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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Choctaw County, Alabama
| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Global
Rank |
State
Rank |
Federal
Status |
State
Status |
State
Priority1 |
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Amphibians
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Ambystoma texanum |
Smallmouth Salamander |
G5 |
S3 |
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Desmognathus monticola |
Seal Salamander |
G5 |
S5 |
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SP4 |
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Birds
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Columbina passerina |
Common Ground-dove |
G5 |
S3 |
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SP |
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Elanoides forficatus |
Swallow-tailed Kite |
G5 |
S2 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Falco sparverius |
American Kestrel |
G5 |
S3B,S5N |
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SP |
P2 |
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Mycteria americana |
Wood Stork |
G4 |
S2N |
LE5
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SP |
P2 |
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Porphyrio martinica |
Purple Gallinule |
G5 |
S3B |
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GB |
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Crustaceans
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Cambarus acanthura |
Thornytail Crayfish6 |
G4G5 |
S3 |
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Fallicambarus fodiens |
Digger Crayfish6 |
G5 |
S3 |
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Hobbseus prominens |
Prominence Riverlet Crayfish6 |
G4G5 |
S3 |
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Orconectes chickasawae |
Chickasaw Crayfish |
G5 |
S2 |
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P2 |
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Orconectes jonesi |
Sucarnoochee River Crayfish |
G3 |
S3 |
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P2 |
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Procambarus vioscai paynei |
Payne's Creek Crayfish |
G5T5 |
S3 |
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Fish
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Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi |
Gulf Sturgeon3 |
G3T2 |
S1 |
LT
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SP |
P2 |
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Alosa alabamae |
Alabama Shad |
G3 |
S2 |
SC7
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SP |
P2 |
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Crystallaria asprella |
Crystal Darter |
G3 |
S3 |
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SP |
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Cycleptus meridionalis |
Southeastern Blue Sucker |
G3G4 |
S3 |
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CNGF |
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Etheostoma histrio |
Harlequin Darter |
G5 |
S3 |
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Etheostoma zonifer |
Blackwater Darter |
G3G4 |
S3 |
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Fundulus blaire |
Western Starhead Topminnow |
G4 |
S3 |
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Fundulus dispar |
Starhead Topminnow |
G4 |
S2 |
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Hiodon tergisus |
Mooneye |
G5 |
S3S4 |
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Noturus mocturnus |
Freckled Madtom |
G5 |
S3 |
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CNGF |
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Percina shumardi |
River Darter |
G5 |
S3 |
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Percina suttkusi |
Gulf Logperch |
G5 |
S3 |
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Polyodon spathula |
Paddlefish |
G4 |
S3 |
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SP8 |
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Pteronotropis signipinnis |
Flagfin Shiner |
G5 |
S3 |
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Insects
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Banksiola concatenata |
Caddisfly |
G5 |
S1 |
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Brachycentrus numerosus |
Caddisfly |
G5 |
S1 |
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Hydroptila chelops |
Caddisfly |
G1 |
S1 |
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Triaenodes aba |
Caddisfly |
G5 |
S1 |
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Triaenodes taenius |
Cold Spring Triaenodes Caddisfly |
G3G4 |
S1 |
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Mammals
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Ursus americanus |
Black Bear9 |
G5T2 |
S2 |
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GANOS |
P1 |
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Mussels
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Arcidens confragosus |
Rock Pocketbook |
G4 |
S3 |
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PS |
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Elliptio arca |
Alabama Spike |
G2G3Q |
S2 |
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PS |
P1 |
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Glebula rotundata |
Round Pearlshell |
G4G5 |
S2 |
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PS |
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Hamiota perovalis |
Orangenacre Mucket |
G2 |
S2 |
LT
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SP |
P2 |
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Obovaria unicolor |
Alabama Hickorynut |
G3 |
S2 |
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PS |
P2 |
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Pleurobema decisum |
Southern Clubshell6 |
G2 |
S2 |
LE
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SP |
P2 |
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Pleurobema perovatum |
Ovate Clubshell6 |
G1 |
S1 |
LE
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SP |
P1 |
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Pleurobema taitianum |
Heavy Pigtoe |
G1 |
S1 |
LE
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SP |
P1 |
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Potamilus inflatus |
Alabama Heelsplitter |
G1G2Q |
S1S2 |
LT
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SP |
P2 |
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Strophitus subvexus |
Southern Creekmussel |
G3 |
S3 |
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PS |
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Natural Communities
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Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Pinus glabra - (Magnolia macrophylla) / (Illicium floridanum) / Hexastylis arifolia Forest |
East Gulf Coastal Plain Acidic Loam Beech - Magnolia Forest |
G3G4 |
S2S3 |
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Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus pagoda - Carya spp./ Carpinus caroliniana/ Caraex spp. Forest |
Sweetgum - Cherrybark Oak Floodplain Forest |
G3G4 |
SNR |
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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica - Acer rubrum/ Itea virginica Forest |
Southern Coastal Plain Bald-cypress - Tupelo Swamp Fores |
G4? |
SNR |
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Reptiles
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Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake |
G4 |
S3 |
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P2 |
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Gopherus polyphemus |
Gopher Tortoise |
G3 |
S3 |
LT10
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SP |
P2 |
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Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda |
Black-knobbed Sawback |
G3T3Q |
S3 |
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SP |
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Graptemys pulchra |
Alabama Map Turtle |
G4 |
S3 |
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SP |
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Heterodon simus |
Southern Hognose Snake |
G2 |
SH |
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SP |
P1, possibly extirpated |
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Lampropeltis getula holbrooki |
Speckled Kingsnake |
G5T5 |
S4 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Macrochelys temminckii |
Alligator Snapping Turtle |
G3G4 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Plestiodon anthracinus |
Coal Skink |
G5 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Plestiodon inexpectatus |
Southeastern Five-lined Skink |
G5 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Snails
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Pleurocera prasinata |
Smooth Hornsnail2 |
G3Q |
S3 |
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Vascular Plants
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Corallorhiza wisteriana |
Spring Coralroot |
G5 |
S2 |
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Hypericum nudiflorum |
Pretty St. John's-wort |
G5 |
S2 |
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Parnassia grandifolia |
Large-leaved Grass-of-parnassus6 |
G3 |
S1 |
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Rhexia aristosa |
Awned Meadowbeauty |
G3 |
S1 |
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1 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/).
2 Alabama endemic.
3 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.
4 Only populations of Coastal Plain origin protected by the Nongame Species Regulation. 5 Listed by USFWS as Endangered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; not listed elsewhere. 6 Historic occurrence. 7 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) 8 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. 9 Reported from the county, but not likely part of an established, self-sustaining population 10 Listed by USFWS as Threatened west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers in Alabama (Choctaw, Mobile, and Washington counties), Mississippi, and Louisiana. Eastern populations were elevated to a candidate for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act 27 July 2011.
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