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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Lowndes County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
Rank		 State
Rank		 Federal
Status		 State
Status		 State
Priority1
Birds
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow G3 S3 P2
Columbina passerina Common Ground-dove G5 S3 SP
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle G5 S3B BGEPA4 SP
Limnothylpis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler G4 S3B
Mycteria americana Wood Stork3 G4 S2N LE5 SP P2
Scolopax minor American Woodcock G5 S3B,S5N P2
Tyto alba Barn-owl G5 S3
Crustaceans
Orconectes holti Bimaculate Crayfish G3 S3 P2
Procambarus lewisi Spur Crayfish6 G2G3 S3 P2
Fish
Cycleptus meridionalis Southeastern Blue Sucker G3G4 S3
Etheostoma zonifer Blackwater Darter G3G4 S3
Hiodon tergisus Mooneye G5 S3S4
Notorus mocturnus Freckled Madtom G5 S3
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish G4 S3 SP7
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Alabama Sturgeon3 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Mammals
Ursus americanus Black Bear8 G5T2 S2 P1
Mussels
Epioblasma penita Southern Combshell6 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Lasmigona alabamensis Alabama Heelsplitter G3 S3 PS
Ligumia recta Black Sandshell6 G5 S2 PS P2
Quadrula metanevra Monkeyface G4 S3 PS
Quadrula nobilis Gulf Mapleleaf G4 S3 PS
Quadrula stapes Stirrupshell9, 6 GH SX LE SP
Strophitus connasaugaensis Alabama Creekmussel G3 S3 PS P2
Toxolasma corvunculus Southern Purple Lilliput6 G1 S1 PS P1
Toxolasma parvus Lilliput G5 S3 PS
Truncilla donaciformis Fawnsfoot G5 S3 PS
Natural Communities
Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea candida - Liatris squarrosa - (Silphium terebinthinaceum) Black Belt Herbaceous Vegetation Black Belt Prairie G1 S1
Reptiles
Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda Black-knobbed Sawback G3T3Q S3 SP
Graptemys pulchra Alabama Map Turtle G4 S3 SP
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake G5T5 S3 P2
Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle G3G4 S3 SP P2
Vascular Plants
Baptisia megacarpa Apalachicola Wild Indigo G2 S2
Crataegus ashei Ash's Hawthorn G1 S1
Cypripedium kentuckiense Southern Lady's-slipper G3 S1
Delphinium alabamicum Alabama Larkspur2 G2 S2
Desmodium ochroleucum Creamflower Tick-trefoil G1G2 S1S2
Draba cuneifolia Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass G5 S1
Ponthieva racemosa Shadow-witch Orchid G4G5 S2
Rhamnus lanceolata Lance-leaved Buckthorn G5 S2
Rudbeckia triloba var. pinnatiloba Pinnate-lobed Black-eyed Susan G5T3 S2S3
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickley Ash G5 S1

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#Lowndes) lists this species as occurring in Lowndes County.
4 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/
5 Listed by USFWS as Endangered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; not listed elsewhere.
6 Historic occurrence.
7 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.
8 Reported from the county, but not likely part of an established, self-sustaining population
9 Possibly extinct

USFWS Designated Critical Habitat in Lowndes County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
Rank		 State
Rank		 Federal
Status		 State
Status		 State
Priority
Mussels
Hamiota perovalis Orange-nacre Mucket G2 S2 LT SP P2
Pleurobema decisum Southern Clubshell G2 S2 LE SP P2

Location: Alabama River