Threatened and endangered Illinois river and stream species

• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis--Hellbender--E
• Desmognathus fuscus--Dusky salamander--E
• Hemidactylium scutatum--Four-toed salamander--T
• Pseudacris streckeri--Illinois chorus frog--T

• Casmerodius albus--Great egret--T
• Certhia americana--Brown creeper--T
• Falco peregrinus--Peregrine falcon--E
• Gallinula chloropus--Common moorhen--T
• Haliaeetus leucocephalus--Bald eagle--E
• Ictinia mississippiensis--Mississippi kite--E
• Nyctanassa violacea--Yellow-crowned night heron--T
• Pandion haliaetus--Osprey--E
• Phalacrocorax auritus--Double-crested cormorant--T
• Phalaropus tricolor--Wilson's phalorope--E
• Sterna antillarum--Least tern--E
• Thryomanes bewickii--Bewick's wren--E

• Lutra canadensis--River otter--E
• Myotis austroriparius--Southeastern myotis--E
• Myotis sodalis--Indiana bat--E

• Alasmidonta viridis--Slippershell--E
• Cumberlandia monodonta--Spectaclecase--E
• Cyprogenia stegaria--Fanshell--E
• Ellipsaria lineolata--Butterfly mussel--T
• Elliptio crassidens--Elephant-ear--T
• Epioblasma personata--Round combshell--E
• Elliptio dilatata--Spike--T
• Epioblasma propinqua--Tennessee riffleshell--E
• Epioblasma triquetra--Snuffbox--E
• Fusconaia ebena--Ebonyshell--T
• Lampsilis fasciola--Wavy-rayed lampmussel--E
• Lampsilis higginsi--Higgins' eye pearly mussel--E
• Obovaria subrotunda--Round hickorynut--E
• Plethobasus cooperianus--Orange-footed pearly mussel--E
• Plethobasus cyphyus--Sheepnose--E
• Pleurobema clava--Clubshell--E
• Pleurobema cordatum--Ohio pigtoe--E
• Pleurobema rubrum--Pyramid pigtoe--E
• Potamilus capax--Fat pocketbook--E
• Ptychobranchus fasciolaris--Kidneyshell--E
• Quadrula cylindrica--Rabbitsfoot--E
• Simpsonaias ambigua--Salamander mussel--E
• Toxolasma lividus--Purple lilliput--E
• Villosa fabalis--Rayed bean--E
• Villosa iris--Rainbow--E
• Villosa lienosa--Little spectaclecase--E

• Gammarus acherondytes--Illinois cave amphipod--E
• Gammarus bousfieldi--Bousfield's amphipod--T
• Orconectes indianensis--Indiana crayfish--E
• Orconectes kentuckiensis--Kentucky crayfish--E
• Orconectes placidus--Crayfish--E

• Ichthomyzon fossor--Northern brook lamprey--E
• Lampetra aepyptera--Least brook lamprey--T

• Acipenser fulvescens--Lake sturgeon--E
• Catostomus catostomus--Longnose sucker--T
• Coregonus artedi--Cisco--T
• Etheostoma camurum--Bluebreast darter--E
• Etheostoma clarum--Western sand darter--E
• Etheostoma exile--Iowa darter--E
• Etheostoma histrio--Harlequin darter--E
• Etheostoma pellucida--Eastern sand darter--E
• Hybognathus hayi--Cypress minnow--E
• Macrhybopsis gelida--Sturgeon chub--E
• Moxostoma carinatum--River redhorse--T
• Moxostoma valenciennesi--Greater redhorse--E
• Nocomis micropogon--River chub--E
• Notropis amblops--Bigeye chub--E
• Notropis amnis--Pallid shiner--E
• Notropis anogenus--Pugnose shiner--E
• Notropis boops--Bigeye shiner--E
• Notropis chalybaeus--Ironcolor shiner--T
• Notropis heterodon--Blackchin shiner--T
• Notropis heterolepis--Blacknose shiner--E
• Notropis hubbsi--Bluehead shiner--E
• Notropis maculatus--Taillight shiner--E
• Notropis texanus--Weed shiner--E
• Noturus stigmosus--Northern madtom--E
• Scaphirhynchus albus--Pallid sturgeon--E

