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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Baldwin County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
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Amphibians
Ambystoma bishopi Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander4 G2G3 S1 LT SP P1
Amphiuma means Two-toed Amphiuma G5 S3
Amphiuma pholeter One-toed Amphiuma G3 S1 P2
Desmognathus auriculatus Southern Dusky Salamander G5 S2
Rana capito Gopher Frog G3 S2
Rana heckscheri River Frog5 G5 S1
Siren lacertina Greater Siren G5 S3
Birds
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow G3 S3 P2
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow G4 S2N P1
Ammodramus maritimus fisheri Louisiana Seaside Sparrow G4T4 S3 P2
Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow G5 S3N P2
Anas fulvigula Mottled Duck G4 S2N,S3B
Charadrius alexandrinus Southeastern Snowy Plover G4T3Q S1B,S2N SP P1
Charadrius alexandrinus Snowy Plover G4 S1B,S2N SP P1
Charadrius melodus Piping Plover G3 S1N LE, LT6 SP P1
Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's Plover G5 S1 SP P1
Columbina passerina Common Ground-dove G5 S3 SP
Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail G4 S2N P2
Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret G4 S1B,S3N SP P2
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-tailed Kite G5 S2 P2
Grus canadensis pulla Mississippi Sandhill Crane5 G5T1 SH LE SP
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle G5 S3B BGEPA7 SP
Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern G5 S2N,S4B P2
Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail G4 S2N P2
Limnothylpis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler G4 S3B
Mycteria americana Wood Stork3 G4 S2N LE8 SP P2
Passerina ciris Painted Bunting G5 S2B
Picoides borealis Red-cockaded Woodpecker G3 S2 LE SP P1
Porphyrio martinica Purple Gallinule G5 S3B
Scolopax minor American Woodcock G5 S3B,S5N P2
Sternula antillarum Least Tern G4 S2B,S4N PS:LE9
Tyrannus dominicensis Gray Kingbird G5 S2B
Tyto alba Barn-owl G5 S3
Crustaceans
Camabarus acanthura Thornytail Crayfish5 G4G5 S3
Cambarus lesliei Angular Dwarf Crayfish5 G3 S3 P2
Cambarus miltus Rusty Grave Digger G1G2 S1 P2
Fallicambarus burrisi Burrowing Bog Crayfish5 G3 S1 P2
Fallicambarus byersi Lavender Burrowing Crayfish5 G4 S2
Fallicambarus fodiens Digger Crayfish5 G5 S3
Fallicambarus oryktes Flatwoods Digger5 G4 S1 P2
Orconectes lancifer Shrimp Crayfish5 G5 S1
Procambarus bivittatus Ribbon Crayfish5 G5 S3S4
Procambarus escambiensis Escambia Crayfish5 G2 S1 P2
Procambarus evermanni Panhandle Crayfish G4 S3
Procambarus lagniappe Lagniappe Crayfish G2 S1 P2
Procambarus shermani Gulg Crayfish5 G4 S2
Fish
Acipenser fulvescens Lake Sturgeon5 G3G4 SX SP SX
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Gulf Sturgeon3 G3T2 S1 LT SP P2
Ammocrypta bifascia Florida Sand Darter G4 S3
Atractosteus spatula Alligator Gar G3G4 S2
Crystallaria asprella Crystal Darter G3 S3 SP
Cycleptus elongatus Blue Sucker G3G4 S2S3
Cycleptus meridionalis Southeastern Blue Sucker G3G4 S3
Elassoma evergladei Everglades Pygmy Sunfish G5 S3
Enneacanthus gloriosus Bluespotted Sunfish G5 S3
Enneacanthus obesus Banded Sunfish G5 S1
Etheostoma fusiforme Swamp Darter G5 S3
Fundulus blaire Western Starhead Topminnow G4 S3
Fundulus chrysotus Golden Topminnow G5 S3
Fundulus cingulatus Banded Topminnow G4 S2
Fundulus confluentus Marsh Killifish G5 S2
Fundulus escambia Russetfin Topminnow G4 S3
Fundulus jenkinsi Saltmarsh Topminnow G3 S1 SC10
Fundulus pulvereus Bayou Killifish G5 S2
Heterandria formosa Least Killish G5 S3
Hiodon tergisus Mooneye G5 S3S4
Hybognathus nuchalis Mississippi Silvery Minnow G5 S4
Leptolucania ommata Pygmy Killifish G5 S1
Lucania parva Rainwater Killifish G5 S3
Lythrurus roseipinnis Cherryfin Shiner G5 S2
