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Jacques Cousteau Reserve, New Jersey

Endangered Species

 The federally-listed, threatened plant swamp pink (helonias bullata) is found within the reserve. Several occurrences of the federally-listed, threatened plant Knieskern's beaked-rush (Rhynchospora knieskernii) have been documented within the reserve boundary, as well as the sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynome), Seabeach Amaranth (Amaranthus pumulis), American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana), all federally-listed as threatened plants.

The piping plover nests within the reserve's boundary (a federally-listed threatened species), as well as the endangered bald eagle and the peregrine falcon. A state endangered reptile, the Timber rattlesnake, and several threatened and endangered sea turtles and other marine mammals also utilize land and waters that are protected within the reserve boundaries.

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