• Acalypha deamii--Large-seeded mercury--T
• Alnus rugosa--Speckled alder--E
• Amelanchier interior--Shadbush--E
• Amelanchier sanguinea--Shadbush--E
• Apios priceana--Price's groundnut, Price's potato-bean--E
• Aristolochia serpentaria hastata--Virginia snakeroot--T
• Astragalus tennesseensis--Tennessee milk vetch--E
• Berberis canadensis--Allegheny barberry--E
• Besseya bullii--Kitten tails--T
• Bidens beckii--Water marigold--E
• Boltonia decurrens--Decurrent false aster--T
• Carex gigantea--Large sedge--E
• Carex styloflexa--Bent sedge--E
• Carex tonsa--Shaved sedge--E
• Circaea alpina--Small enchanter's nightshade--E
• Clematis crispa--Blue jasmine--E
• Clematis viorna--Leatherflower--E
• Collinsia violacea--Violet collinsia--E
• Corydalis aurea--Golen corydalis--E
• Corydalis curvisiliqua grandibracteataLarge-bracted corydalis--T
• Corydalis halei--Hale's corydalis--E
• Corylus cornuta--Beaked hazelnut--E
• Cynosciadium digitatum--Finger dog-shade--E
• Draba cuneifolia--Whitlow grass--E
• Eryngium prostratum--Eryngo--E
• Euonymus americanus--Strawberry bush--E
• Euphorbia spathulata--Spurge--E
• Fimbristylis vahlii--Vahl's fimbristylis--E
• Galium virgatum--Dwarf bedstraw--E
• Glyceria arkansana--Arkansas manna-grass--E
• Glyceria borealis--Northern manna-grass--E
• Gymnocarpium robertianum--Scented oak fern--E
• Gymnopogon ambiguus--Beard grass--E
• Hackelia americana--Stickseed--E
• Halesia carolina--Silverbell tree--E
• Heteranthera reniformis--Mud plantain--E
• Hexalectris spicata--Crested coralroot orchid--E
• Hudsonia tomentosa--False heather--E
• Hydrocotyle ranunculoides--Water-pennywort--E
• Iliamna remota--Kankakee mallow--E
• Iresine rhizomatosa--Bloodleaf--E
• Juncus vaseyi--Vasey's rush--E
• Leptochloa panicoides--Salt meadow grass--E
• Lilium superbum--Turk's cap lily--E
• Lyimachia radicans--Creeping loosestrife--E
• Malus angustifolia--Narrow-leaved crabapple--E
• Matelea decipiens--Climbing milkweed--E
• Melanthera nivea--White melanthera--E
• Orobanche ludoviciana--Broomrape--E
• Panicum yadkinense--Panic grass--E
• Paspalum dissectum--Bead grass--E
• Phaeophyscia leana--Lea's bog lichen--E
• Pinus echinata--Shortleaf pine--E
• Plantago cordata--Heart-leaved plantain--E
• Platanthera flava flava--Tubercled orchid--E
• Populus balsamifera--Balsam poplar--E
• Primula mistassinica--Bird's-eye primose--E
• Quercus nuttallii--Nutall's oak--E
• Quercus phellos--Willow oak--T
• Ranunculus cymbalaria--Seaside crowfoot--E
• Sanguisorba canadensis--American burnet--E
• Shepherdia canadensis--Buffaloberry--E
• Sparganium americanum--American burreed--E
• Sparganium chlorocarpum--Green-fruited burreed--E
• Stenanthium gramineum--Grass-leaved lily--E
• Stylisma pickeringii--Patterson bindweed--E
• Styrax americana--Storax--T
• Styrax grandifolia--Bigleaf snowbell bush--E
• Trillium erectum--Ill-scented trillium--E
• Ulmus thomasii--Rock elm--E
• Urtica chamaedryoides--Nettle--T
• Valerianella chenopodifolia--Corn salad--E
• Valerianella umbilicata--Corn salad--E
• Viola canadensis--Canada violet--E
• Viola incognita--Hairy white violet--E
• Viola viarum--Plains violet--E
• Waldsteinia fragarioides--Barren strawberry--E
• Woodsia ilvensis--Rusty woodsia--E

• Clemmys guttata--Spotted turtle--E
• Macroclemys temmincki--Alligator snapping turtle--T
• Nerodia cyclopion--Green water snake--T
• Nerodia fasciata--Broad-banded water snake--E
• Pseudemys concinna--River cooter--E
• Thamnophis sauritus--Eastern ribbon snake--E

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