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THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN TENNESSEE

90 species as of September 1, 2006

Animals--70 species
E -- Acornshell, southern (Epioblasma othcaloogensis)
E -- Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
E -- Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
E -- Bean, Cumberland (pearlymussel)(Villosa trabalis)
E -- Bean (mussel), purple (Villosa perpurpurea)
E -- Blossom, green (pearlymussel)(Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum)
E -- Blossom, tubercled (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
E -- Blossom, turgid (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma turgidula)
E -- Blossom, yellow (pearlymussel)(Epioblasma florentina florentina)
E -- Catspaw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
T -- Chub, slender (Erimystax (=Hybopsis) cahni)
T -- Chub, spotfin  (Erimonax monachus)
E -- Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
E -- Combshell, Cumberlandian (Epioblasma brevidens)
E -- Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
E -- Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
E -- Combshell, upland (Epioblasma metastriata)
T -- Cougar, Eastern
(Felis concolor couguar)
E -- Crayfish, Nashville (Orconectes shoupi)
T -- Dace, blackside (Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
E -- Darter, amber (Percina antesella)
E -- Darter, bluemask (=jewel) (Etheostoma (Doration) sp.)
E -- Darter, boulder (=Elk River) (Etheostoma wapiti)
E -- Darter, duskytail (Etheostoma percnurum)
T -- Darter, slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi)
T -- Darter, snail (Percina tanasi)
E -- Elktoe, Appalachian (Alasmidonta raveneliana)
E -- Elktoe, Cumberland (Alasmidonta atropurpurea)
E -- Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
E -- Kidneyshell, triangular (Ptychobranchus greeni)
E -- Lampmussel, Alabama (Lampsilis virescens)
E -- Lilliput, pale (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma cylindrellus)
E -- Logperch, Conasauga (Percina jenkinsi)
E -- Madtom, pygmy (Noturus stanauli)
E -- Madtom, Smoky (Noturus baileyi)
T -- Madtom, yellowfin (Noturus flavipinnis)
E -- Mapleleaf, winged (mussel) (Quadrula fragosa)
E -- Marstonia (snail), royal (=obese) (Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) ogmorhaphe)
T -- Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
E -- Moccasinshell, Coosa (Medionidus parvulus)
E -- Monkeyface, Appalachian (pearlymussel)(Quadrula sparsa)
E -- Monkeyface, Cumberland (pearlymussel)(Quadrula intermedia)
E -- Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta)
E -- Mussel, oyster (Epioblasma capsaeformis)
E -- Pearlymussel, birdwing (Conradilla caelata)
E -- Pearlymussel, cracking (Hemistena lata)
E -- Pearlymussel, dromedary (Dromus dromas)
E -- Pearlymussel, littlewing (Pegias fabula)
E -- Wartyback, white (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
E -- Pigtoe, Cumberland (=Cumberland pigtoe mussel) (Pleurobema gibberum)
E -- Pigtoe, finerayed (Fusconaia cuneolus)
E -- Pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)
E -- Pigtoe, shiny (Fusconaia cor (=edgariana))
E -- Pigtoe, southern (Pleurobema georgianum)
E -- Pimpleback, orangefoot (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus)
E -- Pink, ring (mussel) (Obovaria retusa)
T -- Pocketbook, finelined (Lampsilis altilis)
E -- Rabbitsfoot, rough (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata)
E -- Riffleshell, tan (Epioblasma florentina walkeri)
E -- Riversnail, Anthony's (Athearnia anthonyi)
T -- Shiner, blue (Cyprinella (=Notropis) caerulea)
E -- Shiner, palezone (Notropis albizonatus)
T -- Snail, painted snake coiled forest (Anguispira picta)
E -- Spider, spruce-fir moss (Microhexura montivaga)
E -- Squirrel, Carolina northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus)
E -- Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
E -- Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
E -- Wolf, red (Canis rufus)
E -- Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants--20 species
E -- American Chaffseed (Schawalbea americana)
T -- American hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)
T -- Blue Ridge goldenrod (Solidago spithamaea)
E -- Braun's rock cress (Arabis perstellata)
T -- Cumberland rosemary (Conradina verticillata)
E -- Cumberland sandwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis)
E -- Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
E -- Large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana)
E -- Leafy prairie-clover (Dalea (=Petalostemum) foliosa)
T -- Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)
E -- Pyne's (=Guthrie's) ground-plum (Astragalus bibullatus)
E -- Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var. montana)
E -- Rock gnome lichen (Gymnoderma lineare)
E -- Ruth's golden aster (Pityopsis (=Heterotheca =Chrysopsis) ruthii)
T -- Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
E -- Spreading avens (Geum radiatum)
E -- Spring Creek bladderpod (Lesquerella perforata)
E -- Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis)
E -- Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis)

T -- Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)