Elk River Basin - Species of Conservation Concern
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Status

Common Name Scientific Name Federal

State

Alabama lip-fern

Cheilanthes alabamensis

 

S1

Wooly lip-fern

Cheilanthes tomentosa

 

S1

Ozark chinquapin

Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis

 

S2

Marine vine

Cissus incisa

 

S2

Low prickly pear

Opuntia macrorhiza

 

S2

Virginia whitlow wort

Paronychia virginica var. scoparia

 

S1

Mock orange

Philadelphus pubescens var. verrucosus

 

S1

Soapberry

Sapindus drummondii

 

S2

Running buffalo clover

Trifolium stoloniferum

Endangered

S1

Ozark corn salad

Valerianella ozarkana

 

S2

Chert pebblesnail

Somatogyrus rosewateri

 

S1, S3

Elktoe

Alasmidonta marginata

 

S2?

Neosho mucket

Lampsilis rafinesqueana

 

S2

Scaleshell

Leptodea leptodon

Candidate

S2

Purple lilliput

Toxolasma lividus

 

S2

Cave crayfish

Cambarus aculabrum

 

SP

Bristly cave crayfish

Cambarus setosis

 

S3

Ozark cavefish

Amblyopsis rosae

Threatened

S2

Blue sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

 

S3

Bluntface shiner

Cyprinella camura

 

S2, S3

Plains topminnow

Fundulus sciadicus

 

S3

Southern brook lamprey

Ichthyomyzon gagei

 

S2, S3

Channel darter

Percina copelandi

 

S3

Ringed salamander

Ambystoma annulatum

 

S3

Northern crawfish frog

Rana areolata circulosa

 

S3

Wood frog

Rana sylvatica

 

S3

Eastern collared lizard

Crotaphytus collaris collaris

 

S4

Great Plains skink

Eumeces obsoletus

 

S2

Yellow mud turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

 

S1

Alligator snapping turtle

Macroclemys temminckii

 

S2

Texas horned lizard

Phrynosoma cornutum

 

S2

Cooper's hawk

Accipiter cooperii

 

S3

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Endangered

S1

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Threatened

S2

Greater prairie-chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

 

S1

Black-tailed jackrabbit

Lepus californicus

 

S1

Gray bat

Myotis grisescens

Endangered

S3

Indiana bat

Myotis sodalis

Endangered

S1

 1 - S1 = critically imperiled in Missouri (usually less than 5 occurrences recorded)
S2 = imperiled in Missouri (usually 6 to 20 occurrences recorded)
S3 = rare and uncommon in Missouri (usually 20 to 100 occurrences recorded)
S4 = widespread and abundant in Missouri but of long term concern
SP = potentially occurs in Missouri , but no reported occurrences.

Source: Missouri Natural Heritage Database (1999).

Source:   Missouri Department of Conservation, available at http://www.conservation.mo.gov/fish/watershed/elk/biotic/010bct19.htm.

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Page last updated August 26, 2008