Endangered Illinois Species
Amphibians
- Ambystoma platineum--Silvery Salamander
- Cryptobranchus alleganiensis--Hellbender
- Desmogathus fuscus--Dusky Salamander
Birds
Mammals
Invertebrates
Snails
- Discus macclintocki--Iowa pleistocene snail
Mussels
- 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
Crustaceans
- 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
Insects
- 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
Fish
Agnatha
- Ichthyomyzon fossor--Northern brook lamprey
Osteichthyes
- 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
Plants
- 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
Reptiles
- 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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