Plant species classified as Pennsylvania Endangered are as follows:
Scientific Name | Common Name |
Aconitum reclinatum A. Gray | White Monkshood |
Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf. | Sweet Flag |
Agalinis auriculata (Michx.) S. F. Blake | Eared False Foxglove |
Agalinis paupercula (A. Gray) Britton | Small-Flowered False Foxglove |
Aletris farinosa L. | Colic-Root |
Alisma triviale Pursh | Broad-Leaved Water-Plaintain |
Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC | Mountain Alder |
Amelanchier bartramiana (Tausch) M. Roem. | Oblong-Fruited Serviceberry |
Ammania coccinea Rottb. | Scarlet Ammannia |
Anemone cylindrica A. Gray | Long-Headed Anemone |
Arabis missouriensis Greene | Missouri Rockcress |
Arethusa bulbosa L. | Dragon's-Mouth |
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Stearns & Poggenb. | Leopard's-Bane |
Arnoglossum reniforme (Hook.) H. E. Robins. | Great Indian Plantain |
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements. | Beach Wormwood |
Asclepias variegata L. | White Milkweed |
Asplenium bradleyi D. C. Eaton | Bradley's Spleenwort |
Asplenium resiliens Kunze | Black-Stemmed Spleenwort |
Astragalus canadensis L. | Canadian Milk-vetch |
Bidens beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene | Beck's Water-Marigold |
Bidens bidentoides (Nutt.) Britton | Swamp Beggar-Ticks |
Boltonia asteroides (L.) L'Her. | Aster-Like Boltonia |
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory | Wild Hyacinth |
Cardamine pratensis L. var. palustris Wimm. & Grab. (Gleason, H. A. and A. Cronquist, Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, 1991, Second Edition) | Cuckooflower |
Carex atherodes Spreng. | Awned Sedge |
Carex aurea Nutt. | Golden-Fruited Sedge |
Carex bebbii (Bailey) Fern. | Bebb's Sedge |
Carex bicknellii Britton | Bicknell's Sedge |
Carex bullata Willd. | Bull Sedge |
Carex careyana Dewey | Carey's Sedge |
Carex crinita Lam. var. brevicrinis Fernald | Short-Hair Sedge |
Carex eburnea Boott | Ebony Sedge |
Carex formosa Dewey | Handsome Sedge |
Carex garberi Fernald | Elk Sedge |
Carex gey en Boott | Geyer's Sedge |
Carex lupuliformis Sartwell | False Hop Sedge |
Carex mitchelliana M. A. Curtis | Mitchell's Sedge |
Carex pauciflora Lightf. | Few-Flowered Sedge |
Carex polymorpha Muhl. | Variable Sedge |
Carex pseudocyperus L. | Cyperus-Like Sedge |
Carex retrorsa Schwem. | Backward Sedge |
Carex roanensis F. J. Herm (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Roan Mountain Sedge |
Carex schweinitzii Schwem. | Schweinitz's Sedge |
Carex stenlis Willd. | Sterile Sedge |
Carex typhma Michx. | Cat-Tail Sedge |
Carex viridula Michx. | Green Sedge |
Cerastium velutinum Raf. var. villossissimum (Pennell) J. K. Morton | Octoraro Creek Chickweed |
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H. 0. Yates | Slender Wild-Oats |
Chenopodium foggii Wahl | Fogg's Goosefoot |
Chrysogonum virgmianum L. | Green-and-Gold |
Cirsium horridulum Michx. | Horrible Thistle |
Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr. | Twig-Rush |
Clematis viorna L. | Leather-Flower |
Clethra acuminata Michx. | Mountain Pepperbush |
Clitoria mariana L. | Butterfly Pea |
Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartm. | Long-Bracted Green Orchis |
Conioselinum chinense (L.) Britton, Stearns & Poggenb. | Hemlock-Parsley |
Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad | Spring Coral-Root |
Cryptogramma stelleri (Gmel.) Prantl | Slender Rockbrake |
Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi | Eraser's Sedge |
Cyperus diandrus Torr. | Umbrella Sedge |
Cyperus houghtonii Torr. | Houghton's Flatsedge |
Cyperus refractus Engelm. | Reflexed Flatsedge |
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. makasin (Source: Flora of North America) | Northern Small Yellow Lady's-Slipper |
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum (Source: Flora of North America) | Southern Small Yellow Lady's-Slipper |
Cypripedium reginae Walter | Show Lady's-Slipper |
