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Listed Species in the Upper Midwest

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Bald Eagle

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Hine's Emerald Dragonfly

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Kirtland's Warbler

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Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates

 

American hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)

Photo

 

Fact Sheet

Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 

Decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens)

Photo

 

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 
Recovery

5 Year Review Initiated March 30, 2006

 

Dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris)

Photo

 

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 
Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)

Photo

 

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Recovery

Section 6 Grant Project (2006): Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

2006 Recovery Land Acquisition Grant: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid in Wisconsin (Rock County, WI)

 

Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Recovery Plan (1999) (pdf file 868KB; 63 pages)

 

Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea)

Photo

 

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 

Recovery

Section 6 Grant: Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

Geocarpon (no common name) (Geocarpon minimum)

Photo

 

Fact sheet

Houghton's goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii)

Photo

 

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

Lakeside daisy(Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra)

Photo

 

Lakeside Daisy Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

 

Lakeside Daisy Recovery

S6 Grant Project (2006) - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

Leafy prairie-clover (Delea foliosa)

Photo

 

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Leafy Prairie-clover Recovery Plan (5.87MB PDF)

 

Leedy's roseroot (Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi)

Photos

 

Fact sheet

Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)

Photo

 

Mead's Milkweed Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Mead's Milkweed Recovery

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Southern Iowa Oak Savanna and Grand River Grassland Cooperative Restoration Initiative – Clarke, Decatur and Lucas Counties, Iowa; Ringgold County, Missouri – ($193,625*)

 

Mead's Milkweed Recovery Plan (PDF 1.2MB; 131 pages)

 

Federal Register Notice of Availability - Approved Recovery Plan for the Mead’s Milkweed (Asclepias meadii) September 22, 2003

 

News Release U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Releases Recovery Plan for the Mead's Milkweed - September 22, 2003

 

Michigan monkey-flower (Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis)

Photo

 

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

Minnesota dwarf trout lily (Erythronium propullans)

Photos

 

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Profile links to National FWS website

 

Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project: Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 

S7 Guidance

Determining Whether Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily (Erythronium propullans) May be Present in a Project Area in Minnesota

 

Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis)

Missouri bladderpod web pages

 

Northern monkshood (Aconitum noveborancense)

Photo

 

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 

Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

2006 Recovery Land Acquisition Grant: Northern Monkshood and Iowa Pleistocene Snail Recovery Land Acquisition (Clayton County, IA)

 

Recovery Plan for Northern Monkshood - 1983 (83 pages, 7.5MB PDF)

 

Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)

Photo

 

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

USFWS Fact sheet
USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Recovery

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project (Michigan)

 

5 Year Review Initiated March 30, 2006

 

Pitcher's Thistle Recovery Plan (PDF)

 

Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)

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Life History and Listing Information

 

Prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)

Photo

 

Prairie Bush Clover Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 

Prairie Bush Clover Recovery

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa – ($81,000*)

 

Section 6 Grant Project (2006): Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

S6 Grant Project (2006): Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 

1988: Prairie Bush Clover Recovery Plan (11MB PDF)

 

Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)

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Fact sheet

 

Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)

Photo

 

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Species Profile linked to National USFWS website
Fact sheet
Field Office - USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's
Southeast Species Account

 

Recovery

Running Buffalo Clover 5-Year Review (September 2008)

 

Running Buffalo Clover Revised Recovery Plan (June 2007)

 

Federal Register Notice of Availability of Running Buffalo Clover Revised Recovery Plan - 2-page PDF (June 2007)

 

News Release: Revised Plan Maps Recovery Strategy for Imperiled Plant (June 27, 2007)

 

Partner's for Running Buffalo Clover Recovery (an article)

 

Section 7 Consultation and Management

Management Recommendations for Running Buffalo Clover in Ohio

 

Short's bladderpod (Lesquerella globosa)

Candidate Listing Priority Assignment Form (pdf)

 

Short's goldenrod (Solidago shortii)

Southeast Region Species Account

 

Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)

Photo

 

Fact sheet
Recovery Land Acquisition Grant (2005)

 

Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum)

Life History and Listing Information

 

Recovery Information

Section 6 Grant Project: Surveys for Virginia Sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) & New Populations of Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) in Ohio

 

Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Species Profile linked to National USFWS website

 

Recovery Information

Section 6 Grant Project: Surveys for Virginia Sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) & New Populations of Virginia Spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) in Ohio

 

Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Photo Photo Credit: National Park Service

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Natural History, Ecology and Regulatory Information

Distribution Map (pdf)
Fact sheet

 

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Recovery

5-Year Review (February 2009)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Southern Iowa Oak Savanna and Grand River Grassland Cooperative Restoration Initiative – Clarke, Decatur and Lucas Counties, Iowa; Ringgold County, Missouri – ($193,625*)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa – ($81,000*)

 

2006 S6 Grant Project: Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota

 

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid S7 Guidance

Section 7 Guidance - Determining Whether Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara) May be Present in a Project Area in Minnesota

 

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Last updated: May 6, 2009