RARE, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF OREGON OREGON BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION CENTER August 2016 Oregon Biodiversity Information Center Institute for Natural Resources Portland State University P.O. Box 751, Mail Stop: INR Portland, OR 97207-0751 (503) 725-9950 http://inr.oregonstate.edu/orbic With assistance from: U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NatureServe Oregon Flora Project at Oregon State University The Nature Conservancy Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Oregon Department of State Lands Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Oregon Department of Agriculture Native Plant Society of Oregon Compiled and published by the following staff at the Oregon Biodiversity Information Center: Jimmy Kagan, Director/Ecologist Sue Vrilakas, Botanist/Data Manager John Christy, Wetlands Ecologist/Bryologist Eleanor Gaines, Zoologist Lindsey Wise, Botanist/Data Manager Cameron Pahl, Data Specialist Kathy Howell, Volunteer Cover Photo: Botrychium pumicola (Pumice grape-fern) at Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Dan Mathews. ORBIC Street Address: Portland State University, Science and Education Center, 2112 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 140, Portland, Oregon, 97201 ORBIC Mailing Address: Portland State University, Mail Stop: INR, P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 Bibliographic reference to this publication should read: Oregon Biodiversity Information Center. 2016. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Oregon. Institute for Natural Resources, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 130 pp. CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Distribution Information ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Oregon Map with Ecoregions and Counties ................................................................................................................ 4 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Special Animals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Summary List .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Fish .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Amphibians .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Reptiles ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Birds.................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Mammals ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Invertebrates ................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Animals Arranged by Status ........................................................................................................................................ 37 Federal Endangered Species Act Status ............................................................................................................... 37 USFWS Species of Concern ..................................................................................................................................... 38 State Endangered Species Act Status ................................................................................................................... 39 ODFW Sensitive Species ........................................................................................................................................... 39 ODFW Conservation Strategy Species………………………………………………………………………………………………42 Drops and Name Changes ....................................................................................................................................... 46 Special Plants ...................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Summary List ................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Vascular Plants ............................................................................................................................................................. 52 Marine Algae ................................................................................................................................................................ 98 Liverworts and Hornworts ........................................................................................................................................ 99 Mosses ........................................................................................................................................................................... 102 Lichens ........................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Fungi ............................................................................................................................................................................... 111 Plants Arranged by Status .......................................................................................................................................... 122 Federal Endangered Species Act Status ............................................................................................................. 122 USFWS Species of Concern .................................................................................................................................... 122 State Endangered Species Act Status .................................................................................................................. 123 Drops and Name Changes ...................................................................................................................................... 125 Plant Field Survey Form .................................................................................................................................................. 127 Animal Field Survey Form .............................................................................................................................................. 128 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................ 129 Codes and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................... 130 INTRODUCTION_________________________________________________________________________ Extinction is a natural process. Today, however, More information on the state endangered species plant and animal species are disappearing world-wide programs can be found at the beginning of the at an accelerated pace. Based on current trends, animal and plant sections of this book. almost half of the species on earth could be extinct within the next 100 years. The major reasons for this Oregon Biodiversity Information Center are human caused changes to the environment, which The Oregon Biodiversity Information Center (ORBIC) continue to increase - in Oregon and throughout the is part of the Institute for Natural Resources (INR) world. located at Portland State University (PSU). ORBIC Once lost, a species can never be recovered, and maintains extensive databases of Oregon biodiversity, there is no way of knowing how useful it may have concentrating on rare and endangered plants, been. We do know that human beings and many of animals and ecosystems. ORBIC is affiliated with the their industries depend on plant and animal products. Natural Heritage network with standard information About 50% of all pharmaceuticals have a natural being coordinated by the NatureServe organization component as an active ingredient, yet less than one across the U.S., Canada, and much of Latin America. percent of the world's species have been chemically ORBIC is managed by PSU, but has been a analyzed and tested. Many insects and plants contain cooperative program with significant support or undescribed and highly functional compounds. assistance from Oregon State University, The Nature Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora, or big-flowered Conservancy in Oregon, the Bureau of Land woolly meadowfoam, a rare plant that grows in Management (BLM), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), southwest Oregon,