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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Limestone County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
Rank		 State
Rank		 Federal
Status		 State
Status		 State
Priority1
Amphibians
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Hellbender G3G4 S2 SP P1
Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus Pale Salamander G2G3 S2 SP P2
Birds
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow G3 S3 P2
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow G5 S3
Anas rubripes American Black Duck G5 S2B,S5N P2
Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow G5 S3B
Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler4 G4 S1B P1
Falco sparverius American Kestrel G5 S3B,S5N P2
Helmitheros vermivorum Worm-eating Warbler G5 S3B P2
Limnothylpis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler G4 S3B
Scolopax minor American Woodcock G5 S3B,S5N P2
Thryomanes bewickii Bewick's Wren4 G5 SHB,S1N SP P1
Tyto alba Barn-owl G5 S3
Crustaceans
Camabarus acanthura Thornytail Crayfish G4G5 S3
Cambarus graysoni Twospot Crayfish4 G5 S3
Cambarus jonesi Alabama Cave Crayfish2 G2 S2 P2
Cambarus veitchorum White Spring Cave Crayfish2 G1 S1 P1
Fallicambarus fodiens Digger Crayfish4 G5 S3
Orconectes forceps Surgeon Crayfish G5 S3
Orconectes mirus Wonderful Crayfish G4 S3S4
Orconectes placidus Bigclaw Crayfish G5 S2
Orconectes putnami Phallic Crayfish G5 S3
Fish
Carpiodes carpio River Carpsucker G5 S2
Elassoma alabamae Spring Pygmy Sunfish2 G1 S1 SP P1
Etheostoma blennioides Greenside Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma boschungi Slackwater Darter G1 S1 LT SP P1
Etheostoma camurum Bluebreast Darter G4 S1 P2
Etheostoma flabellare Fantail Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma jessiae Blueside Darter G4Q S3
Etheostoma kennicotti Stripetail Darter G4G5 S3
Etheostoma rufilineatum Redline Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma simoterum Snubnose Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma tuscumbia Tuscumbia Darter G2 S2 SP P2
Etheostoma wapiti Boulder Darter G1 S1 LE, XN5 SP P1
Etheostoma zonale Banded Darter G5 S2
Fundulus catenatus Northern Studfish G5 S3S4
Hemitremia flammea Flame Chub G3 S3
Hiodon alosoides Goldeneye G5 SX EX
Hiodon tergisus Mooneye G5 S3S4
Hybopsis amblops Bigeye Chub G5 S3
Ictiobus cyprinellus Bigmouth Buffalo G5 S2S3
Ictiobus niger Black Buffalo G5 S2S3
Lampetra appendix American Brook Lamprey G4 S1
Macrhybopsis hyostoma Shoal Chub G5 S3 P2
Moxostoma anisurum Silver Redhorse G5 S2
Moxostoma breviceps Shorthead Redhorse G5 S3
Notorus elegans Elegant Madtom4 G4 SX EX
Notorus exilis Slender Madtom G5 S3
Notorus sp. cf. flavus Highlands Stonecat G5T4Q S1 P2
Notropis boops Bigeye Shiner G5 S2
Notropis buchanani Ghost Shiner G5 S2 P2
Notropis micropteryx Highland Shiner G5 S2
Notropis sp. cf. spectrunculus Sawfin Shiner G4 S2
Notropis telescopus Telescope Shiner G5 S3
Noturus eleutherus Mountain Madtom G4 S1 P2
Perca flavescens Yellow Perch G5 S3
Percina evides Gilt Darter G4 S2 P2
Percina shumardi River Darter G5 S3
Phenacobius uranops Stargazing Minnow G4 S1 P2
Phoxinus erythrogaster Southern Redbelly Dace G5 S3
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish G4 S3 SP6
Typhlichthys subterraneus Southern Cavefish G3G4 S3 SP
Insects
Hydropsyche rotosa Caddisfly G2G3 S1
Hydropsyche simulans Caddisfly G5 S1
Rhadine caudata A Ground Beetle G3 S2
Rhyacophila fenestra Caddisfly G5 S1
Triaenodes aba Caddisfly G5 S1
Mammals
Microtus ochrogaster Prairie Vole G5 S2
Myotis grisescens Gray Bat G3 S2 LE SP P1
Myotis sodalis Indiana Bat3, 7 G2G3 S2N LE SP P1
Ursus americanus Black Bear8 G5T2 S2 P1
Mussels
Actinonaias ligamentina Mucket4 G5 S2 PS P1
Actinonaias pectorosa Pheasantshell4 G4 SX PS SX
Anodonta suborbiculata Flat Floater G5 S3 PS
Cumberlandia monodonta Spectaclecase G3 S1 C SP P1
Cyprogenia stegaria Fanshell4 G1Q S1 LE SP P1
Dromus dromas Dromedary Pearlymussel4 G1 S1 LE-XN9 SP EXCAU
Elliptio dilatata Spike G5 S1 PS P1
Epioblasma capsaeformis Oyster Mussell4 G1 SX LE-XN10 SP EXCAU
Epioblasma triquetra Snuffbox4 G3 S1 PS P1
Fusconaia cuneolus Fine-rayed Pigtoe4 G1 S1 LE, XN11 SP P1
Fusconaia subrotunda Longsolid4 G3 S1 PS P1
Hemistena lata Cracking Pearlymussel G1 SX LE,XN11 SP P1
Lampsilis abrupta Pink Mucket G2 S1 LE SP P1
