Endangered Illinois Species

• Ambystoma platineum--Silvery Salamander
• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis--Hellbender
• Desmogathus fuscus--Dusky Salamander

• Accipiter cooperii--Cooper's hawk
• Accipiter stratus--Sharp-shinned hawk
• Aimophilla aestivalis--Bachman's sparrow
• Ammodramus henslowii--Henslow's sparrow
• Asio flammeus--Short-eared owl
• Asio otus--Long-eared owl
• Bartramia longicauda--Upland sandpiper
• Botaurus lentiginosus--American bittern
• Buteo lineatus--Red-shouldered hawk
• Buteo swainsoni--Swainson's hawk
• Charadrius melodus--Piping plover
• Circus cyaneus--Northern harrier
• Chlidonias niger--Black tern
• Coturnicops noveboracensis--Yellow rail
• Egretta caerulea--Little blue heron
• Egretta thula--Snowy egret
• Falco peregrinus--Peregrine falcon
• Grus canadensis--Sandhill crane
• Haliaeetus leucocephalus--Bald eagle
• Ictinia mississippiensis--Mississippi kite
• Ixobrychus exilis--Least bittern
• Laterallus jamaicensis--Black rail
• Limnothlypis swainsonii--Swainson's warbler
• Nycticorax nycticorax--Black-crowned night heron
• Pandion haliaetus--Osprey
• Phalarpus tricolor--Wilson's phalarope
• Sterna forsteri--Forster's tern
• Sterna hirundo--Common tern
• Thryomanes bewicki--Bewick's wren
• Tympanuchus cupido--Greater prairie-chicken
• Tyto alba--Common barn-owl
• Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus--Yellow-headed blackbird

• Lutra canadensis--River otter
• Myotis austroriparius--Southestern myotis
• Myotis grisescens--Gray bat
• Myotis sodalis--Indiana bat
• Neotoma floridana--Eastern wood rat
• Plecotus rafinesquii--Rafinesque's big-eared bat

• Discus macclintocki--Iowa pleistocene snail

• Alasmidonta viridis--Slippershell
• Caecidatea spatulata--Isopod
• Cumberlandia monodonta--Spectaclecase
• Cyrogenia stegaria--Fanshell
• Epioblasma propinqua--Tennessee riffleshell
• Epioblasma triquetra--Snuffbox
• Lampsilis fasciola--Wavy-rayed Lampmussel
• Lampsilis higginsi--Higgin's eye pearly mussel
• Obovaria subrotunda--Round hickorynut
• Plethobasus cooperianus--Orange-footed pearly mussel
• Pleurobema clava--Clubshell
• Pleurobema cordatum--Ohio pigtoe
• Plethobasus cyphyus--Sheepnose
• Pleurobema rubrum--Pyramid pigtoe
• Potamilus capax--Fat pocketbook
• Ptychobranchus fasciolaris--Kidneyshell
• Quadrula cylindrica--Rabbitsfoot
• Simpsoniaias ambigua--Salamander mussel
• Toxolasma lividus--Purple lilliput
• Villosa fabalis--Rayed bean
• Villosa iris--Rainbow
• Villosa lienosa--Little spectaclecase

• Caecidotea lesliei--Isopod
• Crangonyx anomalus--Anomalous spring amphipod
• Crangonyx antennatus--Appalachian cave amphipod
• Crangonyx packardi--Packard's cave amphipod
• Gammarus acherondytes--Illinois cave amphipod
• Orconectes indianensis--Indiana crayfish
• Orconectes kentuckiensis--Kentucky crayfish
• Orconectes lancifer--Oxbow crayfish
• Orconectes placidus--Placidus
• Stygobromus iowae--Iowa amphipod

• Atrytone arogos--Arogos skipper
• Calephelis muticum--Swamp metalmark
• Incisalia polios--Hoary elfin
• Papaipema eryngii--Eryngium stem borer
• Paraphlepsius lupalus--Leafhopper
• Somatochlora hineana--Hine's dragonfly

