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Michigan
Federally-listed Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate Species
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Bald Eagle
Bald eagles are no longer protected under the federal Endangered Species Act and Section 7 consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is no longer necessary. However, the bald eagle remains protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Information about Bald Eagles
Information about Eagle Permits and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
Gray Wolf
Due to a Federal court decision, gray wolves in the western Great Lakes area (including Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) were relisted under the Endangered Species Act, effective December 19, 2014.
Revised October 2016
SPECIES |
STATUS |
COUNTIES |
HABITAT |
MAMMALS |
Canada lynx
(Lynx canadensis)
|
Threatened |
Current distribution: A Canada lynx was recently documented in
the Upper Peninsula. The counties listed here have the highest
potential for Lynx presence: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson,
Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette,
Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft. |
Northern forests |
Gray wolf
Canis lupus |
Endangered |
Alger,
Baraga,
Chippewa,
Delta,
Dickinson,
Gogebic,
Houghton,
Iron,
Keweenaw,
Luce,
Mackinac,
Marquette,
Menominee,
Ontonagon,
Schoolcraft |
Northern forested areas |
Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis)
|
Endangered |
Allegan, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Berrien, Branch,
Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Huron,
Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee,
Livingston, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Monroe, Montcalm, Muskegon,
Oakland, Oceana, Ottawa, Saginaw, St. Joseph, Sanilac, Shiawassee,
St. Clair, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, and Wayne |
Summer habitat includes small to medium river and stream
corridors with well developed riparian woods; woodlots within
1 to 3 miles of small to medium rivers and streams; and upland
forests. Caves and mines as hibernacula. |
Northern long-eared bat
Myotis septentrionalis |
Threatened |
Statewide |
Hibernates in caves and mines - swarming in surrounding wooded areas in autumn. Roosts and forages in upland forests during spring and summer. |
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BIRDS |
Kirtland's warbler
Setophaga kirtlandii
=Dendroica kirtlandii
|
Endangered |
Alcona, Alger, Antrim, Baraga, Chippewa, Clare, Crawford,
Delta, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Kalkaska, Luce, Marquette, Montmorency,
Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Schoolcraft |
Breeding in jack pine |
Piping plover
(Chradrius melodus)
|
Endangered |
Alger, Alpena, Benzie, Berrien, Charlevoix,
Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta, Emmet, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Mason,
Muskegon, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft |
Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes |
Piping plover
(Chradrius
melodus)
|
Critical Habitat Designated |
Alger, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa,
Emmet, Iosco, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Mason, Muskegon, Presque
Isle, Schoolcraft |
Beaches along shorelines of the Great Lakes |
Rufa Red knot
(Calidris canutus rufa) |
Threatened |
Only actions that occur along coastal areas during the Red Knot migratory window of MAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30 for the following counties:
Alcona, Alger,
Allegan,
Alpena,
Antrim, Arenac,
Baraga, Bay,
Benzie,
Berrien,
Charlevoix,
Cheboygan,
Chippewa,
Delta,
Emmet,
Gogebic,
Grand Traverse,
Houghton,
Huron,
Iosco,
Keweenaw,
Leelanau,
Luce,
Mackinac,
Macomb,
Manistee,
Marquette,
Mason,
Menominee,
Monroe,
Muskegon,
Oceana,
Ontonagon,
Ottawa,
Presque Isle,
Sanilac,
Schoolcraft,
St. Clair,
Tuscola,
Van Buren, Wayne
Only actions that occur in large wetland complexes during the Red knot migratory window of MAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30 for the following counties:
Midland, Saginaw, Shiawassee |
Coastal areas and large wetland complexes |
REPTILES
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Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodia
erythrogaster neglecta)
|
Threatened |
Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton, Hillsdale,
St. Joseph |
Wooded and permanently wet areas such as oxbows, sloughs,
brushy ditches and floodplain woods |
Eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus
catenatus) |
Threatened |
Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac,
Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Cheboygan, Clare, Clinton,
