| Listed Species in Bartow
County | ||||
| Species | Federal Status | State Status | Habitat | Threats |
| Mammal | ||||
| Gray bat Myotis grisescens | E | E | Colonies restricted to caves or cave-like habitats; forage primarily over water along rivers or lake shores | Human disturbance and vandalism in caves, pesticides, flooding of caves by impoundments, and loss of insect prey over streams degraded by siltation and pollution |
| Bird | ||||
| Fish | ||||
| Cherokee darter Etheostoma scotti | T | T | Shallow water (0.1-0.5 m) in small to medium warm water creeks (1-15 m wide) with predominantly rocky bottoms. Usually found in sections with reduced current, typically runs above and below riffles and at ecotones of riffles and backwaters. | Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality |
| Etowah darter Etheostoma etowahae | E | E | Shallow riffle habitat, with large gravel, cobble, and small boulder substrates. Usually found in medium and large cool water creeks or small rivers (15-30 m wide) with moderate or high gradients and rocky bottoms. | Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality |
| Invertebrate | ||||
| Cylindrical lioplax Lioplax cyclostomaformis | E | No State Status | Gill-breathing snail that lives in mud under large rocks in rapid currents over stream and river shoals. Historic population in Armuchee Creek, Floyd County, probably extirpated. | Habitat modification, sedimentation, and water quality degradation |
| Plant | ||||
| Bay star-vine Schisandra glabra | No Federal Status | T | Twining on subcanopy and understory trees/shrubs in rich alluvial woods | |
| Tennessee yellow-eyed grass Xyris tennesseensis | E | E | Gravelly open, calcareous, seepy margins and wet meadows along spring-fed headwater streams | |
| Twinleaf Jeffersonia diphylla | No Federal Status | E | Rich moist deciduous woods over limestone | |