List of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois
# List of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois

The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are automatically listed as such for the state of Illinois.

## Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board

The Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act created the ESPB in 1972. The board is made up of six naturalists including at least one botanist, two zoologists, and two ecologists. Board members are volunteers, and as of 2019 include Jeff Walk of The Nature Conservancy, ichthyologist Philip Willink, Joyce Hofmann (chair), Janice Coons (vice-chair), Tracy Evans (secretary), ornithologist Angelo P. Capparella [species], Bruce Ross-Shannon, Jeremie Fant, Randy Schietzelt, Chris Young from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (non-voting member), and one vacancy. They met most recently in 2019 and penultimately in 2014.

## Recovery plans

Only twenty species ever listed have had Illinois Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Plans approved by the board, but other parties may implement recovery plans without board approval. Examples of plans implemented by other parties include that for Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) headed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) headed by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Species with approved recovery plans are: eryngium stem borer (Papaipema eryngii), golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli), American snowbell (Styrax americana), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), barn owl (Tyto alba), beardtongue (Penstemon tubaeflorus), bloodleaf (Iresine rhizomatosa), creeping St. Johnwort (Hypericum adpressum), eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), halberd leaf tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium/Tracaulon arifolium), leatherflower (Clematis viorna), marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), mud-plantain (Heteranthera reniformis), northern harrier (Circus cyaneus), osprey (Pandion haliaetus), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), road-winged sedge (Carex alata), royal catchfly (Silene regia), and short-eared owl (Asio flammeus).

## List of species

| Scientific name | Vernacular name | Illinois status (2020) | Illinois status (2015) | Federal status | Group | Subgroup | Image |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gastrophryne carolinensis | Eastern narrow-mouthed toad | threatened | threatened | | amphibians | frogs and toads | |
| Hyla avivoca | Bird-voiced treefrog | threatened | threatened | | amphibians | frogs and toads | |
| Pseudacris illinoensis | Illinois chorus frog | threatened | threatened | | amphibians | frogs and toads | |
| Ambystoma platineum | Silvery salamander | endangered | endangered | | amphibians | salamanders | |
| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | Hellbender | endangered | endangered | | amphibians | salamanders | |
| Desmognathus conanti | Spotted dusky salamander | endangered | endangered | | amphibians | salamanders | |
| Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Jefferson salamander | threatened | threatened | | amphibians | salamanders | |
| Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed salamander | threatened | threatened | | amphibians | salamanders | |
| Necturus maculosus | Mudpuppy | threatened | threatened | | amphibians | salamanders | |
| Asio flammeus | Short-eared owl | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Bartramia longicauda | Upland sandpiper | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Botaurus lentiginosus | American bittern | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Buteo swainsoni | Swainson's hawk | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Charadrius melodus | Piping plover | endangered | endangered | endangered | birds | | |
| Chlidonias niger | Black tern | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Circus hudsonius | Northern harrier | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Egretta caerulea | Little blue heron | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Egretta thula | Snowy egret | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Gallinula galeata | Common gallinule | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Lanius ludovicianus | Loggerhead shrike | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Laterallus jamaicensis | Black rail | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Limnothlypis swainsonii | Swainson's warbler | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Nyctanassa violacea | Yellow-crowned night-heron | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned night-heron | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Phalaropus tricolor | Wilson's phalarope | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Rallus elegans | King rail | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Sterna forsteri | Forster's tern | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Sterna hirundo | Common tern | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Sternula antillarum | Least tern | endangered | endangered | endangered | birds | | |
| Thryomanes bewickii | Bewick's wren | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Tympanuchus cupido | Greater prairie-chicken | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed blackbird | endangered | endangered | | birds | | |
| Ictinia mississippiensis | Mississippi kite | removed from threatened | threatened | | birds | | |
| Tyto alba | Barn owl | removed from threatened | threatened | | birds | | |
| Antrostomus carolinensis | Chuck-will's-widow | threatened | threatened | | birds | | |
| Calidris canutus rufa | Rufa red knot | threatened | threatened | threatened | birds | | |
| Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Black-billed cuckoo | threatened | threatened | | birds | | |
| Ixobrychus exilis | Least bittern | threatened | threatened | | birds | | |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | threatened | endangered | | birds | | |
| Setophaga cerulea | Cerulean warbler | threatened | threatened | | birds | | |
