All federally designated endangered or threatened animal species and subspecies have been automatically listed as endangered or threatened under the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act and placed on the Illinois List by the Board and are protected under the Act even though their names do not appear in this Section. Only those federally designated endangered or threatened animal species and subspecies known to occur in Illinois are designated as Illinois-endangered or Illinois-threatened by the Board and their names appear in this Section. Users should refer to the US Fish and Wildlife Service website at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/ for a complete listing of all federally designated endangered and threatened species and subspecies.
SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
EQUISETACEAE | |
Equisetum scirpoides | Dwarf Scouring Rush |
Equisetum sylvaticum | Woodland Horsetail |
HYMENOPHYLLACEAE | |
Vandenboschia boschiana | Filmy fern |
ISOETACEAE | |
Isoetes butleri | Butler's Quillwort |
LYCOPODIACEAE | |
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum | Ground Pine |
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi | Hickey's Groundpine |
Lycopodium clavatum | Running Pine |
Lycopodiella inundata | Bog Clubmoss |
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE | |
Botrychium campestre | Prairie Moonwort |
Botrychium matricariifolium | Daisyleaf Grape Fern |
Botrychium multifidum | Northern Grape Fern |
Botrychium simplex | Dwarf Grape Fern |
Sceptridium biternatum | Southern Grape Fern |
POLYPODIACEAE | |
Asplenium bradleyi | Bradley's Spleenwort |
Asplenium resiliens | Black Spleenwort |
Cystopteris laurentiana | Laurentian Fragile Fern |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-scented Fern |
Dryopteris celsa | Log Fern |
Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Oak Fern |
Gymnocarpium robertianum | Scented Oak Fern |
Phegopteris connectilis | Long Beech Fern |
Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York Fern |
Woodsia ilvensis | Rusty Woodsia |
CUPRESSACEAE | |
Juniperus horizontalis | Trailing Juniper |
PINACEAE | |
Larix laricina | Tamarack |
Pinus banksiana | Jack Pine |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine |
Pinus resinosa | Red Pine |
ALISMATACEAE | |
Echinodorus tenellus | Small Burhead |
Sagittaria australis | Arrowhead |
ARACEAE | |
Calla palustris | Water Arum |
COMMELINACEAE | |
Tradescantia bracteata | Prairie Spiderwort |
CYPERACEAE | |
Carex alata | Winged Sedge |
Carex arkansana | Arkansas Sedge |
Carex brunnescens | Brownish Sedge |
Carex canescens | Silvery Sedge |
Carex chordorrhiza | Cordroot Sedge |
Carex crawfordii | Crawford's Sedge |
Carex cumulata | Sedge |
Carex debilis | White-edge Sedge |
Carex decomposita | Cypress-knee Sedge |
Carex diandra | Sedge |
Carex disperma | Shortleaf Sedge |
Carex echinata | Sedge |
Carex formosa | Sedge |
Carex garberi | Elk Sedge |
Carex gigantea | Large Sedge |
Carex heliophila | Plains Sedge |
Carex intumescens | Swollen Sedge |
Carex nigromarginata | Black-edged Sedge |
Carex oligosperma | Few-seeded Sedge |
Carex opaca | Opaque Oval Sedge |
Carex physorhyncha | Bellow's Beak Sedge |
Carex plantaginea | Plantain-leaved Sedge |
Carex reniformis | Reniform Sedge |
Carex straminea | Eastern Straw Sedge |
Carex trisperma | Three-seeded Sedge |
