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Endangered Species in Michigan
County Distribution of Federally-Listed Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate Species

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County

Species

Status

Habitat

Alcona

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate
Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)
Threatened Stabilized dunes and blowout areas
Alger

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Critical Habitat Designated

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Allegan

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Alpena

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Hine's emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora hineana)

Endangered

Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows and marshes; calcareous streams & associated wetlands overlying dolomite bedrock

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Antrim

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Arenac

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Baraga

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Barry

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Bay

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Benzie

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Endangered

Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found along seepages, streams and lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Berrien

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Small whorled pogonia
(Isotria medeoloides)

Threatened

Dry woodland; upland sites in mixed forests (second or third growth stage)

Branch

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs, brushy ditches and floodplain woods

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Calhoun

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs, brushy ditches and floodplain woods

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Cass

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs, brushy ditches and floodplain woods

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Charlevoix

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Endangered

Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found along seepages, streams and lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Cheboygan

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Endangered

Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found along seepages, streams and lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Chippewa

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young jack pine

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

American hart's tongue fern
(Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)

Threatened

Cool limestone sinkholes in mature hardwood forest

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Clare

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Clinton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Crawford

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Delta

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Dickinson

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Eaton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs, brushy ditches and floodplain woods

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  
Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Emmett

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Hungerford's crawling water beetle
(Brychius hungerfordi)

Endangered

Cool riffles of clean, slightly alkaline streams; known to occur in five streams in northern Michigan

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Endangered

Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found along seepages, streams and lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Genesee

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  
Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Gogebic

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Grand Traverse

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Gratiot

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Hillsdale

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs, brushy ditches and floodplain woods

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Rayed Bean (Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Houghton

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Huron

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Ingham

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Ionia

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Iosco

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Iron

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.
Jackson

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Kalamazoo

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Kalkaska

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Kent

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Keweenaw

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.
Lake Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Lapeer

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Leelanau

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Endangered

Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found along seepages, streams and lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Lenawee

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate
Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate

Livingston

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Luce

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young jack pine

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Mackinac

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Hine's emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora hineana)

Endangered

Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows and marshes; calcareous streams & associated wetlands overlying dolomite bedrock

American hart's tongue fern
(Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)

Threatened

Cool limestone sinkholes in mature hardwood forest

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii) E

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Lakeside daisy
(Hymenoxys herbacea)

Threatened

Dry gravelly or sandy thin-soiled fields and alvars with dolomitic or limestone bedrock at or near the surface

Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Endangered

Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found along seepages, streams and lakeshores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Macomb

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate Clinton River

Manistee

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Marquette

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Mason

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Critical Habitat Designated
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Mecosta

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Menominee  

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Missaukee

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Monroe

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Northern riffleshell
(Dysnomia torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Montcalm

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Montmorency

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Hungerford's crawling water beetle
(Brychius hungerfordi)

Endangered

Cool riffles of clean, slightly alkaline streams; known to occur in five streams in northern Michigan.

Muskegon

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Newaygo

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Oakland

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate
Rayed Bean
(Villosa fabalis)
Candidate Clinton River
 Oceana

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Ogemaw

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Ontonagon

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Oscoda

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Otsego

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Ottawa

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Presque Isle

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Critical Habitat Designated
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Hine's emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora hineana)

Endangered

Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows and marshes; calcareous streams & associated wetlands overlying dolomite bedrock

Hungerford's crawling water beetle
(Brychius hungerfordi)
Endangered Cool riffles of clean, slightly alkaline streams; known to occur in five streams in northern Michigan.

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Roscommon

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Saginaw

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Sanilac

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Northern riffleshell
(Dysnomia torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Schoolcraft

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened A Canada lynx was recently documented in the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest potential for Lynx presence. Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Critical Habitat Designated

Kirtland's warbler
(Dendroica kirtlandii)

Endangered

Nests in young stands of jack pine

Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris)

Threatened

Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores

Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago houghtonii)

Threatened

Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

St. Clair

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Rayed Bean
(Villosa fabalis)
Candidate Belle, Black, and Pine Rivers

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

St. Joseph

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs, brushy ditches and floodplain woods

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Shiawassee

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Tuscola

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Van Buren

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri)

Threatened

Stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Washtenaw

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within 1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula.

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Candidate  

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Wayne

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered