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Status for:   Special Concern Species

1.		Acalypha deamii (Weath.) H.E. Ahles
		Common Name: Deam's threeseed mercury, copperleaf
		Synonymns:
		Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. var. deamii (Weatherby) Weatherby
		Acalypha virginica L. var. deamii Weatherby
2.		Acer saccharum ssp. leucoderme
		Common Name: chalk maple
		Synonymns:
		Acer leucoderme Small
		Acer nigrum Michx. f. var. leucoderme (Small) Fosberg
		Acer saccharum Marsh. var. leucoderme (Small) Rehd.
3.		Acmella oppositifolia var. repens
		Common Name: oppositeleaf spotflower
		Synonymns:
		Spilanthes americana (Mutis ex L. f.) Hieron. var.
4.		Agalinis setacea (Walt.) Raf.
		Common Name: threadleaf false foxglove
		Synonymns:
		Gerardia setacea J.F. Gmel.
5.		Agrostis mertensii Trin.
		Common Name: northern bent grass
		Synonymns:
		Agrostis borealis Hartman var. americana (Scribn.) Fern.
6.		Alnus viridis ssp. crispa
		Common Name: mountain alder, green alder
		Synonymns:
		Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursh
7.		Amsonia tabernaemontana var. gattingeri
		Common Name: eastern bluestar
8.		Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.
		Common Name: tower rock cress
9.		Arabis shortii (Fern.) Gleason
		Common Name: Short's rockcress
		Synonymns:
		Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. shortii Fern.
10.		Armoracia lacustris (Gray) Al-Shehbaz & V.M. Bates
		Common Name: lake cress
		Synonymns:
		Armoracia aquatica (Eat.) Wieg.
		Neobeckia aquatica (Eat.) Greene
11.		Asclepias purpurascens L.
		Common Name: purple milkweed
12.		Aster oolentangiensis Riddell
		Common Name: skyblue aster
		Synonymns:
		Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Riddell) Nesom
13.		Aster schreberi Nees
		Common Name: Schreber's aster
		Synonymns:
		Eurybia schreberi (Nees) Nees
14.		Astragalus tennesseensis Gray ex Chapm.
		Common Name: Tennessee milk vetch
15.		Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum
		Common Name: subarctic lady fern
		Synonymns:
		Athyrium angustum (Willd.) K. Presl
16.		Aureolaria patula (Chapm.) Pennell
		Common Name: spreading yellow false foxglove
		Synonymns:
		Gerardia patula (Chapman) Gray
17.		Bacopa caroliniana (Walt.) Robinson
		Common Name: blue water hyssop
18.		Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea
		Common Name: longbract wild indigo
		Synonymns:
		Baptisia leucophaea Nutt. var. glabrescens Larisey
		Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell. var. glabrescens (Larisey) Isely
		Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
19.		Berberis canadensis Mill.
		Common Name: Canada barberry
20.		Botrychium matricariifolium A. Braun
		Common Name: matricary grape fern
21.		Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House
		Common Name: bluntlobe grape fern
22.		Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.
		Common Name: Least moonwort
23.		Brachyelytrum septentrionale (Babel) G. Tucker
		Common Name: northern shorthusk
24.		Campanula aparinoides Pursh
		Common Name: marsh bellflower
25.		Cardamine rotundifolia Michx.
		Common Name: American bitter cress
26.		Carex bullata Schkuhr
		Common Name: button sedge
27.		Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr.
		Common Name: Davis' sedge
28.		Carex echinata Murr.
		Common Name: star sedge
		Synonymns:
		Carex echinata Murr. var. angustata (Carey) Bailey
29.		Carex folliculata L.
		Common Name: northern long sedge
30.		Carex gravida Bailey
		Common Name: heavy sedge
31.		Carex hirtifolia Mack.
		Common Name: pubescent sedge
32.		Carex lonchocarpa Willd.
		Common Name: southern long sedge
33.		Carex ouachitana Kral, Manhart & Bryson
		Common Name: Ouachita Mountain sedge
34.		Carex oxylepis var. pubescens
		Common Name: sharpscale sedge
35.		Carex pallescens L.
		Common Name: pale sedge
36.		Carex reniformis (Bailey) Small
		Common Name: kidneyshape sedge
37.		Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.
		Common Name: American chestnut
38.		Ceratophyllum echinatum Gray
		Common Name: spineless hornwort
39.		Chelone obliqua L.
		Common Name: red turtlehead
40.		Clematis fremontii S. Wats.
		Common Name: Fremont's leather flower
41.		Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
		Common Name: bluebead
42.		Cotinus obovatus Raf.
		Common Name: American smoke tree
43.		Cymophyllus fraserianus (KerGawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi
		Common Name: Fraser's sedge
		Synonymns:
		Carex fraseri Andr.
		Carex fraseriana Ker-Gawl.
		Cymophyllus fraseri (Andr.) Mackenzie ex Britt.
44.		Cyperus dentatus Torr.
		Common Name: toothed flat sedge
45.		Cyperus plukenetii Fern.
		Common Name: Plukenet's flat sedge
46.		Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd.