Notorus mocturnus Freckled Madtom G5 S3
Notropis chalybaeus Ironcolor Shiner5 G4 SH SP P1
Notropis maculatus Taillight Shiner G5 S3
Notropis melanostomus Blackmouth Shiner G2 S1
Notropis petersoni Coastal Shiner G5 S2
Perca flavescens Yellow Perch G5 S3
Percina lenticula Freckled Darter G2 S2S3
Percina suttkusi Gulf Logperch G5 S3
Poecilia latipinna Sailfin Molly G5 S2
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish G4 S3 SP11
Pteronotropis signipinnis Flagfin Shiner G5 S3
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Alabama Sturgeon G1 S1 LE SP P1
Insects
Ceraclea resurgens Caddisfly G5 S1
Chimarra falculata Caddisfly G4 S1
Hydropsyche decalda Caddisfly G4G5 S1
Hydroptila scheiringi A Caddisfly G1G2 S1
Micrasema sp. 1 Undescribed Caddisfly G2 S2
Neotrichia mobilensis Caddisfly G1G2 S1S2
Nyctiophylax morsei Caddisfly G2 S1
Orthotrichia instabilis Changeable Orthotrichian Microcaddisfly G3 S1
Oxyethira anabola Caddisfly G4G5 S1
Oxyethira lumipollex Caddisfly G2 S2
Oxyethira sininsigne Caddisfly G3G4 S1
Phylocentropus harrisi Caddisfly G1G2 S1S2
Polycentropus clinei A Caddisfly G5 SNR
Polycentropus floridensis Florida Brown Checkered Summer Sedge G2 SNR
Triaenodes sp. 1 Undescribed Caddisfly G1 S1
Mammals
Peromyscus polionotus ammobates Alabama Beach Mouse2 G5T1 S1 LE SP P1
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis Perdido Key Beach Mouse G5T1 S1 LE SP P1
Sylvilagus palustris Marsh Rabbit12 G5T2 S3 P2
Trichechus manatus West Indian Manatee G2 S1 LE SP P1
Trichechus manatus West Indian Manatee G2G3 S1 LE SP P1
Ursus americanus Black Bear G5T2 S2 P1
Mussels
Anodonta hartfieldorum Cypress Floater G4 S1 PS
Arcidens confragosus Rock Pocketbook G4 S3 PS
Glebula rotundata Round Pearlshell G4G5 S2 PS
Potamilus inflatus Alabama Heelsplitter G1G2Q S1S2 LT SP P2
Natural Communities
(Stillingia aquatica) / Panicum tenerum - Dichanthelium erectifolium Herbaceous Vegetation (corkwood) / Southeastern Panicgrass - Erectleaf Witchgrass Herbaceous Vegetation G2? SNR
Aristida beyrichiana - Rhynchospora oligantha - Carphephorus pseudoliatris - Sarracenia (alata, flava, leucophylla) Herbaceous Vegetation Slash Pine Seep, Coastal Plain Pitcher Plant Flat G2 S2
Aristida beyrichiana - Rhynchospora oligantha - Panicum nudicaule - (Eurybia eryngiifolia) Herbaceous Vegetation East Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Bog (upper Terrace Type) G2 S2
Baccharis halimifolia - Iva frutescens - Morella cerifera - (Ilex vomitoria) Shrubland Coastal Salt Shrub Thicket G4? SNR
Chamaecyparis thyoides / Magnolia virginiana - Cliftonia monophylla / Orontium aquaticum - Sphagnum spp. Forest Gulf Coastal Plain Streamside White-cedar Swamp G2G3 S1
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Woodwardia virginica Herbaceous Vegetation Sawgrass Head G2? SNR
Eleocharis (elongata, equisetoides) - Rhynchospora tracyi Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation Coastal Plain Spikerush - Beaksedge Wetland G3? SNR
Eleocharis elongata - Panicum tenerum - Nymphaea odorata Herbaceous Vegetation Gulf Coast Spikerush Interdune Swale G2? SNR
Hypericum reductum - Licania michauxii / Andropogon capillipes - Polygonella gracilis - Xyris caroliniana Dwarf-shrubland East Gulf Coastal Plain Dwarf Shrubland G2 SNR
Ilex vomitoria - Quercus (geminata, virginiana) - Morella cerifera - Serenoa repens Shrubland Gulf Coast Dune Oak - Yaupon Scrub G2G3 SNR
Juncus roemerianus - Herbaceous Vegetation Needlerush High Marsh G5 S2S3
Magnolia virginiana - Nyssa biflora / Carpinus caroliniana / Thelypteris noveboracensis - Athyrium filix-femina Forest Atlantic/east Gulf Coastal Plain Sweetbay - Blackgum Streamhead Forest G3G4 S2
Nelumbo lutea Herbaceous Vegetation American Lotus Aquatic Wetland G4? SNR
Nyssa biflora / Itea virginica - Cephalanthus occidentalis Depression Forest Swamp Blackgum Depression Forest G3G4 S1
