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Portland State University PDXScholar Institute for Natural Resources Publications Institute for Natural Resources - Portland 8-2016 Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Oregon James S. Kagan Portland State University Sue Vrilakas Portland State University, [email protected] John A. Christy Portland State University Eleanor P. Gaines Portland State University Lindsey Wise Portland State University See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/naturalresources_pub Part of the Biodiversity Commons, Biology Commons, and the Zoology Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details Oregon Biodiversity Information Center. 2016. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Oregon. Institute for Natural Resources, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 130 pp. This Book is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Institute for Natural Resources Publications by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. Authors James S. Kagan, Sue Vrilakas, John A. Christy, Eleanor P. Gaines, Lindsey Wise, Cameron Pahl, and Kathy Howell This book is available at PDXScholar: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/naturalresources_pub/25 RARE, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF OREGON OREGON BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION CENTER August 2016 Oregon Biodiversity Information Center Institute for Natural Resources Portland State University P.O. Box 751, Mail Stop: INR Portland, OR 97207-0751 (503) 725-9950 http://inr.oregonstate.edu/orbic With assistance from: U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NatureServe Oregon Flora Project at Oregon State University The Nature Conservancy Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Oregon Department of State Lands Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Oregon Department of Agriculture Native Plant Society of Oregon Compiled and published by the following staff at the Oregon Biodiversity Information Center: Jimmy Kagan, Director/Ecologist Sue Vrilakas, Botanist/Data Manager John Christy, Wetlands Ecologist/Bryologist Eleanor Gaines, Zoologist Lindsey Wise, Botanist/Data Manager Cameron Pahl, Data Specialist Kathy Howell, Volunteer Cover Photo: Botrychium pumicola (Pumice grape-fern) at Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Dan Mathews. ORBIC Street Address: Portland State University, Science and Education Center, 2112 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 140, Portland, Oregon, 97201 ORBIC Mailing Address: Portland State University, Mail Stop: INR, P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 Bibliographic reference to this publication should read: Oregon Biodiversity Information Center. 2016. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Oregon. Institute for Natural Resources, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 130 pp. CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Distribution Information ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Oregon Map with Ecoregions and Counties ................................................................................................................ 4 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Special Animals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Summary List .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Fish .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Amphibians .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Reptiles ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Birds.................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Mammals ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Invertebrates ................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Animals Arranged by Status ........................................................................................................................................ 37 Federal Endangered Species Act Status ............................................................................................................... 37 USFWS Species of Concern ..................................................................................................................................... 38 State Endangered Species Act Status ................................................................................................................... 39 ODFW Sensitive Species ........................................................................................................................................... 39 ODFW Conservation Strategy Species………………………………………………………………………………………………42 Drops and Name Changes ....................................................................................................................................... 46 Special Plants ...................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Summary List ................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Vascular Plants ............................................................................................................................................................. 52 Marine Algae ................................................................................................................................................................ 98 Liverworts and Hornworts ........................................................................................................................................ 99 Mosses ........................................................................................................................................................................... 102 Lichens ........................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Fungi ............................................................................................................................................................................... 111 Plants Arranged by Status .......................................................................................................................................... 122 Federal Endangered Species Act Status ............................................................................................................. 122 USFWS Species of Concern .................................................................................................................................... 122 State Endangered Species Act Status .................................................................................................................. 123 Drops and Name Changes ...................................................................................................................................... 125 Plant Field Survey Form .................................................................................................................................................. 127 Animal Field Survey Form .............................................................................................................................................. 128 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................ 129 Codes and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................... 130 INTRODUCTION_________________________________________________________________________ Extinction is a natural process. Today, however, More information on the state endangered species plant and animal species are disappearing world-wide programs can be found at the beginning of the at an accelerated pace. Based on current trends, animal and plant sections of this book. almost half of the species on earth could be extinct within the next 100 years. The major reasons for this Oregon Biodiversity Information Center are human caused