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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Covington County, Alabama
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Common Name |
Global Rank |
State Rank |
Federal Status |
State Status |
State Priority1 |
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Amphibians
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Ambystoma bishopi |
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander4 |
G2G3 |
S1 |
LT
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SP |
P1 |
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Ambystoma tigrinum |
Tiger Salamander |
G5 |
S3 |
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Amphiuma means |
Two-toed Amphiuma |
G5 |
S3 |
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Desmognathus auriculatus |
Southern Dusky Salamander |
G5 |
S2 |
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SP |
P1 |
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Hyla andersonii |
Pine Barrens Treefrog |
G4 |
S2 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Phaeognathus hubrichti |
Red Hills Salamander2 |
G2 |
S2 |
LT
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SP |
P2 |
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Rana capito |
Gopher Frog |
G3 |
S2 |
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SP |
P1 |
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Siren lacertina |
Greater Siren |
G5 |
S3 |
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Birds
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Ammodramus henslowii |
Henslow's Sparrow |
G4 |
S2N |
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SP |
P1 |
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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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Eudocimus albus |
White Ibis |
G5 |
S2B,S3N |
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SP |
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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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Passerina ciris |
Painted Bunting |
G5 |
S2B |
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SP |
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Peucaea aestivalis |
Bachman's Sparrow |
G3 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Picoides borealis |
Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
G3 |
S2 |
LE
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SP |
P1 |
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Porphyrio martinica |
Purple Gallinule |
G5 |
S3B |
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GB |
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Scolopax minor |
American Woodcock |
G5 |
S3B,S5N |
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GB |
P2 |
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Crustaceans
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Cambarus miltus |
Rusty Grave Digger |
G1G2 |
S1 |
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P2 |
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Procambarus hubellii |
Jackknife Crayfish |
G4 |
S2 |
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Procambarus okaloosae |
Okaloosa Crayfish |
G4 |
S2 |
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Fish
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Alosa alabamae |
Alabama Shad |
G3 |
S2 |
SC6
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SP |
P2 |
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Ammocrypta bifascia |
Florida Sand Darter |
G4 |
S3 |
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Elassoma evergladei |
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish |
G5 |
S3 |
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Enneacanthus gloriosus |
Bluespotted Sunfish |
G5 |
S3 |
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GF |
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Etheostoma davisoni |
Choctawhatchee Darter |
G4 |
S3 |
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Etheostoma fusiforme |
Swamp Darter |
G5 |
S3 |
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Etheostoma histrio |
Harlequin Darter |
G5 |
S3 |
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Fundulus cingulatus |
Banded Topminnow |
G4 |
S2 |
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Fundulus escambiae |
Russetfin Topminnow |
G4 |
S3 |
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Notropis chalybaeus |
Ironcolor Shiner7 |
G4 |
SH |
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SP |
P1 |
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Notropis harperi |
Redeye Chub |
G4 |
S3 |
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Pteronotropis signipinnis |
Flagfin Shiner |
G5 |
S3 |
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Pteronotropis welaka |
Bluenose Shiner |
G3G4 |
S2 |
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P2 |
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Insects
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Cernotina truncona |
Florida Cernotinan Caddisfly |
G4 |
S1 |
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Chimarra falculata |
Caddisfly |
G4 |
S1 |
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Mammals
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Geomys pinetis |
Southeastern Pocket Gopher |
G5 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Myotis austroriparius |
Southeastern Myotis |
G3G4 |
S2 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Sylvilagus palustris |
Marsh Rabbit8 |
G5T2 |
S3 |
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P2 |
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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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Anodonta hartfieldorum |
Cypress Floater |
G4 |
S1 |
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PS |
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Anodonta suborbiculata |
Flat Floater |
G5 |
S3 |
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PS |
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Elliptio mcmichaeli |
Fluted Elephantear |
G3 |
S2 |
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PS |
P1 |
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Fusconaia escambia |
Narrow Pigtoe |
G2 |
S2 |
C
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SP |
P1 |
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Fusconaia rotulata |
Round Ebonyshell |
G1 |
S1 |
C
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SP |