• Ichthyomyzon fossor--Northern brook lamprey

• Acipenser fulvescens--Lake sturgeon
• Etheostoma camurum--Bluebreast darter
• Etheostoma clarum--Western sand darter
• Etheostoma exile--Iowa darter
• Etheostama histrio--Harlequin darter
• Etheostoma pellucidum--Eastern sand darter
• Hybognathus hayi--Cypress minow
• Macrhybopsis gelida--Sturgeon chub
• Moxostoma valenciennesi--Greater redhorse
• Nocomis micropogon--River chub
• Notropis amblops--Bigeye chub
• Notropis amnis--Pallis shiner
• Notropis anogenus--Pugnose shiner
• Notropis boobs--Bigeye shiner
• Notropis heterolepis--Blacknose shiner
• Notropis hubbsi--Bluehead shiner
• Notropis maculatus--Taillight shiner
• Notropis texanus--Weed shiner
• Notropis stigmosus--Northern madtom
• Scaphirhynchus albus--Pallid sturgeon

• Adoxa moschatellina--Moschatel
• Agropyron subseccundum--Bearded wheat grass
• Alnus rugosa--Speckled alder
• Amelanchier interior--Shadbush
• Amelanchier sanguinea--Shadbush
• Ammophila breviligulta--Marram grass
• Amorpha nitens--Smooth false indigo
• Andropogon ternarius--Silver broom sedge
• Apios priceana--Price's groundnut, Price's potato-bean fabaceae
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi--Bearberry
• Arenaria patula--Slender sandwort
• Artemisia dracunculus--Dragon wormwood
• Asclepias lanuginosa--Wooly milkweed
• Asclepias meadii--Mead's milkweed
• Asclepias ovalifolia--Oval milkweed
• Asplenium braleyi--Bradley's spleenwort
• Asplenium resiliens--Black spleenwort
• Astragalus crassicarpus--Large ground plum
• Astragalus tennsseenis--Tennessee milk vetch
• Bartonia paniculta--Screwstem
• Beckman syzigachne--American slough grass
• Berberis canadensis--Allegheny barberry
• Berchemia scandens--Supple-jack
• Betula alleghaniensis--Yellow birch
• Betula populifolia--Gray birch
• Bidens beckii--Water marigold
• Botrychium bitermatum--Southern grape fern
• Botrychium matricariaefolium--Daisyleaf grape fern
• Botrychium multifidum--Northern grape-fern
• Botrychium simplex--Dwarf grape fern
• Bumelia lanuginosa--Wooly buckthorn
• Calla palustris--Water arum
• Calopogon tuberosus--Grass pink orchid
• Camassia angusta--Wild hycinth
• Cardamine pratensis--Cuckoo flower
• Carex alata--Winged sedge
• Carex arkansana--Sedge
• Carex aurea--Golden sedge
• Carex baileyi--Sedge
• Carex brunnescens--Brownish sedge
• Carex canescens--Sedge
• Carex chordorrhiza--Cordroot sedge
• Carex communis--Fibrous-rooted sedge
• Carex crawfordii--Sedge
• Carex cryptolepis--Sedge
• Carex decomposita--Cypress-knee sedge
• Carex disperma--Shortleaf sedge
• Carex echinata--Sedge
• Carex garberi--Elk sedge
• Carex gigantea--Large sedge
• Carex heliphila--Sedge
• Carex intumescens--Swollen sedge
• Carex lucorum--Sedge
• Carex nigromarginata--Black-edged sedge
• Carex oligosperma--Few-seeded sedge
• Carex oxylepis--Sharp-scaled sedge
• Carex pallescens--Pale sedge
• Carex physorhyncha--Bellow's beak sedge
• Carex prasina--Drooping sedge
• Carex reniformis--Reinform sedge
• Carex stratula--Lined sedge
• Carex styloflexa--Bent sedge
• Carex tonsa--Shaved sedge
• Carex trisperma--Three-seeded sedge
• Carex tuckermanii--Tuckerman's sedge
• Carex viridula--Little green sedge
• Carex willdenowii--Willdenow's sedge