| Acipenser fulvescens | Lake sturgeon | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Ammocrypta clara | Western sand darter | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Coregonus artedi | Cisco | endangered | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Crystallaria asprella | Crystal darter | endangered | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Etheostoma camurum | Bluebreast darter | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Etheostoma histrio | Harlequin darter | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Hybognathus hayi | Cypress minnow | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Hybopsis amnis | Pallid shiner | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Ichthyomyzon fossor | Northern brook lamprey | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Macrhybopsis gelida | Sturgeon chub | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Moxostoma valenciennesi | Greater redhorse | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Nocomis micropogon | River chub | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Notropis anogenus | Pugnose shiner | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Notropis boops | Bigeye shiner | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Notropis heterolepis | Blacknose shiner | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Notropis maculatus | Taillight shiner | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Notropis texanus | Weed shiner | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Noturus stigmosus | Northern madtom | endangered | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Scaphirhynchus albus | Pallid sturgeon | endangered | endangered | endangered | fishes | | |
| Anguilla rostrata | American eel | removed from threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Etheostoma exile | Iowa darter | removed from threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Ammocrypta pellucida | Eastern sand darter | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Catostomus catostomus | Longnose sucker | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Cottus bairdii | Mottled sculpin | threatened | | | fishes | | |
| Erimystax x-punctatus | Gravel chub | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Forbesichthys agassizii | Spring cavefish | threatened | | | fishes | | |
| Fundulus diaphanus subsp. menona | Western banded killifish | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Fundulus dispar | Starhead topminnow | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Hybognathus hankinsoni | Brassy minnow | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Hybopsis amblops | Bigeye chub | threatened | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Lampetra aepyptera | Least brook lamprey | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Lepomis miniatus | Redspotted sunfish | threatened | endangered | | fishes | | |
| Lepomis symmetricus | Bantam sunfish | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Lethenteron appendix | American brook lamprey | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Moxostoma carinatum | River redhorse | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Notropis chalybaeus | Ironcolor shiner | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Notropis heterodon | Blackchin shiner | threatened | threatened | | fishes | | |
| Notropis nubilus | Ozark minnow | threatened | | | fishes | | |
| Bombus affinis | Rusty patched bumble bee | endangered | | endangered | invertebrates | bees | |
| Calephelis muticum | Swamp metalmark | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Hesperia metea | Cobweb skipper | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Hesperia ottoe | Ottoe skipper | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Incisalia polios | Hoary elfin | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Papaipema eryngii | Eryngium stem borer | threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Plebejus melissa samuelis | Karner blue butterfly | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Speyeria idalia | Regal fritillary | threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | butterflies and moths | |
| Caecidotea lesliei | Isopod | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Crangonyx anomalus | Anomalous spring amphipod | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Crangonyx packardi | Packard's cave amphipod | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Faxonius indianensis | Indiana crayfish | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Faxonius kentuckiensis | Kentucky crayfish | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Faxonius lancifer | Shrimp crayfish | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Faxonius placidus | Bigclaw crayfish | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Gammarus acherondytes | Illinois cave amphipod | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Stygobromus iowae | Iowa amphipod | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | crustaceans | |
| Nannothemis bella | Elfin skimmer | endangered | threatened | | invertebrates | dragonflies | |
| Somatochlora hineana | Hine's emerald dragonfly | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | dragonflies | |
| Athysanella incongrua | Leafhopper | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | leafhoppers | |
| Aflexia rubranura | Redveined prairie leafhopper | threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | leafhoppers | |
| Cyprogenia stegaria | Fanshell | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Elliptio crassidens | Elephant-ear | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Epioblasma rangiana | Northern riffleshell | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Epioblasma triquetra | Snuffbox | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Eurynia dilatata | Spike | endangered | threatened | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Lampsilis abrupta | Pink mucket | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Lampsilis fasciola | Wavy-rayed lampmussel | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Lampsilis higginsii | Higgins eye | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Leptodea leptodon | Scaleshell | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Margaritifera monodonta | Spectaclecase | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Plethobasus cooperianus | Orangefoot pimpleback | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Plethobasus cyphyus | Sheepnose | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Pleurobema clava | Clubshell | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Pleurobema cordatum | Ohio pigtoe | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Potamilus capax | Fat pocketbook | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Ptychobranchus fasciolaris | Kidneyshell | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Reginaia ebenus | Ebonyshell | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Simpsonaias ambigua | Salamander mussel | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Theliderma cylindrica | Rabbitsfoot | endangered | endangered | threatened | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Toxolasma lividum | Purple lilliput | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Villosa iris | Rainbow mussel | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Alasmidonta viridis | Slippershell | removed from threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Ligumia recta | Black sandshell | removed from threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Villosa lienosa | Little spectaclecase | removed from threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Cyclonaias tuberculata | Purple wartyback | threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Ellipsaria lineolata | Butterfly mussel | threatened | threatened | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Quadrula metanevra | Monkeyface | threatened | | | invertebrates | mussels | |
