Minnesota

Mammals

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Threatened

Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of The Woods, Marshall, Pine, Roseau, St. Louis

Northern forested areas

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Critical Habitat

Koochiching, St. Louis

Map of lynx critical habitat in Minnesota

Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)

Proposed Critical Habitat Revision - go here for information about the proposed Critical Habitat revision

Cook, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis

Map of proposed lynx critical habitat in Minnesota

Gray wolf

Threatened

Aitken, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter tail, Pennington, Pine, Roseau, St. Louis, Wadena

Northern forested areas

Birds

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Great Lakes Breeding Population

Endangered

St. Louis County

Sandy beaches, islands

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Northern Great Plains Breeding Population

Threatened

Lake of The Woods

Sandy beaches, islands

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Great Lakes Breeding Population

Critical
Habitat

St. Louis County

Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Northern Great Plains Breeding Population

Critical
Habitat

Lake of the Woods

Eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Candidate

Houston, Wabasha, Winona

Floodplain wetlands and nearby upland areas along the Mississippi River and Tributaries in Houston, Wabasha, and Winona Counties

Fish

Topeka shiner
(Notropis topeka)

Endangered

Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock

Prairie rivers and streams

Topeka shiner
(Notropis topeka)

Critical Habitat

Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock

Insects

Dakota skipper
(Hesperia dacotae)

Candidate

Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood, Kittson,
Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Murray, Norman, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Swift, Traverse, Yellow Medicine

Native prairie habitat

Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Endangered

Winona

Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known food plant of larvae.

Mussels

Higgins eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsii)

Endangered

Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Ramsey, Wabasha, Washington, Winona

Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

Wabasha, Washington, Winona

Mississippi River in Wabasha and Winona counties, St. Croix River in Washington county

Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta)

Candidate

Chisago, Pine, Washington

St. Croix River and Rush Creek

Winged mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa)

Endangered

Chisago, Washington

St. Croix River

Plants

Minnesota dwarf trout lily
(Erythronium propullans)

Endangered

Dodge, Goodhue, Rice, and Steele

North facing slopes and floodplains in deciduous forest

Leedy's roseroot
(Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi)

Threatened

Fillmore, Olmsted

Cool, wet groundwater-fed limestone cliffs

Prairie bush clover
(Lespedeza leptostachya)

Threatened

Brown, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Nobles, Olmsted, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock

Native prairie on well-drained soils

Western prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera praeclara)

Threatened

Clay, Kittson, Lincoln, Mower, Nobles, Norman, Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Red Lake, Rock

Wet prairies and sedge meadows