Carex tuckermanii | Tuckerman's Sedge |
Eleocharis olivacea | Capitate Spikerush |
Eleocharis pauciflora | Few-flowered Spikerush |
Eriophorum virginicum | Rusty Cotton Grass |
Fimbristylis vahlii | Vahl's Fimbry |
Rhynchospora alba | Beaked Rush |
Rhynchospora glomerata | Clustered Beak Rush |
Schoenoplectus purshianus | Pursh's Bulrush |
Schoenoplectus smithii | Smith's Bulrush |
Scirpus hattorianus | Bulrush |
Scirpus microcarpus | Small-fruited Bulrush |
Scirpus polyphyllus | Leafy Bulrush |
Scleria muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Nut Rush |
Scleria pauciflora | Carolina Whipgrass |
Trichophorum cespitosum | Tufted Bulrush |
IRIDACEAE | |
Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-eyed Grass |
Sisyrinchium montanum | Mountain Blue-eyed Grass |
JUNCACEAE | |
Juncus vaseyi | Vasey's Rush |
Luzula acuminata | Hairy Woodrush |
LILIACEAE | |
Camassia angusta | Wild Hyacinth |
Chamaelirium luteum | Fairy Wand |
Medeola virginiana | Indian Cucumber Root |
Melanthium virginicum | Virginia Bunchflower |
Polygonatum pubescens | Downy Solomon's Seal |
Trillium cernuum | Nodding Trillium |
Trillium erectum | Ill-scented Trillium |
Trillium viride | Green Trillium |
Zigadenus elegans | White Camass |
ORCHIDACEAE | |
Calopogon oklahomensis | Oklahoma Grass Pink Orchid |
Calopogon tuberosus | Grass Pink Orchid |
Corallorhiza maculata | Spotted Coral-root Orchid |
Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin Flower |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Small Yellow Lady's Slipper |
Cypripedium reginae | Showy Lady's Slipper |
Hexalectris spicata | Crested Coralroot Orchid |
Isotria medeoloides* | Small Whorled Pogonia |
Isotria verticillata | Whorled Pogonia |
Platanthera ciliaris | Orange Fringed Orchid |
Platanthera clavellata | Wood Orchid |
Platanthera leucophaea* | Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid |
Platanthera psycodes | Purple Fringed Orchid |
Pogonia ophioglossoides | Snake-mouth |
Spiranthes lucida | Yellow-lipped Ladies' Tresses |
Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies' Tresses |
POACEAE | |
Avenella flexuosa | Hairgrass |
Beckmannia syzigachne | American Slough Grass |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama |
Calamagrostis insperata | Hollow Reed Grass |
Dichanthelium boreale | Northern Panic Grass |
Dichanthelium joorii | Panic Grass |
Dichanthelium portoricense | Hemlock Panic Grass |
Dichanthelium ravenelii | Ravenel's Panic Grass |
Dichanthelium yadkinense | Panic Grass |
Elymus trachycaulus | Bearded Wheat Grass |
Glyceria arkansana | Arkansas Manna Grass |
Melica mutica | Two-Flowered Melic Grass |
Poa alsodes | Grove Bluegrass |
Poa languida | Weak Bluegrass |
Poa wolfii | Wolf's Bluegrass |
Schizachne purpurascens | False Melic Grass |
Torreyochloa pallida | Pole Manna-Grass |
PONTERDERIACEAE | |
Heteranthera reniformis | Mud Plantain |
POTAMOGETONACEAE | |
Potamogeton praelongus | White-stemmed Pondweed |
Potamogeton pulcher | Spotted Pondweed |
Potamogeton robbinsii | Fern Pondweed |
Potamogeton strictifolius | Stiff Pondweed |
SPARGANIACEAE | |
Sparganium americanum | American Bur-reed |
Sparganium emersum | Green-fruited Bur-reed |
ACANTHACEAE | |
Justicia ovata | Water Willow |
ADOXACEAE | |
Adoxa moschatellina | Moschatel |
AMARANTHACEAE | |
Iresine rhizomatosa | Bloodleaf |
APIACEAE | |
Conioselinum chinense | Hemlock Parsley |
