Iowa

County Distribution of Federally Threatened, Endangered, Proposed and Candidate Species

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1511 47th Avenue, Moline, Illinois 61265
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Revised September 2007

County	Common Name	Scientific Name	Status	Habitat
Adair	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Mead's milkweed	Asclepias meadii	Threatened	Virgin prairies
Adams	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Allamakee	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Northern monkshood	Aconitum novaboracense	Threatened
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
Appanoose	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Audubon	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Audubon	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Benton	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Benton	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Black Hawk	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened
Black Hawk	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Boone	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Boone	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Bremer	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Bremer	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Buchanan	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Buchanan	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Buena Vista	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Butler	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Butler	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Calhoun	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Carroll	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Cass	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Cedar	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Cedar	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Cerro Gordo	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Cerro Gordo	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Cherokee	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Cherokee	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Chickasaw	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Chickasaw	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Clarke	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Mead's milkweed	Asclepias meadii	Threatened
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate
Clay	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Clay	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Clayton	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Northern monkshood	Aconitum novaboracense	Threatened
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Iowa Pleistocene snail	Discus macclintocki	Endangered	North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
Clinton	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Iowa Pleistocene snail	Discus macclintocki	Endangered	North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area
Crawford	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Crawford	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Dallas	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Davis	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Decatur	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Eastern prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	Threatened	Mesic to wet prairies
	Mead's milkweed	Asclepias meadii	Threatened	Virgin prairies
Delaware	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Northern monkshood	Aconitum novaboracense	Threatened
Des Moines	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
Dickinson	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Dakota skipper	Hesperia dacotae	Candidate	Prairies
Dubuque	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Northern monkshood	Aconitum novaboracense	Threatened
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Iowa Pleistocene snail	Discus macclintocki	Endangered	North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
Emmet	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Emmet	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Fayette	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Iowa Pleistocene snail	Discus macclintocki	Endangered	North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area
Floyd	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Floyd	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Franklin	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Franklin	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Fremont	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Endangered	Large rivers
Greene	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Grundy	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Grundy	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Guthrie	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Guthrie	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Hamilton	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Hancock	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Hancock	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Hardin	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Northern monkshood	Aconitum novaboracense	Threatened
Harrison	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Endangered	Large rivers
Henry	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Howard	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Howard	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Humboldt	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Ida	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Ida	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Iowa	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Iowa	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Jackson	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Eastern prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	Threatened	Mesic to wet prairies
	Northern monkshood	Aconitum novaboracense	Threatened
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Iowa Pleistocene snail	Discus macclintocki	Endangered	North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
Jasper	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Jefferson	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Johnson	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Eastern prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	Threatened	Mesic to wet prairies
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Eastern massasauga	Sistrurus c. catenatus	Candidate
Jones	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Eastern prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	Threatened	Mesic to wet prairies
Keokuk	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Kossuth	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Lee	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
Linn	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Linn	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Louisa	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
	Eastern massasauga	Sistrurus c. catenatus	Candidate
Lucas	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
Lyon	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Madison	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Mahaska	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Marion	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Marshall	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Marshall	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Mills	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Endangered	Large rivers
	Eastern massasauga	Sistrurus c. catenatus	Candidate
Mitchell	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Mitchell	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Monona	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Endangered	Large rivers
Monroe	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Montgomery	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Muscatine	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
	Eastern massasauga	Sistrurus c. catenatus	Candidate
O'Brien	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
O'Brien	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Osceola	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Page	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Palo Alto	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Palo Alto	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Plymouth	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Plymouth	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Pocahontas	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Pocahontas	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Polk	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Least tern	Sterna antillarum	Endangered	Bare alluvial and dredged spoil islands
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
Pottawattamie	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Least tern	Sterna antillarum	Endangered	Bare alluvial and dredged spoil islands
	Piping plover	Charadrius melodus	Endangered
	Pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Endangered	Large rivers
	Eastern massasauga	Sistrurus c. catenatus	Candidate
Poweshiek	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Ringgold	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Mead's milkweed	Asclepias meadii	Threatened	Virgin prairies
Sac	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Scott	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Higgins eye pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Endangered	Mississippi River
	Sheepnose mussel	Plethobasus cyphyus	Candidate	Rivers
	Spectaclecase mussel	Cumberlandia monodonta	Candidate	Rivers
Shelby	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Shelby	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Sioux	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Sioux	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Story	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Story	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Tama	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Tama	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Taylor	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Union	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Van Buren	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Wapello	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Warren	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
	Mead's milkweed	Asclepias meadii	Threatened	Virgin prairies
Washington	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Wayne	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis	Endangered	Caves, mines (hibernacula);small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)
Webster	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers
Winnebago	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Winnebago	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Winnishiek	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Winnishiek	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Woodbury	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Least tern	Sterna antillarum	Endangered	Bare alluvial and dredged spoil islands
	Piping plover	Charadrius melodus	Endangered
	Pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Endangered	Large rivers
Worth	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
Worth	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
Wright	Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Threatened	Wet prairies and sedge meadows
	Prairie bush clover	Lespedeza leptostachya	Threatened	Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil
	Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	Endangered	Prairie streams and rivers

Revised September 2007

Last updated: November 18, 2008

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