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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Houston County, Alabama

Scientific Name	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank	Federal Status	State Status	State Priority1
Amphibians
Ambystoma bishopi	Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander4	G2G3	S1	LT	SP	P1
Ambystoma tigrinum	Tiger Salamander	G5	S3
Amphiuma means	Two-toed Amphiuma	G5	S3
Desmognathus apalachicolae	Apalachicola Dusky Salamander	G3G4	S3
Desmognathus auriculatus	Southern Dusky Salamander	G5	S2		SP	P1
Pseudacris ocularis	Little Grass Frog	G5	S1			P2
Birds
Columbina passerina	Common Ground-dove	G5	S3		SP
Eudocimus albus	White Ibis	G5	S2B,S3N		SP
Falco sparverius	American Kestrel	G5	S3B,S5N		SP	P2
Ixobrychus exilis	Least Bittern	G5	S2N,S4B		SP	P2
Mycteria americana	Wood Stork	G4	S2N	LE	SP	P2
Peucaea aestivalis	Bachman's Sparrow	G3	S3		SP	P2
Porphyrio martinica	Purple Gallinule	G5	S3B		GB
Crustaceans
Procambarus paeninsulanaus	Peninsula Crayfish5	G5	S2
Fish
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi	Gulf Sturgeon	G3T2	S1	LT	SP	P2
Alosa alabamae	Alabama Shad	G3	S2	SC6	SP	P2
Ameiurus brunneus	Snail Bullhead	G4	S3		CNGF
Ameiurus catus	White Catfish	G5	S3		CNGF
Ameiurus serracanthus	Spotted Bullhead	G3	S2		CNGF
Campostoma pauciradii	Bluefin Stoneroller	G4	S2
Cyprinella callitaenia	Bluestripe Shiner	G2G3	S1S2
Elassoma evergladei	Everglades Pygmy Sunfish	G5	S3
Etheostoma davisoni	Choctawhatchee Darter	G4	S3
Etheostoma fusiforme	Swamp Darter	G5	S3
Fundulus escambia	Russetfin Topminnow	G4	S3
Heterandria formosa	Least Killish	G5	S3
Lucania goodei	Bluefin Killifish	G5	S1
Luxilus zonistius	Bandfin Shiner	G4	S3
Moxostoma lachneri	Greater Jumprock	G4	S3		CNGF
Moxostoma sp. cf. poecilurum	Apalachicola Redhorse	G3	S2		CNGF
Notropis chalybaeus	Ironcolor Shiner5	G4	SH		SP	P1
Notropis cummingsae	Dusky Shiner	G5	S2			P2
Notropis harperi	Redeye Chub	G4	S3
Notropis maculatus	Taillight Shiner	G5	S3
Notropis petersoni	Coastal Shiner	G5	S2
Perca flavescens	Yellow Perch	G5	S3		GF
Pteronotropis euryzonus	Broadstripe Shiner	G3	S2			P2
Pteronotropis grandipinnis	Apalachee Shiner	GNR	S2
Pteronotropis merlini	Orangetail Shiner	GNR	S3
Pteronotropis welaka	Bluenose Shiner	G3G4	S2			P2
Insects
Hydropsyche alabama	Caddisfly	G1	S1
Hydroptila metteei	Caddisfly	G1G2	S1
Mammals
Geomys pinetis	Southeastern Pocket Gopher	G5	S3		SP	P2
Geomys pinetis	Southeastern Pocket Gopher	G5	S3		SP	P2
Sylvilagus palustris	Marsh Rabbit7	G5T2	S3			P2
Mussels
Anodontoides radiatus	Rayed Creekshell	G3	S3		PS
Eliptoides sloatianus	Purple Bankclimber5	G2	S1	LT	SP	P1
Elliptio chipolaensis	Chipola Slabshell	G1	S1	LT	SP	EX
Elliptio fumata	Gulf Slabshell	G4	S3		PS
Elliptio mcmichaeli	Fluted Elephantear	G3	S2		PS	P1
Elliptio purpurella	Inflated Spike	G2	S1		PS	P1
Hamiota australis	Southern Sandshell	G2G3	S1S2	C	SP	P1
Hamiota subangulata	Shinyrayed Pocketbook	G2	S1	LE	SP	P1
Lampsilis floridensis	Florida Sandshell	G3G4	S2		PS
Medionidus penicillatus	Gulf Moccasinshell	G2	S1	LE	SP	P1
Pleurobema pyriforme	Oval Pigtoe	G2	S1	LE	SP	P1
Pleurobema strodeanum	Fuzzy Pigtoe	G2G3	S2	C	SP	P2
Quadrula infucata	Sculptured Pigtoe	G3	S1		PS	P1
Quadrula succissa	Purple Pigtoe	G3G4	S3		PS
Toxolasma paulus	Iridescent Lilliput	G4G5Q	S2		PS
Uniomerus columbensis	Apalachicola Pondhorn	G3	S2		PS
Utterbackia peggyae	Florida Floater	G3	S1		PS
Villosa choctawensis	Choctaw Bean	G2G3	S2	C	SP	P2
Villosa villosa	Downy Rainbow	G3	S1		PS
Natural Communities
Magnolia virginiana - Nyssa biflora / Carpinus caroliniana / Thelypteris noveboracensis - Athyrium filix-femina Forest	Atlantic/east Gulf Coastal Plain Sweetbay - Blackgum Streamhead Forest	G3G4	S2