P1 |
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Hamiota australis |
Southern Sandshell |
G2G3 |
S2 |
C
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SP |
P1 |
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Lampsilis floridensis |
Florida Sandshell |
G3G4 |
S2 |
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PS |
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Pleurobema strodeanum |
Fuzzy Pigtoe |
G2G3 |
S2 |
C
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SP |
P2 |
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Ptychobranchus jonesi |
Southern Kidneyshell7 |
G1 |
S1 |
C
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SP |
P1 |
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Quadrula succissa |
Purple Pigtoe |
G3G4 |
S3 |
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PS |
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Toxolasma sp. 1 |
Gulf Lilliput |
G2 |
S2 |
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PS |
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Villosa choctawensis |
Choctaw Bean |
G2G3 |
S2 |
C
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SP |
P2 |
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Natural Communities
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'Taxodium ascendens / Ilex myrtifolia Depression Forest |
Pond-cypress / Myrtle Dahoon Depression Forest |
G3? |
S1S2 |
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Aristida beyrichiana - Rhynchospora oligantha - Panicum nudicaule - (Eurybia eryngiifolia) Herbaceous Vegetation |
East Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Bog (upper Terrace Type) |
G2 |
S2 |
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Nyssa biflora - Magnolia virginiana - (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii) / Morella (caroliniensis, inodora) Forest |
Swamp Blackgum Bayhead Forest |
G4? |
SNR |
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Nyssa biflora / Itea virginica - Cephalanthus occidentalis Depression Forest |
Swamp Blackgum Depression Forest |
G3G4 |
S1 |
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Reptiles
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Apalone ferox |
Florida Softshell |
G5 |
S2 |
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RT |
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Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake |
G4 |
S3 |
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P2 |
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Deirochelys reticularia |
Chicken Turtle |
G5 |
S3 |
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Drymarchon couperi |
Eastern Indigo Snake10 |
G3 |
S1 |
LT
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SP |
P1, possibly extirpated |
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Farancia erytrogramma |
Rainbow Snake |
G4 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Gopherus polyphemus |
Gopher Tortoise |
G3 |
S3 |
C11
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SP |
P2 |
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Gopherus polyphemus |
Gopher Tortoise |
G3 |
S3 |
C11
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SP |
P2 |
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Graptemys ernsti |
Escambia Map Turtle |
G2 |
S2 |
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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 getula |
Eastern 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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Masticophis flagellum |
Coachwhip |
G5 |
S3 |
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SP |
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Micrurus fulvius |
Eastern Coral Snake |
G5 |
S3 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Nerodia fasciata |
Southern Water Snake |
G5 |
S4 |
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Nerodia taxispilota |
Brown Water Snake |
G5 |
S3 |
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Ophisaurus mimicus |
Mimic Glass Lizard12 |
G3 |
S2 |
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SP |
P2 |
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Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus |
Florida Pine Snake |
G4T3 |
S2 |
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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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Seminatrix pygaea |
Black Swamp Snake |
G5 |
S2 |
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P2 |
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Snails
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Elimia curvicostata |
Graphite Elimia |
G5 |
S3 |
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Vascular Plants
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Agalinis divaricata |
Pineland False-foxglove |
G3? |
S1 |
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Agalinis georgiana |
Georgia False-foxglove |
GNR |
S1 |
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Agalinis linifolia |
Flax-leaf False-foxglove |
G4? |
S2 |
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Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum |
Blue Maiden-cane |
G4 |
S1 |
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Andropogon arctatus |
Pine-woods Bluestem |
G3 |
S1 |
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Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus |
Beardgrass |
G5T4T5 |
S2 |
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Aristida simpliciflora |
Southern Three-awned Grass |
G3G4 |
S1 |
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Arnoglossum sulcatum |
Indian-plantain |
G3 |
S2S3 |
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Asclepias cinerea |
Carolina Milkweed |
G4? |
S1 |
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Asclepias rubra |
Red Milkweed |
G4G5 |
S1 |
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Brickellia cordifolia |
Flyr's Brickell-bush |
G2G3 |
S2 |
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Chamaecrista deeringiana |
Florida Senna |
G2G4Q |
S1 |
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Coelorachis tuberculosa |
Florida Jointgrass |
G3 |
S1 |
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Coreopsis gladiata |
Southeastern Tickseed |
G4G5 |
S2 |
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Dicerandra linearifolia |
Large-flowered Pennyroyal |
G4G5 |
S2 |
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Echinodorus parvulus |
Dwarf Burhead |
G3Q |
S1 |