| Centruroides vittatus | Common striped scorpion | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | scorpions | |
| Discus macclintocki | Iowa Pleistocene snail | endangered | endangered | endangered | invertebrates | snails | |
| Fontigens antroecetes | Hydrobiid Cave snail | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | snails | |
| Leptoxis praerosa | Onyx rocksnail | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | snails | |
| Lithasia obovata | Shawnee rocksnail | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | snails | |
| Pygmarrhopalites madonnensis | Madonna Cave springtail | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | springtails | |
| Diploperla robusta | Robust springfly | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | stoneflies | |
| Prostoia ozarkensis | Central forestfly | endangered | endangered | | invertebrates | stoneflies | |
| Canis lupus | Gray/timber wolf | endangered | threatened | endangered | mammals | | |
| Corynorhinus rafinesquii | Rafinesque's big-eared bat | endangered | endangered | | mammals | | |
| Myotis austroriparius | Southeastern myotis | endangered | endangered | | mammals | | |
| Myotis grisescens | Gray bat | endangered | endangered | endangered | mammals | | |
| Myotis sodalis | Indiana bat | endangered | endangered | endangered | mammals | | |
| Neotoma floridana | Eastern wood rat | removed from endangered | endangered | | mammals | | |
| Myotis leibii | Eastern small-footed bat | threatened | threatened | | mammals | | |
| Myotis septentrionalis | Northern long-eared bat | threatened | threatened | threatened | mammals | | |
| Poliocitellus franklinii | Franklin's ground squirrel | threatened | threatened | | mammals | | |
| Actaea podocarpa | American bugbane | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Actaea racemosa | False bugbane | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Actaea rubifolia | Black cohosh | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Adoxa moschatellina | Moschatel | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Alnus incana subsp. rugosa | Speckled alder | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea | Shadbush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Amorpha nitens | Smooth false indigo | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Andromeda glaucophylla | Bog rosemary | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Dragon wormwood | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Asclepias lanuginosa | Wooly milkweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Asclepias meadii | Mead's milkweed | endangered | endangered | threatened | plants | | |
| Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval milkweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Asclepias stenophylla | Narrow-leaved green milkweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Asplenium bradleyi | Bradley's spleenwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Asplenium resiliens | Black spleenwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx | Large ground plum | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Astragalus distortus | Bent milk vetch | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Astragalus tennesseensis | Tennessee milk vetch | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Avenella flexuosa | Hairgrass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow wild indigo | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Bartonia paniculata | Screwstem | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Beckmannia syzigachne | American slough grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Berchemia scandens | Supple-jack | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow birch | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Botrychium campestre | Prairie moonwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Botrychium matricariifolium | Daisyleaf grape fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Botrychium multifidum | Northern grape fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Botrychium simplex | Dwarf grape fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue grama | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Bumelia lanuginosa | Wooly buckthorn | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Calamagrostis insperata | Hollow reed grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Calla palustris | Water arum | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Calopogon oklahomensis | Oklahoma grass pink orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Calopogon tuberosus | Grass pink orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Camassia angusta | Wild hyacinth | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cardamine pratensis var. palustris | Cuckoo flower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex alata | Winged sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex arkansana | Arkansas sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex brunnescens | Brownish sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex canescens | Silvery sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex chordorrhiza | Cordroot sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex crawfordii | Crawford's sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex cumulata | Sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex debilis | White-edge sedge | endangered | | | plants | | |
