Data provided by the Alabama Natural Heritage Program

 

According to an analysis by the Alabama Natural Heritage Program (ALNHP), a number of plant and animal species found in Ebenezer Swamp are extremely rare. One criteria used to determine rank is presence of the specie in the environment. Species that have been found in fewer than 20 occurrences are classified as imperiled. A specie found in five or fewer occurrences is thought to be critically imperiled.

 

Plant Species	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank
Rhynchospora stenophylla Carey	Chapman beak rush		Imperiled
Listera australis Lindley	Southern twayblade		Imperiled
Ponthieva racemosa(Walter)Mohr	Shadow-witch orchid		Imperiled
Platanthera flava (L.) R. Brown	Southern rein orchid		Imperiled
Rudbeckia auriculata	Eared coneflower	Critically imperiled	Critically imperiled

 

Animal Species	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank
Gomphus consanguis	Cherokee clubtail	Imperiled; either very rare and local throughout its range or found locally in a restricted range	Critically imperiled; imperiled because of rarity
Elimia cochiliaris	Cockle elimia	Critically imperiled	Critically imperiled

 

Overall, Ebenezer's rank as a natural community: Ebenezer Swamp is a Nyssa aquatica Forest

 

Natural Community Type	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank
Nyssa aquatica Forest	Water Tupelo Swamp		Imperiled; rare or uncommon in Alabama

 

About the ALNHP

The mission of the Alabama Natural Heritage Program is to provide the best available scientific information on the biological diversity of Alabama to guide conservation action and promote sound stewardship practices within the state and throughout the Southeast.

More information at ALNHP web site.

 

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