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Threatened and Endangered Species in the Southeastern 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.

Florida--93 species

Animals
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Butterfly, Schaus swallowtail (Heraclides (=Papilio) aristodemus ponceanus)
Caracara, Audubon's crested (Polyborus plancus audubonii)
Crocodile, American (Crocodylus acutus)
Darter, Okaloosa (Etheostoma okaloosae)
Deer, key (Odocoileus virginianus clavium)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Jay, Florida scrub (Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens)
Kite, Everglade snail (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)
Manatee, West Indian (=Florida) (Trichechus manatus)
Mouse, Anastasia Island beach (Peromyscus polionotus phasma)
Mouse, Choctawahatchee beach (Peromyscus polionotus allophrys)
Mouse, Key Largo cotton (Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola)
Mouse, Perdido Key beach (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis)
Mouse, southeastern beach (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris)
Panther, Florida (Felis concolor coryi)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Rabbit, Lower Keys (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri)
Rice rat (=silver rice rat) (Oryzomys palustris natator)
Shrimp, Squirrel Chimney Cave (=Florida cave) (Palaemonetes cummingi)
Skink, bluetail (=blue-tailed) mole (Eumeces egregius lividus)
Skink, sand (Neoseps reynoldsi)
Snail, Stock Island tree (Orthalicus reses (not incl. nesodryas)
Snake, Atlantic salt marsh (Nerodia clarkii taeniata)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Sparrow, Cape Sable seaside (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)
Sparrow, Florida grasshopper (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus)
Stork, wood (Mycteria americana)
Sturgeon, Gulf (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Vole, Florida salt marsh (Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)
Woodrat, Key Largo (Neotoma floridana smalli)

Plants
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Apalachicola rosemary (Conradina glabra)
Avon Park harebells (Crotalaria avonensis)
Beach jacquemontia (Jacquemontia reclinata)
Beautiful pawpaw (Deeringothamnus pulchellus)
Britton's beargrass (Nolina brittoniana)
Brooksville (=Robins') bellflower (Campanula robinsiae)
Carter's mustard (Warea carteri)
Chapman rhododendron (Rhododendron chapmanii)
Cooley's meadowrue (Thalictrum cooleyi)
Cooley's water-willow (Justicia cooleyi)
Crenulate lead-plant (Amorpha crenulata)
Deltoid spurge (Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp. deltoidea)
Etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia)
Florida bonamia (Bonamia grandiflora) Florida golden aster (Chrysopsis floridana)
Florida perforate cladonia (Cladonia perforata)
Florida skullcap (Scutellaria floridana)
Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia)
Florida ziziphus (Ziziphus celata)
Four-petal pawpaw (Asimina tetramera)
Fragrant prickly-apple (Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans)
Fringed campion (Silene polypetala)
Garber's spurge (Chamaesyce garberi)
Garrett's mint (Dicerandra christmanii)
Gentian pinkroot (Spigelia gentianoides)
Godfrey's butterwort (Pinguicula ionantha)
Harper's beauty (Harperocallis flava)
Highlands scrub hypericum (Hypericum cumulicola)
Key tree-cactus (Pilosocereus robinii (=Cereus r.)
Lakela's mint (Dicerandra immaculata)
Lewton's polygala (Polygala lewtonii)
Longspurred mint (Dicerandra cornutissima)
Miccosukee gooseberry (Ribes echinellum)
Okeechobee gourd (Cucurbita okeechobeensis ssp. okeechobeensis)
Papery whitlow-wort (Paronychia chartacea)
Pigeon wings (Clitoria fragrans)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Pygmy fringe-tree (Chionanthus pygmaeus)
Rugel's pawpaw (Deeringothamnus rugelii)
Sandlace (Polygonella myriophylla)
Scrub blazingstar (Liatris ohlingerae)
Scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium)
Scrub lupine (Lupinus aridorum)
Scrub mint (Dicerandra frutescens)
Scrub plum (Prunus geniculata)
Short-leaved rosemary (Conradina brevifolia)
Small's milkpea (Galactia smallii)
Snakeroot (Eryngium cuneifolium)
Telephus spurge (Euphorbia telephioides)
Tiny polygala (Polygala smallii)
White birds-in-a-nest (Macbridea alba)
Wide-leaf warea (Warea amplexifolia)
Wireweed (Polygonella basiramia)

