APPENDIX M LIST OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES BY STATE IN THE NORTHERN BORDER AREA Northern Border Activities M-1 July 2012 Table M–1. Threatened and Endangered Species in Idaho Threatened/ Common Name Scientific Name Taxon Habitat Endangered County State Notes Region State Fed. White sturgeon Acipenser Fish Kootenai River system; swift currents with SE FE Boundary ID WOR transmontanus large cobbles Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus Fish High-altitude, cold-water streams. ST FT Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR Designated critical habitat: 69 FR 59996 Kootenai, Shoshone 60076; 70 FR 56212 56311; and 75 FR 63898 64070. Gray wolf Canis lupus Mammal Northern forests SE FE Bonner, Kootenai, ID Idaho.gov website says WOR Shoshone this mammal is endangered north of I-90 Canada lynx Lynx canadensis Mammal Northern forests. Designated critical habitat: ST FT Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR 74 FR 8616 8702. Kootenai, Shoshone Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus Mammal Old-growth cedar and hemlock forests near SE FE Bonner, Boundary ID WOR caribou mountains Grizzly bear Ursus arctos Mammal Northern woodlands, meadows, and ST FT Bonner, Boundary ID WOR horribilis mountains Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia Plant Bogs in cold, peat-accumulating areas S1 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium Plant Acidic rocks such as sandstone, basalt, and S1 Boundary ID WOR trichomanes granite; very rarely on calcareous rocks Bourgov's milkvetch Astragalus bourgovii Plant On rocky crests and summits, talus slopes, S1 Shoshone ID WOR cliff ledges, and open rocky hillsides Litte grapefern Botrychium simplex Plant Open habitats in pastures, meadows, S2 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR orchards, prairies, wetlands, fens, sand dunes, and in lake and stream edge vegetation Creeping sedge Carex chordorrhiza Plant Fens, bogs, floating mats on lakeshores, S1 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR emergent sedge marshes; usually in very wet Kootenai sites, often in shallow water Longhair sedge Carex comosa Plant Marshes, lake shores, and wet meadows S1 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR Hairy sedge Carex lacustris Plant Open swamps, wet, open thickets, marsh S1 Bonner, Boundary ID USDA only lists WOR edges, sedge meadows, fens; shores of Boundary streams, ponds, and lakes Boreal Bog sedge Carex magellanica Plant Marshes, bogs, fens, wet meadows, and S2 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR ssp. irrigua swampy areas Greater yellow lady's- Cypripedium Plant Fens, damp mossy woods, seepage areas, and S1 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR slipper parviflorum var. moist forest-meadow ecotones in the valley to Kootenai, Shoshone pubescens lower montane zones Northern Border Activities M-2 July 2012 Threatened/ Common Name Scientific Name Taxon Habitat Endangered County State Notes Region State Fed. Spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia Plant Shallow water in bogs and seeps S1 Boundary ID WOR Thinleaf cottonsedge Eriophorum viridi- Plant Wet meadows, swampy woods, bogs, fens S1 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR carinatum Creeping snowberry Gaultheria hispidula Plant Cool, damp, wet woods and boggy places; S2 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR often on rotting logs, sphagnum hummocks, and other moss-covered substrates Water howellia Howellia aquatilis Plant Glacial potholes and former river oxbows ST FT Kootenai, Shoshone ID WOR Lung lichen Lobaria scrobiculata Plant On shaded northern aspects; talus and rubble S2 County data not ID WOR slopes available Manyfruit primrose- Ludwigia polycarpa Plant Prairies, meadows, fields S1 Kootenai ID WOR willow Inundated clubmoss Lycopodiella Plant Wet, organic soil of nutrient-poor fens in the S2 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR inundata valley and lower montane zones Kootenai False lily of the valley Maianthemum Plant Moist soil in shady wooded areas S1 Bonner ID WOR dilatatum Wingstem monkeyflower Mimulus alsinoides Plant Shaded mossy slopes S1 Shoshone ID WOR Threeleaf woodsorrel Oxalis trilliifolia Plant Dense conifer forests at low to mid elevations S1 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR Long beechfern Phegopteris Plant Moist, strongly to moderately acid soil; on S2 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR connectilis rocks in shaded rock crevices Nail lichen Pilophorus acicularis Plant On rocks in Thuja forest, rocks near streams, S2 County data not ID WOR and moist, shady areas available Nail lichen or tapered Pilophorus clavatus Plant Within mossy ground-layer colonies S1 County data not ID WOR matchstick available Braun's hollyfern Polystichum braunii Plant Cool, moist northern forests; rocky substrates S2 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR Cartilage lichen Ramalina pollinaria Plant On bark, twigs, and wood of conifers, S2 County data not ID WOR hardwoods, shrubs, and, rarely, rocks available Naked rhizomnium moss