Threatened and endangered Illinois forest species

• Ambystoma platineum--Silvery salamander--E
• Desmognathus fuscus--Dusky salamander--E
• Hemidactylium scutatum--Four-toed salamander--T

• Accipiter cooperii--Cooper's hawk--E
• Accipiter striatus--Sharp-shinned hawk--E
• Asio otus--Long-eared owl--E
• Botaurus lentiginosus--American bittern--E
• Buteo lineatus--Red-shouldered hawk--E
• Buteo swainsoni--Swainson's hawk--E
• Casmerodius albus--Great egret--T
• Catharus fuscescens--Veery--T
• Certhia americana--Brown creeper--T
• Egretta thula--Snowy egret--E
• Ictinia mississippiensis--Mississippi kite--E
• Limnothlypis swainsonii--Swainson's warbler--E
• Nycticorax nycticorax--Black-crowned night heron--E
• Nyctanassa violacea--Yellow crowned night heron--T
• Thryomanes bewickii--Bewick's wren--E
• Tyto alba--Common barn-owl--E

• Lutra canadensis--River Otter--E
• Lynx rufus--Bobcat--T
• Myotis austroriparius--Southeastern myotis--E
• Myotis grisescens--Gray bat--E
• Myotis sodalis--Indiana bat--E
• Neotoma floridana--Eastern wood rat--E
• Ochrotomys nuttalli--Golden mouse--T
• Oryzomys palustris--Rice rat--T

