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In the Watershed
In Pennsylvania
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Species of Concern in the Juniata Watershed
State Protection Status Codes:
 
PE Pennsylvania Endangered
PT Pennsylvania Threatened
PR Pennsylvania Rare
PX Pennsylvania Extirpated
** Listed Endangered, Federal ESA
 
Fauna
Scientific Name
Common Name
State Protection
State Proposed
Bartramia longicauda
Upland Sandpiper
PT
PT
Falco peregrinus
Peregrine Falcon
PE
PE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
PE**
PE
Ixobrychus exilis
Least Bittern
PE
PE
Lanius ludovicianus migrans
Migrant Loggerhead Shrike
PE
PE
Myotis leibii
Eastern Small-footed Myotis (Bat)
PT
PT
Myotis sodalis**
Indiana or Social Myotis (Bat)**
PE**
PE
Neotoma magister
Allegheny Woodrat
PT
PT
Pandion haliaetus
Osprey
PT
PT
Speyeria idalia
Regal Fritillary
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Flora
Scientific Name
Common Name
State Protection
State Proposed
Aplectrum hyemale Puttyroot
PR PR
Bouteloua curtipendula Tall Gramma PT PT
Carex chordorrhiza
Creeping Sedge PX PX
Carex crinita var brevicrinis
Short Hair Sedge PE PE
Carex disperma
Soft-leaved Sedge PR PR
Carex ladiocarpa
Slender Sedge
PR PR
Carex oligosperma
Few-seeded Sedge
PT PT
Carex retrorsa
Backward Sedge
PE PE
Carex tetanica
A Sedge
PT PT
Carex typhina
Cattail Sedge
PE PT
Cladium mariscoides
Twig Rush
PE PE
Conioselinum chinense
Hemlock-Parsley
PE PE
Cypripedium reginae
Showy Lady's Slipper
PT PT
Delphinium exaltatum
Tall Larkspur
PE PE
Dicentra eximia
Wild Bleeding-hearts
PE PE
Dodecatheon radicatum
Jeweled Shooting-star
PT PT
Eleocharis compressa
Flat-stemmed Spike-rush
PE PE
Euphorbia obtusata
Blunt-leaved Spurge
PE PE
Euphorbia purpurea
Glade Spurge
PE PE
Gaylussacia brachycera
Box Huckleberry
PT PE
Geranium bicknellii
Cranesbill
PE PE
Glyceria borealis
Small-floating Manna-Grass
PE PE
Ilex opaca
American Holly
PT PT
Juncus balticus
Baltic Rush
PT PT
Juncus torreyi
Torrey's Rush
PT PE
Lathyrus ochroleucus
Wild-pea
PT PT
Ligusticum canadense
Nondo Lovage
PE PE
Linnaea borealis
Twinflower
PT PE
Lupinus perennis
Lupine
PT PT
Lycopus rubellus
Taber-leaved Bugle-weed
PE PE
Magnolia tripetala
Umbrella Magnolia
PT PR
Matelea obliqua
Oblique Milkvine
PE PE
Melica nitens
Three-flowered Melic-grass
PT PT
Oenothera argillicola
Shale-barren Evening-Primrose
PT PT
Onosmodium molle var hispidissimum
False Gromwell
PE PE
Opuntia humifusa
Prickly-pear Cactus
PR PR
Paxistima canbyi
Canby's Mountain Lover
PE PE
Phlox ovata
Mountain Phlox
PE PE
Potamogeton gramineus
Grassy Pondweed
PE PE
Potamogeton strictifolius
Narrow-leaved Pondweed
PE PE
Ptelea trifoliata Common Hop-tree
PT PT
Pycnanthemum torrei
Torrey's Mountain-Mint
PE PE
Quercus shumardii
Shumard's Oak
PE PE
Rhynchospora capillacea
Capillary Beaked-Rush
PE PE
Scirpus ancistrochaetus
Northeastern Bullrush
PE** PT
Schoenoplectus torreyi
Torrey's Bullrush
PE PE
Sida hermaphrodita
Sida
PE PE
Solidago speciosa var erecta
Slender Golden-rod
PE PE
Solidago roanensis
Tenessee Golden-rod
PR PR
Thalictrum coriaceum
Thick-leaved Meadow-Rue
PE PT
Vitis novae-angliae
New England Grape
PE PE