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Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Species & Natural Communities Documented in Monroe County, Alabama
Scientific Name Common Name Global
Rank		 State
Rank		 Federal
Status		 State
Status		 State
Priority1
Amphibians
Amphiuma means Two-toed Amphiuma G5 S3
Desmognathus monticola Seal Salamander G5 S5 SP4
Phaeognathus hubrichti Red Hills Salamander2 G2 S2 LT SP P2
Birds
Columbina passerina Common Ground-dove G5 S3 SP
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-tailed Kite G5 S2 SP P2
Eudocimus albus White Ibis G5 S2B,S3N
Falco sparverius American Kestrel G5 S3B,S5N SP P2
Passerina ciris Painted Bunting G5 S2B SP
Peucaea aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow G3 S3 SP P2
Crustaceans
Fallicambarus byersi Lavender Burrowing Crayfish5 G4 S2
Orconectes holti Bimaculate Crayfish G3 S3 P2
Orconectes jonesi Sucarnoochee River Crayfish G3 S3 P2
Procambarus bivittatus Ribbon Crayfish5 G5 S3S4
Procambarus capillatus Capillaceous Crayfish5 G3 S2 P2
Procambarus marthae Crisscross Crayfish G3 S2
Fish
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Gulf Sturgeon3 G3T2 S1 LT SP P2
Alosa alabamae Alabama Shad G3 S2 SC6 SP P2
Atractosteus spatula Alligator Gar G3G4 S2 CNGF
Crystallaria asprella Crystal Darter G3 S3 SP
Cycleptus meridionalis Southeastern Blue Sucker G3G4 S3 CNGF
Elassoma evergladei Everglades Pygmy Sunfish G5 S3
Etheostoma fusiforme Swamp Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma histrio Harlequin Darter G5 S3
Etheostoma zonifer Blackwater Darter G3G4 S3
Fundulus blaire Western Starhead Topminnow G4 S3
Hiodon tergisus Mooneye G5 S3S4
Lythrurus roseipinnis Cherryfin Shiner G5 S2
Notropis maculatus Taillight Shiner G5 S3
Notropis uranoscopus Skygazer Shiner G3 S2
Noturus munitus Frecklebelly Madtom G3 S2 CNGF, SP P2
Percina shumardi River Darter G5 S3
Percina suttkusi Gulf Logperch G5 S3
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish G4 S3 SP7
Pteronotropis signipinnis Flagfin Shiner G5 S3
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Alabama Sturgeon G1 S1 LE SP P1
Insects
Arianops clintoni A Beetle GNR S1
Chimarra falculata Caddisfly G4 S1
Micrasema sp. 1 Undescribed Caddisfly G2 S2
Oxyethira anabola Caddisfly G4G5 S1
Oxyethira sininsigne Caddisfly G3G4 S1
Mammals
Geomys pinetis Southeastern Pocket Gopher5 G5 S3 SP P2
Myotis austroriparius Southeastern Myotis G3G4 S2 SP P2
Ursus americanus Black Bear G5T2 S2 GANOS P1
Mussels
Anodonta suborbiculata Flat Floater G5 S3 PS
Anodontoides radiatus Rayed Creekshell G3 S3 PS
Elliptio arca Alabama Spike G2G3Q S2 PS P1
Elliptio arctata Delicate Spike G2G3Q S2 PS P1
Epioblasma penita Southern Combshell5 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Hamiota altilis Finelined Pocketbook G2 S2 LT SP P2
Hamiota perovalis Orangenacre Mucket G2 S2 LT SP P2
Ligumia recta Black Sandshell5 G5 S2 PS P2
Margaritifera marrianae Alabama Pearlshell2 G1 S1 C SP P1
Obovaria jacksoniana Southern Hickorynut5 G2 S2 PS
Pleurobema decisum Southern Clubshell5 G2 S2 LE SP P2
Pleurobema perovatum Ovate Clubshell5 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Pleurobema taitianum Heavy Pigtoe5 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Potamilus inflatus Alabama Heelsplitter5 G1G2Q S1S2 LT SP P2
Ptychobranchus foremanianus Rayed Kidneyshell5 G1 S1 LE8 SP P1
Quadrula metanevra Monkeyface G4 S3 PS
Quadrula nobilis Gulf Mapleleaf G4 S3 PS
Strophitus connasaugaensis Alabama Creekmussel G3 S3 PS P2
Toxolasma parvum Lilliput G5 S3 PS
Truncilla donaciformis Fawnsfoot G5 S3 PS
Natural Communities
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Pinus glabra - (Magnolia macrophylla) / (Illicium floridanum) / Hexastylis arifolia Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Acidic Loam Beech - Magnolia Forest G3G4 S2S3
Reptiles
Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake G4 S3 P2
Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise G3 S3 C9 SP P2
Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda Black-knobbed Sawback G3T3Q S3 SP
Graptemys pulchra Alabama Map Turtle G4 S3 SP
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake G5T5 S4 SP P2
Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle G3G4 S3 SP P2
Masticophis flagellum Coachwhip G5 S3 SP
Nerodia fasciata Southern Water Snake G5 S4
Plestiodon anthracinus Coal Skink G5 S3 SP P2
Pseudemys alabamensis Alabama Redbelly Turtle5 G1 S1 LE SP P1
Snails
Elimia taitiana Dented Elimia2 G3Q S3
Leptoxis picta Spotted Rocksnail2 G1 S1 SP P2
Leptoxis taeniata Painted Rocksnail2, 5 G1 S1 LT SP P2
Tulotoma magnifica Alabama Livebearing Snail2 G2 S1 LT SP P1
Vascular Plants
Apios priceana Price's Potato-bean G2 S2 LT
Arabis georgiana Georgia Rock-cress G1 S1 C
Carex impressinervia Impressed-nerved Sedge G2 S1
Croomia pauciflora Croomia G3 S2
Delphinium alabamicum Alabama Larkspur2 G2 S2
Desmodium ochroleucum Creamflower Tick-trefoil G1G2 S1S2
Dryopteris celsa Log Fern G4 S1
Hamamelis ovalis Mississippi Witch Hazel G1 S1
Isoetes louisianensis Louisiana Quillwort G2 S1 LE
Matelea baldwyniana Baldwin's Milkvine G3 S1
Pachysandra procumbens Allegheny-spurge G4G5 S2S3
Phacelia ranunculacea Blue Scorpion-weed G4 S1
Physalis carpenteri Carpenter's Ground-cherry G3 S1
Rhododendron minus Carolina Rhododendron G4 S2
Rudbeckia heliopsidis Sun-facing Coneflower G2 S2
Sarracenia leucophylla Whitetop Pitcher-plant G3 S3
Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi Wherry's Sweet Pitcher-plant G4T3 S3
Schisandra glabra Bay Starvine G3 S2
Schoenoplectus subterminalis Water Bulrush G4G5 S1
Silene regia Royal Catchfly G3G4 S2?
Thelypteris ovata Ovate Marsh Fern G3G5 S3
Thelypteris quadrangularis Hairy Maiden Fern G3G5 S2
Zigadenus leimanthoides Crow-poison G4Q 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#Monroe) lists this species as occurring in Monroe County.
4 Only populations of Coastal Plain origin protected by the Nongame Species Regulation.
5 Historic occurrence.
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 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 Ptychobranchus greenii was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1993. Williams et al. (2008) restricted its distribution to the Black Warrior and Tombigbee River systems, with the form in the remainder of the Mobile Basin recognized as Ptychobranchus foremanianus.
9 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.