Nyssa biflora / Itea virginica - Cephalanthus occidentalis Depression Forest	Swamp Blackgum Depression Forest	G3G4	S1
Quercus virginiana/Vaccinium arboreum - Ilex vomitoria Forest	Xeric Live Oak Hammock	G2G3	S1
Reptiles
Crotalus adamanteus	Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake	G4	S3			P2
Deirochelys reticularia	Chicken Turtle	G5	S3
Gopherus polyphemus	Gopher Tortoise	G3	S3	C8	SP	P2
Graptemys barbouri	Barbour's Map Turtle	G2	S2		SP	P2
Lampropeltis getula getula	Eastern Kingsnake	G5T5	S4		SP	P2
Macrochelys temminckii	Alligator Snapping Turtle	G3G4	S3		SP	P2
Micrurus fulvius	Eastern Coral Snake	G5	S3		SP	P2
Nerodia taxispilota	Brown Water Snake	G5	S3
Plestiodon inexpectatus	Southeastern Five-lined Skink	G5	S3		SP	P2
Vascular Plants
Agalinis linifolia	Flax-leaf False-foxglove	G4?	S2
Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum	Blue Maiden-cane	G4	S1
Amsonia rigida	Stiff Blue-star	G4	S1
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus	Beardgrass	G5T4T5	S2
Arnoglossum diversifolium	Variable-leaved Indian-plantain	G2	S1
Asclepias viridula	Southern Milkweed	G2	S1
Brickellia cordifolia	Flyr's Brickell-bush	G2G3	S2
Carex striata	Walter's Sedge	G4G5	S1
Chamaecrista deeringiana	Florida Senna	G2G4Q	S1
Chasmanthium nitidum	Shiny Spikegrass	G3	S1
Coelorachis tuberculosa	Florida Jointgrass	G3	S1
Corallorhiza wisteriana	Spring Coralroot	G5	S2
Coreopsis gladiata	Southeastern Tickseed	G4G5	S2
Coreopsis nudata	Georgia Tickseed	G3?	S1
Croton elliottii	Elliott's Croton	G2G3	S1
Dicerandra linearifolia	Large-flowered Pennyroyal	G4G5	S2
Eleocharis melanocarpa	Black-fruited Spike-rush	G4	S1
Epidendrum magnoliae	Green-fly Orchid	G4	S2
Eriocaulon lineare	Narrow Pipewort	G4	S2
Eurybia chapmanii	Chapman Aster	G2G3	SH
Gordonia lasianthus	Loblolly Bay	G5	S1
Hypericum harperi	Sharp-lobe St. John's-wort	G3G4	S1
Ilex amelanchier	Serviceberry Holly	G4	S2
Isoetes flaccida	Southern Quillwort	G3	S1
Isoetes hyemalis	Winter Quillwort	G2G3	S1
Iva microcephala	Small-headed Marsh-elder	G5	S1
Lachnocaulon minus	Small's Bog-button	G3G4	S1?
Lobelia boykinii	Boykin's Lobelia	G2G3	S1S2
Ludwigia spathulata	Spathulate Seedbox	G2	S1S2
Lycopodiella cernua	Nodding Clubmoss	G5	S1S2
Mitreola angustifolia	Narrow-leaf Miterwort	G4G5	S1
Penstemon multiflorus	Many-flowered Beardtongue	G4	S1
Platanthera nivea	Snowy Orchis	G5	S2
Rhexia salicifolia	Panhandle Meadowbeauty	G2	S1
Rhynchospora pleiantha	Brown Beakrush	G3	S1
Rhynchospora tracyi	Tracy's Beak Rush	G4	S1
Sabatia quadrangula	Four-angled Pink	G4G5	SH
Sagittaria isoetiformis	Slender Arrow-head	G4?	S2
Salix floridana	Florida Willow	G2	S1
Selaginella ludoviciana	Gulf Spike-moss	G3G4	S1S2
Sideroxylon reclinatum	Buckthorn	G4G5	S1?
Sideroxylon thornei	Swamp Buckthorn	G2	S1
Sium floridanum	Florida Water-parsnip	G1Q	S1
Sporobolus teretifolius	Wire-leaved Dropseed	G2	S1
Stewartia malacodendron	Silky Camellia	G4	S2S3
Stillingia aquatica	Water Toothleaf	G4G5	S1
Stylisma aquatica	Water Southern Morning-glory	G4	S1
Symphyotrichum kralii	Pale-violet Aster	GNR	SH
Tephrosia mohrii	Pineland Hoary-pea	G3	S1S2
Trillium lancifolium	Narrow-leaved Trillium	G3	S2S3
Uvularia floridana	Florida Bellwort	G3	S1
Viburnum obovatum	Small-leaf Viburnum	G5	S1
Warea sessilifolia	Sessile-leaved Warea	G2G4	S1
Xyris scabrifolia	Harper's Yellow-eyed Grass	G3	S1S2
Xyris serotina	Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grass	G3G4	S1

USFWS Designated Critical Habitat in Houston County, Alabama

Scientific Name	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank	Federal Status	State Status	State Priority
Fish
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi	Gulf Sturgeon	G3T2	S1	LT	SP	P2