Iowa

Mammals

Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)

POTENTIAL OCCURRENCE IN COUNITES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 80; KNOWN OCCURRENCES IN:
Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Union

Caves, mines (hibernacula);

small stream corridors with well developed riparian woods; upland forests (foraging)

Birds

Least Tern
(Sterna antillarum)

Endangered

Pottawattamie, Woodbury, Polk

Bare alluvial and dredged spoil islands

Piping Plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Great Plains Population

Threatened

Pottawattamie, Woodbury

Eastern Massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus)

Candidate

Muscatine, Johnson, Mills, Bremer, Pottawattamie, Louisa

Fish

Pallid Sturgeon
(Scaphirynchus albus)

Endangered

Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Woodbury

Large rivers

Topeka shiner
(Notropis topeka)

Endangered

Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Osceola, Sac, Webster, Wright

Prairie streams and rivers

Mussels

Higgins eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsi)

Endangered

Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott

Mississippi River

Sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus)

Candidate

Allamakee, Clarke, Clayton, Des Moines, Dickinson, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Muscatine, Polk, Scott

Rivers

Spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta)

Candidate

Clayton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott,

Rivers

Iowa pleistocene snail
(Discus macclintocki)

Endangered

Clayton, Clinton, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson

North-facing algific talus slopes of the driftless area

Insects

Candidate

Dickinson

Prairies

Plants

Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthaera leucophaea)

Threatened

Decatur, Jackson, Johnson, Jones

Mesic to wet prairies

Mead's milkweed
(Asclepias meadii)

Threatened

Adair, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Warren

Virgin prairies

Prairie bush clover
(Lespedeza leptostachya)

Threatened

POTENTIAL HABITAT STATEWIDE; KNOWN OCCURRENCES IN:
Buena Vista, Butler, Clarke, Clay, Delaware, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Kossuth, Lucas, Obrien, Osceola, Story, Warren, Winneshiek

Dry to mesic prairies with gravelly soil

Northern wild monkshood
(Aconitum noveboracense)

Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Hardin, Jackson,

Western prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera praeclara)

POTENTIAL HABITAT STATEWIDE; KNOWN OCCURRENCES IN:
Adair, Bremer, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Fayette, Guthrie, Howard, Kossuth, Mills, Pocahontas, Polk, Taylor

Wet prairies and sedge meadows