Central Sand Hills:
Endangered & Threatened Species
Birds | Butterflies & Moths |
Dragonflies & Damselflies | Fish
Herptiles | Leafhoppers | Mayflies |
Mussels |
Plants
Birds | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow | THR | |
| Buteo lineatus | Red-shouldered Hawk | THR | |
| Coturnicops noveboracensis | Yellow Rail | THR | |
| Dendroica cerulea | Cerulean Warbler | THR | |
| Helmitheros vermivorus | Worm-eating Warbler | END | |
| Lanius ludovicianus | Loggerhead Shrike | END | |
| Nyctanassa violacea | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | END | |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | THR | |
| Podiceps grisegena | Red-necked Grebe | END | |
| Sterna caspia | Caspian Tern | END | |
| Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern | END | |
| Tympanuchus cupido | Greater Prairie-chicken | THR | |
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl | END | |
| Vireo bellii | Bell's Vireo | THR | |
Butterflies and Moths | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Calephelis muticum | Swamp Metalmark | END | |
| Lycaeides melissa samuelis | Karner Blue Butterfly | SC | LE |
| Papaipema silphii | Silphium Borer Moth | END | |
| Speyeria idalia | Regal Fritillary | END | |
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Dragonflies and Damselflies | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Aeshna mutata | Spatterdock Darner | THR | |
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Fish | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Cycleptus elongatus | Blue Sucker | THR | |
| Hiodon alosoides | Goldeye | END | |
| Ictiobus niger | Black Buffalo | THR | |
| Lepomis megalotis | Longear Sunfish | THR | |
| Lythrurus umbratilis | Redfin Shiner | THR | |
| Macrhybopsis aestivalis | Shoal Chub | THR | |
| Moxostoma valenciennesi | Greater Redhorse | THR | |
| Notropis anogenus | Pugnose Shiner | THR | |
| Polyodon spathula | Paddlefish | THR | |
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Herptiles | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Acris crepitans blanchardi | Blanchard's Cricket Frog | END | |
| Clemmys insculpta | Wood Turtle | THR | |
| Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's Turtle | THR | |
| Ophisaurus attenuatus | Western Slender Glass Lizard | END | |
| Sistrurus catenatus catenatus | Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake | END | C |
| Terrapene ornata | Ornate Box Turtle | END | |
| Thamnophis proximus | Western Ribbon Snake | END | |
| Thamnophis sauritus | Northern Ribbon Snake | END | |
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Leafhoppers and True Bugs | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Aflexia rubranura | Red-tailed Leafhopper | END | |
| Polyamia dilata | A Prairie Leafhopper | END | |
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Mayflies | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Spinadis wallacei | Wallace's Deepwater Mayfly | END | |
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Mussels | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Fusconaia ebena | Ebonyshell | END | |
| Plethobasus cyphyus | Bullhead | END | |
| Quadrula fragosa | Winged Mapleleaf | END | LE |
| Quadrula metanevra | Monkeyface | THR | |
| Simpsonaias ambigua | Salamander Mussel | THR | |
| Tritogonia verrucosa | Buckhorn | THR | |
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Plants | |||
| Scientific | Common | State | |
| Agalinis gattingeri | Roundstem Foxglove | THR | |
| Asclepias lanuginosa | Wooly Milkweed | THR | |
| Asclepias ovalifolia | Dwarf Milkweed | THR | |
| Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | END | |
| Carex lupuliformis | False Hop Sedge | END | |
| Catabrosa aquatica | Brook Grass | END | |
| Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle | THR | |
| Cypripedium candidum | Small White Lady's-slipper | THR | |
| Diarrhena obovata | Beak Grass | END | |
| Drosera linearis | Slenderleaf Sundew | THR | |
| Erigenia bulbosa | Harbinger-of-spring | END | |
| Fuirena pumila | Dwarf Umbrella-sedge | END | |
| Gentiana alba | Yellow Gentian | THR | |
| Gnaphalium obtusifolium var. saxicola | Cliff Cudweed | THR | |
| Lespedeza leptostachya | Prairie Bush Clover | END | |
| Lespedeza virginica | Slender Bush-clover | THR | |
| Muhlenbergia richardsonis | Soft-leaf Muhly | END | |
| Opuntia fragilis | Brittle Prickly-pear | THR | |
| Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea | Fassett's Locoweed | END | LT |
| Parthenium integrifolium | American Feverfew | THR | |
| Platanthera flava var. herbiola | Pale Green Orchid | THR | |
| Poa paludigena | Bog Bluegrass | THR | |
| Polytaenia nuttallii | Prairie Parsley | THR | |
| Psilocarya scirpoides | Long-beaked Baldrush | THR | |
| Scirpus cespitosus | Tufted Club-rush | THR | |
| Tofieldia glutinosa | Sticky False-asphodel | THR | |
| Vaccinium cespitosum | Dwarf Huckleberry | END | |
| Valeriana sitchensis ssp. uliginosa | Marsh Valerian | THR | |
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Last Revised: Wednesday October 19 2005
Last Revised: Wednesday October 19 2005
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