Endangered Species
Midwest Region

 

 

Map of Region 3 Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan

Ohio

County Distribution of Federally-Listed Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate Species

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contact the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service office at 4625 Morse Road, Suite 104 Columbus, Ohio 43230 (614-416-8993)

 

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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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Allen

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Ashland

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Ashtabula

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Athens

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus
)

Endangered

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearly
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Auglaize

Indiana bat

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Belmont

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

 

Brown

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Butler

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

Champaign

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Clark

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Clermont

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Clinton

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Columbiana

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Coshocton

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

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Purple cat's paw pearlymussel
(Endangeredpioblasma obliquata obliquata)

Endangered

Gravel riffles of medium to large rivers

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 
Crawford

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Cuyahoga

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Darke

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Defiance

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

White cat's paw pearlymussel
(Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

Endangered

Firm sand or gravel riffles in small streams and medium to large rivers

Delaware

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

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate  

Erie

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Lake Erie water snake
(Nerodia sipedon insularum)

Threatened

Shorelines of islands in western Lake Erie

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Lakeside daisy
(Hymenoxys herbacea)
(Formerly H. acaulis)
var. glabra
)

Threatened

Dry rocky prairies; limestone rock surfaces including outcrops and quarries

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

 

Fairfield

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

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

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Franklin

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Scioto madtom
(Noturus trautmani)

Endangered

Stream riffles of moderate flow over sandy gravel bottom

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana
)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Fulton

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Gallia

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearly
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Geauga

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

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Guernsey

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Hancock

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

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Hardin

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Harrison

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

Highland

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Hocking

   

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Northern monkshood
(Aconitum noveboracense)

Threatened

Cool, moist, shaded cliff faces or talus slopes in wooded ravines, near water seeps

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)

Endangered

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Small whorled pogonia
(Isotria medeoloides)

Threatened

Dry woodland; upland sites in mixed forests (second or third growth stage)

Holmes

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Huron

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Jackson

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

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Knox

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Lake

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)

Critical Habitat Designated

 

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 (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Licking

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Logan

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Lorain

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Lucas

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

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.

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Madison

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Scioto madtom
(Noturus trautmani)

Endangered

Stream riffles of moderate flow over sandy gravel bottom

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Mahoning

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

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Medina

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Meigs

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Mercer

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Miami

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
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Monroe

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

 

Montgomery

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Morgan

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus
)

Endangered

 

Morrow

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
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Muskingum

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Noble

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Ottawa

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Lake Erie water snake
(Nerodia sipedon insularum)

Threatened

Shorelines of islands in western Lake Erie

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Lakeside daisy
(Hymenoxys herbacea)
(Formerly H. acaulis)
var. glabra
)

Threatened

Dry rocky prairies; limestone rock surfaces including outcrops and quarries

Paulding

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Perry

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus
)

Endangered

 

Pickaway

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Scioto madtom
(Noturus trautmani)

Endangered

Stream riffles of moderate flow over sandy gravel bottom

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana
)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Pike

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

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Portage

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Mitchell's satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Endangered

Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs

Northern monkshood
(Aconitum noveboracense)

Threatened

Cool, moist, shaded cliff faces or talus slopes in wooded ravines, near water seeps

Preble

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Putnam

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Richland

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Ross

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

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Sandusky

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)

Endangered

Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes

Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Scioto

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

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Pink mucket pearly
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Small whorled pogonia
(Isotria medeoloides)

Threatened

Dry woodland; upland sites in mixed forests (second or third growth stage)

Virginia spiraea
(Spirea virginiana)

Threatened

Streambanks and floodplains

Seneca

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Shelby

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
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Stark

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Summit

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Northern monkshood
(Aconitum noveboracense)

Threatened

Cool, moist, shaded cliff faces or talus slopes in wooded ravines, near water seeps

Trumbull

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Tuscarawas

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

Scioto madtom
(Noturus trautmani)

Endangered

Stream riffles of moderate flow over sandy gravel bottom

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Van Wert

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Vinton

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)

Endangered

Warren

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum)

Endangered

Disturbed bottomland meadows; disturbed sites that have shade during part of each day

Washington

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
(=C. irrorata)

Endangered

Found in areas of packed sand and gravel at locations in a good current

Pink mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta)
(= L. orbiculata)

Endangered

The lower Ohio River and its larger tributaries

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

 

Wayne

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)

Threatened

Mesic to wet prairies and meadows

Williams

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

Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)

Endangered

Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles within streams and small rivers

Northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Endangered

Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle areas; also occurs in Lake Erie

Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

White cat's paw pearlymussel
(Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

Endangered

Firm sand or gravel riffles in small streams and medium to large rivers

Wood

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

Endangered

Hibernacula = Caves and mines;

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

Wyandot

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 catenatus)

Candidate

 

Rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis)

Candidate

 

Revised October 2009

 

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Last updated: November 12, 2009