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The species data on this page is taken from the Minnesota DNR, which also uses several labels to indicate a fish's status within Minnesota waters. An endangered fish species is near extinction in Minnesota, a threatened species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future, and a special concern species is either extremely ...
The common loon is the state bird of Minnesota. This list of birds of Minnesota includes species documented in the U.S. state of Minnesota and accepted by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (MOURC). As of October 2020, there are 446 species included in the official list.
Solidago plumosa is a rare species of goldenrod known by the common names Yadkin River goldenrod, [3] plumed goldenrod, [4] and plumose goldenrod. [5] It is endemic to North Carolina in the United States, where it grows only on the banks of the Yadkin River. There is only one known population. It is a candidate for federal protection. [3]
It was thought to be extinct [3] until several unidentified fish specimens were collected from the Savannah River and Pee Dee River in 1980 and 1985. [2] In August 1991, biologists with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources officially rediscovered the species when five specimens of the fish were collected in the Oconee River , and ...
The South Yadkin River is a 75 mi (121 km) long river that flows through Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes counties of North Carolina. The mouth is located north of High Rock Lake , where the South Yadkin River meets the Yadkin River .
There are 38 aquatic rare species within the basin, including the Shortnose sturgeon and Carolina heelsplitter, which are listed as federally endangered. [2] Bald eagles can be found in the locality of Badin Lake. [2] The bald eagle sightings were so common in the area that Alcoa's subsidiary, Yadkin, Inc., developed a Bald Eagle Management Plan.
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.
In the laboratory, lake chubs have expressed free-running circadian rhythms that are among the most precise of the few fish species studied to date. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] These fish are usually diurnal in the laboratory, but in the wild they can be diurnal, crepuscular, or nocturnal.