Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidate Species, Critical Habitat, and Species of Concern in Eastern Washington1

ENDANGERED, THREATENED, PROPOSED, AND CANDIDATE SPECIES, CRITICAL HABITAT, AND SPECIES OF CONCERN IN EASTERN WASHINGTON1 RECOVERY PRIORITY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME NUMBER Endangered Animals Gray wolf Canis lupus 3c Pygmy rabbit Brachylagus idahoensis 3 Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou 3c Endangered Plants Showy stickseed Hackelia venusta 5 Wenatchee Mountains checker- Sidalcea oregana var. calva 3 mallow Threatened Animals Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus 9c Canada lynx Lynx canadensis 15 Grizzly bear Ursus arctos horribilis 3c Marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 2 Northern spotted owl Strix occidentalis caurina 6c Threatened Plants Spalding’s catchfly Silene spaldingi 8c Ute ladies’-tresses Spiranthes diluvialis Water howellia Howellia aquatilis 7 Designated Critical Habitat Bull trout Canada lynx Northern spotted owl Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow Proposed Species Umtanum desert buckwheat Eriogonum codium White Bluffs bladderpod Physaria tuplashensis Proposed Critical Habitat Umtanum desert buckwheat White Bluffs bladderpod Washington Fish and Wildlife Office 1 Rev. 5/15/12 LISTING PRIORITY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME NUMBER Candidate2 Animals Fisher (West Coast DPS) Martes pennanti 6 Greater sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus 6 Mardon skipper Polites mardon 8 North American wolverine Gulo gulo luteus 6 (contiguous U.S. DPS) Oregon spotted frog Rana pretiosa 2 Washington ground squirrel Urocitellus washingtoni 5 Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 3 Candidate2 Plants Northern wormwood Artemisia campestris ssp. 3 borealis var. wormskioldii Whitebark pine Pinus albicaulis 2 Animal Species of Concern3 Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Black swift Cypseloides niger Burrowing owl Athene cuniculari California floater (mussel) Anodonta californiensis Columbia clubtail Gomphus lynnae Columbian sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis Fisher (generally, east of the Martes pennanti Okanogan River) Giant Columbia spire snail Fluminicola columbiana Kincaid meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus kincaidii Larch Mountain salamander Plethodon larselli Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Long-eared myotis Myotis evotis Margined sculpin Cottus marginatus Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi Pacific lamprey Lampetra tridentata Pacific Townsend’s big-eared Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii bat Pallid Townsend’s big-eared Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens bat Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Preble’s shrew Sorex preblei Pygmy whitefish Prosopium coulteri Redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss River lamprey Lampetra ayresi Rocky Mountain tailed frog Ascaphus montanus Sagebrush lizard Sceloporus graciosus Sharptail snake Contia tenius Townsend’s ground squirrel Urocitellus townsendii Washington Fish and Wildlife Office 2 Rev. 5/15/12 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Animal Species of Concern3 (CONT’D) Western brook lamprey Lampetra richardsoni Western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus griseus Western pond turtle Clemmys marmorata Westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi Plant Species of Concern3 Ames’ milk-vetch Astragalus pulsiferae var. suksdorfii Barrett's beardtongue Penstemon barrettiae Basalt daisy Erigeron basalticus Blue Mountain onion Allium dictuon Broad-fruit mariposa Calochortus nitidus Chelan rockmat Petrophytum cinerascens Clustered lady's slipper Cypripedium fasciculatum Columbia milk-vetch Astragalus columbianus Crenulate moonwort Botrychium crenulatum Gray cryptantha Cryptantha leucophaea Hoover’s desert-parsley Lomatium tuberosum Hoover’s tauschia Tauschia hooveri Jessica’s aster Aster jessicae Least phacelia Phacelia minutissima Liverwort monkey-flower Mimulus jungermannioides Long-bearded sego lily Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus Northwest raspberry Rubus nigerrimus Obscure buttercup Ranunculus reconditus Obscure paintbrush Castilleja cryptantha Orthotrichum moss Orthotrichum praemorsum Pale blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium sarmentosum Palouse goldenweed Haplopappus liatriformis Persistant sepal yellow-cress Rorippa columbiae Prairie lupine Lupinus cusickii Seely's silene Silene seelyi Stalked moonwort Botrychium pedunculosum Sticky phacelia Phacelia lenta Suksdorf’s desert-parsley Lomatium suksdorfii Thistle milk-vetch Astragalus kentrophyta var. douglasii Thompson’s clover Trifolium thompsonii Triangular-lobed moonwort Botrychium ascendens Two-spiked moonwort Botrychium paradoxum Wanapum crazyweed Oxytropis campestris var. wanapum Washington polemonium Polemonium pectinatum Wenatchee larkspur Delphinium viridescens White meconella Meconella oregana Whited’s milk-vetch Astragalus sinuatus Woven spore lichen Texosporium sancti-jacobi Washington Fish and Wildlife Office 3 Rev. 5/15/12 1Hyperlinks are provided when species-specific information is available from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Environmental Conservation Online System. Recovery plans, listing actions, and critical habitat information are available at these hyperlinks. 2Candidate species are those species for which FWS has sufficient information to propose listing. Hyperlinks are provided where available for electronic candidate forms or Federal Register notice of petition finding. 3Species of concern are those species whose conservation status is of concern to FWS, but more information is needed. NOAA Fisheries threatened and endangered species list: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/species/ESA_species.html Information for western Washington species can be found on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Office web page and for all listed species on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Home Page. Washington Fish and Wildlife Office 4 Rev. 5/15/12 .

Load more