		Common Name: white prairie clover
		Synonymns:
		Petalostemon candidus Michx.
47.		Diarrhena obovata (Gleason) Brandenburg
		Common Name: obovate beakgrain
		Synonymns:
		Diarrhena americana Beauv. var. obovata Gleason
48.		Dichanthelium leucothrix (Nash) Freckmann
		Common Name: rough panic grass
		Synonymns:
		Panicum leucothrix Nash
		Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. leucothrix (Nash) Lelong
49.		Draba cuneifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
		Common Name: wedgeleaf draba
50.		Draba ramosissima Desv.
		Common Name: branched draba
51.		Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) Heller
		Common Name: Coast cockspur grass
52.		Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett
		Common Name: upright burr head
		Synonymns:
		Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. ex Gray
53.		Eleocharis compressa Sull.
		Common Name: flatstem spike rush
		Synonymns:
		Eleocharis elliptica Kunth var. compressa (Sullivant) Drapalik & Mohlenbrock
54.		Eleocharis lanceolata Fern.
		Common Name: daggerleaf spike rush
55.		Eleocharis tortilis (Link) Roem. & Schult.
		Common Name: twisted spike rush
56.		Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) St. John
		Common Name: western waterweed
57.		Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf
		Common Name: yellow trout lily
58.		Evolvulus nuttallianus Roem. & Schult.
		Common Name: shaggy dwarf morning-glory
		Synonymns:
		Evolvulus pilosus Nutt.
59.		Festuca paradoxa Desv.
		Common Name: clustered fescue
60.		Fuirena squarrosa Michx.
		Common Name: hairy umbrella sedge
61.		Galium asprellum Michx.
		Common Name: rough bedstraw
62.		Galium palustre L.
		Common Name: common marsh bedstraw
63.		Galium uniflorum Michaux.
		Common Name: oneflower bedstraw
64.		Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) St. Hil.
		Common Name: yellow jassamine
65.		Gentiana austromontana Pringle & Sharp
		Common Name: Appalachian gentian
66.		Geranium robertianum L.
		Common Name: Robert geranium
67.		Geum aleppicum Jacq.
		Common Name: yellow avens
68.		Geum laciniatum Murr.
		Common Name: rough avens
69.		Glyceria acutiflora Torr.
		Common Name: creeping manna grass
70.		Glyceria laxa (Scribn.) Scribn.
		Common Name: limp manna grass
		Synonymns:
		Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin. var. laxa (Scribn.) A.S. Hitchc.
71.		Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br.
		Common Name: lesser rattlesnake plantain
72.		Gymnopogon brevifolius Trin.
		Common Name: shortleaf skeleton grass
73.		Helianthus eggertii Small
		Common Name: Eggert's sunflower
74.		Helianthus occidentalis Riddell
		Common Name: fewleaf sunflower
75.		Heracleum maximum Bartr.
		Common Name: common cow parsnip
		Synonymns:
		Heracleum sphondylium L. var. lanatum (Michx.) Dorn
		Heracleum lanatum Michx.
76.		Heteranthera multiflora (Griseb.) C.N. Horn
		Common Name: bouquet mud plantain
77.		Heuchera longiflora Rydb.
		Common Name: longflower alumroot
		Synonymns:
		Heuchera longiflora Rydb. var. aceroides (Rydb.) Rosendahl, Butters & Lakela
78.		Hexastylis virginica (L.) Small
		Common Name: Virginia heartleaf
79.		Hieracium longipilum Torr.
		Common Name: hairy hawkweed
80.		Hottonia inflata Ell.
		Common Name: American featherfoil
81.		Hydrolea ovata Nutt.
		Common Name: ovate false fiddleleaf
82.		Hymenophyllum tayloriae Farrar & Raine
		Common Name: Taylor's filmy fern
83.		Juncus brachycephalus (Engelm.) Buchenau
		Common Name: smallhead rush
84.		Lathyrus palustris L.
		Common Name: marsh pea
85.		Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
		Common Name: Tennessee glade cress
86.		Liatris pilosa (Ait.) Willd.
		Common Name: shaggy blazing star
87.		Lonicera dioica L.
		Common Name: wild honeysuckle
88.		Lycopodium dendroideum Michx.
		Common Name: tree groundpine
		Synonymns:
		Lycopodium obscurum L. var. dendroideum (Michx.) D.C. Eat.
89.		Lysimachia quadriflora Sims
		Common Name: fourflower yellow loosestrife
90.		Menziesia pilosa (Michx.) Juss.
		Common Name: minnie bush
91.		Milium effusum L.
		Common Name: American millet grass
92.		Muhlenbergia glabriflora Scribn.
		Common Name: inland muhly
93.		Nemopanthus collinus (Alexander) R.C. Clark
		Common Name: Appalachian mountain holly
		Synonymns:
		Ilex collina Alexander
94.		Oenothera parviflora L.
		Common Name: northern evening primrose
95.		Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walt.
