Rare and Extirpated Biota and Natural Communities of Kentucky
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Rare and Extirpated Biota and Natural Communities of Kentucky December 2010 Abstract The Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission has updated and revised the lists of rare and extinct or extirpated biota last published in 2000 and updated in 2001, 2004 and 2005 based on a standard methodology now utilized by NatureServe. Natural communities have been included in this update. The newly revised lists include one lichen, 387 vascular plant and lesser taxa, 346 animal taxa, and 36 natural communities considered rare (Table 1). Nineteen plant and 47 animal taxa are considered extirpated or extinct from Kentucky (Table 2). Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission 801 Schenkel Lane Frankfort, KY 40601-1403 Phone (502) 573-2886 Fax (502) 573-2355 http://naturepreserves.ky.gov Table 1. Kentucky's endangered, threatened, special concern, and historical biota and natural communities, 2010. Status Status KSNPC US KSNPC US Lichens Aesculus pavia T -- Red Buckeye Agalinis auriculata E -- Phaeophyscia leana E -- Earleaf False Foxglove Lea's Bog Lichen Agalinis obtusifolia E -- Ten-lobe False Foxglove Plants Agalinis skinneriana H -- 1 Pale False Foxglove Mosses Ageratina luciae-brauniae S -- Abietinella abietina T -- Lucy Braun's White Snakeroot Wire Fern Moss Agrimonia gryposepala T -- Anomodon rugelii T -- Tall Hairy Groovebur Amianthium muscitoxicum E -- Brachythecium populeum E -- Fly Poison Matted Feather Moss Amsonia tabernaemontana var. gattingeri E -- Bryum cyclophyllum E -- Eastern Blue-star Angelica atropurpurea E -- Bryum miniatum E -- Great Angelica Angelica triquinata E -- Cirriphyllum piliferum T -- Filmy Angelica Apios priceana E LT Dicranodontium asperulum E -- Price's Potato-bean Arabis hirsuta H -- Entodon brevisetus E -- Western Hairy Rockcress Arabis missouriensis H -- Herzogiella turfacea E -- Missouri Rockcress Arabis perstellata T LE Neckera pennata T -- Braun's Rockcress Aralia nudicaulis E -- Oncophorus raui E -- Wild Sarsaparilla Aristida ramosissima H -- Orthotrichum diaphanum E -- Branched Three-awn Grass Armoracia lacustris T -- Polytrichum pallidisetum T -- Lakecress A Hair Cap Moss Aureolaria patula S -- Polytrichum piliferum E -- Spreading False Foxglove Baptisia australis var. minor S -- Polytrichum strictum E -- Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia bracteata var. glabrescens S -- Sphagnum quinquefarium E -- Cream Wild Indigo A Sphagnum Moss Baptisia tinctoria T -- Tortula norvegica E -- Yellow Wild Indigo Tortula Bartonia virginica T -- Yellow Screwstem Vascular Plants Berberis canadensis E -- Acer spicatum E -- American Barberry Mountain Maple Berchemia scandens T -- Aconitum uncinatum T -- Supple-jack Blue Monkshood Bolboschoenus fluviatilis E -- Adiantum capillus-veneris T -- River Bulrush Southern Maidenhair-fern Botrychium matricariifolium E -- Adlumia fungosa H -- Matricary Grape-fern Allegheny-vine Botrychium oneidense H -- Blunt-lobe Grape-fern Table 1. Continued. Status Status KSNPC US KSNPC US Bouteloua curtipendula S -- Carex roanensis E -- Side-oats Grama Roan Mountain Sedge Boykinia aconitifolia E -- Carex seorsa T -- Brook Saxifrage Weak