As of the date above, this list provides information for the 54 Carson City plants and animals included on the Nevada Sensitive Animal and Sensitive Plant and Lichen lists and on the Nevada Plant and Animal Watch List. These data reflect only what was entered in our computer databases as of the above date; additional information for some species may await processing in paper files, or may have been entered subsequently.

Information provided for each taxon in the columns below include the various agency status and rank designations, sand and wetland habitat indicators, and endemic status within Nevada. A new Occurrence Status (OCC) column has been added to the left side of the list to show any special status within the county: ?=possible or predicted in the county but not yet confirmed, e=endemic in-state (known in Nevada only from this county), E=endemic (known worldwide only from this county), and I=only introduced or re-introduced occurrence(s) present in this county.

More detailed state-wide information for these taxa is available in our Detailed Rare Plant and Lichen and Detailed Rare Animal lists, and in the Nevada Rare Plant Atlas, which provides comprehensive information on habitat, life-history, description, threats, survey status, literature sources, and known locations for most plant taxa. Further information may be available on-line for some taxa in other lists or reports, or as maps or images, and general information is available for nearly all taxa on the NatureServe Explorer web site.

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OCC RANKS..... ESA. BLM FS. TAXON NAME AND (VERNACULAR NAME).............. NV. 2N  HAB   END


                                            SENSITIVE TAXA


*************** Plants - Bryophytes (moss allies)

    G1                      Orthotrichum shevockii
       S1                      (Shevock rockmoss)


*************** Plants - Flowering Dicots

    T2G5                    Astragalus convallarius var. margaretiae           D          Y
       S2                      (Margaret's rushy milkvetch)

    G1G2Q                   Mimulus ovatus                                     T          Y
       S1S2                    (Steamboat monkeyflower)

    G1         C     s  sl  Rorippa subumbellata                           CE  T    W
       S1                      (Tahoe yellowcress)

    T1T2QG4G5               Silene nuda ssp. nuda                              W          Y
       S1S2                    (naked catchfly)


*************** Insects

    T2G5       xC2   n      Cercyonis pegala carsonensis
       S2                      (Carson Valley wood nymph)

    T3?G5      xC2   n      Euphydryas editha monoensis
       S1                      (Mono checkerspot)

    T1G3G4     LE           Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus                                P
       S1                      (Carson alkali skipperling)

    T1G3       xC2   n      Speyeria nokomis carsonensis
       S1                      (Carson Valley silverspot)


*************** Amphibians

    G2G3       xC2       l  Rana muscosa                                            W
       SH                      (mountain yellow-legged frog)


*************** Reptiles

    T3T4G5                  Elgaria coerulea palmeri
       S2S3                    (Sierra alligator lizard)


*************** Mammals

    T3T4G5     xC2N         Aplodontia rufa californica                    yes      W
       S1      L               (Mono Basin mountain beaver)

    G4               n  si  Corynorhinus townsendii
       S3B                     (Townsend's big-eared bat)

    G4         xC2   s   s  Euderma maculatum                              yes
       S1S2                    (spotted bat)

    G5                  il  Martes americana                               yes
       S2S3                    (marten)

    G5                      Myotis californicus
       S3B                     (California myotis)

    G5         xC2   n      Myotis ciliolabrum
       S3B                     (western small-footed myotis)

    G4G5       xC2   n      Myotis thysanodes
       S2B                     (fringed myotis)


*************** Birds

    G5         xC2   p  si  Accipiter gentilis                             yes
       S3                      (Northern Goshawk)

    TUG4       xC2   p      Athene cunicularia hypugaea                    yes
       S3B                     (Western Burrowing Owl)

    G4         xC2   p      Buteo regalis                                  yes
       S3                      (Ferruginous Hawk)

    G5               p   i  Buteo swainsoni                                yes
       S2B                     (Swainson's Hawk)

    G4         xC2   n      Chlidonias niger                               yes      W
       S2S3B                   (Black Tern)

    G5                   s  Gavia immer                                    yes      W
       S2S3N                   (Common Loon)

    G5               n   s  Oreortyx pictus                                yes
       S3                      (Mountain Quail)

    G4               p   s  Otus flammeolus                                yes
       S4?B                    (Flammulated Owl)

    T3G3       xC2      si  Strix occidentalis occidentalis                yes
       S1N                     (California Spotted Owl)


                                            WATCH-LIST TAXA


*************** Plants - Flowering Dicots

    G3                      Camissonia nevadensis                              D          Y
       S3                      (Nevada suncup)

    T2T3G5           c      Loeflingia squarrosa ssp. artemisiarum                  s
       S1S2                    (sagebrush pygmyleaf)

    G3?                     Lupinus malacophyllus                              D          Y
       S3?                     (soft lupine)

?   G4?                     Perideridia lemmonii
       S3?                     (tuni)


*************** Annelids

    G?                      Varichaeta nevadana
       S?                      (endemic Tahoe annelid)


*************** Mammals

    G5                      Glaucomys sabrinus                             yes
       S3                      (northern flying squirrel)

    G5                      Lasiurus cinereus
       S3?                     (hoary bat)

?   G5         xC2   n      Myotis evotis
       S4B                     (long-eared myotis)

    G5         xC2   n      Myotis volans
       S4B                     (long-legged myotis)

    G5         xC2   n      Myotis yumanensis
       S4B                     (Yuma myotis)

    G5                      Ochotona princeps                              yes
       S3                      (American pika)

    G5                      Sorex trowbridgii
       S2                      (Trowbridge's shrew)

    G5                      Tadarida brasiliensis
       S4B                     (Brazilian free-tailed bat)

    G4                      Tamias speciosus
       S3                      (lodgepole chipmunk)


*************** Birds

    G3         xC2          Agelaius tricolor                              yes      W
       S2                      (Tricolored Blackbird)

    G5               p      Aquila chrysaetos                              yes
       S4                      (Golden Eagle)

    G5               p      Asio flammeus                                  yes
       S4                      (Short-eared Owl)

    G5               p      Dendroica petechia                             yes      W
       S3B                     (Yellow Warbler)

    G5               p      Geothlypis trichas                             yes      W
       S3B                     (Common Yellowthroat)

    G5               p      Icteria virens                                 yes
       S3B                     (Yellow-breasted Chat)

    G4               p      Melanerpes lewis                               yes
       S4                      (Lewis' Woodpecker)

    G5               p      Numenius americanus                            yes      W
       S3?B                    (Long-billed Curlew)

    G5               p      Oporornis tolmiei                              yes
       S4B                     (Macgillivray's Warbler)

    G5               p      Pandion haliaetus                              yes      W
       S2B                     (Osprey)

    G3               p      Pelecanus erythrorhynchos                      yes      W
       S2B                     (American White Pelican)

    G5               p      Vermivora celata                               yes
       S4B                     (Orange-crowned Warbler)

    G5               p      Wilsonia pusilla                               yes      W
       S4?B                    (Wilson's Warbler)