		Common Name: bulbous adders tongue
96.		Orobanche ludoviciana Nutt.
		Common Name: Louisiana broomrape
97.		Panicum hemitomon Schult.
		Common Name: maiden cane
98.		Parnassia grandifolia DC.
		Common Name: largeleaf grass of Parnassus
99.		Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.
		Common Name: swamp lousewort
100.		Penstemon tubiflorus Nutt.
		Common Name: white wand beard tongue
101.		Phacelia ranunculacea (Nutt.) Constance
		Common Name: oceanblue phacelia
102.		Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt
		Common Name: long beech fern
		Synonymns:
		Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson
103.		Pilularia americana A. Braun
		Common Name: American pillwort
104.		Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.
		Common Name: lesser purple fringed orchid
		Synonymns:
		Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng.
105.		Polygala mariana Mill.
		Common Name: Maryland milkwort
		Synonymns:
		Polygala harperi Small
106.		Potamogeton epihydrus Raf.
		Common Name: ribbonleaf pondweed
107.		Potentilla tridentata (Sol.) Ait.
		Common Name: dwarf fivefingers, mountain white potentilla
		Synonymns:
		Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Ait.) Rybd.
108.		Prenanthes barbata (Torr. & Gray) Milstead
		Common Name: barbed rattlesnake root
109.		Prunus virginiana L.
		Common Name: choke cherry
110.		Pseudognaphalium helleri (Britt.) A. Anderb.
		Common Name: Heller's cudweed
		Synonymns:
		Gnaphalium helleri Britt.
111.		Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Ashe in J.K. Small
		Common Name: sand post oak
112.		Rhynchospora caduca Ell.
		Common Name: anglestem beak sedge
113.		Rhynchospora debilis Gale
		Common Name: savannah beaksedge
114.		Rosa virginiana P. Mill.
		Common Name: Virginia rose
115.		Ruellia purshiana Fern.
		Common Name: Pursh's wild petunia
116.		Sacciolepis striata (L.) Nash
		Common Name: American cupscale, cupscale grass
117.		Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G. Sm.
		Common Name: delta arrowhead
		Synonymns:
		Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. platyphylla Engelm.
118.		Sagittaria rigida Pursh
		Common Name: sessilefruit arrowhead
119.		Salvia azurea var. grandiflora
		Common Name: pitcher sage
120.		Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong
		Common Name: river bulrush
		Synonymns:
		Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) Gray
121.		Schoenoplectus subterminalis (Torr.) Sojak
		Common Name: swaying bulrush
		Synonymns:
		Scirpus subterminalis Torr.
122.		Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.
		Common Name: low nut rush
123.		Senecio plattensis Nutt.
		Common Name: prairie groundsel
		Synonymns:
		Packera plattensis (Nutt.) W.A. Weber & A. Love
124.		Smilax laurifolia L.
		Common Name: laurel greenbrier
125.		Solidago faucibus Wieboldt
		Common Name: gorge goldenrod
126.		Solidago gracillima Torr. & Gray
		Common Name: Virginia goldenrod
		Synonymns:
		Solidago austrina Small
127.		Solidago tarda Mack.
		Common Name: slow goldenrod
128.		Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak
		Common Name: Great Plains ladies tresses
129.		Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray
		Common Name: Praivie dropseed
130.		Sporobolus junceus (Michx.) Kunth
		Common Name: pineywoods dropseed
131.		Streptopus roseus Michx.
		Common Name: twisted stalk
		Synonymns:
		Streptopus lanceolatus (Ait.) Reveal var. roseus (Michx.) Reveal
132.		Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'Her.
		Common Name: common sweet leaf, horse sugar
133.		Talinum calcaricum S. Ware
		Common Name: limestone fameflower
134.		Thermopsis mollis (Michx.) M.A. Curtis ex Gray
		Common Name: Allegheny Mountain golden banner
		Synonymns:
		Thermopsis hugeri (Small) Small
135.		Thuja occidentalis L.
		Common Name: arbor vitae, white cedar
136.		Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) Church
		Common Name: pale false manna grass
		Synonymns:
		Glyceria pallida (Torr.) Trin.
137.		Triadenum fraseri (Spach) Gleason
		Common Name: Fraser's marsh St. Johnswort
		Synonymns:
		Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf. var. fraseri (Spach) Cooperrider
138.		Tridens flavus var. chapmanii
		Common Name: Chapman's tridens
		Synonymns:
		Tridens chapmanii (Small) Chase
139.		Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.
		Common Name: cedar elm
140.		Utricularia inflata Walt.
		Common Name: swollen bladderwort
141.		Utricularia resupinata B.D. Greene ex Bigelow
		Common Name: lavender bladderwort
142.		Veronica americana (Raf.) Schwein. ex Benth.
		Common Name: American speedwell
143.		Viola tripartita var. tripartita
		Common Name: threepart violet
144.		Woodsia scopulina ssp. appalachiana
		Common Name: Appalachian cliff fern
		Synonymns:
		Woodsia scopulina D.C. Eat. var. appalachiana (T.M.C. Taylor) Morton
		Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor
145.		Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
		Common Name: Virginia chain fern
146.		Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.
		Common Name: common prickly ash

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