• Carex woodii--Pretty sedge
• Carya pallida--Pale hickory
• Castilleja sessiliflora--Downy yellow painted cup
• Ceasnothus ovatus--Redroot
• Chamaesyce polygonifolia--Seaside spurge
• Chimpaphila maculata--Spotted wintergreen
• Chimaphila umbellata--Pipsissewa
• Cimicifuga americana--American bugbane
• Cimicifuga racemosa--False bugbane
• Circaea alpina--Small enchanter's nightshade
• Clasdrastis lutea--Yellowwood
• Clematis crispa--Blue jasmine
• Clematis occidentalis--Mountain clematis
• Clematis viorona--Leatherflower
• Collinsia violacea--Violet collinsia
• Comptonia peregrina--Sweetfern
• Conioselium chinense--Hemlock parsley
• Cornus canadensis--Bunchberry
• Corydalis aurea--Golden corydalis
• Corydalis halei--Hale's corydalis
• Corydalis sempervirens--Pink corydalis
• Corylus comuta--Beaked hazelnut
• Cynosciadium digitatum--Finger dog-shade
• Cyperus lancastriensis--Galingale
• Cypripedium acaule--Moccasin flower, Pink lady's slipper
• Cypripedium calceolus--Small yellow lady's slipper
• Cypripedium candidum--White lady's slipper
• Cypripedium reginae--Showy lady's slipper
• Cystopteris laurentiana--Laurentian fragile fern
• Dioclea multiflora--Boykin's dioclea
• Draba cuneifolia--Whitlow grass
• Drosera rotundifolia--Round-leaved sundew
• Dryopteris celsa--Log fern
• Echinodorus tenellus--Small burhead
• Eleocharis olivacea--Capitate spikerush
• Eleocharis pauciflora--Few flowered spikerush
• Equisetum pratense--Meadow horsetail
• Equisetum sylvatium--Horsetail
• Eriophorum viridi-carinatum--Tall cotton grass
• Eryngium prostratum--Eryngo
• Erthronium mesochoreum--Prairie trout-lily
• Euonymus americanus--American strawberry bush
• Eupatorium incarnatum--Thoroughwort
• Euphorbia spathulata--Spurge
• Fimbristylis annua--Baldwin's fimbristylis
• Fimbristylis vahlii--Vahl's fimbristylis
• Galium virgatum--Dwarf bedstraw
• Gaultheria procumbens--Wintergreen
• Geranium bicknellii--Northern cranesbill
• Glyceria arkansana--Arkansas manna-grass
• Glyceria borealis--Northern manna-grass
• Gymnocarpium dryopteris--Oak fern
• Gymnocarpium roberttianum--Scented oak fern
• Gymnopogon ambiguus--Beard grass
• Hackelia americana--Stickseed
• Halesia carolina--Silverbell tree
• Helianthus giganteus--Tall sunflower
• Heliotropium tenellum--Slender heliotrope
• Heteranthera reniformis--Mud plantain
• Hexalectris spicata--Crested coralroot orchid
• Hudsonia tomentosa--False heather
• Hydrocotyle ranunculoides--Water-pennywort
• Hydrolea uniflora--One-flowered hydrolea
• Hymenoxys acaulis--Lakeside daisy
• Hypericum adpressum--Shore St. John's wort
• Hypericum kalmianum--Kalm's St. John's wort
• Iliamma remota--Kankakee mallow
• Iresine rhizmatosa--Bloodleaf
• Isoetes butleri--Quillwort
• Isotria meseoloides--Small whorled pogonia
• Isotria verticillata--Whorled pogonia
• Juncus alpinus--Richardson's rush
• Juncus vaseyi--Vasey's rush
• Juniperus horizontalis--Trailing juniper
• Justcia ovata--Water willow
• Latuca hirsuta--Wild lettuce
• Latuca luoviciana--Western wild lettuce
• Lathyrus maritimus--Beach pea
• Lechea intermedia--Pinweed
• Leptochloa panicoides--Salt meadow grass
• Lespedeza leptostachya--Prairie bush clover
• Lesquerella ludoviciana--Silvery bladderpod
