Carolinian Species at Risk

Common Name	Scientific Name	National Status*	Provincial Status*	Provincial Rank (NHIC)	Global Rank (NHIC)
Plants
Gattinger's Agalinis	Agalinis gattingeri	Endangered		S2	G4
Skinner's Agalinis	Agalinis skinneriana	Endangered		S1	G3
Scarlet Ammannia	Ammannia robusta	Endangered		S1	G5
Bluehearts	Buchnera americana	Endangered		S1	G5?
False Hop Sedge	Carex lupuliformis	Endangered	Threatened	S1	G4
Spotted Wintergreen	Chimaphila maculata	Endangered		S1	G5
Pitcher's Thistle	Cirsium pitcheri	Endangered		S2	G3
Small White Lady's-slipper	Cypripedium candidum	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G4
Horsetail Spike-rush	Eleocharis equisetoides	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G4
White Prairie Gentian	Gentiana alba	Endangered		S1	G4
Small Whorled Pogonia	Isotria medeoloides	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G2G3
Large Whorled Pogonia	Isotria verticillata	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G5
Slender Bush-clover	Lespedeza virginica	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G5
Purple Twayblade	Liparis liliifolia	Endangered	Threatened	S2	G5
Cucumber Tree	Magnolia acuminata	Endangered	Endangered	S2	G5
Red Mulberry	Morus rubra	Endangered		S2	G5
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus	Opuntia humifusa	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G5
Heart-leaved Plantain	Plantago cordata	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G4
Pink Milkwort	Polygala incarnata	Endangered		S1	G5
Hoary Mountain-mint	Pycnanthemum incanum	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G5
Toothcup	Rotala ramosior	Endangered		S1	G5
Showy Goldenrod	Solidago speciosa	Endangered		S1	G5
Wood Poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G5
Goat's-rue	Tephrosia virginiana	Endangered		S1	G5
Bashful Leafless-bulrush	Trichophorum planifolium	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G4G5
Drooping Trillium	Trillium flexipes	Endangered		S1	G5
Nodding Pogonia	Triphora trianthophora	Endangered		S1	G3G4
Bird's-foot Violet	Viola pedata	Endangered		S1	G5
Colicroot	Aletris farinosa	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
Wild Hyacinth	Camassia scilloides	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G4G5
American Chestnut	Castanea dentata	Threatened		S3	G4
White Wood Aster	Eurybia divaricata	Threatened		S1	G5
Kentucky Coffee-tree	Gymnocladus dioica	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
American Water-willow	Justicia americana	Threatened	Vulnerable	S1	G5
Dense Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	Threatened		S2	G5
Small-flowered Lipocarpha	Lipocarpha micrantha	Threatened	Threatened	S1	G4
Climbing Prairie Rose	Rosa setigera	Threatened		S3	G5
Round-leaved Greenbrier	Smilax rotundifolia	Threatened	Vulnerable	S2	G5
Crooked-stem Aster	Symphyotrichum prenanthoides	Threatened	Vulnerable	S2	G4G5
Deerberry	Vaccinium stamineum	Threatened	Threatened	S1	G5
Green Dragon	Arisaema dracontium	Special Concern		S3	G5
Tuberous Indian-plantain	Arnoglossum plantagineum	Special Concern		S3	G4G5
American Hart's-tongue Fern	Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum	Special Concern		S3	G4T3
Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo lineatus	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S4B,SZN	G5
Dwarf Hackberry	Celtis tenuifolia	Special Concern		S2	G5
False Rue-anemone	Enemion biternatum	Special Concern		S2	G5
American Columbo	Frasera caroliniensis	Special Concern		S2	G5
Blue Ash	Fraxinus quadrangulata	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3	G5
Swamp Rose-mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos	Special Concern		S3	G5
Broad Beech Fern	Phegopteris hexagonoptera	Special Concern		S3	G5
Eastern Prairie White-fringed Orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	Special Concern		S2	G2
Hill's Pondweed	Potamogeton hillii	Special Concern	Threatened	S2	G3
Hop Tree	Ptelea trifoliata	Special Concern		S3	G5
Shumard's Oak	Quercus shumardii	Special Concern		S3	G5
Riddell's Goldenrod	Solidago riddellii	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3	G5
Willow-leaf Aster	Symphyotrichum praealtum	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2	G5
Short's Aster	Symphyotrichum shortii	Not at Risk	Not in Any category	S2	G4G5
Blue-eyed Mary	Collinsia verna	Extirpated		SH	G5
Illinois Tick-trefoil	Desmodium illinoense	Extirpated		SX	G5
Birds
Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	Endangered	Endangered	S1B,SZN	G4
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	Endangered	Endangered	S1B,SZN	G3
Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	Endangered		S1S2	G5
Acadian Flycatcher	Empidonax virescens	Endangered		S2B,SZN	G5
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Not at Risk	Vulnerable	S3B,SZN	G4
Cerulean Warbler	Dendroica cerulea	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3B,SZN	G4
Prairie Warbler	Dendroica discolor	Not at Risk	Not in Any category	S3S4B,SZN	G5
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Not at Risk	Endangered	S4B,SZN	G4
Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria virens	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2S3B,SZN	G5
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus	Endangered	Endangered	S2B,SZN	G5
Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea	Endangered	Endangered	S1S2B,SZN	G5
King Rail	Rallus elegans	Endangered	Endangered	S2B,SZN	G4G5
Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis	Threatened	Vulnerable	S3B,SZN	G5
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Endangered	Threatened	S1	G5
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Not at Risk		S3B,SZN	G5
Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3B,SZN	G5
Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia	Not at Risk		S3B,SZN	G5
Forster's Tern	Sterna forsteri	IND	IND	S2S3B,SZN	G5
Hooded Warbler	Wilsonia citrina	Threatened		S3B,SZN	G5
Mammals
Eastern Mole	Scalopus aquaticus	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2	G5
Herpetofauna
Blanchard's Cricket Frog	Acris crepitans blanchardi	Endangered	Endangered	SH	G5T5
Jefferson Salamander	Ambystoma jeffersonianum	Threatened		S2	G5
Spiny Softshell	Apalone spinifera	Threatened	Threatened	S3	G5
Fowler's Toad	Bufo fowleri	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
Blue Racer	Coluber constrictor foxii	Endangered	Endangered	S1	G5T5
Eastern Fox Snake	Elaphe gloydi	Threatened	Threatened	S3	G3
Black Rat Snake	Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta	Threatened	Threatened	S3	G5T5
Eastern Hognose Snake	Heterodon platirhinos	Threatened	Vulnerable	S3	G5
Smallmouth Salamander	Ambystoma texanum	Special Concern	Threatened	S1	G5
Eastern Tiger Salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	Extirpated		SX	G5
Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3	G5
Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	Extirpated	Endangered	SX	G4
Northern Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus fuscus	Not at Risk		S1	G5
Five-lined Skink	Eumeces fasciatus	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3	G5
Spring Salamander	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus	Special Concern		SX	G5
Lake Erie Water Snake	Nerodia sipedon insularum	Endangered	Endangered	S2	G5T2
Queen Snake	Regina septemvittata	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
Eastern Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus catenatus	Threatened	Threatened	S3	G3G4T3T4
Butler's Garter Snake	Thamnophis butleri	Threatened	Vulnerable	S2	G4
Fish
Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	Not at Risk		S3	G3
Eastern Sand Darter	Ammocrypta pellucida	Threatened		S2	G3
Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Not at Risk	Not in Any category	S3	G5
Redside Dace	Clinostomus elongatus	Special Concern	Threatened	S3	G4
Kiyi	Coregonus kiyi	Special Concern	Threatened	S3?	G3
Shortnose Cisco	Coregonus reighardi	Threatened	Extirpated	SX	G1
Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Special Concern	Not in Any category	S4	G5
Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2	G5
Northern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon fossor	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S3	G4
Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Special Concern	Not in Any category	SU	G5
Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S1	G5
Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G5
Deepwater Sculpin	Myoxocephalus thompsoni	Threatened	Not in Any category	S4	G5
Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2	G5
Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2	G5
River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Special Concern	Vulnerable	S2	G4
Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus	Special Concern	Threatened	S2	G3
Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis	Special Concern	Not in Any category	S2S3	G5
Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Not at Risk		S3	G5
Ghost Shiner	Notropis buchanani	Not at Risk		S2	G5
Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Not at Risk	Not in Any category	S2	G5
Channel Darter	Percina copelandi	Threatened	Threatened	S2	G4
Gravel Chub	Erimystax x-punctatus	Extirpated		SX	G4
Invertebrates
Frosted Elfin	Callophrys irus	Extirpated	Endangered	SX	G3
Karner Blue	Lycaeides melissa samuelis	Extirpated	Endangered	SX	G5T2
Northern Riffleshell	Epioblasma torulosa rangiana	Endangered		S1	G2T2
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel	Lampsilis fasciola	Endangered		S1	G4
Rayed Bean	Villosa fabalis	Endangered		S1	G1G2

* National status determined by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Provincial status determined by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Provincial rank determined by the Natural Heritage Information Centre.

The table summarizes information obtained from the Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC). Ranks are revised as new information becomes available and users should consult the NHIC web site for the most up to date information.