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Eleocharis melanocarpa |
Black-fruited Spike-rush |
G4 |
S1 |
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Epidendrum magnoliae |
Green-fly Orchid |
G4 |
S2 |
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Eriocaulon lineare |
Narrow Pipewort |
G4 |
S2 |
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Eurybia eryngiifolia |
Coyote-thistle Aster |
G3G4 |
S2 |
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Eurybia spectabilis |
Showy Aster |
G5 |
S2 |
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Hamamelis ovalis |
Mississippi Witch Hazel |
G1 |
S1 |
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Hypericum nitidum |
Carolina St. John's-wort |
G4 |
S2 |
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Hypericum reductum |
Atlantic St. John's-wort |
G5 |
S2 |
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Isoetes appalachiana |
Appalachian Quillwort |
G4 |
S1 |
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Juncus gymnocarpus |
Naked-fruited Rush |
G4 |
S2 |
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Lachnocaulon digynum |
Pineland Bogbutton |
G3 |
S2 |
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Lachnocaulon minus |
Small's Bog-button |
G3G4 |
S1? |
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Lilaeopsis carolinensis |
Carolina Lilaeopsis |
G3G5 |
S1 |
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Lilium iridollae |
Panhandle Lily |
G2 |
S1 |
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Lindera melissifolia |
Pondberry |
G2G3 |
S1 |
LE
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Ludwigia spathulata |
Spathulate Seedbox |
G2 |
S1S2 |
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Macranthera flammea |
Flame Flower |
G3 |
S2 |
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Myriophyllum laxum |
Loose Water-milfoil |
G3 |
S2 |
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Panicum nudicaule |
Naked-stemmed Panic Grass |
G3Q |
S2 |
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Peltandra sagittifolia |
Spoon-flower |
G3G4 |
S2 |
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Pieris phillyreifolia |
Climbing Fetter-bush |
G3 |
S2 |
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Pinus serotina |
Pond Pine |
G5 |
S1 |
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Pityopsis oligantha |
Coastal-plain Golden-aster |
G2G4 |
S1 |
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Platanthera nivea |
Snowy Orchis |
G5 |
S2 |
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Polygala hookeri |
Hooker Milkwort |
G3 |
S1S2 |
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Rhexia parviflora |
Small-flowered Meadowbeauty |
G2 |
S1 |
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Rhexia salicifolia |
Panhandle Meadowbeauty |
G2 |
S1 |
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Rhododendron austrinum |
Orange Azalea |
G3 |
S2S3 |
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Rhynchospora crinipes |
Hairy-peduncled Beakrush |
G2 |
S1 |
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Rhynchospora macra |
Southern White Beak Rush |
G3 |
S1 |
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Rhynchospora pleiantha |
Brown Beakrush |
G3 |
S1 |
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Rhynchospora stenophylla |
Chapman Beakrush |
G4 |
S2 |
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Rudbeckia auriculata |
Eared Coneflower |
G2 |
S2 |
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Ruellia noctiflora |
Night-flowering Wild-petunia |
G2 |
S1 |
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Sagittaria isoetiformis |
Slender Arrow-head |
G4? |
S2 |
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Salix floridana |
Florida Willow |
G2 |
S1 |
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Sarracenia leucophylla |
Whitetop Pitcher-plant |
G3 |
S3 |
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Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi |
Wherry's Sweet Pitcher-plant |
G4T3 |
S3 |
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Sporobolus curtissii |
Pineland Dropseed |
G3 |
S1 |
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Stylisma aquatica |
Water Southern Morning-glory |
G4 |
S1 |
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Tephrosia mohrii |
Pineland Hoary-pea |
G3 |
S1S2 |
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Thelypteris ovata |
Ovate Marsh Fern |
G3G5 |
S3 |
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Utricularia floridana |
Florida Bladderwort |
G3G5 |
S1S2 |
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Utricularia resupinata |
Northeastern Bladderwort |
G4 |
S1S2 |
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Vitis rotundifolia var munsoniana |
Munson Grape |
G5T4? |
S1 |
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Xyris chapmanii |
Chapman's Yellow-eyed Grass |
G3 |
S1 |
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Xyris drummondii |
Drummond's Yellow-eyed Grass |
G3 |
S3 |
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Xyris isoetifolia |
Quillwort Yellow-eyed Grass |
G1 |
SH |
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Xyris longisepala |
Kral's Yellow-eyed Grass |
G2 |
S1 |
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Xyris scabrifolia |
Harper's Yellow-eyed Grass |
G3 |
S1S2 |
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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.
4 Historic occurrence, not documented in Alabama since 1981. 5 Listed by USFWS as Endangered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; not listed elsewhere. 6 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) 7 Historic occurrence. 8 Historic occurrence, no recent information 9 Reported from the county, but not likely part of an established, self-sustaining population 10 Historic occurrence and release site in 1981 but no recent observations, potential to occur in the county. 11 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. 12 Historic occurrence
USFWS Designated Critical Habitat in Covington County, Alabama
| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Global Rank |
State Rank |
Federal Status |
State Status |
State Priority |
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Fish
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Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi |
Gulf Sturgeon |
G3T2 |
S1 |
LT |
SP |
P2 |
Location: Conecuh River, Yellow River
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