Panicum virgatum - (Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Juncus roemerianus) Herbaceous Vegetation Southern Switchgrass Tidal Fringe Grassland G3? S1
Pinus (palustris, elliottii var. elliottii) / (Quercus geminata) / Serenoa repens / Aristida beyrichiana Woodland Longleaf/slash Pine Scrubby Flatwoods G3? S3
Pinus clausa / Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - Conradina canescens Woodland Panhandle Sand Pine Dune Scrub G1 S1
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii / Ilex vomitoria - Serenoa repens - Morella cerifera Woodland Maritime Slash Pine Upland Flatwoods G2G3 SNR
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii / Spartina patens - Juncus roemerianus - (Panicum virgatum) Woodland Slash Pine / Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Black Needlerush - (switchgrass) Woodland G3? SNR
Pinus palustris - (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii)/Ctenium aromaticum - Carphephorus pseudoliatris - (Sarracenia alata) Woodland East Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna G3? S2
Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis / Aristida beyrichiana - Pityopsis aspera Woodland Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Woodland G3 S2
Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium - Schizachyrium tenerum - Rhexia alifanus Woodland Mississippi Loam Hills Longleaf Forest G2G3 S1
Quercus laurifolia - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Nyssa aquatica / Sabal minor Tidal Forest Northern Gulf Tidal Laurel Oak - Ash - Tupelo Forest G3? S3
Quercus lyrata - Carya aquatica Forest Overcup Oak - Water Hickory Bottomland Forest G4G5 SNR
Quercus myrtifolia - Quercus geminata - Ceratiola ericoides - Conradina canescens Shrubland Florida Panhandle Coastal Scrub Oak Stands G2 SNR
Quercus texana - Celtis laevigata - Ulmus (americana, crassifolia) - (Gleditsia triacanthos) Forest Nuttall Oak - Sugarberry Bottomland Forest G4G5 SNR
Quercus virginiana - (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Sabal palmetto) / Persea borbonia - Callicarpa americana Forest Maritime Live Oak Hammock G2 SNR
Quercus virginiana - (Pinus taeda) / (Sabal minor, Serenoa repens) Forest Outer Coastal Plain Live Oak Levee Forest G3G4 SNR
Rhynchospora macra - Rhynchospora stenophylla - Panicum nudicaule - Xyris chapmanii - Carex exilis herbaceous Vegetation East Gulf Coastal Plain Muck Bog G1 S1
Schizachyrium maritimum - (Heterotheca subaxillaris) Herbaceous Vegetation Gulf Of Mexico Dune Grassland G2 S1
Sesuvium portulacastrum - Atriplex spp. - Suaeda spp. Sparse Vegetation Coastal Bay Shore / Succulent Beach G3 SNR
Spartina alterniflora - Juncus roemerianus - Distichlis spicata Louisianian Zone Salt Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation Gulf Coast Cordgrass Salt Marsh G5 S2S3
Spartina patens - Setaria parviflora - Hydrocotyle bonariensis Herbaceous Vegetation Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Yellow Foxtail Grass - Beach Pennywort Herbaceous Vegetation G3 SNR
Taxodium ascendens - Cliftonia monophylla - Pinus elliottii var. elliottii - Chamaecyparis thyoides / Hypericum nitidum - Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaic Northern Gulf Tidal Pond-cypress Forest G2? S1
Taxodium ascendens / Ilex myrtifolia Depression Forest Pond-cypress / Myrtle Dahoon Depression Forest G3? S1S2
Taxodium ascendens / Magnolia virginiana / Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense Forest Gulf Coast Pond-cypress Dune Swale G1 S1
Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica / Fraxinus caroliniana Forest Cypress - Tupelo Semipermanently Flooded Brownwater Swamp G5 S2S3
Uniola paniculata - Panicum amarum var. amarulum - Iva imbricata Herbaceous Vegetation Northern Gulf Embryonic Beach Dune G3 S1S2
