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North Florida Field Office

Marion County Federally Listed Species

This information is provided as a guide to project planning, and is not a substitute for site-specific surveys. Such surveys may be needed to assess species' presence or absence, as well as the extent of project effects on listed species and/or designated critical habitat.

The following table lists those federally-listed species known to be present in the county.
Code Key: E = Endangered, T = Threatened, P = Proposed, C = Candidate, CH = Critical Habitat

Category Species Common Name Species Scientific Name Code
Mammals West Indian (Florida) Manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris E/CH
Birds Everglade Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus E
Florida Scrub-jay Aphelocoma coeruluscens T
Wood Stork Mycteria americana E
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis E
Fish None    
Reptiles Sand Skink Neoseps reynoldsi T
Eastern Indigo Snake Dymarchon corais couperi T
Amphibians None    
Mollusks None    
Crustaceans None    
Plants Florida Bonamia Bonamia grandiflora T
Longspurred Mint Dicerandra cornutissima E
Lewton's Polygala Polygala lewtonii E
Scrub Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium T

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Last modified June 28, 2007

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