Crawford, Eaton, Emmett, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Hillsdale, Huron,
Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake,
Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee, Mason,
Missaukee, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland,
Oscoda, Presque Isle, Saginaw, St. Joseph, Shiawassee, Van Buren,
Washtenaw, Wayne |
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INSECTS
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Hine's emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora
hineana)
|
Endangered |
Alcona, Alpena, Mackinac, Menominee, Presque Isle |
Spring fed wetlands, wet meadows and marshes; calcareous
streams & associated wetlands overlying dolomite bedrock |
Hungerford's crawling water beetle
(Brychius hungerfordi)
|
Endangered |
Emmet, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle |
Cool riffles of clean, slightly alkaline streams; known to occur
in five streams in northern Michigan. |
Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides
melissa samuelis)
|
Endangered |
Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason,
Mecosta, Monroe, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana |
Pine barrens and oak savannas on sandy soils and containing
wild lupines (Lupinus perennis), the only known
food plant of larvae. |
Mitchell's satyr
(Neonympha mitchellii
mitchellii) |
Endangered |
Barry, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Jackson,
Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Washtenaw |
Fens; wetlands characterized by calcareous soils which
are fed by carbonate-rich water from seeps and springs |
Poweshiek skipperling
(Oarisma poweshiek)
|
Endangered
Critical Habitat |
Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Oakland, and Washtenaw
About Poweshiek skipperling critical habitat
Maps of critical habitat in Michigan |
Wet prairie and fens |
MUSSELS
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Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava)
|
Endangered |
Hillsdale |
Found in coarse sand and gravel areas of runs and riffles
within streams and small rivers |
Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana)
|
Endangered |
Monroe, Sanilac, Wayne |
Large streams and small rivers in firm sand of riffle
areas; also occurs in Lake Erie |
Rayed Bean
(Villosa
fabalis)
|
Endangered |
Oakland, St. Clair
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Belle,
Black, Clinton and Pine Rivers |
Snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra)
|
Endangered |
Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Livingston, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw |
Small to medium-sized creeks in areas with a swift current and some larger rivers |
PLANTS
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American hart's tongue fern
(Asplenium
scolopendrium var. americanun = Phyllitis japonica ssp. a.)
|
Threatened |
Chippewa, Mackinac |
Cool limestone sinkholes in mature hardwood forest
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Dwarf lake iris
(Iris lacustris) |
Threatened |
Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa,
Delta, Emmet, Mackinac, Menominee, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft |
Partially shaded sandy-gravelly soils on lakeshores |
Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea)
|
Threatened |
Bay, Cheboygan, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee,
Gratiot, Huron, Livingston, Monroe, Saginaw, St. Clair, St. Joseph,
Tuscola, Washtenaw, Wayne |
Mesic to wet prairies and meadows |
Houghton's goldenrod
(Solidago
houghtonii)
|
Threatened |
Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford,
Emmet, Kalkaska, Mackinac, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft |
Sandy flats along Great Lakes shores |
Lakeside daisy
(Hymenoxy acaulis
var. glabra)
|
Threatened |
Mackinac |
Dry, rocky prairie grassland underlain by limestone |
Michigan monkey-flower
(Mimulus
michiganesis) |
Endangered |
Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Leelanau,
Mackinac |
Soils saturated with cold flowing spring water; found
along seepages, streams and lakeshores |
Pitcher's thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri) |
Threatened |
Alcona, Alger, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim,
Arenac, Benzie, Berrien, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta,
Emmet, Grand Traverse, Huron, Iosco, Leelanau, Mackinac, Manistee,
Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft, Van
Buren |
Stabilized dunes and blowout areas |
Small whorled pogonia
(Isotria
medeoloides) |
Threatened |
Berrien |
Dry woodland; upland sites in mixed forests (second or
third growth stage) |
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