The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery (2002)
Chapter: Appendix B State and Federal Rare, Threatened, or Endangered Species of the Missouri River Floodplain1
Appendix
B
State and Federal Rare, Threatened, or Endangered Species of the Missouri River Floodplain1
Plants
*Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara)
*Mead’s Milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
False Articulate Foxglove (Tomanthera auriculata)
Hayden Rockcress (Rorippa calycina)
Spreading Yellowcress (Rorippa sinuata)
Small White Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium candidum)
American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
*Prairie Bush Clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)
Alpine Rush (Juncus alpinus)
Spring Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis)
Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa)
Missouri Ballcactus (Coryphantha missouriensis)
Yellow Fritillary (Fritillaria pudica)
Spiny Naiad (Najas marina)
Mussels
Spectacle Case Pearly Mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta)
Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Fish
Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
*Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Sturgeon Chub (Hybopsis gelida)
Flathead Chub (Hybopsis gracilis)
Sicklefin Chub (Hybopsis meeki)
Lake Chub (Conesius plumbeus)
Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)
Crystal Darter (Ammocrypta asprella)
Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae)
Short-nosed Gar (Lepisosteus platostomus)
Black-nosed Shiner (Notropis heterolepis)
Silverband Shiner (Notropis shumardi)
Ghost Shiner (Notropis buchanani)
*Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka)
Pearl Dace (Semotilus margarita)
Burbot (Lota lota)
Brassy Minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni)
Finescale Dace (Phoxinus neogaeus)
Northern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus eos)
Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus)
Northern Pike (Esox lucius)
Highfin Carpsucker (Carpoides velifer)
Plains Killifish (Fundulus zebrinus)
Insects
*American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorous americanus)
Regal Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria idalia)
Dakota Skipper Butterfly (Hesperia dacotae)
Tawny Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes batesi)
Six-banded Longhorn Beetle (Dryobius sexnotatus)
Noctuid Moth (Schinia indiana)
Reptiles
Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)
Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens flavescens)
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)
Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)
Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica)
Falsemap Turtle (Graptemys psuedogeographica)
Birds
*Interior Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
*Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Mountain Plover (Eupoda montana)
*Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
*Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
*Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
*Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Migrant Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius migrans)
White-faced Ibis (Pelgadis chihi)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Doublecrested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Marsh Hawk (Circus cyaneus)
Mammals
Swift Fox (Vulpes velox)
*Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens)
*Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)
River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
Red Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
Spotted Skunk (Spigale putoris)
Red Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
Spotted Skunk (Spigale putoris)
