Appendix I

Information tables for threatened and endangered species Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried species Common Name Scientific Name Purple Milkweed Asclepias purpurascens Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Milkweed Asclepias verticillata Garden Asparagus (I) Asparagus officinalis Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron Sky-blue Aster Aster azureus Blue Wood Aster Aster cordifolius Aster Aster ericoides Aster Aster lateriflorus Aster Aster pilosus Arrow-leaved Aster Aster sagittifolius Aster Aster shortii Shreber’s Aster (ST) Aster shreberi Milk-vetch Astragalus canadensis Pussytoes Atennaria plantaginifolia Aureolaria grandiflora var. False Foxglove pulchera Common Wintercress (I) Barbarea vulgaris Japanese Barberry (I) Berberis thunbergii Beggar’s Ticks Bidens spp. Rattlesnake Fern Botrychium virginianum Long-awned Wood Grass Brachyelytrum erectum Hungarian Brome (I) Bromus inermis Japanese Brome (I) Bromus japonicus Canada Brome Bromus pubescens Downy Chess (I) Bromus tectorum Pale Indian-plantain Cacalia atriplicifolia Tall Bellflower Campanula americana Sheperd’s Purse (I) Capsella bursa-pastoris Pale Sedge Carex blanda Brown Headed Sedge Carex cephalophora Sedge Carex cristatella Sedge Carex frankii Sedge Carex granularis Sedge Carex grisea Hairy Wood Sedge Carex hirtofolia Sedge Carex normalis Pen Sedge Carex pensylvanica FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Sedge Carex rosea Sedge Carex sparganioides Sedge Carex spp. Sedge Carex vulpinoidea Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa Partridge Pea Cassia fasciculata Catalpa Catalpa speciosa Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides Climbing Bittersweet Celastrus scandens Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Sandbur Cenchrus paucifolius Noding Mouse Eared Cerastium nutans Chickweed Redbud Cercis canadensis

Chervil (I) Chaerophyllum procumbens

Celendine (I) Chelidonium majus Lamb’s Quarters Chenopodium album Chrysanthemum Ox-eye Daisy leucanthemum Wood Reed Cinna arundinacea Circaea lutetiana var. Enchanter’s Nightshade canadensis Tall Thistle Cirsium altisimum Field Thistle Cirsium discolor Bull Thistle (I) Cirsium vulgare Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica Leather-flower Clematis pitcheri Virgin’s Bower Clematis virginiana False Toadflax Comandra umbellata Dayflower Commelina communis Poison Hemlock (I) Conium maculatum American Bindweed Convolvulus americanus Field Bindweed (I) Convolvulus arvensis Upright Bindweed Convovulus spithamaeus Horseweed Conyza canadensis Rough Leaved Dogwood drummondi FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Corydalis Corydalis sp. Hazlenut Corylus americana Hawthorn Cratagus sp. Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis Brittle Fern Cystopteris protusa Orchard Grass (I) Dactylis glomerata Poverty Oats Danthonia spicata Queen Anne’s Lace (I) Daucus carota Cut Leaved Toothwort Dentaria lacinata Pointed-leaved Tick-trefoil Desmodium glutinosum Ticktrefoil Desmodium sp. Dutchman’s Breeches Dicentra cucullaria Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa Florist’s Shield Fern Dryopteris intermedia Spinulose Shield Fern Dryopteris spinulosa Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida Purple Coneflower Echinacea purperea Japanese (I) Echinochloa crusgalli Autumn Olive (I) Elaeagnus umbellata Waterpod Ellisia nyctelea Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix Slender Wild Rye Elymus villosus Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus Common Horsetail Equisetum arvense Scouring Rush Equisetum hyamale Fireweed Erechtites hieracifolia Whitetop Erigeron annuus Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus Wahoo Euonymus atropurpurens Tall Thoroughwort Eupatorium altissimum Common Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Joe-pye Eupatorium perpureum White Snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum Late Boneset Eupatorium serotinum Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata Toothed Spurge Euphorbia dentata FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Nodding Spurge Euphorbia maculata Tall Fescue Festuca elatior Fescue Festuca obtusa Meadow Fescue (I) Festuca pratensis Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana White Ash Fraxinus americana Goose-grass Galium aparine Wild Licorice Galium circaezans Shining Bedstraw Galium concinnum Sweet-scented Bedstraw Galium triflorum Butterfly Weed Gaura biennis Stiff Gentian Gentiana quinquefolia Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum White Avens Geum canadense Ground-ivy Glecoma hederacea Honey Locust Gleditsia tricanthos Fowl Meadow Grass Glyceria striata Stickseed Hackelia virginiana Sunflower Helianthus decapetalus Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis Sunflower Helianthus strumosus Sunflower Helianthus tuberosus Orange Day Lily (I) Hemerocallis fulva Hepatica Hepatica acutiloba Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum Dame’s Rocket (I) Hesperis matronalis Alumroot Heuchera richardsonii Field Hawkweed (I) Hieracium caespitosum American Hop Humulus americanus Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum Spotted St. John’swort Hypericum punctatum