Reptiles
Apalone ferox Florida Softshell G5 S2 SP-P
Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle G3 S1 LT SP P1
Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle13 G3 S1 LE, LT14 SP P1
Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake G4 S3 P2
Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle15 G2 SNA LE SP P1
Drymarchon couperi Eastern Indigo Snake16 G3 S1 LT SP P1, possibly extirpated
Farancia erytrogramma Rainbow Snake G4 S3 P1
Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise G3 S3 PS:LT17 SP P2
Graptemys nigrinoda delticola Delta Map Turtle2 G3T2Q S2 SP
Graptemys pulchra Alabama Map Turtle G4 S3 SP
Heterodon simus Southern Hognose Snake G2 SH SP P1, possibly extirpated
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata Mole Kingsnake G5T5 S3
Lampropeltis getula getula Eastern Kingsnake G5T5 S4 P2
Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle G1 SNA LE SP P1
Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle G3G4 S3 SP P2
Malaclemys terrapin pileata Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin G4T3Q S2 SP P2
Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake G5 S3 P2
Nerodia clarkii clarkii Gulf Salt Marsh Snake G4T4 S2 SP
Nerodia cyclopion Green Water Snake G5 S2
Nerodia fasciata Southern Water Snake G5 S4
Nerodia taxispilota Brown Water Snake G5 S3
Ophisaurus mimicus Mimic Glass Lizard5 G3 S2 P2
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus Florida Pine Snake G4T3 S2 SP P2
Pseudemys alabamensis Alabama Redbelly Turtle G1 S1 LE SP P1
Rhadinaea flavilata Pine Woods Snake G4 S2
Vascular Plants
Acorus calamus Sweetflag G4? S1
Agalinis aphylla Leafless False-foxglove G3G4 S2
Agalinis linifolia Flax-leaf False-foxglove G4? S2
Agrimonia incisa Incised Groovebur G3 S2
Aristida simpliciflora Southern Three-awned Grass G3G4 S1
Aristida spiciformis Pine Barren Three-awned Grass G4 S1
Arnoglossum sulcatum Indian-plantain G3 S2S3
Botrychium jenmanii Alabama Grapefern G3G4 S1
Bulbostylis warei Ware's Hairsedge G3G4 SH
Burmannia capitata Bluethreads G5 S2
Calopogon multiflorus Many-flowered Grass-pink G2G3 S1
Canna flaccida Bandana-of-the-everglades G4? S1
Carex exilis Coast Sedge G5 S1
Chrysopsis godfreyi Godfrey's Golden-aster G2 S1
Cirsium lecontei Le Conte's Thistle G2G3 S1
Cladium mariscoides Twig Rush G5 S1
Coreopsis gladiata Southeastern Tickseed G4G5 S2
Epidendrum magnoliae Green-fly Orchid G4 S2
Eriocaulon texense Texas Pipewort G4 S2
Euphorbia discoidalis Euphorbia G3?Q S2?
Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf Witch-alder G3G4 S1
Gordonia lasianthus Loblolly Bay G5 S1
Habenaria quinqueseta var. quinqueseta Michaux Orchid G4G5T4? S1
Helenium brevifolium Little Leaf Sneezeweed G4 S1
Helenium vernale Spring Sneezeweed G4? S2
Helianthemum arenicola Coastal-sand Frostweed G3 S1
Hypericum reductum Atlantic St. John's-wort G5 S2
Ilex amelanchier Serviceberry Holly G4 S2
Kalmia hirsute Hairy Laurel G5 S2
Lachnocaulon digynum Pineland Bogbutton G3 S2
Liatris chapmanii Chapman's Gay-feather G5 SH
Lilium iridollae Panhandle Lily G2 S1
Lindera subcoriacea Bog Spicebush G2G3 S1
Linum macrocarpum Flax G2 S1
Lycopodiella cernua Nodding Clubmoss G5 S1S2
Nuphar lutea ssp. ulvacea West Florida Cowlily G5T2 S1
Panicum nudicaule Naked-stemmed Panic Grass G3Q S2
Peltandra sagittifolia Spoon-flower G3G4 S2
Penstemon multiflorus Many-flower Beardtongue G4 S1
Pinguicula planifolia Chapman's Butterwort G3? S1S2
Pinus clausa Sand Pine G4 S2
Platanthera integra Yellow Fringeless Orchid G3G4 S2
Pleea tenuifolia Rush False-asphodel G4 S1S2
Polanisia tenuifolia Slenderleaf Clammy-weed G5 S1
Polygala crenata Crenate Milkwort G4? S1
Polygala hookeri Hooker Milkwort G3 S1S2
Polygonella macrophylla Large-leaved Jointweed G3 S1
Ponthieva racemosa Shadow-witch Orchid G4G5 S2
Potamogeton floridanus Florida Pondweed G1 S1?
