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Plants

Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates

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

Fact Sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website
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Decurrent false aster(Boltonia decurrens)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

Recovery

5 Year Review Initiated March 30, 2006

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Dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

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Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 
Recovery

Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Recovery Plan (pdf file 868KB; 63 pages)

 

Section 6 Grant Project: Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

2006 Recovery Land Acquisition Grant: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid in Wisconsin (Rock County, WI)

 

2006 S6 Grant Project: Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 

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Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 
Recovery

Section 6 Grant: Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

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Geocarpon (no common name) (Geocarpon minimum)

Fact sheet
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Houghton's goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

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Lakeside daisy(Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra)

Lakeside Daisy Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

 
Lakeside Daisy Recovery

S6 Grant Project (2006) - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

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Leafy prairie-clover (Delea foliosa)

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Leafy Prairie-clover Recovery Plan (5.87MB PDF)

 

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Leedy's roseroot (Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi)

Fact sheet
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Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)

Mead's Milkweed Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Informatio

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 
Mead's Milkweed Recovery

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Southern Iowa Oak Savanna and Grand River Grassland Cooperative Restoration Initiative – Clarke, Decatur and Lucas Counties, Iowa; Ringgold County, Missouri – ($193,625*)

 

Mead's Milkweed Recovery Plan (PDF 1.2MB; 131 pages)

 

Federal Register Notice of Availability - Approved Recovery Plan for the
Mead’s Milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
September 22, 2003

 

News Release U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Releases Recovery Plan for the Mead's Milkweed - September 22, 2003

 

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Michigan monkey-flower(Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fact Sheet (PDF)

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

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Minnesota dwarf trout lily(Erythronium propullans)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile links to National FWS website

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project: Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 
S7 Guidance

Determining Whether Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily (Erythronium propullans) May be Present in a Project Area in Minnesota

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Missouri bladder-pod(Lesquerella filiformis)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Information on Reclassification from Endangered to Threatened
Fact sheet
Species Profile - links to the National USFWS website

 
Recovery

5 Year Review Initiated
Missouri Bladderpod - Recovery on the Horizon

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Northern monkshood(Aconitum noveborancense)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

2006 Recovery Land Acquisition Grant: Northern Monkshood and Iowa Pleistocene Snail Recovery Land Acquisition (Clayton County, IA)

 

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Pitcher's thistle(Cirsium pitcheri)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

5 Year Review Initiated March 30, 2006

 

Pitcher's Thistle Recovery Plan (PDF)

 

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Pondberry(Lindera melissifolia)

Life History and Listing Information
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Prairie bush clover(Lespedeza leptostachya)

Prairie Bush Clover Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 
Prairie Bush Clover Recovery

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa – ($81,000*)

 

Section 6 Grant Project (2006): Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

S6 Grant Project (2006): Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 

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Price's potato-bean(Apios priceana)

Fact sheet
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Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Species Profile linked to National USFWS website
Fact sheet
Field Office - USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's
Southeast Species Account

 
Recovery

Running Buffalo Clover Revised Recovery Plan (June 2007)

 

Federal Register Notice of Availability of Running Buffalo Clover Revised Recovery Plan - 2-page PDF (June 2007)

 

News Release: Revised Plan Maps Recovery Strategy for Imperiled Plant (June 27, 2007)

 

5 Year Review Initiated July 19, 2005

 

Partner's for Running Buffalo Clover Recovery (an article)

 
Section 7 Consultation and Management

Management Recommendations for Running Buffalo Clover in Ohio

 

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Short's bladderpod (Lesquerella globosa)

Candidate Listing Priority Assignment Form (pdf)

Short's goldenrod (Solidago shortii)

Southeast Region Species Account

Small whorled pogonia(Isotria medeoloides)

Fact sheet
Recovery Land Acquisition Grant
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Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum)

Life History and Listing Information

 
Recovery Information

Section 6 Grant Project: Surveys for Virginia Sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) & New Populations of Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) in Ohio

Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 

Recovery Information

Section 6 Grant Project: Surveys for Virginia Sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) & New Populations of Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) in Ohio

Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Natural History, Ecology and Regulatory Information

Distribution Map (pdf)
Fact sheet

Photo Photo Credit: National Park Service

 
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Recovery

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Southern Iowa Oak Savanna and Grand River Grassland Cooperative Restoration Initiative – Clarke, Decatur and Lucas Counties, Iowa; Ringgold County, Missouri – ($193,625*)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa – ($81,000*)

 

2006 S6 Grant Project: Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 

5 Year Review Initiated March 30, 2006

 
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid S7 Guidance

Section 7 Guidance - Determining Whether Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara) May be Present in a Project Area in Minnesota

 

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Last updated: April 30, 2008