| Carex decomposita | Cypress-knee sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex diandra | Sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex disperma | Shortleaf sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex echinata | Sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex formosa | Sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex garberi | Elk sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex gigantea | Large sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex heliophila | Plains sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex intumescens | Swollen sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex nigromarginata | Black-edged sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex oligosperma | Few-seeded sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex opaca | Opaque oval sedge | endangered | | | plants | | |
| Carex physorhyncha | Bellow's beak sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex plantaginea | Plaintain-leaved sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex reniformis | Reniform sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex straminea | Eastern Straw sedge | endangered | | | plants | | |
| Carex trisperma | Three-seeded sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex tuckermanii | Tuckerman's sedge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carya pallida | Pale hickory | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Castilleja sessiliflora | Downy yellow painted cup | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Ceanothus herbaceus | Redroot | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Chamaelirium luteum | Fairy wand | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Chamaesyce polygonifolia | Seaside spurge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Chimaphila maculata | Spotted wintergreen | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Chimaphila umbellata | Pipsissewa | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Circaea alpina | Small enchanter's nightshade | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cirsium pitcheri | Pitcher's (dune) thistle | endangered | threatened | threatened | plants | | |
| Cladrastis lutea | Yellowwood | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Clematis crispa | Blue jasmine | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Clematis viorna | Leatherflower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Collinsia violacea | Violet collinsia | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweetfern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Conioselinum chinense | Hemlock parsley | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Corallorhiza maculata | Spotted coral-root orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Corydalis aurea | Golden corydalis | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Corydalis halei | Hale's corydalis | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Corydalis sempervirens | Pink corydalis | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cynosciadium digitatum | Cynosciadium | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin flower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cypripedium parviflorum | Small yellow lady's slipper | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cypripedium reginae | Showy lady's slipper | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Cystopteris laurentiana | Laurentian fragile fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dalea foliosa | Leafy prairie clover | endangered | endangered | endangered | plants | | |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Hill prairie larkspur/wild blue larkspur | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Dendrolycopodium dendroideum | Ground pine | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dendrolycopodium hickeyi | Hickey's groundpine | endangered | | | plants | | |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-scented fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dichanthelium boreale | Northern panic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dichanthelium joori | Panic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dichanthelium portoricense | Hemlock panic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dichanthelium ravenelii | Ravenel's panic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dichanthelium yadkinense | Panic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Draba cuneifolia | Whitlow grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Drosera rotundifolia | Round-leaved sundew | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Dryopteris celsa | Log fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Echinodorus tenellus | Small burhead | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Eleocharis olivacea | Capitate spikerush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Eleocharis pauciflora | Few-flowered spikerush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Elymus trachycaulus | Bearded wheat grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Equisetum scirpoides | Dwarf scouring rush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Equisetum sylvaticum | Woodland horsetail | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Eriophorum virginicum | Rusty cotton grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Eryngium prostratum | Eryngo | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssop-leaved thoroughwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Euphorbia spathulata | Spurge | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Fimbristylis vahlii | Vahl's fimbry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Galactia mohlenbrockii | Boykin's dioclea | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Galium virgatum | Dwarf bedstraw | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Geranium bicknellii | Northern cranesbill | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Glyceria arkansana | Arkansas mannagrass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Gratiola quartermaniae | Hedge hyssop | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Oak fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Gymnocarpium robertianum | Scented oak fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Hackelia deflexa var. americana | Stickseed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Halesia carolina | Silverbell tree | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Narrow-leaved sunflower | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Helianthus giganteus | Tall sunflower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Heliotropium tenellum | Slender heliotrope | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Heteranthera reniformis | Mud plantain | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Hexalectris spicata | Crested coralroot orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Hudsonia tomentosa | False heather | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Hydrolea uniflora | One-flowered hydrolea | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Old plainsman | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Hypericum adpressum | Shore St. John's wort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Hypericum kalmianum | Kalm's St. John's wort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Iliamna remota | Kankakee mallow | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Iresine rhizomatosa | Bloodleaf | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Isoetes butleri | Butler's quillwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Isotria medeoloides | Small whorled pogonia | endangered | endangered | threatened | plants | | |
