Threatened / Endangered Species

 

Iowa
Type and Number * Status Common Name Scientific Name
Animals - 8 Species      
  E American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
  T Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  E Higgins' Eye Pearlymussel Lampsilis higginsi
  E Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis
  E Iowa Pleistocene Snail Discus macclintocki
  E Least Tern Sterna antillarum
  E Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus
  T Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Plants - 5 Species      
  T Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera leucophaea
  T Mead's Milkweed Asclepias meadii
  T Northern Wild Monkshood Aconitum noveboracense
  T Prairie Bush-Clover Lespedeza leptostachya
  T Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera praeclara

* Status Key: T= Threatened, E= Endangered

 

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