Pteroglossaspis ecristata Crestless Eulophia G2G3 S1
Quercus minima Dwarf Live Oak G5 S2
Rhynchospora crinipes Hairy-peduncled Beakrush G2 S1
Rhynchospora pleiantha Brown Beakrush G3 S1
Rhynchospora stenophylla Chapman Beakrush G4 S2
Rhynchospora tracyi Tracy's Beak Rush G4 S1
Sabatia brevifolia Short-leaved Pink G3G4 S1
Sageretia minutiflora Tiny-leaved Buckthorn G4 S1
Sarracenia leucophylla Whitetop Pitcher-plant G3 S3
Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi Wherry's Sweet Pitcher-plant G4T3 S3
Schwalbea americana Chaffseed G2G3 S1 LE
Selaginella ludoviciana Gulf Spike-moss G3G4 S1S2
Sideroxylon thornei Swamp Buckthorn G2 S1
Stilingia aquatica Water Toothleaf G4G5 S1
Thalia dealbata Powdery Thalia G4 S1
Utricularia inflata Swollen Bladderwort G5 S1S2
Utricularia olivacea Dwarf Bladderwort G4 S1
Vitis rotundifolia var. munsoniana Munson Grape G5T4? S1
Xyris chapmanii Chapman's Yellow-eyed Grass G3 S1
Xyris drummondii Drummond's Yellow-eyed Grass G3 S3
Xyris scabrifolia Harper's Yellow-eyed Grass G3 S1S2


Priority as identified in the State Wildlife Action Plan and its list of Species of Greatest Conservation Concern (for more information on SWAP, see http://www.outdooralabama.com/research-mgmt/swcs/).
Alabama endemic.
No occurrence record in ALNHP database but the US Fish & Wildlife Service (http://www.fws.gov/daphne/es/specieslst.html#Baldwin) lists this species as occurring in Baldwin County.
Historic occurrence, not documented in Alabama since 1981.
Historic occurrence.
Listed by USFWS as Endangered in Great Lakes watersheds of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; Listed as Threatened elsewhere, including Alabama.
The Bald Eagle was removed from the Federal List of Endangeredand Threatened Wildife (delisted) June 2007, but is still protected by provisions of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. For further information and guidelines on bald eagle protocol, go to: http://www.fws.gov/southeast/es/baldeagle/
Listed by USFWS as Endangered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; not listed elsewhere.
Sterna antillarum subspecies complex; some subspecies are federally listed. Listed by USFWS as Endangered on the U.S. west coast (subspecies browni) and on interior U.S. rivers, except within 50 miles of the coast.
10 Listed as a species of concern by the National Marine Fisheries Service (Federal Register 69(73):19975-19979, available at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/fr/fr64-19975.pdf)
11 Polydon spathula protected by Regulations 220-2-.94, page 63, and 220-2-.43, page 62, of the Alabama Regulations for 2007-2008 on Game, Fish, and Fur Bearing Animals.
12 Historic occurrence, no recent information
13 Possible occurrence
14  Listed as Threatened throughout most of its range, including Alabama, except in Florida and Mexico where it is listed as Endangered.
15 Occasional visitor but not known to nest in state.
16 Historical occurrence. Potential to occur in county.
17 Listed by USFWS as Threatened west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

USFWS Designated Critical Habitat in Baldwin County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
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State
Priority
Birds
Charadrius melodus Piping Plover G3 S1N LE, LT SP P1
Mammals
Peromyscus polionotus ammobates Alabama Beach Mouse G5T1 S1 LE SP P1
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis Perdido Key Beach Mouse G5T1 S1 LE SP P1

Location: coastal beaches