| Isotria verticillata | Whorled pogonia | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut | endangered | | | plants | | |
| Juncus vaseyi | Vasey's rush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Juniperus horizontalis | Trailing juniper | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Justicia ovata | Water willow | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Larix laricina | Tamarack | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Lechea intermedia | Savanna pinweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Lespedeza leptostachya | Prairie bush clover | endangered | endangered | threatened | plants | | |
| Lonicera dioica var. glaucescens | Red honeysuckle | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Lonicera flava | Yellow honeysuckle | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Luzula acuminata | Hairy woodrush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Lycopodiella inundata | Bog clubmoss | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Lycopodium clavatum | Running pine | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Lysimachia radicans | Creeping loosestrife | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Malus angustifolia | Narrow-leaved crabapple | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Malvastrum hispidum | False mallow | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Matelea decipiens | Climbing milkweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Medeola virginiana | Indian cucumber root | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Megalodonta beckii | Water marigold | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Melanthera nivea | White melanthera | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Melanthium virginicum | Virginia bunchflower | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Melica mutica | Two-flowered melic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stickleaf | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Micranthes virginiensis | Early saxifrage | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Mimosa nuttallii | Cat's claw | endangered | | | plants | | |
| Mimulus glabratus | Yellow monkey flower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Mirabilis hirsuta | Hairy umbrella-wort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Nemophila triloba | Baby blue-eyes | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Nothocalais cuspidata | Prairie dandelion | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Opuntia fragilis | Fragile prickly pear | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Orobanche fasciculata | Clustered broomrape | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-flowered beard tongue | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus | Tube beard tongue | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Phacelia gilioides | Ozark phacelia | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Phegopteris connectilis | Long beech fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Phemeranthus calycinus | Fameflower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Phlox pilosa sangamonensis | Sangamon phlox | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Physaria ludoviciana | Silvery bladderpod | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Pinus banksiana | Jack pine | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Pinus resinosa | Red pine | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Plantago cordata | Heart-leaved plantain | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Platanthera ciliaris | Orange fringed orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Platanthera clavellata | Wood orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Platanthera leucophaea | Eastern prairie fringed orchid | endangered | endangered | threatened | plants | | |
| Platanthera psycodes | Purple fringed orchid | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Poa alsodes | Grove bluegrass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Poa languida | Weak bluegrass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Poa wolfii | Wolf's bluegrass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Pogonia ophioglossoides | Snake-mouth | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Polanisia jamesii | James' clammyweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Polygala incarnata | Pink milkwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Polygonatum pubescens | Downy Solomon's Seal | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Polygonum careyi | Carey's heartsease | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Populus balsamifera | Balsam poplar | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Potamogeton praelongus | White-stemmed pondweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Potamogeton pulcher | Spotted pondweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Potamogeton robbinsii | Fern pondweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Potamogeton strictifolius | Stiff pondweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Primula mistassinica | Bird's-eye primrose | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Ptilimnium nuttallii | Mock bishop's weed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Quercus texana | Nuttall's oak | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Ranunculus rhomboideus | Prairie buttercup | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Rhamnus alnifolia | Alder buckthorn | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Rhexia mariana | Dull meadow beauty | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Rhynchospora alba | Beaked rush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Rhynchospora glomerata | Clustered beak