Rhizomnium nudum Plant Boreal and temperate forests on soil, humus, S2 *Bonner, Boundary, ID Only Kootenai is listed WOR or rotten logs; often along streams or in Kootenai, Shoshone on the Idaho.gov page. damp depressions White beaksedge Rhynchospora alba Plant Acid, sphagnous, boggy, open sites; poor S1 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR fens; often on floating mats or peaty Kootenai interstices of rocky shores Redflower currant Ribes sanguineum Plant Well-drained sunny forest edges or rocky S1 Bonner, Kootenai ID WOR slopes at mid to low elevations Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis Plant Moist to wet places from streambanks to S1 *Bonner, Boundary, ID USDA only lists Bonner WOR wooded areas, from low to subalpine Kootenai elevations Northern Border Activities M-3 July 2012 Threatened/ Common Name Scientific Name Taxon Habitat Endangered County State Notes Region State Fed. Bog willow Salix pedicellaris Plant Neutral bogs, sedge meadows, and willow S2 Bonner, Boundary ID WOR thickets at the edge of wet meadows Rannoch-rush Scheuchzeria Plant Sphagnum bogs, marshes, and lake margins S2 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR palustris Kootenai Spalding's silene Silene spaldingii Plant Mesic grassland prairies ST FT Kootenai, Shoshone ID WOR Peatmoss Sphagnum Plant Montane bog community; perennially wet S2 Bonner ID WOR mendocinum seepage area Purple meadow-rue Thalictrum Plant Deciduous, riparian woods, damp thickets, S1 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR dasycarpum swamps, wet meadows, and prairies Kootenai Whiteworm lichen Thamnolia Plant Alpine soils S1 Shoshone ID WOR subuliformis Sticky tofieldia Triantha occidentalis Plant Moist tundra in the alpine zone S1 Bonner ID WOR ssp. brevistyla Alpine bulrush Trichophorum Plant Open or shaded, wet, peaty/gravelly fens, S1 Boundary ID WOR alpinum bogs, sheltered banks of lakes, ponds, and streams, tending to occur on lime-rich substrates Largespore ulota moss Ulota megalospora Plant On twigs and branches in the canopy of old- S1 County data not ID WOR growth forests at low to mid elevations available Small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos Plant Moist to very wet, nitrogen-poor soils and S2 Bonner, Boundary, ID WOR high surface groundwater; coniferous swamps Kootenai Selkirk’s violet Viola selkirkii Plant Moist, shaded ravines and cold boreal and S1 County data not ID WOR hardwood forests throughout its North available American distribution Sources: IDFG, 2009; IDFG, 2010; IDFG, 2011 Some discrepancy exists between U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and state agency lists concerning status and county locations for certain species. Status designations do not include state- designated sensitive species or monitored species. Refer to ID Fish and Game Dept. for those species THREAT STATUS DESIGNATIONS FE Federally Endangered SE State Endangered FT Federally Threatened ST State Threatened FC Federal Candidate Species S1 State Priority: Taxa in danger of becoming extinct or extirpated from Idaho in the * See note column foreseeable future if identifiable factors contributing to their decline continue to NORTHERN BORDER PEIS REGIONS operate; these are taxa with populations at critically low levels or with required GL Great Lakes habitats degraded or depleted to a significant degree. EOR East of the Rockies S2 2 = State Priority. Taxa likely to be classified as Priority 1 within the foreseeable NE New England future in Idaho, if factors contributing to their population decline or habitat WOR West of the Rockies degradation or loss continue. Northern Border Activities M-4 July 2012 Table M–2. Threatened and Endangered Species in Maine Threatened/ Endangered Common Name Scientific Name Taxon Habitat County State Notes Region State Fed. American pipit Anthus rubescens Bird Arctic or alpine tundra; grass and sedge SE Piscataquis ME Breeding population NE meadows only Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea Bird Treeless islands with low-growing vegetation ST Cumberland, Hancock, ME Southern coastline NE Sagadahoc, Washington, Waldo Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica Bird Isolated, rocky islands ST Waldo, Hancock ME Southern coastline NE Barrow's goldeneye Bucephala islandica Bird Isolated islands and shorelines ST Aroostook, Hancock, ME Southern coastline NE Kennebec, Somerset, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington Black tern Chlidonias niger Bird Marine and coastal areas surrounded by SE Aroostook, Kennebec, ME NE densely vegetated still waters Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington Black-crowned night Nycticorax nycticorax Bird Fresh and salt waters, marshes, swamps, ST County information ME NE heron lakes, and streams unavailable Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus Bird Freshwater wetlands with emergent ST County information ME NE vegetation unavailable Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Bird Mountainous areas with rugged and open SE Aroostook, Franklin, ME Range in Maine, NE topography; tundra and alpine areas Oxford, Piscataquis,