Threatened / Endangered Species

 

Illinois
Type and Number Status Common Name Scientific Name
Animals - 14 Species      
  E American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
  T Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  E Fanshell Cyprogenia stegaria
  E Fat Pocketbook Potamilus (= Proptera) capax
  E Gray Bat Myotis grisescens
  E Higgins' Eye Pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsi
  E Hine's Emerald Dragonfly Somatochlora hineana
  E Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis
  E Iowa Pleistocene Snail Discus macclintocki
  E Karner Blue Butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis
  E Least Tern Sterna antillarum
  E Orange-Foot Pimple Back Pearlymussel Plethobasus cooperianus
  E Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus
  E Pink Mucket Pearlymussel Lampsilis abrupta
Plants - 7 Species      
  T Decurrent False Aster Boltonia decurrens
  T Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera leucophaea
  T Lakeside Daisy Hymenoxys herbacea
  E Leafy Prairie-Clover Dalea (= Petalostemum) foliosa
  T Mead's Milkweed Asclepias meadii
  T Pitcher's Thistle Cirsium pitcheri
  T Prairie Bush-Clover Lespedeza leptostachya
  T Small Whorled Pogonia Isotria medeoloides

* Status Key: T= Threatened, E= Endangered

 

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