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CARSON CITY RARE SPECIES LIST
(18 March 2004)
As of the date above, this list provides information for the 66 Carson City plants and animals included on the Nevada At-risk Animal and At-risk Plant and Lichen tracking 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


                                            AT-RISK TAXA TRACKED


*************** 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
       S1                      (Carson wandering skipper)

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


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

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


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

    T3T4G5           n      Elgaria coerulea palmeri
       S2S3                    (Sierra alligator lizard)


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

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

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

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

    G5               n      Lontra canadensis                              yes
       S2                      (river otter)

    G5                  il  Martes americana                               yes
       S2S3                    (American marten)

    G5               n      Myotis californicus
       S3B                     (California myotis)

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

    G5               n      Myotis lucifugus
       S1S2                    (little brown myotis)

    G4G5       xC2  nc      Myotis thysanodes
       S2B                     (fringed myotis)


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

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

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

    G4         xC2   n      Buteo regalis                                  yes
       S3                      (Ferruginous Hawk)

    G5               n   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               n   s  Otus flammeolus                                yes
       S4?B                    (Flammulated Owl)

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


                                            WATCH-LIST TAXA


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

    G1               c      Orthotrichum shevockii                             M
       S1                      (Shevock bristlemoss)


*************** 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)


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

    G5               n  il  Rana pipiens                                            W
       S2S3                    (northern leopard frog)


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

    G5                      Charina bottae
       S4                      (rubber boa)

    T3T4G3G4   xC2       c  Emys marmorata marmorata                                W
       S3                      (northwestern pond turtle)


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

    G5                      Glaucomys sabrinus                             yes
       S3                      (northern flying squirrel)

    G5               n      Lasiurus cinereus
       S3?                     (hoary bat)

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

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

    G5         xC2  nc      Myotis yumanensis
       S4B                     (Yuma myotis)

    G4                      Neotamias speciosus
       S3                      (lodgepole chipmunk)

    G5                      Ochotona princeps                              yes
       S3                      (American pika)

    G5                      Sorex trowbridgii
       S2                      (Trowbridge's shrew)

    G5               n      Tadarida brasiliensis
       S4B                     (Brazilian free-tailed bat)


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

    G3         xC2  nc      Agelaius tricolor                              yes      W
       S2B                     (Tricolored Blackbird)

    G5               n      Aquila chrysaetos                              yes
       S4                      (Golden Eagle)

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

    G5               n      Asio otus                                      yes
       S4                      (Long-eared Owl)

    G5               n      Baeolophus griseus                             yes
       S5B                     (Juniper Titmouse)

    G5               p      Dendroica petechia                             yes      W
       S3B                     (Yellow Warbler)

    G5               n      Falco mexicanus                                yes
       S4                      (Prairie Falcon)

    G5               p      Geothlypis trichas                             yes      W
       S3B                     (Common Yellowthroat)

    G5               n      Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus                      yes
       S4                      (Pinyon Jay)

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

    G4         xC2N  n      Lanius ludovicianus                            yes
       S3      L               (Loggerhead Shrike)

    G4               n      Melanerpes lewis                               yes
       S4                      (Lewis' Woodpecker)

    G5               n      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               n      Pooecetes gramineus                            yes
       S4B                     (Vesper Sparrow)

    G5               n      Sphyrapicus nuchalis                           yes
       S4S5B                   (Red-naped Sapsucker)

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

    G5               p      Wilsonia pusilla                               yes      W
       S4?B                    (Wilson's Warbler)
 
Last updated on 03/18/2004


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