Alabama Inventory List The Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Plants & Animals of Alabama Alabama Natural August 2015 Heritage Program® TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 CHANGES FROM ALNHP TRACKING LIST OF OCTOBER 2012 ............................................... 3 DEFINITION OF HERITAGE RANKS ................................................................................................ 6 DEFINITIONS OF FEDERAL & STATE LISTED SPECIES STATUS ........................................... 8 VERTEBRATES ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Birds....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Mammals ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Reptiles .................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenas .................................................................................................................................. 18 Turtles and Tortoises ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Amphibians ............................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Fishes ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Ray-finned Fishes .............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Lampreys ........................................................................................................................................................................... 33 INVERTEBRATES.................................................................................................................................. 34 Bivalves (Clams & Mussels) ................................................................................................................................................. 34 Gastropods (Slugs and Snails) ............................................................................................................................................... 43 Crustaceans ............................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Spiders, Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Harvestmen, Mites..................................................................................................... 54 Hexapods - Diplurans, Springtails, and Proturans ................................................................................................................. 58 True Insects ............................................................................................................................................................................ 60 Beetles ................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 True Flies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Mayflies ............................................................................................................................................................................. 63 Butterflies and Moths ......................................................................................................................................................... 63 Dragonflies and Damselflies.............................................................................................................................................. 64 Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Crickets ................................................................................................................................. 65 Stoneflies ............................................................................................................................................................................ 65 Millipedes .............................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Terrestrial and Freshwater Worms ......................................................................................................................................... 66 VASCULAR PLANTS ............................................................................................................................. 67 Ferns & Relatives .................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Ferns .................................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Succulent Ferns ................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Whiskferns.......................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Quillworts & Spike-moss ................................................................................................................................................... 69 Clubmosses ........................................................................................................................................................................ 70 Horsetails ........................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Monocots ............................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Dicots ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Conifers ................................................................................................................................................................................. 95 NON-VASCULAR PLANTS ................................................................................................................... 96 Mosses ................................................................................................................................................................................... 96 Liverworts .............................................................................................................................................................................. 97 EXTINCT SPECIES THAT ONCE OCCURRED IN ALABAMA .................................................. 98 Ray-finned Fishes .................................................................................................................................................................. 98 Birds....................................................................................................................................................................................... 98 Bivalves (Clams & Mussels) ................................................................................................................................................. 98 Gastropods (Snails & Slugs) .................................................................................................................................................. 99 Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM Keeping Track of Alabama’s Natural Heritage The purpose of the Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM (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 conservation.. The mission of Natural Heritage Programs is to collect and manage data about the status and distribution of species and ecosystems of conservation concern. Natural heritage programs have become the recognized source for the most complete and detailed information on rare and endangered species