1 Table 9: Focal Species for Avon Park AFR Listing FNAI Global Taxa Scientific Name Common Name Status Rank Mammal Eumops floridanus Florida Bonneted Bat FE G1 Mammal Puma concolor coryi Florida Panther FE G5T1 Mammal Sciurus niger shermani Sherman's Fox Squirrel SSC G5T3 Ammodramus Bird Florida Grasshopper Sparrow FE G5T1 savannarum floridanus Aphelocoma Bird Florida Scrub Jay FT G2 coerulescens Bird Athene cunicularia Burrowing Owl SSC G4T3 Grus canadensis Bird Florida Sandhill Crane ST G5T2T3 pratensis Bird Mycteria americana Wood Stork FT G4 Bird Picoides borealis Red-cockaded Woodpecker FE G3 Polyborus plancus Bird Audubon's Crested Caracara FT G5 audubonii Everglade Rostrhamus sociabilis Everglade Snail Kite FE G4G5T2 Snail Kite plumbeus Eastern Diamondback Reptile Crotalus adamanteus #N/A G4 Rattlesnake Drymarchon corais Reptile Eastern Indigo Snake FT G3 couperi Reptile Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise ST G3 Pituophis melanoleucus Reptile Florida Pine Snake SSC G4T3 mugitus Reptile Sceloporus woodi Florida Scrub Lizard #N/A G2G3 Reptile Thamnophis sauritus Eastern Ribbon Snake #N/A #N/A Amphibian Lithobates capito Gopher Frog SSC G3 Invertebrate Cicindela highlandensis Highlands Tiger Beetle #N/A G2G3 Invertebrate Elliptio ahenea Southern Lance #N/A #N/A Plant Schizachyrium niveum Scrub Bluestem SE G1G2 Plant Calopogon multifloris Many-flowered Grass-pink ST G3 Chrysopsis Plant Highlands Goldenaster SE G2 highlandsensis Plant Clitoria fragrans Pigeon Wings FT G3 Plant Hartwrightia floridana Hartwrightia ST G2 Plant Hypericum edisonianum Edison's Ascyrum SE G2 Plant Polygonella basiramia Tufted Wireweed FE G3

Green: Installation priorities based on summer 2015 site visits FE = Federally Endangered Red: USFWS additions to species list, including at-risk species FT = Federally Threatened Blue: Installation additions to species list based on review of draft report SE = State Endangered ST = State Threatened Boldface: Federally listed species SSC = State Species of Special Concern Species removed from the list based on installation staff comments from the initial review include: #N/A = Candidate, At-Risk or Other Status Florida ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana)

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