MN River Valley Master Plan Rare Species--January 2017 Common Name

Scientific Name

Species Class

Listing Status General Habitat Type

Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Amphibian

SPC; SGCN

Freshwater lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds

Hair-like Beak-rush

Rhynchospora capillacea

Aquatic Plant

THR

Calcareous fens; spring fens

Three Stamened Waterwort Water-hyssop

Elatine triandra Bacopa rotundifolia

Aquatic Plant Aquatic Plant

SPC THR

Shorelines of lakes, ponds, and slow moving streams Small rainwater pools on bedrock outcrops in western Minnesota

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Bird

NL, SGCN

Marshes/wetlands

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Bird

Large, shallow bodies of water

Bald Eagle Black Tern

Haliaeetus leucocephalus Chlidonias niger

Bird Bird

SPC, SGCN Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Federal) NL, SGCN

Bobolink Dickcissel Eastern Towhee

Dolichonyx oryzivorus Spiza americana Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Bird Bird Bird

NL, SGCN NL, SGCN NL, SGCN

Tallgrass and mixed prairies, hayfields, and meadows Grasslands, hayfields, and lightly grazed pastures and roadsides Forest edges; overgrown fields, thickets, and woodlands

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Bird

NL, SGCN

Open or scrub habitats with low perches

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Bird

SPC, SGCN

Marsh complexes

Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum Ammodramus henslowii

Bird Bird

NL, SGCN END, SGCN

Lark Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Northern Harrier

Chondestes grammacus Lanius ludovicianus Circus cyaneus

Bird Bird Bird

SPC, SGCN END, SGCN NL, SGCN

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Bird

NL, SGCN

Open grasslands and prairies with patches of bare ground Grasslands and uncultivated old fields with stalks for perching Open habitats with brushy or partially wooded edges (savanna-grassland complex); Grasslands Upland grasslands--both high and low quality Large, undisturbed tracts of wetlands and grasslands with low, thick vegetation Breeding: Open woodlands with dead or dying trees; Winter: Mature forests with oak, oak-hickory, maple, ash, and beech

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Bird

SPC, SGCN

Large tracts of mature, deciduous forest with wetland openings

Upland Sandpiper Wood Thrush Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Bartramia longicauda Hylocichla mustelina Coccyzus americanus

Bird Bird Bird

NL, SGCN NL, SGCN NL, SGCN

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bird

NL, SGCN

Native prairie and open grasslands Mature deciduous and mixed forests Shrubands or wood habitat with dense cover and water nearby Breeding: Prairie wetlands, shallow marshes, ponds, and rivers

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Fish

THR, SGCN

Blue Sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Fish

SPC, SGCN

Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Fish

THR; SGCN

Ares with dense or scattered trees and wet areas Marshes/wetlands

Sloughs, impoundments, and both fast- and slow-flowing portions of rivers Deep, swift water in pools and channels of large rivers with sand, gravel, or rubble bottoms Open waters of large rivers and river lakes (e.g., Lake Pepin, Lake St. Croix; Upper Mississippi River drainage)

Common Name

Scientific Name

Species Class

Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Fish

Fold (Archean) Fossil Plant (Quaternary) Igneous Composition (Lower Proterozoic) Igneous Intrusion (Lower Proterozoic)

Fold (archean) Fossil plant (quaternary) Igneous composition (lower proterozoic) Igneous intrusion (lower proterozoic)

Geologic Feature Geologic Feature Geologic Feature Geologic Feature

Igneous Structure (Archean) Igneous Texture (Archean)

Igneous structure (archean) Igneous texture (archean)

Geologic Feature Geologic Feature

Listing Status General Habitat Type Watch List

Large, freshwater rivers with deep channel areas; Minnesota & Mississippi Rivers in MN

Igneous Unit or Sequence (Lower Proterozoic) Igneous unit or sequence (lower proterozoic) Geologic Feature Metamorphic Composition (Archean) Metamorphic Structure (Archean) Metamorphic Unit or Sequence (Archean) Mixed Unit or Sequence (Archean)

Metamorphic composition (archean) Metamorphic structure (archean) Metamorphic unit or sequence (archean) Mixed unit or sequence (archean)

Geologic Feature Geologic Feature Geologic Feature Geologic Feature

Proglacial River Erosion (Quaternary) Sedimentary Unit or Sequence (Cretaceous, Quaternary) Weathering (Jurassic, Cretaceous)

Proglacial river erosion (quaternary) Sedimentary unit or sequence (cretaceous, quaternary) Weathering (jurassic, cretaceous)

