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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Choctaw County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
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Status
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Amphibians
Ambystoma texanum Smallmouth Salamander G5 S3
Desmognathus monticola Seal Salamander G5 S5 SP4
Birds
Columbina passerina Common Ground-dove G5 S3 SP
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-tailed Kite G5 S2 P2
Falco sparverius American Kestrel G5 S3B,S5N P2
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle G5 S3B BGEPA5 SP
Limnothylpis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler G4 S3B
Mycteria americana Wood Stork3 G4 S2N LE6 SP P2
Porphyrio martinica Purple Gallinule G5 S3B
Crustaceans
Camabarus acanthura Thornytail Crayfish7 G4G5 S3
Fallicambarus fodiens Digger Crayfish7 G5 S3
Hobbseus prominens Prominence Riverlet Crayfish7 G4G5 S3
Orconectes chickasawae Chickasaw Crayfish G5 S2 P2
Orconectes jonesi Sucarnoochee River Crayfish G3 S3 P2
Procambarus vioscai paynei Payne's Creek Crayfish G5T5 S3
Fish
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Gulf Sturgeon3 G3T2 S1 LT SP P2
Alosa alabamae Alabama Shad G3 S2 SC8 SP P2
Crystallaria asprella Crystal Darter G3 S3 SP
Cycleptus elongatus Blue Sucker G3G4 S2S3
Cycleptus meridionalis Southeastern Blue Sucker G3G4 S3
Etheostoma histrio Harlequin Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma zonifer Blackwater Darter G3G4 S3
Fundulus blaire Western Starhead Topminnow G4 S3
Fundulus dispar Starhead Topminnow G4 S2
Hiodon tergisus Mooneye G5 S3S4
Notorus mocturnus Freckled Madtom G5 S3
Percina shumardi River Darter G5 S3
Percina suttkusi Gulf Logperch G5 S3
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish G4 S3 SP9
Pteronotropis signipinnis Flagfin Shiner G5 S3
Insects
Banksiola concatenata Caddisfly G5 S1
Brachycentrus numerosus Caddisfly G5 S1
Hydroptila chelops Caddisfly G1 S1
Triaenodes aba Caddisfly G5 S1
Triaenodes taenius Cold Spring Triaenodes Caddisfly G3G4 S1
Mammals
Ursus americanus Black Bear10 G5T2 S2 P1
Mussels
Arcidens confragosus Rock Pocketbook G4 S3 PS
Elliptio arca Alabama Spike G2G3Q S2 PS P1
Glebula rotundata Round Pearlshell G4G5 S2 PS
Hamiota perovalis Orangenacre Mucket G2 S2 LT SP P2
Obovaria unicolor Alabama Hickorynut G3 S2 PS P2
Pleurobema decisum Southern Clubshell7 G2 S2 LE SP P2
Pleurobema perovatum Ovate Clubshell7 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Pleurobema taitianum Heavy Pigtoe G1 S1 LE SP P1
Potamilus inflatus Alabama Heelsplitter G1G2Q S1S2 LT SP P2
Strophitus subvexus Southern Creekmussel G3 S3 PS
Natural Communities
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Pinus glabra - (Magnolia macrophylla) / (Illicium floridanum) / Hexastylis arifolia Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Acidic Loam Beech - Magnolia Forest G3G4 S2S3
Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus pagoda - Carya spp./ Carpinus caroliniana/ Caraex spp. Forest Sweetgum - Cherrybark Oak Floodplain Forest G3G4 SNR
Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica - Acer rubrum/ Itea virginica Forest Southern Coastal Plain Bald-cypress - Tupelo Swamp Fores G4? SNR
Reptiles
Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise3 G3 S3 PS:LT SP P2
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake G5T5 S3 P2
Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle G3G4 S3 SP P2
Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake G5 S3 P2
Snails
Pleurocera prasinata Smooth Hornsnail2 G3Q S3
Vascular Plants
Corallorhiza wisteriana Spring Coralroot G5 S2
Hypericum nudiflorum Pretty St. John's-wort G5 S2
Parnassia grandifolia Large-leaved Grass-of-parnassus7 G3 S1
Rhexia aristosa Awned Meadowbeauty G3 S1


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#Choctaw) lists this species as occurring in Choctaw County.
Only populations of Coastal Plain origin protected by the Nongame Species Regulation.
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.
Historic occurrence.
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)
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.
10 Reported from the county, but not likely part of an established, self-sustaining population