Stellate Sedge Cabomba caroliniana T -- Carex stipata var. maxima H -- Carolina Fanwort Stalkgrain Sedge Calamagrostis canadensis var. macouniana H -- Carex straminea T -- Blue-joint Reedgrass Straw Sedge Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata E -- Carex tetanica E -- Bent Reedgrass Rigid Sedge Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri T -- Carex tonsa var. rugosperma T -- Porter's Reedgrass Umbel-like Sedge Calamovilfa arcuata E -- Carya aquatica T -- Cumberland sandgrass Water Hickory Calopogon tuberosus E -- Castanea dentata E -- Grass Pink American Chestnut Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus T -- Castanea pumila T -- Eastern Sweetshrub Allegheny Chinkapin Calylophus serrulatus H -- Castilleja coccinea E -- Yellow Evening Primrose Scarlet Indian Paintbrush Carex aestivalis E -- Cayaponia quinqueloba E -- Summer Sedge Five-lobe Cucumber Carex alata T -- Ceanothus herbaceus T -- Broadwing Sedge Prairie Redroot Carex appalachica T -- Cheilanthes alabamensis H -- Appalachian Sedge Alabama Lipfern Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea E -- Cheilanthes feei E -- Prickly Bog Sedge Fee's Lipfern Carex austrocaroliniana S -- Chelone obliqua var. obliqua E -- Tarheel Sedge Red Turtlehead Carex buxbaumii H -- Chelone obliqua var. speciosa S -- Brown Bog Sedge Rose Turtlehead Carex comosa H -- Chrysogonum virginianum E -- Bristly Sedge Green-and-gold Carex crawei S -- Chrysosplenium americanum T -- Crawe's Sedge American Golden-saxifrage Carex crebriflora E -- Cimicifuga rubifolia T -- Coastal Plain Sedge Appalachian Bugbane Carex decomposita T -- Circaea alpina S -- Epiphytic Sedge Small Enchanter's Nightshade Carex gigantea E -- Clematis catesbyana H -- Large Sedge Satin-curls Carex hystericina H -- Clematis crispa T -- Porcupine Sedge Blue Jasmine Leather-flower Carex joorii E -- Collinsonia verticillata E -- Cypress-swamp Sedge Whorled Horse-balm Carex juniperorum E -- Comptonia peregrina E -- Juniper Sedge Sweet-fern Carex leptonervia E -- Conradina verticillata E LT Finely-nerved Sedge Cumberland Rosemary Carex pellita H -- Convallaria montana E -- Woolly Sedge American Lily-of-the-valley Carex reniformis E -- Corallorhiza maculata E -- Reniform Sedge Spotted Coralroot Table 1. Continued. Status Status KSNPC US KSNPC US Coreopsis pubescens S -- Eupatorium semiserratum E -- Star Tickseed Small-flower Thoroughwort Corydalis sempervirens S -- Eupatorium steelei T -- Rock Harlequin Steele's Joe-pye-weed Cymophyllus fraserianus E -- Euphorbia mercurialina T -- Fraser's Sedge Mercury Spurge Cyperus plukenetii H -- Eurybia hemispherica E -- Plukenet's Cyperus Tennessee Aster Cypripedium candidum E -- Eurybia radula E -- Small White Lady's-slipper Rough-leaved Aster Cypripedium kentuckiense E -- Eurybia saxicastellii T -- Kentucky Lady's-slipper Rockcastle Aster Cypripedium parviflorum T -- Fimbristylis puberula T -- Small Yellow Lady's-slipper chesnut sedge Dalea purpurea S -- Forestiera ligustrina T -- Purple Prairie-clover Upland Privet Delphinium carolinianum T -- Gaylussacia ursina T -- Carolina Larkspur Bear huckleberry Deschampsia cespitosa E -- Gentiana decora S -- Tufted Hairgrass Showy Gentian Deschampsia flexuosa T -- Gentiana flavida E -- Crinkled Hairgrass Yellow Gentian