• Incisalia polios--Hoary elfin--E

• Acalypha deamii--Large-seeded mercury--T
• Adoxa moschatellina--Moschatel--E
• Andropogon ternarius--Silver broom sedge--E
• Apios priceana--Price's groundnut, Price's potato-bean--E
• Aristolochia serpentaria hastata--Virginia snakeroot--T
• Asplenium bradleyi--Bradley's spleenwort--E
• Asplenium resiliens--Black spleenwort--E
• Aster furcatus--Forked aster--T
• Aster schreberi--Schreber's aster--T
• Aster undulatus--Wavy-leaved aster--T
• Astragalus crassicarpus trichocalyx--Large ground plum--E
• Berberis canadensis--Allegheny barberry--E
• Berchemia scandens--Supple-jack--E
• Botrychium multifidum--Northern grape-fern--E
• Botrychium simplex--Dwarf grape fern--E
• Bumelia lanuginosa--Wooly buckthorn--E
• Calamagrostis insperata--Bluejoint grass--T
• Carex arkansana--Sedge--E
• Carex baileyi--Sedge--E
• Carex brunnescens--Brownish sedge--E
• Carex communis--Fibrous-rooted sedge--E
• Carex decomposita--Cypress-knee sedge--E
• Carex echinata--Sedge--E
• Carex gigantea--Large sedge--E
• Carex intumescens--Swollen sedge--E
• Carex laxiculmis--Spreading sedge--T
• Carex lucorum--Sedge--E
• Carex nigromarginata--Black-edged sedge--E
• Carex oxylepis--Sharp-scaled sedge--E
• Carex pallescens--Pale sedge--E
• Carex physorhyncha--Bellow's beak sedge--E
• Carex prasina--Drooping sedge--E
• Carex reniformis--Reniform sedge--E
• Carex striatula--Lined sedge--E
• Carex styloflexa--Bent sedge--E
• Carex tuckermanii--Tuckerman's sedge--E
• Carex willdenow--Willdenow's sedge--E
• Carex woodii--Pretty sedge--E
• Carya pallida--Pale hickory--E
• Chimaphila maculata--Spotted wintergreen--E
• Chimaphila umbellata--Pipsissewa--E
• Cimicifuga americana--American bugbane--E
• Cimicifuga racemosa--False bugbane--E
• Cimicifuga rubifolia--Black cohosh--T
• Cladrastis lutea--Yellowwood--E
• Clematis crispa--Blue jasmine--E
• Clematis occidentalis--Mountain clematis--E
• Clematis viorna--Leatherflower--E
• Conioselinum chinense--Hemlock parsley--E
• Corallorhiza maculata--Spotted coral-root orchid--T
• Cornus canadensis--Bunchberry--E
• Corydalis halei--Hale's corydalis--E
• Corylus cornuta--Beaked hazelnut--E
• Cynosciadium digitatum--Finger dog-shade--E
• Cyperus lancasteriensis--Galingale--E
• Cypripedium acaule--Moccasin flower, Pink lady's slipper--E
• Cypripedium calceolus parviflorum--Small yellow lady's slipper--E
• Cypripedium reginae--Showy lady's slipper--E
• Dennstaedtia punctilobula--Hay-scented fern--T
• Dioclea multiflora--Boykin's dioclea--E
• Equisetum pratense--Meadow horsetail--E
• Equisetum sylvaticum--Horsetail--E
• Euonymus americanus--Strawberry bush--E
• Eupatorium incarnatum--Thoroughwort--E
• Gaultheria procumbens--Wintergreen--E
• Geranium bicknellii--Northern cranesbill--E
• Gymnocarpium dryopteris--Oak fern--E
• Gymnocarpium robertianum--Scented oak fern--E
• Gymnopogon ambiguus--Beard grass--E
• Hackelia americana--Stickseed--E
• Halesia carolina--Silverbell tree--E
• Hexalectris spicata--Crested coralroot orchid--E
• Iresine rhizomatosa--Bloodleaf--E
• Isotria medeoloides--Small whorled pogonia--E
• Isotria verticillata--Whorled pogonia--E
• Lactuca hirsuta--Wild Lettuce--E
• Laric laricina--Tamarack--T
• Lechea intermedia--Pinweed--E
• Lilium superbum--Turk's cap lily--E
• Lonicera dioica glaucescens--Red honeysuckle--E
• Lonicera flava--Yellow honeysuckle--E
• Luzula acuminata--Hairy woodrush--E
• Lycopodium clavatum--Running pine--E
• Lycopodium dendroideum--Ground pine--E
• Lysimachia radicans--Creeping loosestrife--E
• Malus angustifolia--Narrow-leaved crabapple--E
• Matelea decipiens--Climbing milkweed--E
• Matelea obliqua--Climbing milkweed--T
• Medeola virginiana--Indian cucumber root--E
• Melampyrum lineare--Cow wheat--E
• Melanthera nivea--White melanthera--E
• Melica mutica--Two-flowered melic grass--E
• Milium effusum--Millet grass--E
• Oryzopsis racemosa--Rice grass--T
• Oxalis illinoensis--Illinois wood sorrel--E
• Panicum columbianum--Hemlock panic grass--E
• Panicum longifolium--Long-leaved panic grass--E
• Panicum ravenelii--Ravenel's panic grass--E
• Panicum yadkinense--Panic grass--E
• Penstemon brevisepalus--Short-sepaled beard tongue--E
• Phaeophyscia leana--Lea's bog lichen--E
• Phlox pilosa sangamonensis--Sangamon phlox--E
• Pinus banksiana--Jack pine--E
• Pinus echinata--Shortleaf pine--E
• Plantago cordata--Heart-leaved plantain--E
• Platanthera clavellata--Wood orchid--E
• Platanthera flava flava --Tubercled orchid--E
• Platanthera psycodes--Purple-fringed orchid--E
• Poa alsodes--Grove bluegrass--E
• Poa languida--Weak bluegrass--E
• Poa wolfii-Wolf's bluegrass--E
• Polygonatum pubescens--Downy Solomon's seal--T
• Populus basamifera--Balsam poplar--E
• Ptilimnium costatum--Mock bishop's weed--E
• Pycnanthemum albescens--White mountain mint--E
• Pycnanthemum torrei--Mountain mint--E
• Quercus nuttallii--Nuttall's oak--E
• Quercus phellos--Willow oak--T
• Quercus prinus--Rock chestnut oak--T
• Ribes hirtellum--Northern gooseberry--E
• Rosa acicularis--Rose--E
• Rubus odoratus--Purple-flowering raspberry--E
• Rubus pubescens--Dwarf raspberry--T
• Rudbeckia missourensis--Missouri orange coneflower--E
• Sabatia campestris--Prairie rose gentian--E
• Sagittaria longirostra--Arrowhead--E
• Salvia azurea pitcheri--Blue sage--T
• Sambucus pubens--Red-berried elder--T
• Scirpus polyphyllus--Bulrush--T
• Scirpus verecundus--Bashful bulrush--E
• Silphium pinnatifidum--Rosinweed--E
• Silphium trifoliatum--Rosinweed--E
• Solidago arguta--Goldenrod--E
• Solidago sciaphila--Cliff goldenrod--T
• Sorbus americana--American mountain ash--E
• Spiranthes lucida--Yellow-lipped ladies' tresses--E
• Stellaria pubera--Great chickweed--E
• Stenanthium gramineum--Grass-leaved lily--E
• Stylisma pickeringii--Patterson bindweed--E
• Styrax americana--Storax--T
• Styrax grandifolia--Bigleaf snowbell bush--E
• Sullivantia renifolia--Sullivantia--T
• Synandra hispidula--Hairy synandra--E
• Thelypteris noveboracensis--New York fern--E
• Thelypteris phegopteris--Long beech fern--E
• Thuja occidentalis--Arbor vitae--T
• Tilia heterophylla--White basswood--E
• Trientalis borealis--Star-flower--T
• Trifolium reflexum--Buffalo clover--E
• Trillium cernuum--Nodding trillium--E
• Trillium viride--Green trillium--T
• Ulmus thomasii--Rock elm--E
• Urtica chamaedryoides--Nettle--T
• Veratrum woodii--False hellebore--T
• Viburnum molle--Arrowwood--E
• Viola canadensis--Canada violet--E
• Viola conspersa--Dog violet--T
• Viola incognita--Hairy white violet--E
• Waldsteinia fragarioides--Barren strawberry--E

• Clonophis kirtlandi--Kirtland's snake--T
• Crotalus horridus--Timber rattlesnake--T
• Elaphe guttata emoryi--Great plains rat snake--T
• Masticophis flagellum--Coachwhip--T
• Sistrurus catenatus--Eastern massasauga--E

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