MoWIN: Spring River Basin - Threatened and Endangered Plants & Animals

Three federally endangered species and several more federally threatened species are found within the Spring River Basin. The state of Missouri also lists struggling species into three categories: endangered, threatened, and “on watch”. These lists include more species than the federal list because a species may not be struggling across its entire font-family: U.S. distribution. See the tables below for plants and animals that are of conservational concern in the Spring River Basin. In these tables, the common name is given first, followed by the scientific name.

Northern harrier Circus cyaneus

Ozark cavefish Amblyopsis rosae

Redfin darter Etheostoma whipplei

Neosho madtom Noturus placidus

Black-tailed jack rabbit Lepus californicus

Gray bat Myotis grisescens

Plains spotted skunk Spilogale putorius intemipta

Rabbits foot Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Prairie false foxglove Agalinis heterophylla

Green false foxglove Agalinis viridis

Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii

Marsh bellflower Campanula aparinoides

Lake-bank sedge Carex lacustris

Alabama lip-fern Chalanthes alabamensis

Joint grass Coelorachis cylindrica

Tansy mustard Descurainia pinnata

Geocarpon Geocarpon minimum

A wild pea Lathyrus pusillus

Pinnate dog shade Limnosciadium pinnatum

A lipocarpha Lipocarpha drummondii

Water hyssop Mecardonia acuminata

Mudbank paspalum Paspalum dissectum

Western prairie fringed orchid Planthera praeclara

Slender pondweed Potamogeton pusillus var pusillus

Kansas arrowhead Sagittaria ambigua

Running buffalo clover Trifolium stoloniferum

Yellow-eyed grass Xyris torta