As of the date above, this list provides information for the 70 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. 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 - Flowering Dicots

    G2Q              c   w  Astragalus pseudiodanthus                          D    S
       S2                      (Tonopah milkvetch)

    G2G3       xC2   n      Eriogonum anemophilum                              W          Y
       S2S3                    (windloving buckwheat)

    G2Q                     Eriogonum beatleyae                                D
       S2                      (Beatley buckwheat)

    G2G3Q                   Helianthus deserticola                             W    S
       S2                      (dune sunflower)

    G4                      Opuntia pulchella                              CY  D    S
       S2S3                    (sand cholla)

    G2G3       xC2   n      Oryctes nevadensis                                 W    S
       S2S3                    (oryctes)

    G2G3       xC2   n   s  Penstemon arenarius                                W    S     Y
       S2S3                    (Nevada dune beardtongue)

    T2?G4G5                 Penstemon palmeri var. macranthus                  W          Y
       S2?                     (Lahontan beardtongue)

    G3                      Psorothamnus kingii                                W    S     Y
       S3                      (Lahontan indigobush)


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

E   G1         xC2   n      Aegialia hardyi                                         S     Y
       S1                      (Hardy's aegialian scarab)

E   G1?                     Coenonycha pygmaea                                      S     Y
       S1                      (Sand Mountain pygmy scarab)

E   T1G3G4     xC2   n      Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana                      S     Y
       S1                      (Sand Mountain blue)

    T1T2G5     xC2   n      Limenitis archippus lahontani                                 Y
       S1S2                    (Nevada viceroy)

    G2?                     Myrmecocystus arenarius                                 S     Y
       S2?                     (dune honey ant)

E   G1         xC2   n      Serica psammobunus                                      S     Y
       S1                      (Sand Mountain serican scarab)


*************** Fishes

    T1QG4      xC2          Gila bicolor ssp. (unnamed)                             W     Y
       S1                      (Dixie Valley tui chub)

    T3G4       LT    s   t  Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi                   yes      W
       S3                      (Lahontan cutthroat trout)


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

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

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

    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               n      Centrocercus urophasianus                      yes
       S4                      (Sage Grouse)

    T3G4       LTNL  n      Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus                yes      W
       S1B                     (Western Snowy Plover)

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

    T3G5       C     s   i  Coccyzus americanus occidentalis               yes      W
       S1B                     (Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo)

    G4         LTPD  s   t  Haliaeetus leucocephalus                       yes      W
       S1B     L               (Bald Eagle (contiguous US pop))

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

    G5         xC2   p      Plegadis chihi                                 yes      W
       S3B                     (White-faced Ibis)


                                            WATCH-LIST TAXA


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

    T3?G5      xC2       s  Astragalus lentiginosus var. scorpionis            D
       S3?                     (scorpion milkvetch)

    G3?                     Astragalus porrectus                               D          Y
       S3?                     (Lahontan milkvetch)

    G3                      Astragalus pterocarpus                             D    w     Y
       S3                      (winged milkvetch)

    G3                      Camissonia nevadensis                              D          Y
       S3                      (Nevada suncup)

    G3?                     Eriogonum lemmonii                                 D          Y
       S3?                     (Lemmon buckwheat)

    G3                      Eriogonum rubricaule                               D          Y
       S3                      (Lahontan Basin buckwheat)

    G3?                     Linanthus arenicola                                D    S
       S3                      (dune linanthus)

    G3?Q                    Mentzelia candelariae                              D          Y
       S3?                     (Candelaria blazingstar)

    G3?                     Phacelia glaberrima                                D          Y
       S3?                     (Reese River phacelia)

?   G3                      Plagiobothrys salsus                               W    W
       S2S3                    (salt marsh allocarya)


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

E   G1?Q       xC2   n      Aphodius sp. (unnamed)                                  S     Y
       S1?                     (Sand Mountain aphodius scarab)


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

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


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

    G5                   i  Antrozous pallidus
       S3B                     (pallid bat)

    G4         xC2          Brachylagus idahoensis                         yes
       S3?                     (pygmy rabbit)

    G5                      Lasionycteris noctivagans
       S3N                     (silver-haired bat)

    G5                   i  Lasiurus blossevillii
       S?                      (western red bat)

    G5                      Lasiurus cinereus
       S3?                     (hoary bat)

    G3                      Microdipodops pallidus                                  s
       S2                      (pale kangaroo mouse)

?   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                      Tadarida brasiliensis
       S4B                     (Brazilian free-tailed bat)


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

    G5               p      Aquila chrysaetos                              yes
       S4                      (Golden Eagle)

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

    G2         PT    s      Charadrius montanus                            yes
       SZN                     (Mountain Plover)

    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)

    G4         LENL  s      Mycteria americana                             yes      W
       SAN                     (Wood Stork)

    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)

e   G4         LE    s      Pelecanus occidentalis                         yes      W
       S2N                     (Brown Pelican)

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