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Midwest Endangered Species
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County Distribution of Indiana's Federally-Listed
Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate Species

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COUNTY

SPECIES

STATUS

HABITAT

Adams

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Allen

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  
Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate St. Joseph River

Bartholomew

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Benton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Blackford

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Boone

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Brown

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Carroll

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Wabash River

Cass

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Sheepnose Mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus) Candidate Eel River

Clark

Gray bat
(Myotis grisescens)

Endangered

Caves

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Ohio River

Clay

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Clinton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Crawford

Gray bat
(Myotis grisescens)

Endangered

Caves

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Daviess

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Decatur

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

De Kalb

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Rivers

Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate St. Joseph River and Fish Creek

White cat's paw pearlymussel
(Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

Endangered

Rivers

Dearborn

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows

Delaware

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Dubois

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Elkhart

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Fayette

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Floyd

Gray bat
(Myotis grisescens)

Endangered

Caves

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Ohio River

Fountain

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Franklin

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fulton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate Tippecanoe River
Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Tippecanoe River

Gibson

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Least Tern; interior population
(Sterna antillarum athalassos)

Endangered

Fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax)

Endangered

Rivers

Grant

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Greene

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Hamilton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Hancock

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Harrison

Gray bat
(Myotis grisescens)

Endangered

Caves

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Short's goldenrod
(Solidago shortii) 		Endangered  

Hendricks

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Henry

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Howard

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Huntington

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Jackson

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Jasper

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Jay

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Jefferson

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Jennings

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Johnson

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Knox

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax)

Endangered

Rivers

Kosciusko

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

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

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate Tippecanoe River

La Porte

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens

Lagrange

Indiana bat
Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens

Lake

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

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

Lakeshores; stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Mead's milkweed
(Asclepias meadii)

Threatened

Prairies

Lawrence

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Madison

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Marion

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Marshall

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate Lake Maxinkuckee

Martin

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum)

Endangered

Rivers

Miami

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Monroe

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Montgomery

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Morgan

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Newton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Noble

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Ohio

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows

Orange

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Owen

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Parke

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Rayed Bean Mussel (Villosa fabalis) Candidate Sugar Creek

Perry

Gray bat
(Myotis grisescens)

Endangered Caves

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Pike

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Porter

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Piping Plover
(Charadrius melodus)		 Critical Habitat Designated  

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

E

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

Lakeshores; stabilized dunes and blowout areas

Posey

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax)

Endangered

Rivers

Short's bladderpod
(Lesquerella globosa)

 Candidate  

Pulaski

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Rivers

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Tippecanoe River

Putnam

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Randolph

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Ripley

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows

Rush

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

St. Joseph

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

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

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Scott

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Shelby

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Spencer

Gray bat
(Myotis grisescens)

Endangered Caves

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Ohio River

Starke

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Steuben

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

Threatened

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

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Sullivan

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Switzerland

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows

Tippecanoe

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus c. catenatus)

 Candidate  

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Wabash River

Tipton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Union

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Vanderburg

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Ohio River

Vermillion

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Vigo

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Wabash

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Warren

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Warrick

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Ohio River

Washington

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Wayne

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Wells

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

White

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Rivers

Fanshell pearly mussel
(Cyprogenia stegaria)

Endangered

Rivers

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)		 Candidate Tippecanoe River

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Plantathera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Whitley

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;
Maternity and foraging habitat = small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests

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