rush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Ribes hirtellum | Northern gooseberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Rosa acicularis | Bristly rose | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sabatia campestris | Prairie rose gentian | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sagittaria australis | Arrowhead | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Salix serissima | Autumn willow | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Salix syrticola | Dune willow | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sambucus racemosa subsp. pubens | Red-berried elder | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sanguisorba canadensis | American burnet | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sanicula smallii | Southern black snakeroot | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sarracenia purpurea | Pitcher plant | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sceptridium biternatum | Southern grape fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Schizachne purpurascens | False melic grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | ] |
| Schoenoplectus purshianus | Pursh's bulrush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Schoenoplectus smithii | Smith's bulrush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Scirpus hattorianus | Bulrush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Scirpus microcarpus | Small-fruited bulrush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Scirpus polyphyllus | Leafy bulrush | endangered | threatened | | plants | | |
| Scleria muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's nut rush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Scleria pauciflora | Carolina whipgrass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Shepherdia canadensis | Buffaloberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Silene ovata | Ovate catchfly | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Silene regia | Royal catchfly | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern blue-eyed grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Mountain blue-eyed grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sorbus americana | American mountain ash | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sparganium americanum | American bur-reed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Sparganium emersum | Green-fruited bur-reed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Spiranthes lucida | Yellow-lipped ladies' tresses | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Spiranthes vernalis | Spring ladies' tresses | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Stellaria pubera | Great chickweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Stylisma pickeringii | Patterson's bindweed | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf snowbell bush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Symphoricarpos albus var. albus | Snowberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Tetraneuris herbacea | Lakeside daisy | endangered | endangered | threatened | plants | | |
| Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Tilia heterophylla | White basswood | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Torreyochloa pallida | Pole manna-grass | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Tracaulon arifolium | Halberd-leaved tearthumb | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Tradescantia bracteata | Prairie spiderwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Trichophorum cespitosum | Tufted bulrush | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Trientalis borealis | Star-flower | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Trillium cernuum | Nodding trillium | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Trillium erectum | Ill-scented trillium | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Trillium viride | Green trillium | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Ulmus thomasii | Rock elm | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Utricularia cornuta | Horned bladderwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Utricularia minor | Small bladderwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Utricularia subulata | Hair bladderwort | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush blueberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Vaccinium macrocarpon | Large cranberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Vaccinium oxycoccos | Small cranberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Valeriana uliginosa | Marsh valerian | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Valerianella chenopodifolia | Corn salad | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Valerianella umbilicata | Corn salad | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Vandenboschia boschiana | Filmy fern | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Veronica americana | American brooklime | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Viola blanda | Hairy white violet | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Viola canadensis | Canada violet | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Viola primulifolia | Primrose violet | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Woodsia ilvensis | Rusty woodsia | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Zigadenus elegans | White camas | endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Clematis occidentalis | Mountain clematis | removed from endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Corylus cornuta | Beaked hazelnut | removed from endangered | endangered | | plants | | |
| Carex communis | Fibrous-footed sedge/fibrous-rooted sedge | removed from threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Agalinis skinneriana | Pale false foxglove | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Amelanchier interior | Shadbush | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Ammophila breviligulata | Marram grass | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Aster furcatus | Forked aster | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Besseya bullii | Kitten tails | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Boltonia decurrens | Decurrent false aster | threatened | threatened | threatened | plants | | |
