Alabama Inventory List
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Alabama Inventory List The Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Plants & Animals of Alabama Alabama Natural August 2017 Heritage Program® TABLE OF CONTENTS ALABAMA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM® ........................................................................... 1 CHANGES FROM ALNHP TRACKING LIST OF AUGUST 2015 .................................................. 3 DEFINITION OF HERITAGE RANKS ................................................................................................ 5 DEFINITIONS OF FEDERAL & STATE LISTED SPECIES STATUS ......................................... 10 VERTEBRATES ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Birds....................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Mammals ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Amphibians ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Reptiles .................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenas .................................................................................................................................. 23 Turtles and Tortoises ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Fishes ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Ray-finned Fishes .............................................................................................................................................................. 27 Lampreys ........................................................................................................................................................................... 36 INVERTEBRATES.................................................................................................................................. 37 Bivalves (Clams & Mussels) ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Gastropods (Slugs and Snails) ............................................................................................................................................... 46 Freshwater Snails ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 Terrestrial Snails ................................................................................................................................................................ 52 Crustaceans ............................................................................................................................................................................ 56 Spiders, Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Harvestmen, Mites..................................................................................................... 61 Hexapods - Diplurans, Springtails, and Proturans ................................................................................................................. 65 True Insects ............................................................................................................................................................................ 67 Beetles ............................................................................................................................................................................... 67 True Flies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Mayflies ............................................................................................................................................................................. 70 Butterflies and Moths......................................................................................................................................................... 71 Dragonflies and Damselflies .............................................................................................................................................. 71 Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Crickets ................................................................................................................................. 73 Stoneflies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Millipedes .............................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Terrestrial and Freshwater Worms ......................................................................................................................................... 74 VASCULAR PLANTS ............................................................................................................................. 75 Ferns & Relatives .................................................................................................................................................................. 75 Ferns .................................................................................................................................................................................. 75 Succulent Ferns ................................................................................................................................................................. 76 Whiskferns.......................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Quillworts & Spike-moss ................................................................................................................................................... 77 Clubmosses ........................................................................................................................................................................ 78 Horsetails ........................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Monocots ............................................................................................................................................................................... 79 Dicots ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 87 Conifers ............................................................................................................................................................................... 105 NON-VASCULAR PLANTS ................................................................................................................. 106 Mosses ................................................................................................................................................................................. 106 Liverworts ............................................................................................................................................................................ 107 EXTINCT SPECIES THAT ONCE OCCURRED IN ALABAMA ................................................ 108 Birds..................................................................................................................................................................................... 108 Ray-finned Fishes ................................................................................................................................................................ 108 Bivalves (Clams & Mussels) ............................................................................................................................................... 108 Gastropods (Snails & Slugs) ............................................................................................................................................... 109 Alabama Natural Heritage Program® Keeping Track of Alabama’s Natural Heritage The purpose of the Alabama Natural Heritage Program® (ALNHP) is to provide the best available scientific information on the biological diversity of Alabama to guide conservation action and promote sound stewardship practices. Established by The Nature Conservancy in 1989, it is one of a network of such programs collectively known as the Natural Heritage Network, which is represented by its membership organization NatureServe. NatureServe works to aggregate data from individual Network Programs and is dedicated to the furtherance of the Network and the application of Heritage data to biodiversity