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Credits and a key to the North Carolina state odonates list below. The list was amended to make it easier for the beginner odonatist to understand and read. On to the List and photos.

DRAFT -- Version 3, December 12, 2000; NC Natural Heritage Program/The Nature Conservancy. Edited by Harry LeGrand (NC NHP); table provided by John Finnegan (NC NHP) from the TNC/NC NHP database.

Scientific and common names taken from The Odonata of North America, a list of English and scientific names provided by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas. The list is arranged in taxonomic order for families, but arranged in alphabetical order by genus within each family, and alphabetical by species within each genus.

State ranks are assigned by the NC Natural Heritage Program. Steve Hall (NC NHP) provided these ranks, with considerable input from Duncan Cuyler.

S1 =	critically imperiled in NC because of extreme rarity or because of some factor(s) making it very vulnerable to extirpation from NC; 1-5 extant populations
S2 =	imperiled in NC because of rarity of because of some factor(s) making it very vulnerable to extirpation from NC; 6-20 extant populations
S3 =	rare or uncommon in NC; 21-100 extant populations
S4 =	apparently secure in NC, with many occurrences
S5 =	demonstrably secure in NC and essentially ineradicable under present conditions
SA =	accidental or casual; one to several records for NC, but the state is outside to normal range of the species
SH =	of historical occurrence in North Carolina, perhaps not having been verified in the past 25 years, and suspected to be still extant
SR =	reported from NC, with without persuasive documentation which would provide a basis for either accepting or rejecting the report
SU =	possibly in peril in NC but status uncertain; need more information
SZN	non-breeding migrant (Z = zero conservation concern; N = non-breeding season)

SEASONS FOUND: General times can be found in the state; sp = spring, su = summer, fa = fall

RANGE: General range in the state, by province; m = mountains, p = piedmont, s = sandhills, c = coastal plain, t = tidewater, state = whole state. Data provided by Steve Hall.

As this is just a second draft at a state list, there are a number of items that need input, such as taxonomic questions and information on range in NC. Please feel free to make comments on this list to the odonate e-mail list set up by Alex Netherton, or contact Harry LeGrand for comment, so that he can seek input through this e-mail list. The NC NHP also wants input on rare species and would like data on species indicated as "Y" or "W" under NC TRACK?.

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