Georgia--49 species

Animals
Acornshell, southern (Epioblasma othcaloogensis)
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
Combshell, upland (Epioblasma metastriata)
Darter, amber (Percina antesella)
Darter, goldline (Percina aurolineata)
Darter, snail (Percina tanasi)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Kidneyshell, triangular (Ptychobranchus greeni)
Logperch, Conasauga (Percina jenkinsi)
Manatee, West Indian (=Florida) (Trichechus manatus)
Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
Moccasinshell, Coosa (Medionidus parvulus)
Pigtoe, southern (Pleurobema georgianum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fine-lined (Lampsilis altilis)
Shiner, blue (Cyprinella (=Notropis) caerulea)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Stork, wood (Mycteria americana)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Black-spored quillwort (Isoetes melanospora)
Canby's dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi)
Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia)
Fringed campion (Silene polypetala)
Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Hairy rattleweed (Baptisia arachnifera)
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum)
Large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana)
Little amphianthus (Amphianthus pusillus)
Mat-forming quillwort (Isoetes tegetiformans)
Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii)
Mohr's Barbara's buttons (Marshallia mohrii)
Persistent trillium (Trillium persistens)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Relict trillium (Trillium reliquum)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Smooth coneflower (Echinacea laevigata)
Swamp pink (Helonias bullata)
Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Kentucky--37 species

Animals
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Virginia big-eared (Plecotus townsendii virginianus)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Dace, blackside (Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
Darter, relict (Etheostoma (Catonotus) chienense)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Mussel, ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)
Mussel, winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa)
Pearlymussel, cracking (Hemistena lata)
Pearlymussel, Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis)
Pearlymussel, dromedary (Dromus dromas)
Pearlymussel, little-wing (Pegias fabula)
Pearlymussel, orange-foot pimple back (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta)
Pearlymussel, purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
Pearlymussel, tubercled-blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Pearlymussel, white wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Riffleshell, tan (Epioblasma walkeri)
Shiner, Palezone (Notropis sp.)
Shrimp, Kentucky cave (Palaemonias ganteri)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

PLANTS
Cumberland rosemary (Conradina verticillata)
Cumberland sandwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis)
Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)
Short's goldenrod (Solidago shortii)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)
White-haired goldenrod (Solidago albopilosa)

North Carolina--51 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Virginia big-eared (Plecotus townsendii virginianus)
Manatee, West Indian (=Florida) (Trichechus manatus)
Shrew, Dismal Swamp southeastern (Sorex longirostris fisheri)
Squirrel, Carolina northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus)
Wolf, red (Canis rufus)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp'sAtlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Chub, spotfin (=turquoise shiner) (Cyprinella (=Hybopsis) monacha)
Shiner, Cape Fear (Notropis mekistocholas)
Silverside, Waccamaw (Menidia extensa)
Elktoe, Appalachian (Alasmidonta raveneliana)
Heelsplitter, Carolina (Lasmigona decorata)
Mussel, dwarf wedge (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Pearlymussel, little-wing (Pegias fabula)
Spinymussel, Tar River (Elliptio steinstansana)
Snail, noonday (Mesodon clarki nantahala)
Butterfly, Saint Francis' satyr (Neonympha mitchellii francisci)

Plants
Sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynomene virginica)
Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus)
Small-anthered bittercress (Cardamine micranthera)
Smooth coneflower (Echinacea laevigata)
Spreading avens (Geum radiatum)
Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var. montana)
Schweinitz's sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii)
Swamp pink (Helonias bullata)
Dwarf-flowered heartleaf (Hexastylis naniflora)
Mountain golden heather (Hudsonia montana)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Heller's blazingstar (Liatris helleri)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia asperulaefolia)
Canby's dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi)
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum (=fluviatile)
Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii)
Bunched arrowhead (Sagittaria fasciculata)
Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Mountain sweet pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii)
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
White irisette (Sisyrinchium dichotomum)
Blue Ridge goldenrod (Solidago spithamaea)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)
Cooley's meadowrue (Thalictrum cooleyi)

South Carolina--34 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Heelsplitter, Carolina (Lasmigona decorata)
Manatee, West Indian (=Florida) (Trichechus manatus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Stork, wood (Mycteria americana)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Black-spored quillwort (Isoetes melanospora)
Bunched arrowhead (Sagittaria fasciculata)
Canby's dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi)
Dwarf-flowered heartleaf (Hexastylis naniflora)
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum (=fluviatile)
Little amphianthus (Amphianthus pusillus)
Miccosukee gooseberry (Ribes echinellum)
Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii)
Mountain sweet pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii)
Persistent trillium (Trillium persistens)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Relict trillium (Trillium reliquum)
Rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia asperulaefolia)
Schweinitz's sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii)
Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Smooth coneflower (Echinacea laevigata)
Swamp pink (Helonias bullata)

