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Threatened and Endangered Species in the Great Lake States

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These lists taken from the US Fish and Wildlife service's formatting of the 50 CFR 17.11 and 17.12 are current as of November 30, 1994.

Illinois--23 species

Animals Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Pearlymussel, Higgins' eye (Lampsilis higginsi)
Pearlymussel, orange-foot pimple back (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Pearlymussel, white wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Snail, Iowa Pleistocene (Discus macclintocki)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Warbler (wood), Kirtland's (Dendroica kirtlandii)

Plants
Decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens)
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys herbacea)
Leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa)
Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
Prairie bush-clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)

Indiana--20 species

Animals
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Butterfly, Mitchell's satyr (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Mussel, ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)
Pearlymussel, orange-foot pimple back (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Pearlymussel, tubercled-blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Pearlymussel, white cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua (=sulcata delicata))
Pearlymussel, white wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)

PLANTS
Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)

Michigan--18 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Warbler (wood), Kirtland's (Dendroica kirtlandii)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Beetle, Hungerford's crawling water (Brychius hungerfordi)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Butterfly, Mitchell's satyr (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Plants
Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
Dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Michigan monkey-flower (Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Houghton's goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii)
American hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americana (=Phyllitis japonica))

Minnesota--11 species

Animals
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Mussel, winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa)
Pearlymussel, Higgins' eye (Lampsilis higginsi)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Plants
Leedy's roseroot (Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi)
Minnesota trout lily (Erythronium propullans)
Prairie bush-clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Ohio--18 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Madtom, Scioto (Noturus trautmani)
Pearlymussel, purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
Pearlymussel, white cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua (=sulcata delicata))
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Warbler, Kirtland's (Dendroica kirtlandii)

Plants Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys herbaceaacaulis var. glabra)
Northern wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Wisconsin--15 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Mussel, winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa)
Pearlymussel, Higgins' eye (Lampsilis higginsi)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Warbler, Kirtland's (Dendroica kirtlandii)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Plants Dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris)
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea)
Northern wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)
Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
Prairie bush-clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)

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