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Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 03/09/2020 County: Scott Page 1 of 2 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 03/09/2020 County: Scott Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) Sphalloplana weingartneri Weingartner's Cave Flatworm WL G4 S3 Mollusk: Bivalvia (Mussels) Villosa lienosa Little Spectaclecase SSC G5 S3 Insect: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Pieris virginiensis West Virginia white ST G3? S3 Amphibian Ambystoma barbouri Streamside Salamander C SSC G4 S3 Reptile Clonophis kirtlandii Kirtland's Snake SE G2 S2 Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Copperbelly Water Snake PS:LT SE G5T3 S2 Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake SSC G5 S3 Terrapene carolina carolina Eastern Box Turtle SSC G5T5 S3 Bird Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow G3 SXB Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow SE G4 S3B Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle SSC G5 S2 Helmitheros vermivorus Worm-eating Warbler SSC G5 S3B Tyto alba Barn Owl SE G5 S2 Mammal Myotis sodalis Indiana Bat LE SE G2 S1 Vascular Plant Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata reed bent grass SE G4T3 S1 Cardamine dissecta divided toothwort SE G4? S1 Carex projecta necklace sedge SE G5 SU Carex straminea straw sedge ST G5 S2 Hottonia inflata featherfoil ST G4 S2 Najas gracillima thread-like naiad ST G5? S3 Penstemon deamii Deam's beardtongue SE G1 S1 Platanthera flava var. flava southern rein orchid SE G4?T4?Q S1 Platanthera lacera green-fringe orchid WL G5 S3 Schoenoplectiella purshiana weakstalk bulrush ST G4G5 S3 Solidago squarrosa stout-ragged goldenrod SE G4G5 S1 Spiranthes vernalis grassleaf ladies'-tresses WL G5 S3 Stachys clingmanii Clingman's hedge-nettle WL G2 SU Trifolium reflexum var. glabrum buffalo clover SE G3G4T2T4Q S1 High Quality Natural Community Forest - upland dry Highland Rim Highland Rim Dry Upland Forest SG GNR S3 Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long-term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long-term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status unranked Page 2 of 2 Indiana County Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species List 03/09/2020 County: Scott Species Name Common Name FED STATE GRANK SRANK Forest - upland dry-mesic Highland Rim Highland Rim Dry-mesic Upland SG GNR S3 Forest Forest - upland mesic Highland Rim Highland Rim Mesic Upland SG GNR S3 Forest Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center Fed: LE = Endangered; LT = Threatened; C = candidate; PDL = proposed for delisting Division of Nature Preserves State: SE = state endangered; ST = state threatened; SR = state rare; SSC = state species of special concern; Indiana Department of Natural Resources SX = state extirpated; SG = state significant; WL = watch list This data is not the result of comprehensive county GRANK: Global Heritage Rank: G1 = critically imperiled globally; G2 = imperiled globally; G3 = rare or uncommon surveys. globally; G4 = widespread and abundant globally but with long-term concerns; G5 = widespread and abundant globally; G? = unranked; GX = extinct; Q = uncertain rank; T = taxonomic subunit rank SRANK: State Heritage Rank: S1 = critically imperiled in state; S2 = imperiled in state; S3 = rare or uncommon in state; G4 = widespread and abundant in state but with long-term concern; SG = state significant; SH = historical in state; SX = state extirpated; B = breeding status; S? = unranked; SNR = unranked; SNA = nonbreeding status unranked.
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