Round Fruited St. John’s-Wort Hypericum sphaerocarpum

Touch Me Not Impatiens capensis Pale Touch-me-not Impatiens pallida Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (I) Ipomoea hederacea Wild Sweet-potato Ipomoea pandurata Black Walnut Juglans nigra FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Pathrush Juncus tenuis Red Cedar Juniperus virgiana Dwarf Dandelion Krigia biflora False Boneset Kuhnia eupatorioides Wild Lettuce Lactuca canadensis Woodland Lettuce Lactuca floridana Prickly Lettuce Lactuca scariola Wood Nettle Laportea canadensis White Grass Leerisia virginica Small Duckweed Lemna minor Motherwort (I) Leonurus cardiaca Field Peppergrass (I) Lepidium campestre Hoary Puccoon Lithospermum canescens Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata Blue Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphlilitica Armur Honneysuckle (I) Lonicera maackii Grape Honneysuckle Lonicera prolifera Tartarian Honeysuckle (I) Lonicera tartarica White Campion Lychnis alba Water Horehound Lycopus americanus Winged Loosestrife Lythum alatum Osage Orange (I) Maclura pomifera Iowa Crabapple Malus ioensis Black Medic (I) Medicago lupulina Alfalfa (I) Medicago sativa White Sweet Clover (I) Melilotus alba Yellow Sweet Clover (I) Melilotus officinalis Moonseed Menispermum canadense Wild Mint (I) Mentha arvensis Bluebells Mertinsia virginica Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens Wild Bergamont Monarda fistulosa White Mulberry (I) Morus alba Red Mulberry Morus rubra Wirestem Muhly Muhlenbergia frondosa Muhly Muhlenbergia sobolifera Common Evening-primrose Oenothera biennis Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Showy Orchis Orchis spectabilis Smooth Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza longistylis Ironwood Ostrya virginiana Yellow Wood Sorrel (I) Oxalis europa Upright Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta Gensing Panax quinquefolius Deer-tongue Grass Panicum clandestinum panic grass Panicum huachucae panic grass Panicum latifolium

Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Parsnip Pastinaca sativa Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea Timothy Phleum pratense Phlox Phlox divercata Lopseed Phryma leptostachya Clammy Ground Cherry Physalis heterophylla Smooth Ground-cherry Physalis subglabrata Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Clear Weed Pilea pumila Buckhorn Plantain Plantago lanceolata Common Plantain Plantago rugelii Sycamore Plantus occidentalis Canada Blue Grass Poa compressa Kentucky Blue Grass Poa pratensis May Apple Podophyllum peltatum Jacob’s Ladder Polemonium reptans Long-bristled Smartweed Polygonum cespitosum Lady’s Thumb Polygonum persicaria Climbing False Buckwheat Polygonum scandens Virginia Knotweed Polygonum virginianum Christmas Fern Polystrichum acrostichoides Prairie Parsley Polytaenia nuttalii Populus X smithii (P. Aspen grandidentata xP. tremuloides) White Poplar Populus alba FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Cottonwood Populus deltoides Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata Cinquefoil Potentilla recta Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Wild Lettuce Prenanthes spp. Prunella vulgaris var. Selfheal (I) lanceolata Plumb Prunus lanata Choke Cherry Prunus virginiana Wild Black Cherry Prunus serotina Wafer Ash Ptelea trifoliata Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum

Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum

White Oak Quercus alba shingle oak Quercus imbricaria Burr Oak Quercus macrocarpa Chinquapin Oak Quercus muhlenbergii Red Oak Quercus rubra Black Oak Quercus velutina Small Flowered Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus Hooked Buttercup Ranunculus recurvatus Marsh Buttercup Ranunculus septentoralis Drooping Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Common Buckthorn (I) Rhamnus cathartica Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Common Gooseberry Ribes missouriensis Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia Rorippa islandica var. Marsh Cress fernaldiana Pasture Rose Rosa carolina Multiflora Rose (I) Rosa multiflora Sow-teat Bramble Rubus allegheniensis Bramble Rubus pennsylvanicus Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Goldenglow Rudbeckia lanciniata FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information tables for inventoried plant species (continued) Common Name Scientific Name Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis Curly Dock Rumex crispus Bitter Dock Rumex obtusifolius Crack Willow Salix fragalis Sandbar Willow Salix interior Hybrid Crack Will. S. fragalis x Salix rubens S.alba Common Elder Sambucus canadensis Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Short Styled Snakeroot Sanicula canadensis Common Snakeroot Sanicula gregaria Sassafras Sassafras albidum Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens Figwort Scrophularia marilandica Heart Leaved Scullcap Scutellaria ovata Small Skullcap Scutellaria parvula Giant Foxtail Setaria faberi Snowy Campion Silene nivea Catchfly Silene stellata cup plant Silphium perfoliatum Stout Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa Upright Carrion Flower Smilax ecirrhata Common Greenbrier Smilax hispida Common Carrion Flower Smilax lasioneura Horse Nettle carolinense Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima Zig Zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Late Goldenrod Solidago gigantea Missouri Goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Field Goldenrod Solidago nemoralius Elm Leaved Goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia Spiny Sow Thistle Sonchus asper Great Duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From Murphy & Miller 2000 Information table for inventoried plant species (concluded) Common Name Scientific Name Germander Teucrium canadense Meadow Rue Thalictrum revolutum Hairy Meadow Parsnip Thaspium barbinode Penny Cress Thlaspi arvense Basswood Tilia americana Field Hedge Parsley Torilis arvensis Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Goatsbeard Tragopogon spp. Purple Top Tridens flavus Red Clover Trifolium pratense Prairie Trillium Trillium recurvatum Venus’ Looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata Horse-gentain Triosteum perfoliatum American Elm Ulmus americana Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra Tall Nettle Urtica procera Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus White Vervain Verbena urticifolia Ironweed Vernonia missurica Culver-root Veronicastrum virginicum Blackhaw Vibernum prunifolium Nannyberry Viburnum lentago Softleaf Arrowwood (ST) Viburnum molle Downy Yellow Violet Viola pubescens Downy Blue Violet Viola sororia Riverbank Grape Vitis riparia Frost Grape Vitis vulpina Cliff Fern Woodsia obtusa Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum americanum Golden alexander Zizia aurea Heart -leaved Golden Zizia aptera Alexander

Murphy & Miller 2000. Tables and location data reproduced with permission of authors (personal communication 2/08)

FE = Federally Endangered FT = Federally Threatened SE = Illinois State Endangered ST= Illinois State Threatened WL = Watch List I = Introduced Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered amphibian species

T&E Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Status Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus American Toad Bufo americanus Fowler’s Toad Bufo fowleri Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans Cope’s Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Green Frog Rana clamitans Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens Southern Leopard Frog Rana sphenocephala

IL-GAP 2006 Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered bird species State Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Status Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens American Coot Fulica americana American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla American Robin Turdus migratorius American Woodcock Scolopax minor Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii WL Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Coccyzus Black-billed Cuckoo erythropthalmus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax E* Riparian Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus WL Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Brown Creeper Certhia americana Terristerial Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea T* Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Petrochelidon Cliff Swallow pyrrhonota Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Dickcissel Spiza americana Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered bird species (continued) State Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Status Pipilo Eastern Towhee erythrophthalmus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Ammodramus Grasshopper Sparrow savannarum Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Great Egret Ardea alba Green Heron Butorides virescens House Wren Troglodytes aedon Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Chondestes Lark Sparrow grammacus Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus T Terrestial Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus E Terrestial, Riparian Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Northern Parula Parula americana Northern Pintail Anas acuta Northern Rough-winged Stelgidopteryx Swallow serripennis Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Purple Martin Progne subis Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Melanerpes Red-headed Woodpecker erythrocephalus Terrestrial, Aquatic, Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Riparian Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Pheucticus Rose-breasted Grosbeak ludovicianus Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Passerculus Savannah Sparrow sandwichensis Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered bird species (concluded) State Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Status Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Sora Porzana carolina WL Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda E* Terrestrial Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Whip-Poor-Will Caprimulgus vociferus White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Wood Duck Aix sponsa Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica T = Threatened 2008 T* = Threatened 2006 E = Endangered I = Introduced WL = Extirpated IL-GAP 2006 Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered mammal species State Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Status American Badger Taxidea taxus Edge Habitat American Beaver Castor canadensis American Mink Mustela vison Abundant during summer Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus months Bobcat Lynx rufus Urocyon Common Gray Fox cinereoargenteus Coyote Canis latrans Peromyscus Deer Mouse maniculatus Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus Edge Habitat - Abundant in all Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus but very wet areas. Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis House Mouse Mus musculus I* Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata Microtus Meadow Vole pennsylvanicus Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor Prediator Along rivers, ponds,lakes in Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis wooded areas Northern Short-tailed Blarina brevicauda Shrew Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus I Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius common in grassland areas Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Predator Abundant throughout upland Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans hardwoods. Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis Thirteen-lined Ground Spermophilus Squirrel tridecemlineatus Edge Habitat (Common in Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana sandy-loam bluff areas, lowlands) White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered mammal species (concluded) State Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Status White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Woodchuck Marmota monax Edge Habitat Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered reptile species

