| Listed Species in Cobb
County | ||||
| Species | Federal Status | State Status | Habitat | Threats |
| Bird | ||||
| Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus | T | E | Inland waterways and estuarine areas in Georgia. | Major factor in initial decline was lowered reproductive success following use of DDT. Current threats include habitat destruction, disturbance at the nest, illegal shooting, electrocution, impact injuries, and lead poisoning. |
| Fish | ||||
| Bluestripe shiner Cyprinella callitaenia | No Federal Status | T | Brownwater streams | |
| Cherokee
darter Etheostoma scotti | T | T | Shallow water (0.1-0.5 m) in small to medium warm water creeks (1-15 m wide) with predominantly rocky bottoms. Usually found in sections with reduced current, typically runs above and below riffles and at ecotones of riffles and backwaters. | Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality |
| Highscale shiner Notropis hypsilepis | No Federal Status | T | Blackwater and brownwater streams | |
| Plant | ||||
| Bay star-vine Schisandra glabra | No Federal Status | T | Twining on subcanopy and understory trees/shrubs in rich alluvial woods | |
| Georgia Aster Aster georgianus | Candidate Species | T | Post oak savannah/prairie communities. Most remaining populations survive adjacent to roads, utility rights of way, and other openings. | |
| Indian olive Nestronia umbellula | No Federal Status | T | Dry open upland forests of mixed hardwood and pine | |
| Michaux's sumac Rhus michauxii | E | E | Sandy or rocky open woods, usually on ridges with a disturbance history (periodic fire, prior agricultural use, maintained right-of-ways); the known population of this species in Cobb County has been extirpated (last seen in county in 1900) | Low reproductive capability (dioecious), low genetic variability associated with geographic isolation, hybridization with R. copallina and R. glabra, and habitat loss due to development |
| Open-ground
whitlow-grass Draba aprica | No Federal Status | E | Shallow soils on granite outcrops, expecially beneath eastern redcedar | |
| White fringeless orchid Platanthera integrilabia | Candidate Species | T | Red maple-blackgum swamps; also sandy damp stream margins; on seepy, rocky, thinly vegetated slopes. Also known as Monkey-face Orchid. | |