Nevada Natural Heritage Program
CHURCHILL COUNTY RARE SPECIES LIST
As of the date above, this list provides information for the 67 Churchill County plants and animals included on the Nevada Sensitive Animal and Sensitive Plant and Lichen lists and on the Nevada Plant and Animal Watch List, including the various agency status and ranks, geographic range by state(s) and Nevada counties, and sand and wetland habitat indicators. 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. 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 many 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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RANKS..... ESA. BLM FS. NV. 3N TAXON NAME AND (VERNACULAR NAME).............. HAB HISTORIC RANGE. END
SENSITIVE TAXA
*************** Plants - Flowering Dicots
G2Q c w D Astragalus pseudiodanthus S Ch,Es,Ly?,Mi,Ny
S2 (Tonopah milkvetch) /CA
G2G3 xC2 n W Eriogonum anemophilum Ch,Hu,La,Pe,Wa Y
S2S3 (windloving buckwheat)
G2Q D Eriogonum beatleyae Ch,Es,Eu,La?,
S2 (Beatley buckwheat) Mi,Ny/CA
G2Q W Helianthus deserticola S Ch,Cl,Ly?,Mi
S2 (desert sunflower) /AZ,UT
G4 CY D Opuntia pulchella S Ch,Do,Es,La,Li,
S2S3 (sand cholla) Mi,Ny,Pe,Wa/AZ+
G2G3 xC2 n W Oryctes nevadensis S Ch,Es?,Hu,Mi,
S2S3 (oryctes) Pe,St?,Wa/CA
G2G3 xC2 n s W Penstemon arenarius S Ch,Mi,Ny Y
S2S3 (Nevada dune beardtongue)
T2?G4G5 W Penstemon palmeri var. macranthus Ch,La?,Ny,Pe Y
S2? (Lahontan beardtongue)
G3 W Psorothamnus kingii S Ch,Hu Y
S3 (Lahontan indigobush)
*************** Insects
G1 xC2 n Aegialia hardyi S Ch Y
S1 (Hardy's aegialian scarab)
G1? Coenonycha pygmaea S Ch Y
S1 (Sand Mountain pygmy scarab)
T1GSG4 xC2 n Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana S Ch Y
S1 (Sand Mountain blue)
T1T2G5 xC2 n Limenitis archippus lahontani Ch,El,Eu,Hu,La, Y
S1S2 (Nevada viceroy) Ly,Pe,St,Wa
G2? Myrmecocystus arenarius S Ch,Wa Y
S2? (dune honey ant)
G1 xC2 n Serica psammobunus S Ch Y
S1 (Sand Mountain serican scarab)
*************** Fishes
T1QG4 xC2 Gila bicolor ssp. W Ch,Pe Y
S1 (Dixie Valley tui chub)
T3G4 LT s t yes Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi W Ch,El,Eu,Hu,La,
S3 (Lahontan cutthroat trout) Mi,Ny,Wa
*************** Mammals
G4 (PS) n si Corynorhinus townsendii ALL BUT Do,Li
S3B (Townsend's big-eared bat)
G4 xC2 s s yes Euderma maculatum ALL BUT Hu
S1S2 (spotted bat)
G5 Myotis californicus ALL BUT El,Eu
S3B (California myotis)
G5 xC2 n Myotis ciliolabrum ALL COUNTIES
S3B (western small-footed myotis)
G4G5 xC2 n Myotis thysanodes ALL COUNTIES
S2B (fringed myotis)
*************** Birds
G5 RI p si yes Accipiter gentilis ALL BUT Cl,Do,
S3 (Northern Goshawk) Es,Li,Mi/CA
TUG4 xC2 p yes Athene cunicularia hypugaea ALL COUNTIES
S3B (Western Burrowing Owl)
G4 xC2 p yes Buteo regalis ALL COUNTIES
S3 (Ferruginous Hawk)
G5 p i yes Buteo swainsoni ALL BUT Cl
S2B (Swainson's Hawk)
G5 n yes Centrocercus urophasianus ALL BUT Cc,Cl,
S4 (Sage Grouse) Do,Li
T3G4 xC2N n yes Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus W Ch,Eu,Hu,Ly,Mi,
S1B L (Western Snowy Plover) Ny,Pe,Wa
G4 xC2 n yes Chlidonias niger W ALL BUT Cl,Do,
S2S3B (Black Tern) Es,Li
T3G5 p i yes Coccyzus americanus occidentalis W Ch,Cl,El,Eu,Hu,
S1B (Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo) Li,Ly,Wa
G4 LTNL s t yes Haliaeetus leucocephalus W Ch,El,Ly,Mi
S1B (Bald Eagle (contiguous US pop))
G4 p s yes Otus flammeolus ALL COUNTIES
S4?B (Flammulated Owl) /CA
G5 xC2 p yes Plegadis chihi W Ch,El,Eu,Hu,La,
S3B (White-faced Ibis) Ly,Mi,Ny,Pe,St+
WATCH-LIST TAXA
*************** Plants - Flowering Dicots
T3?G5 xC2 s D Astragalus lentiginosus var. scorpionis Ch,El,Eu,La,Li,
S3? (scorpion milkvetch) Mi,Ny,Wp/UT
G3? D Astragalus porrectus Ch,Hu,Ly,Pe,Wa Y
S3? (Lahontan milkvetch)
G3 D Astragalus pterocarpus Ch,Hu,La,Pe Y
S3 (winged milkvetch)
G3 D Camissonia nevadensis Cc,Ch,Do,Ly,Pe, Y
S3 (Nevada suncup) St,Wa
G3? D Eriogonum lemmonii Ch,Ly,Pe,St,Wa Y
S3? (Lemmon buckwheat)
G3 D Eriogonum rubricaule Ch,Es,Hu,La,Ly, Y
S3 (Lahontan Basin buckwheat) Mi,Ny,Pe
G3? D Linanthus arenicola S Ch,Cl,Es,Hu,Li,
S3 (dune linanthus) Ny/CA,UT?