• Lilium superbum--Turk's cap lily
• Lipocarpha maculata--Mottled lipocarpha
• Lonicera dioica--Red honeysuckle
• Lonciera flava--Yellow honeysuckle
• Luzula acuminata--Hairy woodrush
• Lycopodium clavatum--Running pine
• Lycopodium dendroideum--Ground pine
• Lycopodium inundatum--Bog clubmoss
• Lysimachia fraseri--Loosestrife
• Lysimachia radicans--Creeping loosestrife
• Malus angustifolia--Narrow-leaved crabapple
• Matelea decipiens--Climbing milkweed
• Medeola virginiana--Indian cucumber root
• Melampyrum lineare--Cow wheat
• Melanthera nivea--White Melanthera
• Melica mutica--Two-flowered melic grass
• Melothria pendula--Squirting cucumber
• Microseris cuspidata--Prairie dandelion
• Milium effusum--Millet grass
• Mimulus glabratus--Yellow monkey flower
• Mirabilis hirsuta--Hairy umbrella-wort
• Oenothera perennis--Small sundrops
• Opuntia fragilis--Fragile prickly pear
• Orobanche fasciculata--Clustered broomrape
• Orobanche ludoviciana--Broomrape
• Oxalis illinoensis--Illinois wood sorrel
• Panicum boreale--Northern panic grass
• Panicum columbianum--Hemlock panic grass
• Panicum joorii--Panic grass
• Panicum longifolium--Long-leaved panic grass
• Panicum ravenelii--Ravenel's panic grass
• Panicum stipitatum--Tall flat panic grass
• Panicum yadkinense--Panic grass
• Paspalum dissectum--Bead grass
• Penstemon brevisepalus--Short-sepaled beard tongue
• Penstemon grandiflrus--Large-flowered beard tongue
• Petalostemum foliosum--Leafy prairie clover
• Phacelia giliodes--Phacelia
• Phaeophyscia leana--Lea's bog lichen
• Phlox pilosa--Sangamon phlox
• Pinus banksiana--Jack pine
• Pinus echinata--Shortleaf pine
• Pinus resinosa--Red pine
• Planera aquatica--Water elm
• Plantago cordata--Heart-leaved plantain
• Platanthera ciliaris--Orange fringed orchid
• Platanthera clavellata--Wood orchid
• Platanthera flava--Tubercled orchid
• Platanthera flava herbiola--Tubercled orchid
• Platanthera leucophaea--Prairie white fringed orchid
• Platanthera pscodes--Purple-fringed orchid
• Poa alsodes--Grove bluegrass
• Poa autumnalis--Autumn bluegrass
• Poa languida--Weak bluegrass
• Poa wolfii--Wolf's bluegrass
• Pogonia ophioglossoides--Snake-mouth
• Polansia jamesii--James'clammyweed
• Polygala incarnata--Pink milkwort
• Polygonum arifolium--Halbred-leaved tearthumb
• Polygonum careyi--Carey's heartsease
• Populus balsamifera--Balsam poplar
• Potamogeton gramineus--Grass-leaved pondweed
• Potamogeton praelogus--White-stemmed pondweed
• Potamogeton pulcher--Spotted pondweed
• Potamogeton robbinsii--Fern pondweed
• Potamogeton strictifolius--Stiff pondweed
• Potamogeton vaseyi--Vasey's pondweed
• Potentilla millegrana--Cinquefoil
• Primula mistassinica--Bird's-eye primrose
• Ptilimnium nuttallii--Mock bishop's weed
• Puccinellia pallida--Pole manna-grass
• Pycnanthemum albescens--White mountain mint
• Pycnanthemum torrei--Mountain mint
• Quercus nuttallii--Nuttall's oak
• Ranunculus cymbalaria--Seaside crowfoot
• Rhamnus alnifolia--Alder buckthorn
• Rhynchospora globularis--Grass beaked rush
• Rhynchospora glomerata--Clustered beaked rush
• Ribes hirtellum--Northern gooseberry
• Rorippa islandica--Hairy marsh yellow cress
• Rosa acicularis--Rose
• Rubus enslenii--Arching dewberry
