NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Natural Heritage Program - Natural Heritage Element Occurrences
Natural Heritage Program
Natural Heritage Element OccurrencesThe Natural Heritage Program collects information on occurrences of rare plants and animals, exemplary or unique natural communities, and important animal assemblages (e.g., heronries and colonial waterbird nesting sites). Collectively, these plants, animals, natural communities, and animal assemblages are referred to as "elements of natural diversity" or simply as "elements." Specific occurrences of these elements are referred to as "element occurrences."
Many of these element occurrences are on private land and are not accessible without landowner permission. As of 2012, the Natural Heritage Program has nearly 25,000 element occurrence records for the 1600+ elements we track, including records for approximately:
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