Cynosciadium digitatum | Cynosciadium |
Eryngium prostratum | Eryngo |
Ptilimnium nuttallii | Mock Bishop's Weed |
Sanicula smallii | Southern Black Snakeroot |
ASCLEPIADACEAE | |
Asclepias lanuginosa | Wooly Milkweed |
Asclepias meadii* | Mead's Milkweed |
Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval Milkweed |
Asclepias stenophylla | Narrow-leaved Green Milkweed |
Matelea decipiens | Climbing Milkweed |
ASTERACEAE | |
Artemisia dracunculus | Dragon Wormwood |
Cirsium pitcheri* | Pitcher's (Dune) Thistle |
Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort |
Helianthus angustifolius | Narrow-leaved Sunflower |
Helianthus giganteus | Tall Sunflower |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Old Plainsman |
Megalodonta beckii | Water Marigold |
Melanthera nivea | White Melanthera |
Nothocalais cuspidata | Prairie Dandelion |
Tetraneuris herbacea* | Lakeside Daisy |
BETULACEAE | |
Alnus incana subsp. rugosa | Speckled Alder |
Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch |
BORAGINACEAE | |
Hackelia deflexa var. americana | Stickseed |
Heliotropium tenellum | Slender Heliotrope |
BRASSICACEAE | |
Cardamine pratensis var. palustris | Cuckoo Flower |
Draba cuneifolia | Whitlow Grass |
Physaria ludoviciana | Silvery Bladderpod |
CACTACEAE | |
Opuntia fragilis | Fragile Prickly Pear |
CAPPARIDACEAE | |
Polanisia jamesii | James' Clammyweed |
CAPRIFOLIACEAE | |
Lonicera dioica var. glaucescens | Red Honeysuckle |
Lonicera flava | Yellow Honeysuckle |
Sambucus racemosa subsp. pubens | Red-berried Elder |
Symphoricarpos albus var. albus | Snowberry |
CARYOPHYLLACEAE | |
Silene ovata | Ovate Catchfly |
Silene regia | Royal Catchfly |
Stellaria pubera | Great Chickweed |
CISTACEAE | |
Hudsonia tomentosa | False Heather |
Lechea intermedia | Savanna Pinweed |
CLUSIACEAE | |
Hypericum adpressum | Shore St. John's Wort |
Hypericum kalmianum | Kalm's St. John's Wort |
CONVOLVUACEAE | |
Stylisma pickeringii | Patterson's Bindweed |
CORNACEAE | |
Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry |
DROSERACEAE | |
Drosera rotundifolia | Round-leaved Sundew |
ELAEAGNACEAE | |
Shepherdia canadensis | Buffaloberry |
ERICACEAE | |
Andromeda glaucophylla | Bog Rosemary |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry |
Vaccinium macrocarpon | Large Cranberry |
Vaccinium oxycoccos | Small Cranberry |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry |
EUPHORBIACEAE | |
Chamaesyce polygonifolia | Seaside Spurge |
Euphorbia spathulata | Spurge |
FABACEAE | |
Amorpha nitens | Smooth False Indigo |
Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx | Large Ground Plum |
Astragalus distortus | Bent Milk Vetch |
Astragalus tennesseensis | Tennessee Milk Vetch |
Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo |
Cladrastis lutea | Yellowwood |
Dalea foliosa ** | Leafy Prairie Clover |
Galactia mohlenbrockii | Boykin's Dioclea |
Lespedeza leptostachya* | Prairie Bush Clover |
Mimosa nuttallii | Cat's Claw |
FAGACEAE | |
Quercus texana | Nuttall's Oak |
GENTIANACEAE | |
Bartonia paniculata | Screwstem |
Sabatia campestris | Prairie Rose Gentian |
GERANIACEAE | |
Geranium bicknellii | Northern Cranesbill |
HYDROPHYLLACEAE | |
Hydrolea uniflora | One-flowered Hydrolea |
Nemophila triloba | Baby Blue-Eyes |
Phacelia gilioides | Ozark Phacelia |
JUGLANDACEAE | |
Carya pallida | Pale Hickory |
Juglans cinerea | Butternut |