• Rubus odoratus--Purple-flowering raspberry
• Rubus setosus--Bristly blackberry
• Rudbeckia misouriensis--Missouri orange coneflower
• Rumex hastatulus--Sour drop
• Sabatia campestris--Prairie rose gentian
• Sagittaria longirostra--Arrowhead
• Salix serissima--Autumn willow
• Salix syrticola--Dune willow
• Sanguisorba canadensis--American burnet
• Sarracenia purpurea--Pitcher plant
• Saxifraga virginiensis--Early saxifrage
• Scheuchzeria palustris--Arrow-grass
• Schizachne purpurascens--False melic grass
• Scirpus cespitosus--Tufted Bulrush
• Scirpus hallii--Hall's bulrush
• Scirpus hattorianus--Bulrush
• Scirpus paludosus--Alkali bulrush
• Scirpus purshianus--Weak bulrush
• Scirpus smithii--Smith's bulrush
• Scirpus torreyi--Torrey bulrush
• Scirpus verecundus--Bashful bulrush
• S.reticularis muhlenbergii--Netted nut rush
• Shepherdia canadensis--Buffaloberry
• Silene regia--Royal catchfly
• Silphium pinnatifidum--Rosinweed
• Silphium trifoliatum--Rosinweed
• Sisyrinchium atlanticum--Eastern blue-eyed grass
• Sisyrinchium montanum--Mountain blue-eyed grass
• Solidago arguta--Goldenrod
• Sorbus americana--American mountain ash
• Sparganium americanum--American burreed
• Sparganium chlorocarpum--Green-fruited burreed
• Sphaeralcea angusta--Globe mallow
• Spiranthes lucida--Yellow-lipped ladies' tresses
• Spiranthes romanzoffiana--Hooded ladies' tresses
• Spiranthes vernalis--Spring ladies' tresses
• Stellaria pubera--Great chickweed
• Stenanthium gramineum--Grass-leaved lily
• Stylisma pickeringii--Patterson bindweed
• Styrax grandifolia--Bigleaf snowbell bush
• Symphoricarpos albus albus--Snowberry
• Synandra hispidula--Hairy synandra
• Talinum calycinum--Fameflower
• Thalia dealbata--Powdery thalia
• Thelypteris noveboracensis--New York fern
• Thelypteris phegopteris--Long beech fern
• Thismia americana--Thisma
• Tilia heterophylla--White brassewood
• Tradescantia bracteatra--Prairie spiderwort
• Triadenum virginicum--Marsh St. John's wort
• Trifolium reflexum--Buffalo clover
• Triglochin maritima--Common bog arrowgrass
• Triglochin palustris--Slender bog arrowgrass
• Trillium cernuum--Nodding trillium
• Trillium erectum--Ill-scented trillium
• Ulmus thomasii--Rock elm
• Utricularia cornuta--Horned bladderwort
• Utricularia intermedia--Flat-leaved bladderwort
• Utricula minor--Small bladderwort
• Vaccinium corymbosum--Highbrush blueberry
• Vaccinium macrocarpon--Large cranberry
• Vaccinium oxycoccos--Small cranberry
• Valeriana uliginosa--Marsh valerian
• Valerianella chenopodifolia--Corn salad
• Valerianella umbilicata--Corn salad
• Veronica americana--American brooklime
• Viburnum molle--Arrowwood
• Viola canadensis--Canada violet
• Viola incognita--Hairy white violet
• Viola primufolia--Primrose violet
• Viopla viarum--Plains violet
• Waldsteinia fragarioides--Barren strawberry
• Woodsia ilvensis--Rusty woodsia
• Zigadenus glaucus--White camass

• Clemmys guttata--Spotted turtle
• Kinosternon flavescens--Illinois mud turtle
• Nerodia fasciata--Broad-banded water snake
• Pseudemys concinna--River cooter
• Sistrurus catenatus--Eastern massasauga
• Thamnophis sauritus--Eastern ribbon snake

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