Iowa

Mammals

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Greene, Guthrie, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne

Map of Indiana Bat range in Iowa (PDF)

Caves, mines (hibernacula);

small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)

Birds

Least Tern
(Sterna antillarum)

Endangered

Pottawattamie, Woodbury, Polk

Bare alluvial and dredged spoil islands

Piping Plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Great Plains Population

Threatened

Pottawattamie, Woodbury

Reptiles

Eastern Massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

Muscatine, Johnson, Mills, Bremer, Pottawattamie, Louisa

Fish

Pallid Sturgeon
(Scaphirynchus albus)

Endangered

Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Woodbury

Large rivers

Topeka shiner
(Notropis topeka)

Endangered

Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Osceola, Pocahontass, Sac, Sioux, Webster, Wright

Map of Topeka Shiner Range and Critical Habitat in Iowa (PDF)

Prairie streams and rivers

Topeka shiner
(Notropis topeka)

Critical Habitat

Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Hamilton, Lyon, Osceola, Sac, Webster, Wright

Map of Topeka Shiner Range and Critical Habitat in Iowa (PDF)

Mussels

Higgins eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsi)

Endangered

Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott

Iowa River, Mississippi River, and Wapsipinicon River

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Endangered

Lee, Muscatine, and Scott

Shallow areas in larger rivers and streams

Spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta)

Endangered

Des Moines, Lee, Muscatine, Scott

Large rivers in areas sheltered from the main force of the current

Snails

Iowa pleistocene snail
(Discus macclintocki)

Endangered

Clayton, Clinton, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson

North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area

Insects

Dakota skipper
(Hesperia dacotae)

Candidate

Dickinson

Prairies

Poweshiek skipperling

(Oarisma poweshiek)

Candidate

Cerro Gordo, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock, Howssard, Kossuth, Osceola

** This list includes counties where Poweshiek skipperling has been confirmed within the past 25 years (1986 or later).  Due to the sharp declines in the last several years - especially in Iowa, Minnesota, and possibly the Dakotas - the list may include counties in which the species no longer occurs.  Nevertheless, we recommend that agencies contact the Rock Island Ecological Services Field Office if undertaking or planning projects that may affect Poweshiek skipperling habitat in these counties.

Remnants of tallgrass prairie

Plants

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthaera leucophaea)

Threatened

Decatur, Jackson, Johnson, Jones

Mesic to wet prairies

Mead's milkweed
(Asclepias meadii)

Threatened

Adair, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Warren

Virgin prairies

Prairie bush clover
(Lespedeza leptostachya)

Threatened

POTENTIAL HABITAT STATEWIDE; KNOWN OCCURRENCES IN:
Buena Vista, Butler, Clarke, Clay, Delaware, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Kossuth, Lucas, Obrien, Osceola, Story, Warren, Winneshiek

Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil

Northern wild monkshood
(Aconitum noveboracense)

Threatened

Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson,

Western prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera praeclara)

Threatened

POTENTIAL HABITAT STATEWIDE; KNOWN OCCURRENCES IN:
Adair, Bremer, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Fayette, Guthrie, Howard, Kossuth, Mills, Pocahontas, Polk, Taylor

Wet prairies and sedge meadows