G3?Q D Mentzelia candelariae Ch,Es,Mi,Ny,Pe Y
S3? (Candelaria blazing-star)
G3? D Phacelia glaberrima Ch,La,Li,Mi,Pe Y
S3? (Reese River phacelia)
*************** Reptiles
T3G3 xC2 c Clemmys marmorata marmorata W Ch,Do,Wa
S3 (northwestern pond turtle)
*************** Mammals
G5 i Antrozous pallidus Ch,Cl,El,Es,La,
S3B (pallid bat) Li,Ly,Ny,Pe,Wa+
G4 xC2 yes Brachylagus idahoensis Ch,El,Eu,Hu,La,
S3? (pygmy rabbit) Ny,Wa,Wp
G5 Lasionycteris noctivagans Ch,Cl,El,Hu,Li,
S3N (silver-haired bat) Ny,Wa,Wp
G5 i Lasiurus blossevillii Ch,Cl,Wa
S? (western red bat)
G5 (PS) Lasiurus cinereus ALL COUNTIES
S3? (hoary bat)
G3 Microdipodops pallidus s Ch,Es,Li,Ly,Mi,
S2 (pale kangaroo mouse) Ny,Pe
G5 xC2 n Myotis volans ALL COUNTIES
S4B (long-legged myotis)
G5 xC2 n Myotis yumanensis ALL BUT El,Eu,
S4B (Yuma myotis) La,Wp
G5 yes Ochotona princeps ALL BUT Cl,Li
S3 (American pika)
G5 Tadarida brasiliensis ALL COUNTIES
S4B (Brazilian free-tailed bat)
*************** Birds
G5 p yes Aquila chrysaetos ALL COUNTIES
S4 (Golden Eagle)
G5 p yes Asio flammeus ALL BUT Cl,Es,
S4 (Short-eared Owl) Li,Mi,Ny
G2 PT s yes Charadrius montanus Ch,Cl,Eu,La,Ly,
SZN (Mountain Plover) Ny,Wa
G5 p yes Dendroica petechia W ALL COUNTIES
S3B (Yellow Warbler)
G5 p yes Geothlypis trichas W ALL COUNTIES
S3B (Common Yellowthroat)
G5 p yes Icteria virens ALL BUT Es,Mi
S3B (Yellow-breasted Chat)
G5 p yes Melanerpes lewis ALL BUT Cl,Es,
S4 (Lewis' Woodpecker) Li
G4 LENL s yes Mycteria americana W Ch,Cl,Eu
SAN (Wood Stork)
G5 p yes Numenius americanus W ALL BUT Cl
S3?B (Long-billed Curlew)
G5 p yes Oporornis tolmiei ALL BUT Cl
S4B (Macgillivray's Warbler)
G5 p yes Pandion haliaetus W ALL BUT Cl,Es,
S2B (Osprey) Li,Mi
G3 p yes Pelecanus erythrorhynchos W Cc,Ch,Do,El,Hu,
S2B (American White Pelican) Ly,Mi,Pe,St,Wa+
G4 LE s yes Pelecanus occidentalis W Ch
S2N (Brown Pelican)
G5 p yes Vermivora celata ALL BUT Cl
S4B (Orange-crowned Warbler)
Last Updated on 02/15/2001