Dichanthelium boreale S -- Gentiana puberulenta E -- Northern Witchgrass Prairie Gentian Didiplis diandra E -- Gleditsia aquatica S -- Water-purslane Water Locust Dodecatheon frenchii S -- Glyceria acutiflora E -- French's Shooting Star Sharp-scaled Manna-grass Draba cuneifolia E -- Goodyera repens E -- Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass Lesser rattlesnake-plantain Drosera brevifolia E -- Gratiola pilosa T -- Dwarf Sundew Shaggy Hedgehyssop Drosera intermedia E -- Gratiola quartermaniae H -- Spoon-leaved Sundew Quarterman's Hedge-hyssop Dryopteris carthusiana S -- Gratiola viscidula S -- Spinulose Wood Fern Short's Hedgehyssop Echinodorus berteroi T -- Gymnopogon ambiguus S -- Burhead Bearded Skeleton-grass Echinodorus tenellus var. parvulus E -- Gymnopogon brevifolius E -- Dwarf Burhead Shortleaf Skeleton-grass Eleocharis flavescens S -- Halesia carolina E -- Bright Green Spikerush Common Silverbell Elodea nuttallii T -- Hedeoma hispidum T -- Western Waterweed Rough Pennyroyal Elymus svensonii T -- Helianthemum bicknellii E -- Svenson's Wildrye Plains Frostweed Eriophorum virginicum E -- Helianthemum canadense E -- Tawny Cotton-grass Canada Frostweed Eryngium integrifolium E -- Helianthus eggertii T -- Blue-flower Coyote-thistle Eggert's Sunflower Erythronium rostratum S -- Helianthus silphioides E -- Yellow Troutlily Silphium Sunflower Eupatorium maculatum H -- Heracleum lanatum H -- Spotted Joe-pye-weed Cow-parsnip Table 1. Continued. Status Status KSNPC US KSNPC US Heteranthera dubia S -- Leavenworthia exigua var. laciniata E C Grassleaf Mud-plantain Kentucky Gladecress Heteranthera limosa S -- Leavenworthia torulosa T -- Blue Mud-plantain Necklace Gladecress Heterotheca subaxillaris var. latifolia T -- Lespedeza capitata S -- Broad-leaf Golden-aster Round-head Bush-clover Hexastylis contracta E -- Lespedeza stuevei T -- Southern Heartleaf Tall Bush-clover Hieracium longipilum T -- Lesquerella globosa E C Hairy Hawkweed Globe Bladderpod Houstonia serpyllifolia E -- Lesquerella lescurii H -- Michaux's Bluets Lescur's Bladderpod Hydrocotyle americana E -- Leucothoe recurva E -- American Water-pennywort Red-twig Doghobble Hydrocotyle ranunculoides E -- Liatris cylindracea T -- Floating Pennywort Slender Blazingstar Hydrolea ovata E -- Lilium philadelphicum T -- Ovate Fiddleleaf Wood Lily Hydrolea uniflora E -- Lilium superbum T -- One-flower Fiddleleaf Turk's Cap Lily Hydrophyllum virginianum T -- Limnobium spongia T -- Eastern Waterleaf American Frog's-bit Hypericum adpressum H -- Liparis loeselii T -- Creeping St. John's-wort Loesel's Twayblade Hypericum crux-andreae T -- Listera australis H -- St. Peter's-wort Southern Twayblade Hypericum pseudomaculatum H -- Listera smallii T -- Large Spotted St. John's-wort Kidney-leaf Twayblade Iris brevicaulis T -- Lobelia gattingeri E -- Zigzag Iris Gattinger's Lobelia Iris fulva E -- Lobelia nuttallii T -- Copper Iris Nuttall's Lobelia Isoetes butleri E -- Lonicera dioica var. orientalis E -- Butler's Quillwort Wild Honeysuckle Isoetes melanopoda E -- Lonicera reticulata T -- Blackfoot Quillwort Grape Honeysuckle Juglans cinerea T -- Ludwigia hirtella E -- White Walnut Hairy Ludwigia Juncus articulatus S -- Lycopodiella appressa E -- Jointed Rush Southern Bog Clubmoss Juncus