Updated 05/14/06
 
NWF Backyard Wildlife Habitat #4244

Critical Habitats & Associated Species in NH
©NH Fish & Game Dept

Criteria used by experts to determine status in state included:

1. Distribution and abundance in New Hampshire and Northeast. Peripheral species that are common elsewhere often were of less conservation concern than endemic or species in the core of range.
2. What is the risk to the species or species habitat in New Hampshire
3. Species vulnerability due to life-history characteristics (e.g., reproductive rate, home range size).
4. Population trends in New Hampshire, regionally, or globally (i.e., is species stable, declining for 1 yr, many years)

Lake Bald eagle Common loon Osprey Round whitefish Sunapee trout Riverine Cobblestone tiger beetle Puritan tiger beetle Dwarf wedge mussel Brook floater mussel Eastern pond mussel Shortnose sturgeon Swamp darter Banded sunfish Tessellated darter Brook lamprey Round whitefish Finescale dace Atlantic sturgeon Redfin pickerel Bridled shiner Redbelly dace Wood turtle Louisiana waterthrush Bald eagle Common loon Osprey Floodplain forest Jefferson salamander Northern leopard frog Wood turtle Red shouldered hawk Cerulean warbler Eastern red bat Silver haired bat Marsh/Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Banded bog skimmer Eastern ribbon snake Blanding's turtle Spotted turtle Northern harrier Least bittern Pied-billed grebe Common moorhen Great blue heron (rookery) American bittern King rail Black duck Sedge wren Eastern red bat Silver haired bat Vernal Pools Jefferson salamander Marbled salamander Eastern ribbon snake Northern Bog Hoary comma Mink frog Spruce grouse Rusty blackbird Palm warbler Northern bog lemming Salt Marsh Willet Semipalmated sandpiper Common tern American bittern Black duck Short-eared owl Seaside sparrow Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow Saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow Sand Dune Piping plover Least tern Semipalmated sandpiper Coastal Islands Common tern Roseate tern Black guillemot Purple sandpiper Arctic tern

Sand plain/ Pitch Pine Karner blue butterfly Pine pinion moth Phyllira tiger moth Pine barrens itame Sleepy duskywing The cora moth Wild indigo duskywing Barrens xylotype Broad-lined catopyrrha Frosted elfin butterfly Persius dusky wing Pine barrens Zanclognatha moth Fowler's toad Eastern hognose snake Smooth green snake Black racer Eastern box turtle Whip-poor-will Common nighthawk Eastern towhee Extensive Grassland Northern leopard frog Black racer Smooth green snake Northern harrier Upland sandpiper Eastern meadowlark Horned lark Purple martin Vesper sparrow Henslow's sparrow Grasshopper sparrow Early Successional Black racer Smooth green snake American woodcock Ruffed grouse Eastern towhee Golden-winged warbler New England cottontail High Elevation Spruce Fir Spruce grouse Bay breasted warbler Bicknell's thrush Pine marten Canada lynx Acadian Spruce-Fir Forest Spruce grouse Three-toed woodpecker Rusty blackbird Purple finch Bay breasted warbler Hoary bat Northern bog lemming Pine marten Canada lynx Alpine White Mountain butterfly White Mountain fritillary American (water) pipit Cliffs Peregrine falcon Golden eagle Caves/mines Small-footed bat Eastern pipistrelle Northern long eared bat Indiana bat Ledge/ rocky outcrops/ scree Timber rattlesnake Small Unfragmented Habitat Mosaics Red shouldered hawk Cooper's hawk American woodcock Ruffed grouse Whip-poor-will Veery Wood thrush Canada warbler Cerulean warbler Large Unfragmented Habitat Mosaics Goshawk Black bear Bobcat Canada lynx Wolf