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Plants Natural Heritage and Natural Legacy Ranks 2018 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Species of Greatest Conservation Need Plants Natural Heritage and Natural Legacy Ranks 2018 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank White Baneberry Actaea pachypoda S1 2 G5 Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra var. arguta S1S2 2 G5T4?Q Lavender Giant-hyssop Agastache foeniculum S1 2 G5 Purple Giant-hyssop Agastache scrophulariifolia S1 2 G4 Pale False-dandelion Agoseris glauca var. glauca S1 2 G5T5 Spikebent Agrostis exarata var. minor S1 2 G5TNRQ Drummond's Wild Onion Allium drummondii S1 2 G5 Perennial Bursage Ambrosia tomentosa S1 2 G4 Ear-leaf Toothcup Ammannia auriculata S1 2 G5 Dwarf Indigo-bush Amorpha nana S1 2 G5 Prairie Broomweed Amphiachyris dracunculoides S1S2 2 G4G5 Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea S1 2 G5 Hudson Bay Anemone Anemone multifida var. multifida S1 2 G5T5 Low Pussytoes Antennaria dimorpha S1 2 G5 Mountain White-camas Anticlea elegans var. elegans S1 2 G5T5 Spikenard Aralia racemosa S1 2 G5 Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi S1 2 G5 Arrowfeather Three-awn Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens S1 2 G5T5 Carruth's Sagewort Artemisia carruthii S1 2 G4? Clasping-leaf Milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis S1 2 G5 Antelope-Horns Asclepias asperula var. decumbens S1 2 G5TNR Field Milk-vetch Astragalus agrestis S1 2 G5 Barr’s Milkvetch Astragalus barrii S1 1 G3 Bodin's Milk-vetch Astragalus bodinii S1 2 G4 Tine-leaf Milk-vetch Astragalus pectinatus S1 2 G5 Short’s Milkvetch Astragalus shortianus S1 1 G4 Gardner's Saltbush Atriplex gardneri var. gardneri S1 2 G5TNR Texas Bergia Bergia texana S1 2 G5 Mountain Birch Betula occidentalis S1 2 G5 Sandberg's Beggar-ticks Bidens connata var. gracilipes S1 2 G5TNR Wood Mint Blephilia hirsuta S1 2 G5? Prairie Moonwort Botrychium campestre S1 1 G3G4 Gunnison's Mariposa-lily Calochortus gunnisonii var. gunnisonii S1 2 G5TNR Cut-leaf Toothwort Cardamine concatenata S1 2 G5 Small-flower Bitter Cress Cardamine parviflora S1 2 G5 Pennslyvania Bitter Cress Cardamine pensylvanica S1 2 G5 White Bear Sedge Carex albursina S1 2 G5 Golden-fruit Sedge Carex aureolensis S1 2 GNR Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Bush's Sedge Carex bushii S1S2 2 G4 Raven-foot Sedge Carex crus-corvi S1 2 G5 Frank's Sedge Carex frankii S1S2 2 G5 Hairy Wood Sedge Carex hirtifolia S1 2 G5 Woolly-fruit Sedge Carex lasiocarpa var. americana S1 2 G5T5 Mud Sedge Carex limosa S1 2 G5 Hop Sedge Carex lupulina S1 2 G5 Missouri Sedge Carex missouriensis S1 1 G4 Greater Straw Sedge Carex normalis S1 2 G5 Eastern Star Sedge Carex radiata S1 2 G4 Texas Sedge Carex texensis S1 2 G5 Low Sedge Carex umbellata S1 2 G5 Northwest Territory Sedge Carex utriculata S1 2 G5 Inflated Sedge Carex vesicaria var. monile S1 2 G5T4 Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides S1 2 G5 Nodding Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium nutans var. nutans S1 2 G5T5 Southern Chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri S1 2 G5T4T5 Sandhill Goosefoot Chenopodium cycloides S1 1 G3G4 Pale Goosefoot Chenopodium pallescens S1 2 G5 Field Thistle Cirsium discolor S1S2 2 G5 Virginia Spring-beauty Claytonia virginica S1 2 G5 Fremont's Leather-flower Clematis fremontii S1 2 G5 Sugarbowls Clematis hirsutissima var. scottii S1 2 G4T4? Pitcher's Leather-flower Clematis pitcheri var. pitcheri S1 2 G4G5TNR Summer Coral-root Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis S1 2 G5T3T5 Autumn Coral-root Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza S1? 