CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^157SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
HARDWOOD SEEPS
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Amphibians Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Spring Salamander 2
Hemidactylium scutatum Four-Toed Salamander 2
Plethodon websteri Webster's Salamander 2
Plethodon ventralis Southern Zigzag Salamander 2
Pseudotriton montanus Mud Salamander 2
Pseudotriton ruber Red Salamander 3
Pseudacris brachyphona Mountain Chorus Frog 3
Plethodon ainsworthi Baysprings Salamander 4
Birds Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler 2
Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird 2
Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler 2
Scolopax minor American Woodcock 3
Oporornis formosus Kentucky Warbler 3
Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler 3
Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager 3
Migrant Songbirds
Fish Phoxinus erythrogaster Southern Redbelly Dace 2
Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose Dace 2
Etheostoma kennicotti Stripetail Darter 2
Etheostoma nigripinne Blackfin Darter 2
Clinostomus funduloides Rosyside Dace 3
Etheostoma asprigene Mud Darter 3
Etheostoma flabellare Fantail Darter 3
Mammals Myotis austroriparius Southeastern Myotis 1
Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat 2
Myotis grisescens Gray Myotis 2
Myotis septentrionalis Northern Myotis 2
Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis 2
Myotis sodalis Indiana Or Social Myotis 4
Reptiles Regina rigida deltae Delta Crayfish Snake 2
Regina rigida sinicola Gulf Crayfish Snake 3
THREATS TO HARDWOOD SEEP COMMUNITIES
Forestry Conversion medium
Groundwater and Surface Water Withdrawal medium
Incompatible Resource Extraction Practices medium
Incompatible Forestry Practices low
Road Construction/Management low