Geologic Feature Geologic Feature Geologic Feature

Mussel Sampling Site

Freshwater Mussel Concentration Area

Grouping of a variety of mussel species in one suitable habitat area

Iowa Skipper Ottoe Skipper Regal Fritillary

Atrytone arogos iowa Hesperia ottoe Speyeria idalia

Insect Insect Insect

SPC; SGCN END; SGCN SPC; SGCN

Mesic to dry-mesic prairie Dry-mesic to dry prairie Upland and wet prairie

Lichen

Buellia nigra

Lichen

SPC

Non-calcareous rock in exposed sunny areas; SW Minnesota

Western Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys megalotis

Mammal

SPC; SGCN

Grasslands, meadows, and marshes

Black Sandshell Creek Heelsplitter Elktoe

Ligumia recta Lasmigona compressa Alasmidonta marginata

Mussel Mussel Mussel

SPC; SGCN SPC; SGCN THR; SGCN

Riffles and runs of medium large rivers with sand or gravel Creeks, small rivers, and thetoupstream portions of large riverssubstrates with sand, fine gravel, or mud substrates Medium to large rivers with sand and gravel substrates

Fluted Shell Hickorynut

Lasmigona costata Obovaria olivaria

Mussel Mussel

THR; SGCN NL; SGCN

Medium to large rivers dominated by gravel substrates Large gravel Large rivers rivers with with sand sand,and gravel, andsubstrates rubble substrates. St. Croix River with some

Monkeyface Mucket Rock Pocketbook Round Pigtoe

Quadrula metanevra Actinonaias ligamentina Arcidens confragosus Pleurobema sintoxia

Mussel Mussel Mussel Mussel

THR; SGCN THR; SGCN END; SGCN SPC; SGCN

observations in the Mississippi river in MN Medium to large rivers with sand and gravel substrates Medium to large rivers Medium to large rivers with sand, gravel, or mud substrates

Common Name

Scientific Name

Species Class

Listing Status General Habitat Type

Spike Wartyback

Elliptio dilatata Quadrula nodulata

Mussel Mussel

THR; SGCN THR; SGCN

Common Five-lined Skink Gopher Snake

Plestiodon fasciatus Pituophis catenifer

Reptile Reptile

SPC; SGCN SPC; SGCN

Western Fox Snake

Pantherophis ramspotti

Reptile

Watch List

Small to large rivers; Reservoirs and lakes Large rivers with fine and coarse substrates; Minnesota and Mississippi rivers in MN Granite outcrops in the MN River Valley; OR in exposed limestone and sandstone outcrops and bluff prairies in E MN Dry sand prairies or bluff prairies Woodland and woodland edges, prairies, lowland meadows, and rocky outcroppings near rivers

SPC

Well-developed forest soil, typically mesic loamy ; Does not tolerate habitats with seasonal flooding Sparsely vegetated wet habitats found in graminoid fens, shorelines of ponds and small lakes, and occasionally in wet prairie openings

American Ginseng

Panax quinquefolius

Terrestrial Plant

Few-flowered Spikerush

Eleocharis quinqueflora

Terrestrial Plant

SPC

Hairy Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis puberula var. interior

Terrestrial Plant

END

Kitten-tails Missouri Milk-vetch Nuttall's Povertyweed

Besseya bullii Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis Monolepis nuttalliana

Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant

THR SPC Watch List

Oregon Woodsia Plains Prickly Pear Prairie Bush Clover Small White Lady's-slipper Sullivant's Milkweed Tumblegrass Twig-rush Whorled Nut-rush Wolf's Spikerush

Woodsia oregana ssp. cathcartiana Opuntia macrorhiza Lespedeza leptostachya Cypripedium candidum Asclepias sullivantii Schedonnardus paniculatus Cladium mariscoides Scleria verticillata Eleocharis wolfii

Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant Terrestrial Plant

SPC SPC THR; Fed THR SPC THR SPC SPC THR END

Honeylocust Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gleditsia triacanthos Gymnocladus dioica

Tree Tree

Watch list SPC

Red Three-awn

Aristida purpurea var. longiseta

Calcareous fens Oak Savannas; dry prairies and oak woodlands; In MN restricted to the bluffs and erraces of the St. Croix, Mississippi, and Minnesota River Valleys Dry prairie; Hill prairie Disturbed, open habitats Found on moist, shaded (occasionally exposed) basaltic or, less commonly, dolomite cliffs with rocky soils Rock outcrops and dry prairies Mesic to dry-mesic prairie; Bluff prairies Calcareous seeps, wet prairie Mesic tallgrass prairies Southern bedrock outcrops Fens: prairie rich, northern rich, and calcareous are preferred fen types Calcareous fens Margins of bedrock pools and shallow wetlands Mississippi or Missouri River bottoms in far SE Minnesota (historically only recorded in Houston Co.) Rich mesic woodlands, bottomland woodlands, and riverbanks

SPC

END-State Endangered, THR- State Threatened, SPC-State Special Concern, NL-Non-Listed species, SGCN-Species in Greatest Conservation Need, Watchlist-vulnerable species 1

-These data are not based on an exhaustive inventory of the state. The lack of data for any geographic area shall not be construed to mean that no significant features are present.