Delphinium exaltatum Alton | Tall Larkspur |
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gwal.) Torr. | Wild Bleeding-Heart |
Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould | Velvety Panic Grass |
Dichantheli um xanthophysum (A. Gray) Freckmann | Slender Panic Grass |
Dodecatheon meadia L. | Shooting-Star |
Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson | Mountain Wood Fern |
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller | Walter's Barnyard-Grass |
Eleocharis caribaea (Rottb.) S. F. Blake | Capitate Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis compressa Sull. | Flat-Stemmed Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis elliptica Kunth | Slender Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. peasei Svenson | Wright's Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Buffon & Fingerh. | Dwarf Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link var. fernaldii Swenson | Few-Flowered Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. | Four-Angled Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. | Beaked Spike-Rush |
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. verrucosa (Svenson) Svenson | Slender Spike-Rush |
Equisetum scirpoides Michx. (Source: Flora of North America) | Dwarf Scouring-Rush |
Equisetum variegatum Schleich. | Variegated Scouring-Rush |
Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth | Slender Cotton-Grass |
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. | Rough Cotton-Grass |
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L. | Wild Ipecac |
Euphorbia purpurea (Raf.) Fernald | Glade Spurge |
Eurybia spectabilis (Aiton) Nesom | Showy Aster |
Festuca paradoxa Desv. | Cluster Fescue |
Fraxinus profunda (Bush) Bush | Pumpkin Ash |
Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx. (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Blue Ash |
Galium labradoricum Wiegand | Bog Bedstraw |
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray | Box Huckleberry |
Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & A. Gray | Dwarf Huckleberry |
Geranium bicknellii Britton | Cranesbill |
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. | Blunt Manna-Grass |
Goodyera tesselata Lodd. | Checkered Rattlesnake-Plantain |
Gratiola aurea Muhl. ex Pursh | Golden Hedge-Hyssop |
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald | Bicknell's Hoary Rockrose |
Heteranthera multiflora (Griseb.) Horn. | Multi-Flowered Mud-Plantain |
Hieracium traillii Greene | Maryland Hawkweed |
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borb's (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Common Northern Sweet Grass |
Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. | Vanilla Sweet-Grass |
Huperzia porophila (F. E. Lloyd & Underw.) Holub | Sandstone-Loving Firmoss |
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt. | Large-Leaved Water-Leaf |
Hypericum gymnanthum Engelm. & A. Gray | Clasping-Leaved St. John's-Wort |
Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud. | Purple-Rocket |
Iris cristata Sol. ex Aiton | Dwarf Crested Iris |
Iris prismatica Pursh | Slender Blue Flag |
Iris verna L. | Dwarf Iris |
Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf. | Small-Whorled Pogonia |
Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. | Short-Fruited Rush |
Juncus dichotomus Elliott | Forked Rush |
Juncus militaris Bigelow | Bayonet Rush |
Juncus scirpoides Lam. | Scirpus-Like Rush |
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott | Narrow-Leaved Bush-Clover |
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton | Nondo Lovage |
Linum intercursum E. P. Bicknell | Sandplain Wild Flax |
Linum sulcatum Riddell | Grooved Yellow Flax |
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. C. Tucker | Common Hemicarpha |
Listera australis Lindl. | Southern Twayblade |
Listera cordata (L.) R. Br. | Heartleaf Twayblade |
Listera smallii Wiegand | Kidney-Leaved Twayblade |
Lithospermum caroliniense (J. F. Gmel.) MacMill. | Hispid Gromwell |
