Eyes of Paint Branch

Conservation, Education, and Action for the Paint Branch and Its Watershed

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By John M. Parrish, Field Botanist/Ecologist 2001

Common Name /Latin Name	Rank	Status	Watershed
Carolina Clubmoss* Lycopodiella caroliniana	SH	X	Little Paint Branch
Coastal False Asphodel* Tofieldia racemosa	SH	X	Little Paint Branch
Red Milkweed* Asclepias rubra	S1	E	Powder Mill Bogs
Grass Pink* Calopogon tuberosus	S1	E	Powder Mill Bogs
Long's Rush Juncus longii	S1	E	Paint Branch
Creeping Cucumber* Melothria pendula	S1	E	Paint Branch
Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis	S1	T	Little Paint Branch
Featherbells Stenanthium gramineum	S1	T	Paint Branch & LPB
Cross-leaved Milkwort* Polygala cruciata	S2	T	Powder Mill Bogs
Canada Burnet* Sanguisorba canadensis	S2	T	Little Paint Branch
Halberd-leaved Greenbrier Smilax pseudochina	S2	T	Little Paint Branch
Ten-angled Pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare	S2	rare	Paint Branch
Reticulated Nutrush* Scleria reticularis	S2	rare	Powder Mill Bogs
American Chestnut Castanea dentata	S2/ S3	rare/ watchlist	Paint Branch & LPB
Bashful Bulrush Scirpus verecundus	S2/ S3	rare/ watchlist	Paint Branch
Twisted Spikerush Eleocharis tortilis	S3	watchlist	Powder Mill Bogs
Ground-cedar Lycopodium tristachyum	S3	watchlist	Paint Branch
Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides	S3	watchlist	Paint Branch & LPB
Bog Goldenrod Solidago uliginosa	S3	watchlist	Paint Branch & LPB
Smooth Tick-trefoil Desmodium laevigatum	S3	watchlist	Little Paint Branch

State Rank
S-1	Highly state rare. Critically imperiled in Maryland because of state rarity.
S-2	State rare. Imperiled in Maryland because of rarity.
S-3	Watchlist. Rare to uncommon in Maryland, worthy of attention due to limited distributions, declining populations, or ecological vulnerabilities.
S-H	Historically known from Maryland, but not verified for an extended period (usually 20 or more years), with an expectation that it may be rediscovered.
State Status
E	Endangered: A species whose continued existence as a viable component of the state's flora or fauna is determined to be in jeopardy.
T	Threatened: A species of flora or fauna which appears likely, within the foreseeable future, to become endangered in the state.
X	Extirpated: A species that was once a viable component of the flora or fauna of the state, but for which no naturally occurring populations are known to exist in the state.
*	Historic Occurrence - These plants are known to have historically occurred in the indicated watershed, however it is not known if they still exist there today.
Note: the area historically known as the "Powder Mill Bogs" occurred in BOTH watersheds. There were numerous bog sites in this area, nearly all of which have been destroyed.