984. Memorandum: Noman's Land Island (Completed first survey of island) Trip Report April 30,1984. Edward Ladd.

USFWS. 1985. Nomans Land Island NWR: Statement in Lieu of a Master Plan. (Anne Hecht - Draft copywith tern breeding pair numbers for 1970 through 1972 , 1982 and 1984; and estimates of other breedingbird pairs for 1985?).

USFWS. 1986. Wildlife Information Report Nomans Land Island NWR. July 15, 1986.

USFWS. 1986. Wildlife Information Report Nomans Land Island NWR. July 16, 1986.

USFWS. 1987. File Record. Species Account: Nomans Land NWR. Humphrey, Robert C., J. FrederickMilton, and Gerry Atwell. May 21, 1987.



USFWS. 1987. File Record. Species Accounts for Nomans Land Island NWR, October 21-22, 1987.(Personnel: Primary Asst. Manager Milton, Asst. Manager Smith, Jerry Rodriquez, and Carl Ferguson).

USFWS. 1990. Coastal Waterbird Colonies: Maine to Virginia, 1984-85. An Update of an Atlas Based on1977 Data Showing Colony Locations, Species and Nesting Pairs at Both Time Periods. Andrews, Ralph.

USFWS. 1998. Incidental observation during site visits 8/7 and 8/21/98.

USFWS. 1998. Incidental observations during site visit March 12, 1998 by Bud Oliveira, Project Leader,Great Meadows NWR Complex.

USFWS. 2008. Post Burn trip by USFWS staff and vol. to check post burn veg & bird populations. USFWS= SK, EM. Vol.= Tim Prior, Oscar Koch, John Hines, Craig Gibson, Simon Perkins.

U.S. Navy. 1985. Memorandum: Nomans Land Island, Massachusetts Natural Resources Management PlanFY 1986-1990. Prepared by Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Natural ResourcesManagement Branch, Philadelphia, PA. December 1985.

University of Massachusetts. 2003. Marine Algae species collections from 1967-68, Southwest Shoal within4.8 km of NLI by Jim Sears, UMASS Dartmouth. Compiled June 2003.

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