Lithospermum latifolium Michx. | American Gromwell |
Lobelia kalmii L. | Brook Lobelia |
Lobelia puberula Michx. | Downy Lobelia |
Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. | Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle |
Lonicera villosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. | Mountain Fly-Honeysuckle |
Ludwigia decurrens Walter | Upright Primrose-Willow |
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter | False Loosestrife Seedbox |
Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill | Foxtail Bog Clubmoss |
Lycopodiella margueritae J. G. Bruce, W. H. Wagner & Beitel | Marguerite's Clubmoss |
Lycopus rubellus Moench. | Taper-Leaved Bugle-Weed |
Lyonia mariana (L.) D. Don | Staggerbush |
Lysimachia hybrida Michx. | Lance-Leaved Loosestrife |
Lythrum alatum Pursh | Winged Loosestrife |
Malaxis bayardii Fernald | Adder's-Mouth |
Marshallia pulchra W. M. Knapp, D. B. Poind. & Weakley (Source: Flora of Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Beautiful Barbara's Buttons |
Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson | Oblique Milkvine |
Mitella nuda L. | Naked Bishop's-Cap |
Monarda punctata L. | Spotted Bee-Balm |
Montia chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Greene | Chamisso's Miner's-Lettuce |
Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fern. | Fall Dropseed Muhly |
Myriophyllum farwellii Morong | Farwell's Water-Milfoil |
Myriophyllum sibiricum Komarov | Northern Water-Milfoil |
Myriophyllum verticillatum L. | Whorled Water-Milfoil |
Najas marina L. | Holly-Leaved Naiad |
Oclemena nemoralis (Aiton) E. Greene | Leafy Bog Aster |
Onosmodium molle Michx. var. hispidissimum (Mack.) Cronquist | False Gromwell |
Ophioglossum engelmannii Prantl | Limestone Adder's-Tongue |
Packera antennariifolia (Britton) W. A. Weber ' & L've | Cat's-Paw Ragwort |
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (A. Hitchc. & Chase) P. G. Palmer | Beachgrass |
Parnassia glauca Raf. | Grass-of-Parnassus |
Paxistima canbyi A. Gray | Canby's Mountain-Lover |
Persicaria careyi (Olney) Greene | Carey's Smartweed |
Persicaria setacea (Baldwin) Small | Swamp Smartweed |
Phlox ovata L. | Mountain Phlox |
Phlox subulata L. ssp. brittonii (Small) Wherry | Moss Pink |
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn | Slender Mountain Ricegrass |
Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak, Lindleyana (Source: Flora of North America) | Northern Green Orchid |
Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex Beck | Tall White Bog-Orchid |
Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl. | Huron Green Orchid |
Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Elliott | Autumn Bluegrass |
Polemonium van-bruntiae Britton | Jacob's-Ladder |
Polygala cruciata L. | Cross-Leaved Milkwort |
Polygala curtissii A. Gray | Curtis' Milkwort |
Polygala incarnata L. | Pink Milkwort |
Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fee | Braun's Holly Fern |
Populus balsamifera L. | Balsam Poplar |
Potamogeton friesii Rupr. | Fries' Pondweed |
Potamogeton gramineus L. | Grassy Pondweed |
Potamogeton hillii Morong | Hill's Pondweed |
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & Koch | Blunt-Leaved Pondweed |
Potamogeton pulcher Tuck. | Spotted Pondweed |
Potamogeton strictifolius A. Benn. | Narrow-Leaved Pondweed |
Potamogeton tennesseensis Fernald | Tennessee Pondweed |
Potamogeton vaseyi J. W. Robbins | Vasey's Pondweed |
Potentilla fruticosa L. | Shrubby Cinquefoil |
Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. | Bushy Cinquefoil |
Potentilla tridentata Aiton | Three-Toothed Cinquefoil |
Prunus maritima Marshall | Beach Plum |
Prunus nigra Ait. | Canada Plum |
Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. | Mock Bishop-Weed |
Pycnanthemum torrei Benth. | Torrey's Mountain-Mint |
Quercus falcata Michx. | Southern Red Oak |
Quercus phellos L. | Willow Oak |
Quercus shumardii Buckley | Shumard Oak |