2 G5TNR Striped Coral-Root Corallorhiza striata var. vreelandii S1 2 G5T3T5 Spring Coral-root Corallorhiza wisteriana S1 2 G5 Hairy Bugseed Corispermum villosum S1 2 G4? Welsh's Bugseed Corispermum welshii S1 2 G2G4 Golden Fumewort Corydalis aurea S1 2 G5 Pale Fumewort Corydalis flavula S1 2 G5 Spike Hawthorn Crataegus macracantha var. occidentalis S1 2 G5 Plains Frostweed Crocanthemum bicknellii S1S2 2 G5 Platte River Dodder Cuscuta plattensis S1 1 G1Q Cut-leaf Cyclanthera Cyclanthera dissecta S1 2 G5 Small White Lady’s-slipper Cypripedium candidum S1 1 G4 Yellow Lady's-slipper Cypripedium parviflorum S1 2 G5 Bulblet Bladder Fern Cystopteris bulbifera S1 2 G5 Long-bract Green Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis S1 2 G5 Large-spike Prairie-clover Dalea cylindriceps S2 1 G3G4 Round-head Prairie-clover Dalea multiflora S1 2 G5 Poverty Oatgrass Danthonia spicata S1 2 G5 Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Mullein-foxglove Dasistoma macrophylla S1 2 G4 Geyer's Larkspur Delphinium geyeri S1 2 G5 Blue Larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum S1 2 G5 Sessile-leaf Tick-clover Desmodium sessilifolium S1 2 G5 Starved Spring-panicum Dichanthelium depauperatum S1 2 G5 Broad-leaf Spring-Panicum Dichanthelium latifolium S1 2 G5 Slender-leaf Spring-panicum Dichanthelium linearifolium S1 2 G5 Rough Buttonweed Diodia teres var. teres S1 2 G5T5 Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa S1 2 G4G5 Persimmon Diospyros virginiana S1 2 G5 Short-pod Draba Draba brachycarpa S1 2 G4G5 Wedge-leaf Draba Draba cuneifolia var. cuneifolia S1 2 G5T5 American Dragon's-head Dracocephalum parviflorum S1 2 G5 Crested Wood Fern Dryopteris cristata S1 2 G5 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida S1 2 G4 Short-seed Waterwort Elatine brachysperma S1 2 G5 Purple Spikerush Eleocharis atropurpurea S1 2 G4G5 Dwarf Spikerush Eleocharis coloradoensis S1 2 GNR Capitate Spikerush Eleocharis geniculata S1 2 G5 Beaked Spikerush Eleocharis rostellata S1 2 G5 Wolf’s Spikerush Eleocharis wolfii S4 1 G3G5 Two-leaf Waterweed Elodea bifoliata S1 2 G4G5 Montana Wild-rye Elymus albicans S1 2 G5 Awned Slender Wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus var. andinus S1 2 G5T5 Water Horsetail Equisetum fluviatile S1 2 G5 Lace Grass Eragrostis capillaris S1 2 G5 Playa Lovegrass Eragrostis pilosa var. perplexa S1 2 G4TNR Creeping Lovegrass Eragrostis reptans S1 2 G5 Red Lovegrass Eragrostis secundiflora var. capitata S1 2 G5TNR Short-ray Fleabane Erigeron lonchophyllus S1 2 G5 Early Blue-top Fleabane Erigeron vetensis S1 2 G4 Short-stem Wild-buckwheat Eriogonum brevicaule var. brevicaule S1 2 G4T4? Nodding Wild-buckwheat Eriogonum cernuum S1 2 G5 Gordon’s Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum gordonii S2 1 G4 Button-snakeroot Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium S1 2 G5T5 Eastern Toothed Spurge Euphorbia dentata S1 2 G5 Rocky Mountain Fescue Festuca saximontana var. saximontana S1 2 G5T5 Showy Orchid Galearis spectabilis S1 2 G5 Purple Cudweed Gamochaeta purpurea S1 2 G5 Colorado Butterfly Plant Gaura neomexicana coloradensis S1 1 G3T2 Pale Gentian Gentiana alba S1 2 G4 Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum S1 2 G5 Sticky Crane's-bill Geranium viscosissimum S1 2 G5 Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Spring Avens Geum vernum S1 2 G5 Western Rattlesnake-plantain Goodyera oblongifolia S1 2 G5 Clammy Hedge-hyssop Gratiola neglecta S1 2 G5 Perennial Gumweed Grindelia perennis S1 2 G5 