| Buchnera americana | Bluehearts | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Cakile edentula var. lacustris | Sea rocket | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex atlantica | Sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex aurea | Golden sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex bromoides | Sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex cryptolepis | Yellow sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex oxylepis | Sharp-scaled sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex prasina | Drooping sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex viridula | Little green sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carex willdenowii | Willdenow's sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Carya aquatica | Water hickory | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Chamaedaphne calyculata | Leatherleaf | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Cyperus grayoides | Umbrella sedge | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Cyperus lancastriensis | Galingale | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Dodecatheon frenchii | French's shootingstar | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Drosera intermedia | Narrow-leaved sundew | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked spike rush | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Epilobium strictum | Downy willow herb | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Equisetum pratense | Meadow horsetail | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Euonymus americanus | American strawberry bush | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Festuca paradoxa | Cluster fescue | threatened | | | plants | | |
| Filipendula rubra | Queen-of-the-prairie | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Huperzia porophila | Cliff clubmoss | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Hylotelephium telephioides | American orpine | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Juncus alpinoarticulatus | Richardson's rush | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Juniperus communis | Ground juniper | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Lathyrus ochroleucus | Pale vetchling | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Melothria pendula | Squirting cucumber | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Buckbean | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Minuartia patula | Slender sandwort | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Monarda clinopodia | White bergamot | threatened | | | plants | | |
| Orobanche ludoviciana | Broomrape | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Oxalis illinoensis | Illinois wood sorrel | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Phaeophyscia leana | Lea's bog lichen | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Phemeranthus parviflorus | Small flower-of-an-hour | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Planera aquatica | Water elm | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Platanthera flava | Tubercled orchid | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Potamogeton gramineus | Grass-leaved pondweed | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Quercus montana | Rock chestnut oak | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow oak | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Ranunculus harveyi | Harvey's buttercup | threatened | | | plants | | |
| Rubus odoratus | Purple-flowering raspberry | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Rubus pubescens | Dwarf raspberry | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Rubus schneideri | Bristly blackberry | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Rudbeckia missouriensis | Missouri orange coneflower | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Salvia azurea | Blue sage | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Schoenoplectus hallii | Hall's bulrush | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Solidago sciaphila | Cliff goldenrod | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Stenanthium gramineum | Grass-leaved lily | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Styrax americana | Storax | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Sullivantia sullivantii | Sullivantia | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Synandra hispidula | Hairy synandra | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Tofieldia glutinosa | False asphodel | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Trifolium reflexum | Buffalo clover | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Triglochin maritima | Common bog arrowgrass | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Triglochin palustris | Slender bog arrowgrass | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Urtica chamaedryoides | Nettle | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Utricularia intermedia | Flat-leaved bladderwort | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Veronica scutellata | Marsh speedwell | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Viburnum molle | Arrowwood | threatened | threatened | | plants | | |
| Coluber flagellum | Coachwhip | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Nerodia fasciata | Southern watersnake | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Pantherophis emoryi | Great Plains ratsnake | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Sistrurus catenatus | Eastern massasauga | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Clonophis kirtlandii | Kirtland's snake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Crotalus horridus | Timber rattlesnake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Heterodon nasicus | Plains hog-nosed snake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Nerodia cyclopion | Mississippi green watersnake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Tantilla gracilis | Flat-headed snake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Thamnophis saurita | Eastern ribbonsnake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Tropidoclonion lineatum | Lined snake | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | snakes | |
| Clemmys guttata | Spotted turtle | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | turtles | |
| Emydoidea blandingii | Blanding's turtle | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | turtles | |
| Kinosternon flavescens | Yellow mud turtle | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | turtles | |
| Macrochelys temminckii | Alligator snapping turtle | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | turtles | |
| Pseudemys concinna | River cooter | endangered | endangered | | reptiles | turtles | |
| Apalone mutica | Smooth softshell | threatened | endangered | | reptiles | turtles | |
| Terrapene ornata | Ornate box turtle | threatened | threatened | | reptiles | turtles | |