LENTIBULARIACEAE | |
Utricularia cornuta | Horned Bladderwort |
Utricularia minor | Small Bladderwort |
Utricularia subulata | Hair Bladderwort |
LOASACEAE | |
Mentzelia oligosperma | Stickleaf |
MALVACEAE | |
Iliamna remota | Kankakee Mallow |
Malvastrum hispidum | False Mallow |
MELASTOMACEAE | |
Rhexia mariana | Dull Meadow Beauty |
MYRICACEAE | |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweetfern |
NYCTAGINACEAE | |
Mirabilis hirsuta | Hairy Umbrella-wort |
ONAGRACEAE | |
Circaea alpina | Small Enchanter's Nightshade |
OROBANCHACEAE | |
Orobanche fasciculata | Clustered Broomrape |
PAPAVERACEAE | |
Corydalis aurea | Golden Corydalis |
Corydalis halei | Hale's Corydalis |
Corydalis sempervirens | Pink Corydalis |
PLANTAGINACEAE | |
Plantago cordata | Heart-leaved Plantain |
POLEMONIACEAE | |
Phlox pilosa subsp. sangamonensis | Sangamon Phlox |
POLYGALACEAE | |
Polygala incarnata | Pink Milkwort |
POLYGONACEAE | |
Polygonum careyi | Carey's Heartsease |
Tracaulon arifolium | Halberd-leaved Tearthumb |
PORTULACACEAE | |
Phemeranthus calycinus | Fameflower |
PRIMULACEAE | |
Lysimachia radicans | Creeping Loosestrife |
Primula mistassinica | Bird's-eye Primrose |
Trientalis borealis | Star-flower |
PYROLACEAE | |
Chimaphila maculata | Spotted Wintergreen |
Chimaphila umbellata | Pipsissewa |
RANUNCULACEAE | |
Actaea podocarpa | American Bugbane |
Actaea racemosa | False Bugbane |
Actaea rubifolia | Black Cohosh |
Clematis crispa | Blue Jasmine |
Clematis viorna | Leatherflower |
Delphinium carolinianum | Hill Prairie Larkspur |
Ranunculus rhomboideus | Prairie Buttercup |
RHAMNACEAE | |
Berchemia scandens | Supple Jack |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Redroot |
Rhamnus alnifolia | Alder Buckthorn |
ROSACEAE | |
Amelanchier sanguinea | Shadbush |
Malus angustifolia | Narrow-leaved Crabapple |
Rosa acicularis | Bristly Rose |
Sanguisorba canadensis | American Burnet |
Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash |
RUBIACEAE | |
Galium virgatum | Dwarf Bedstraw |
SALICACEAE | |
Populus balsamifera | Balsam Poplar |
Salix serissima | Autumn Willow |
Salix syrticola | Dune Willow |
SAPOTACEAE | |
Bumelia lanuginosa | Wooly Buckthorn |
SARRACENIACEAE | |
Sarracenia purpurea | Pitcher Plant |
SAXIFRAGACEAE | |
Ribes hirtellum | Northern Gooseberry |
Micranthes virginiensis | Early Saxifrage |
SCROPHULARIACEAE | |
Castilleja sessiliflora | Downy Yellow Painted Cup |
Collinsia violacea | Violet Collinsia |
Gratiola quartermaniae | Hedge Hyssop |
Mimulus glabratus | Yellow Monkey Flower |
Penstemon grandifloras | Large Flowered Beard Tongue |
Penstemon tubaeflorus | Tube Beard Tongue |
Veronica americana | American Brooklime |
STYRACACEAE | |
Halesia carolina | Silverbell Tree |
Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf Snowbell Bush |
TILIACEAE | |
Tilia heterophylla | White Basswood |
ULMACEAE | |
Ulmus thomasii | Rock Elm |
VALERIANACEAE | |
Valeriana uliginosa | Marsh Valerian |
Valerianella chenopodifolia | Corn Salad |
Valerianella umbilicata | Corn Salad |
VIOLACEAE | |
Viola blanda | Hairy White Violet |
Viola canadensis | Canada Violet |
Viola primulifolia | Primrose Violet |
* Federally designated threatened species
** Federally designated endangered species
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 1050.30
Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 14748, effective October 30, 2009