Threatened and endangered Illinois prairie species

• Pseudacris streckeri subsp. illinoensis--Illinois chorus frog--T

• Ictinia mississippiensis--Mississippi kite --E
• Circus cyaneus--Northern harrier --E
• Tympanuchus cupido--Greater prairie-chicken --E
• Coturnicops noveboracensis--Yellow rail --E
• Laterallus jamalcensis--Black rail --E
• Grus canadensis--Sandhill crane --E
• Bartramia longicauda--Upland sandpiper --E
• Tyto alba--Common barn owl --E
• Asio flammeus--Short-eared owl --E
• Lanius ludovicianus--Loggerhead shrike --T
• Ammodramus henslowii--Henslow's sparrow --E
• Botarurus lentiginosus--American bittern--E
• Buteo swainsoni--Swainson's hawk--E
• Catharus fuscescens--Veery--T
• Euphagus cyanocephalus--Brewer's blackbird--T
• Phalaropus tricolor--Wilson's pharlarope--E
• Thryomanes bewickii--Bewick's wren--E

• Atrytone arogos--Arogos skipper--E
• Hesperia metea--Cobweb skipper--T
• Hesperia ottoe--Ottoe skipper--T
• Papaipema eryngii--Eryngium stem borer--E

• Agalinis skinneriana--Pale false foxglove--T
• Agropyron subsecundum--Bearded wheat grass--E
• Andropogon ternarius--Silver broom sedge--E
• Artesemia dracunculus--False taragon, Dragon wormwood--E
• Asceplias lanuginosa--Woolly milkweed--E
• Asclepias meadii--Mead's milkweed--E
• Asclepias ovalifolia--Oval milkweed--E
• Asclepias stenophylla--Narrow-leaved green milkweed--T
• Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx--Large ground plum--E
• Astragalus tennesseensis--Tennessee milk vetch--E
• Beckmannia syzigachne--American slough grass--E
• Besseya bullii--Kittentails--T
• Betula populifolia--Gray birch--E
• Boltonia decurrens--Decurrent false aster--T
• Boltrychium multifidum--Northern grape fern--E
• Botrychium simplex--Dwarf grape fern--E
• Bumelia lanuginosa--Wooly buckthorn--E
• Calopogon tuberosus--Grass pink orchid--E
• Camassia angusta--Wild hyacinth--E
• Carex aurea--Golden sedge--E
• Carex crawei--Sedge--T
• Carex heliophila--Sedge--E
• Carex lucorum--Sedge--E
• Carex tonsa--Sedge--E
• Castilleja sessiliflora--Downy yellow painted cup--E
• Ceanothus ovatus--Redroot--E
• Cirsium hillii--Hill's thistle--T
• Compronia peregrina--Sweetfern--E
• Corydalis curvisiliqua var. grandibracteata--Corydalis--T
• Cyperus grayioides--Umbrella sedge--T
• Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum--Small yellow lady's slipper--E
• Cypripedium candidum--White lady's slipper--E
• Cypripedium reginae--Showy lady's slipper--E
• Drosera intermedia--Narrow-leaved sundew--T
• Eriophorum viridi-carinatum--Tall cotton grass--E
• Erythronium mesochoreum--Prairie trout-lily--E
• Filipendula rubra--Queen-of-the-prairie--T
• Fimbristylis vahlii--Vahl's fimbristylis--E
• Heliotropium tenellum--Slender heliotrope--E
• Hexalectris spicata--Crested coralroot orchid--E
• Hudsonia tomentosa--False heather--E
• Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra--Lakeside daisy--E
• Hypericum kalmianum--Kalm's St. John's wort--E
• Isoetes butleri--Quillwirt--E
• Juncus alpinus--Richardson's rush--E
• Juncus vaseyi --Vasey's rush--E
• Lactuca ludoviciana--Western wild lettuce--E
• Lechea intermedia--Pinweed--E
• Lespedeza leptostachya--Prairie bush clover--E
• Lesquerella ludoviciana--Silvery bladderpod--E
• Lycopodium clatatum--Running pine--
• Lycopodium dendroideum--Ground pine--E
• Lycopodium inundatum--Bog clubmoss--E
• Melanthium virginicum--Bunchflower--T
• Microseris cuspidata--Prairie dandelion--E
• Mirabilis hirsuta--Hairy umbrella wort--E
• Oenothera perennis--Small sundrops --E
• Opuntiafragilis--Fragile prickly pear--E
• Orobanche fasciculata--Clustered broomrape--E
• Orobanche ludoviciana--Broomrape--E
• Panicum boreale--Northern panic grass--E
• Penstemon grandiflorus--Large-flowered beard tongue--E
• Petalostemon foliosum--Leafy prairie clover--E
• Phacelia gilioides--Phacelia--E
• Phlox pilosa subsp. sangamonensis--Sangamon phlox--E
• Platanthera ciliaris--Orange fringed orchid--E
• Platanthera clavellata--Wood orchid--E
• Platanthera flava var. herbiola--Tubercled orchid--E
• Platanthera leucophaea--Prairie white fringed orchid--E
• Platanthera psycodes--Purple fringed orchid--E
• Pogonia ophioglossoides--Snake-mouth--E
• Polanisia jamesii--James' clammyweed--E
• Polygala incarnata--Pink milkwort--E
• Polygonum careyi--Carey's heartsease--E
• Populus balsamifera--Balsam poplar--E
• Potentilla millegrana--Cinquefoil--E
• Ranunculus rhomboideus--Prairie buttercup--T
• Rubus setosus--Bristly blackberry--E
• Rudbeckia missouriensis--Missouri orange coneflower--E
• Rumex hastatulus--Sour dock--E
• Sabatia campestris--Prairie rose gentian--E
• Salvia azurea subsp. pitcheri--Blue sage--T
• Sanguisorba canadensis--American burnet--E
• Silene regia--Royal catchfly--E
• Silphium trifoliatum--Rosinweed--E
• Sisyrinchium atlanticum--Eastern blue-eyed grass--E
• Sisyrinchium montanum--Mountain blue-eyed grass--E
• Sphaeralcea angusta--Globe mallow--E
• Spiranthes lucida--Yellow-lipped lady's tresses--E
• Spiranthes vernalis--Spring lady's tresses--E
• Stylisma pickeringii--Patterson bindweed--E
• Talinum calycinum--Fameflower--E
• Thismia americana--Thismia--E
• Tomanthera auriculata--Ear-leafed foxglove--T
• Tradescantia bracteata--Prairie spiderwort--E
• Triadenum virginicum--Marsh St. John's wort--E
• Trifolium reflexum--Buffalo clover--E
• Trillium viride--Green trillium--T
• Viola primulifolia--Primrose violet--E
• Viola viarum--Plains violet--E
• Zigadenus glaucus--White camass--E

• Clemmys guttata--Spotted turtle--E
• Kinosternon flavescens--Illinois mud turtle--E
• Heterodon nasicus--Western hognose snake--T
• Sistrurus catenatus--Eastern massasauga--E

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