American False-pennyroyal Hedeoma pulegioides S1 2 G5 Ashy Sunflower Helianthus mollis S1 2 G4G5 Seaside Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum S1 2 G5T5 Seaside Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum var. obovatum S1 2 G5T5 Bouquet Mud-plantain Heteranthera multiflora S1 2 G4 Canada Hawkweed Hieracium kalmii var. canadense S1 2 G5T5 Narrow-leaf Hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum S1 2 G5 Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris S1 2 G5 Midwestern Summer Bluets Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa S1 2 G5T5 Small Bluets Houstonia pusilla S1 2 G5 Notch-bract Waterleaf Hydrophyllum appendiculatum S1 2 G5 Dwarf St. John's-wort Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum S1 2 G5TNR Spotted St. John's-wort Hypericum punctatum S1 2 G5 Round-pod St. John's-wort Hypericum sphaerocarpum S1 2 G5 Bigroot Morning-glory Ipomoea pandurata S1 2 G5 Rocky Mountain Iris Iris missouriensis S1 2 G5 Black-foot Quillwort Isoetes melanopoda ssp. melanopoda S1 2 G5TNR Taper-tip Rush Juncus acuminatus S1 2 G5 Joint-leaf Rush Juncus articulatus S1 2 G5 Soft Rush Juncus effusus var. solutus S1 2 G5T5 Dwarf Juniper Juniperus communis S1 2 G5 Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis S1 2 G5 Dwarf-dandelion Krigia cespitosa S1 2 G5 Hairy Pinweed Lechea mucronata S1 2 G5 Prairie Pinweed Lechea stricta S1 2 G4? Narrow-leaf Pinweed Lechea tenuifolia S1 2 G5 Least Duckweed Lemna minuta S1 2 G4 Violet Lespedeza Lespedeza violacea S1 2 G5 Narrow-leaf Paleseed Leucospora multifida S1 2 G5 Rocky Mountain Gayfeather Liatris ligulistylis S1 2 G5? Matted Prickly-phlox Linanthus caespitosus S1 1 G4 Berlandier's Flax Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri S1 2 G5T5? Western Prairie Flax Linum lewisii var. lewisii S1 2 G5T5 Loesel's Twayblade Liparis loeselii S1 2 G5 Small-flower Prairie-star Lithophragma parviflora S1 2 G5 Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis S1 2 G5 Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata S1 2 G5 Spreading Pygmyleaf Loeflingia squarrosa var. texana S1 2 G5T4? Dog-parsley Lomatium nuttallii S2 1 G3 Heritage S1 and /or Legacy Tier 1 cont. Heritage Legacy Heritage Common Name Scientific Name Srank Tier Grank Bushy Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia S1 2 G5 Floating Primrose-willow Ludwigia peploides var. glabrescens S1 2 G5T5 Sea Milkwort Lysimachia maritima S1 2 G5 False Lily-of-the-valley Maianthemum canadense var. interius S1 2 G5T4 Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica S1 2 G5T5 Three-flower Melic Grass Melica nitens S1 2 G5 White-stem Blazing-star Mentzelia albicaulis S1 2 G5 Stickleaf Mentzelia oligosperma S1 2 G4 Dwarf Phlox Microsteris gracilis S1 2 G5 Sharpwing Monkey-flower Mimulus alatus S1S2 2 G5 Seep Monkey-Flower Mimulus guttatus S1 2 G5 Pinesap Monotropa hypopitys S1 2 G5 Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora S1 2 G5 Pull-up Muhly Muhlenbergia filiformis S1 2 G5 Least Muhly Muhlenbergia minutissima S1 2 G5 Mat Muhly Muhlenbergia richardsonis S1 2 G5 Slim-flower Muhly Muhlenbergia tenuiflora S1 2 G5 Bay Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa S1 2 G5 Spring Forget-me-not Myosotis verna S1 2 G5 Cut-leaf Water-milfoil Myriophyllum pinnatum S1 2 G5 Whorled Water-milfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum S1 2 G5 Prickly Naiad Najas marina S1 2 G5 Rocky Mountain Navarretia Navarretia saximontana S1 2 G4? False-garlic Nothoscordum bivalve S1 2 G4 Fremont's Evening-primrose Oenothera macrocarpa ssp.
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