Lampsilis fasciola Wavyrayed Lampmussel G5 S2 PS
Lampsilis ovata Pocketbook G5 S2 PS
Lasmigona complanata White Heelsplitter G5 S2 PS
Lasmigona costata Flutedshell G5 S2 PS P2
Ligumia recta Black Sandshell G5 S2 PS P2
Obovaria olivaria Hickorynut4 G4 SX PS SX
Obovaria retusa Ring Pink4 G1 SH LE SP P1
Obovaria subrotunda Round Hickorynut4 G4 S2 PS P1
Pegias fabula Littlewing Pearlymussel4 G1 SX LE SP EX
Plethobasus cooperianus Orangefoot Pimpleback4 G1 SH LE SP P1
Plethobasus cyphyus Sheepnose4 G3 S1 C SP P1
Pleurobema cordatum Ohio Pigtoe G4 S2 PS
Pleurobema oviforme Tennessee Clubshell G2G3 S1 PS P1
Pleurobema plenum Rough Pigtoe4 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Pleurobema rubrum Pyramid Pigtoe4 G2G3 S1 SP P1
Pleurobema sintoxia Round Pigtoe G4G5 S1 SP P1
Pleuronaia barnesiana Tennessee Pigtoe G2G3 S1 PS P2
Pleuronaia dolabelloides Slabside Pearlymussel4 G2 S1 C SP P1
Potamilus ohiensis Pink Papershell G5 S3 PS
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Kidneyshell G4G5 S2 PS P1
Ptychobranchus subtenum Fluted Kidneyshell4 G2G3 SX C SP EX
Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica Rabbitsfoot4 G3G4T3 S1 SP P1
Quadrula intermedia Cumberland Monkeyface4 G1 SX LE, XN11 SP SXCAU
Quadrula metanevra Monkeyface G4 S3 PS
Toxolasma cylindrellus Pale Lilliput4 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Toxolasma lividum Purple Lilliput G3 S2 PS
Toxolasma parvus Lilliput G5 S3 PS
Truncilla donaciformis Fawnsfoot G5 S3 PS
Truncilla truncata Deertoe4 G5 S1 PS P1
Villosa iris Rainbow G5Q S2 PS
Villosa taeniata Painted Creekshell4 G3G4 S2 PS
Villosa vanuxemensis Mountain Creekshell G4 S3 PS
Reptiles
Graptemys geographica Common Map Turtle G5 S3
Snails
Athearnia anthonyi Anthony Riversnail G1 S1 LE, XN12 SP P1
Elimia laqueata Panel Elimia G5 S2
Lithasia lima Warty Rocksnail G2Q S1 P2
Lithasia salebrosa Rustic Rocksnail4 G3G4Q S1 P2
Marstonia pachyta Armored Marstonia2 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Pleurocera alveare Rugged Hornsnail4 G3 S1 P2
Pleurocera pyrenella Skirted Hornsnail G2 S2 P2
Vascular Plants
Armoracia lacustris Lake Cress G4? S1
Elodea canadensis Broad Waterweed G5 S1
Lesquerella densipila Duck River Bladderpod G3 S1
Neviusia alabamensis Alabama Snow-wreath G2 S2
Platanthera lacera Green-fringed Orchid G5 S2
Ranunculus flabellaris Yellow Water-crowfoot G5 S1
Trillium pusillum var. 1 Alabama Least Trillium G3T2Q S2
Trillium sessile Toadshade G4G5 S2

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#Limestone) lists this species as occurring in Limestone County.
4 Historic occurrence.
5 Listed Endangered rangewide (Alabama and Tennessee). PXN - Proposed experimental nonessential population that would extend from the mouth of Long Branch, Lawrence County, Tennessee (Shoal Creek mile (CM) 41.7 (66.7 kilometers (km)), downstream to the backwaters of the Wilson Reservoir at Goose Shoals, Lauderdale County, Alabama (approximately CM 14 (22 km)), and would include the lower 5 CM (8 km) of all tributaries that enter this reach (Federal Register 29(203):61774-61784 - available online at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2004_register&docid=fr21oc04-16.pdf)
6 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.
7 Possible occurrence
8 Reported from the county, but not likely part of an established, self-sustaining population
9 Listed Endangered rangewide by USFWS except where listed as Experimental Populations; XN - AL; free-flowing reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale counties, Alabama, where a trial transplant was conducted in 2003.
10 Listed Endangered rangewide by USFWS except where listed as Experimental Populations; XN - AL; free-flowing reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale counties, Alabama, but no reintroductions have been made yet.
11 Listed Endangered rangewide by USFWS except where listed as Experimental Populations; XN - Experimental Population, Non-Essential; AL - free-flowing reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale counties, Alabama, but no reintroductions have been made yet.
12 Listed Endangered rangewide by USFWS except where listed as Experimental Populations; XN - AL; free-flowing reach of the Tennessee River below the Wilson Dam, Colbert and Lauderdale counties, Alabama.