T & E Common Name Genus species Habitat Status Quiet waters in marshes, prairie wet- Emydoidea Blanding’s Turtle T lands, wet sedge meadows, and shal- blandingii low, vegetated portions of lakes. Variety of forest and prairie habitats, floodplains and uplands, forest edges, Brown Snake Storeria dekayi even cultivated fields, and especially in vacant lots in cities. Grass & Old Fields - Sand prairies, grasslands, and old fields in former Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer prairie. Absent from the black-muck prairies. Common Garter Forests and edge habitats, commonly Thamnophis sirtalis Snake near water. Vacant lots in cities. Graptemys Slow-moving stretches and backwa- Common Map Turtle geographica ters of rivers as well as large lakes. Permanently aquatic. Mud-bottomed Common Musk Sternotherus habitats preferred (lakes, ponds, Turtle odoratus swamps, and slow-moving streams and rivers). Quiet, permanent backwaters, Diamondback Water swamps, sloughs, lakes, and sluggish Nerodia rhombifer Snake streams in the southern third of the state, often in very warm water. Forest-edge habitats and dry, open Eastern Hognose Heterodon woods on clay or sandy loam; sand Snake platirhinos areas of northern counties. Variety of open and former prairie habitats, including intensively Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina cultivated fields and pastures, in the northern half of the state. The still-water, prairie equivalent of the queen snake, it lives in and along Graham’s Crayfish banks of soft-bottomed, heavily Regina grahamii Snake vegetated lakes, ponds, sluggish streams, sloughs, and roadside ditches. Grasslands and urban lots in former Tropidoclonion Lined Snake T prairie, where it is found under rocks, lineatum logs, leaves, boards, and other debris A variety of habitats from rocky, Lampropeltis Milk Snake wooded hillsides and glades to old triangulum fields and wetlands. Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered reptile species (continued) T & E Common Name Genus species Habitat Status Streams, lakes, ponds, and ditches. Commonly seen basking on rocks and Northern Water Nerodia sipedon logs or foraging in the water. Takes Snake shelter under rocks, logs, and other debris along shore. Former black-soil prairies, cultivated Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix fields, pastures, wet meadows and marshes, and vacant lots. Frequents most aquatic habitats but most common in shallow, quiet, Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta weedy parts of lakes, ponds, marshes, and river backwaters. Grasslands from high-quality remnant Lampropeltis prairie to degraded brushy fields. Less Prairie Kingsnake calligaster common in heavily farmed black-soil prairie. In and along banks of relatively Regina Queen Snake unpolluted, rocky woodland streams septemvittata where crayfish are abundant. A variety of habitats including forests, Racer Coluber constrictor open areas, and edges of forests near open fields. Variety of forest, shrub, and edge hab- Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta itats. Common around farm buildings and abandoned houses. Forests and moist woods, occasionally Storeria in pastures, bogs, and wet meadows, Redbelly Snake occipitomaculata even in predominantly prairie coun- ties. Diadophis Ringneck Snake Hill prairies, bluffs, and open forests. punctatus Cnemidophorus Sand prairies, hill prairies, and rocky Six-lined Racerunner sexlineatus open habitats. Most permanent bodies of water. Slider Trachemys scripta Common in mud-bottomed sites rich in vegetation and basking structures. Moist prairie remnants, savannas, Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis bogs, marshes, wet meadows, old fields, and vacant lots. Rivers and large streams having sand Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica substrate, bars, and banks. Unusual in Turtle lakes. Appendix I From IL-GAP Analysis (2001) Information table for state status of threatenend and endangered reptile species (concluded) T & E Common Name Genus species Habitat Status Almost any body of water. Shal- Chelydra low, mud-bottomed backwaters and Snapping Turtle serpentina ponds with lush aquatic vegetation are especially favorable. Spiny Softshell Turtle Apalone spinifera Rivers, backwaters, lakes, and ponds. Heavy forest along rocky outcrops Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus T and bluffs. Border vegetation around permanent bodies of water (swamps, marshes, Western Ribbon Thamnophis ponds, rivers, ditches) and along Snake proximus bases of nearby rock outcrops where some individuals hibernate. Climbs onto piles of and low bushes. Western/Ornate Box Prairies (other than black muck prai- Terrapene ornata Turtle rie) and open fields in former prairie. T = IL Threatened E = IL Endangered Sources: Phillips et. al 1999, IL-GAP 2004, INAI 2008,