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex J. M. Bigelow | Tufted Buttercup |
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart | Gray-Headed Prairie Coneflower |
Rhamnus lanceolata Pursh | Lanceolate Buckthorn |
Rhexia mariana L. | Maryland Meadow-Beauty |
Rhododendron atlanticum (Ashe) Rehder | Dwarf Azalea |
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr. | Capillary Beak-Rush |
Ribes missouriense Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray | Missouri Gooseberry |
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh | Sand Blackberry |
Ruellia humilis Nutt. | Fringed-Leaved Petunia |
Sagittaria calycina Engelm. | Long-Lobed Arrowhead |
Salix candida Fl'gg' ex Willd. | Hoary Willow |
Scheuchzeria palustris L. | Pod-Grass |
Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex Bigel.) L've & L've | Hard-Stemmed Bulrush |
Schoenoplectus smithii (A. Gray) Sojak | Smith's Bulrush |
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla | Torrey's Bulrush |
Scirpus ancistrochaetus Schuyler | Northeastern Bulrush |
Scleria minor (Britton) Stone | Small Nut-Rush |
Scleria muhlenbergii Steud. | Reticulated Nut-Rush |
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd. | Whorled Nut-Rush |
Sedum rosea (L.) Scop. | Roseroot Stonecrop |
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Stearns & Poggenb. | Narrow-Leaved White-Topped Aster |
Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. | Canada Buffalo-Berry |
Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby | Virginia Mallow |
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E. P. Bicknell | Eastern Blue-Eyed-Grass |
Solidago arguta Aiton var. harrisii (E. S. Steele) Cronquist | Harris' Goldenrod |
Solidago curtissii Torr. & A. Gray | Curtis' Goldenrod |
Solidago erecta Banks ex Pursh | Slender Goldenrod |
Solidago simplex Kunth ssp. randii (Porter) Ringius var. racemosa (Greene) Ringius | Sticky Goldenrod |
Sorbus decora (Sarg.) Schneid. | Showy Mountain-Ash |
Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong | Branching Bur-Reed |
Spiraea corymbosa Rafinesque (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Dwarf Spiraea |
Spiranthes casei Catling & Cruise | Case's Ladies'-Tresses |
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl. | October Ladies'-Tresses |
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. | Hooded Ladies'-Tresses |
Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A. Gray | Spring Ladies'-Tresses |
Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) A. Hitchc. | Rough Dropseed |
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray | Sand Dropseed |
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray | Prairie Dropseed |
Stachys nuttallii Shuttlew. ex Benth. | Nuttall's Hedge-Nettle |
Swertia caroliniensis (Walter) Kuntze | American Columbo |
Symphyotrichum boreale (Torr. & Gray) Á Löve & D. Löve | Northern Bog Aster |
Taenidia montana (Mack.) Cronquist | Mountain Pimpernel |
Trichostema setaceum Houtt. | Narrow-Leaved Blue-Curls |
Trifolium stoloniferum Eaton (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Running Buffalo Clover |
Trifolium virginicum Small | Kate's-Mountain Clover |
Triphora trianthophora (Swartz) Rydb. | Nodding Pogonia |
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm. | Purple Sandgrass |
Trollius laxus Salisb. | Spreading Globe-Flower |
Veronia glauca (L.) Willd. | Tawny Ironweed |
Viburnum nudum L. | Possum Haw Viburnum |
Viola brittoniana Pollard | Coast Violet |
Viola glaberrima (Ging.) House (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020) | Wedge-Leaved Violet |
Vitis rupestris Scheele | Sand Grape |
Zigadenus glaucus (Nutt.) Nutt. | White Camas |
17 Pa. Code § 45.12
The provisions of this § 45.12 amended under section 7 of the Wild Resource Conservation Act (32 P.S. § 5307); and sections 305(a)(9) and 313(g) of the Conservation and Natural Resources Act (71 P.S. §§ 1340.305(a)(9) and 1340.313(g)).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §128.102 (relating to protected designated areas).