Tennessee--76 species

Animals
Acornshell, southern (Epioblasma othcaloogensis)
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Chub, slender (Erimystax (=Hybopsis) cahni)
Chub, spotfin (=turquoise shiner) (Cyprinella (=Hybopsis) monacha)
Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
Combshell, upland (Epioblasma metastriata)
Crayfish, Nashville (Orconectes shoupi)
Dace, blackside (Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
Darter, amber (Percina antesella)
Darter, bluemaskjewel) (Etheostoma (Doration) sp.)
Darter, boulder (=Elk River) (Etheostoma wapiti)
Darter, duskytail (Etheostoma (Catonotus) sp.)
Darter, slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi)
Darter, snail (Percina tanasi)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Elktoe, Appalachian (Alasmidonta raveneliana)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Kidneyshell, triangular (Ptychobranchus greeni)
Lampmussel, Alabama (Lampsilis virescens)
Logperch, Conasauga (Percina jenkinsi)
Madtom, pygmy (Noturus stanauli)
Madtom, Smoky (Noturus baileyi)
Madtom, yellowfin (Noturus flavipinnis)
Marstonia (snail), royalobese) (Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) ogmoraphe)
Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
Moccasinshell, Coosa (Medionidus parvulus)
Mussel, ring pinkgolf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)
Pearlymussel, Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa)
Pearlymussel, birdwing (Conradilla caelata)
Pearlymussel, cracking (HemistenaLastena) lata)
Pearlymussel, Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis)
Pearlymussel, Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia)
Pearlymussel, dromedary (Dromus dromas)
Pearlymussel, green-blossom (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum)
Pearlymussel, little-wing (Pegias fabula)
Pearlymussel, orange-foot pimple back (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Pearlymussel, pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)
Pearlymussel, purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata (=E. sulcata sulcata)
Pearlymussel, tubercled-blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Pearlymussel, turgid-blossom (Epioblasma turgidula)
Pearlymussel, white wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Pearlymussel, yellow-blossom (Epioblasma florentina florentina)
Pigtoe, Cumberland (=Cumberland pigtoe mussel) (Pleurobema gibberum)
Pigtoe, fine-rayed (Fusconaia cuneolus)
Pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)
Pigtoe, shiny (Fusconaia coredgariana)
Pigtoe, southern (Pleurobema georgianum)
Pocketbook, fine-lined (Lampsilis altilis)
Riffleshell, tan (Epioblasma walkeri)
Riversnail, Anthony's (Athearnia anthonyi)
Shiner, blue (Cyprinella (=Notropis) caerulea)
Snail, painted snake coiled forest (Anguispira picta)
Squirrel, Carolina northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Wolf, red (Canis rufus)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
Blue Ridge goldenrod (Solidago spithamaea)
Cumberland rosemary (Conradina verticillata)
Cumberland sandwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis)
Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana)
Leafy prairie-clover (Dalea (=Petalostemum) foliosa)
Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)
Pyne's (=Guthrie's) ground-plum (Astragalus bibullatus)
Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var. montana)
Ruth's golden aster (Pityopsis (=Heterotheca =Chrysopsis) ruthii)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Spreading avens (Geum radiatum)
Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis)
Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Virginia--48 species

Animals
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Virginia big-eared (Plecotus townsendii virginianus)
Beetle, northeastern beach tiger (Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis)
Chub, slender (Erimystax (=Hybopsis) cahni)
Chub, spotfin (=turquoise shiner) (Cyprinella (=Hybopsis) monacha)
Darter, duskytail (Etheostoma (Catonotus) sp.)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Isopod, Lee County cave (Lirceus usdagalun)
Isopod, Madison Cave (Antrolana lira)
Logperch, Roanoke (Percina rex)
Madtom, yellowfin (Noturus flavipinnis)
Mussel, dwarf wedge (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Pearlymussel, Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa)
Pearlymussel, birdwing (Conradilla caelata)
Pearlymussel, cracking (Hemistena lata)
Pearlymussel, Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia)
Pearlymussel, dromedary (Dromus dromas)
Pearlymussel, green-blossom (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum)
Pearlymussel, little-wing (Pegias fabula)
Pigtoe, fine-rayed (Fusconaia cuneolus)
Pigtoe, shiny (Fusconaia cor)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Riffleshell, tan (Epioblasma walkeri)
Salamander, Shenandoah (Plethodon shenandoah)
Shrew, Dismal Swamp southeastern (Sorex longirostris fisheri)
Snail, Virginia fringed mountain (Polygyriscus virginianus)
Spinymussel, James River (=Virginia) (Pleurobema collina)
Squirrel, Delmarva Peninsula fox (Sciurus niger cinereus)
Squirrel, Virginia northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Northeastern (=Barbed bristle) bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus)
Peter's Mountain mallow (Iliamna corei)
Sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynomene virginica)
Shale barren rock-cress (Arabis serotina)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Smooth coneflower (Echinacea laevigata)
Swamp pink (Helonias bullata)
Virginia round-leaf birch (Betula uber)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

West Virginia--18 species

Animals Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Virginia big-eared (Plecotus townsendii virginianus)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum (=fluviatile)
Northeastern (=Barbed bristle) bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta)
Pearlymussel, tubercled-blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Salamander, Cheat Mountain (Plethodon nettingi)
Shale barren rock-cress (Arabis serotina)
Snail, flat-spired three-toothed (Triodopsis platysayoides)
Spinymussel, James River (=Virginia) (Pleurobema collina)
Squirrel, Virginia northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus)

Plants
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

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