Nevada Natural Heritage Program
ESMERALDA COUNTY RARE SPECIES LIST
As of the date above, this list provides information for the 58 Esmeralda 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
G2 xC2 i W Arabis pinzliae Es
S2 (Pinzl rockcress) /CA
G2Q xC2 n s W Asclepias eastwoodiana Es,La,Li,Ny Y
S2 (Eastwood milkweed)
G2Q c w D Astragalus pseudiodanthus S Ch,Es,Ly?,Mi,Ny
S2 (Tonopah milkvetch) /CA
G2 xC2 n T Cordylanthus tecopensis w Es,Ny
S2 (Tecopa birdsbeak) /CA
G2G3 W Cymopterus cinerarius Es,Ly,Mi
S1? (gray wavewing) /CA
G3 w W Draba californica Es
S1 (California draba) /CA
G3 w W Draba subumbellata Es
S1 (White Mountains cushion draba) /CA
G3 s W Eriogonum ampullaceum W Es,Mi
S1 (Mono buckwheat) /CA
G2Q D Eriogonum beatleyae Ch,Es,Eu,La?,
S2 (Beatley buckwheat) Mi,Ny/CA
G1 xC2 n T Eriogonum tiehmii Es Y
S1 (Tiehm buckwheat)
G3?Q n D Lupinus holmgrenianus Es,Ny
S2 (Holmgren lupine) /CA
G4 CY D Opuntia pulchella S Ch,Do,Es,La,Li,
S2S3 (sand cholla) Mi,Ny,Pe,Wa/AZ+
G3 xC2 n W Penstemon pahutensis Es,Ny
S3 (Pahute Mesa beardtongue) /CA
G3Q xC2 nc si T Phacelia monoensis Es,Ly,Mi
S3 (Mono County phacelia) /CA
G1 i W Polemonium chartaceum Es
S1 (White Mountain skypilot) /CA
G1Q n CY W Sclerocactus nyensis Es,Ny Y
S1 (Tonopah fishhook cactus)
G4 w CY D Sclerocactus polyancistrus Es,Mi,Ny
S2S3 (hermit cactus) /CA
G3 xC2 nc si W Streptanthus oliganthus Es,Ly,Mi
S2 (Masonic Mountain jewelflower) /CA
G1 xC2 n W Tonestus graniticus Es Y
S1 (Lone Mountain tonestus)
*************** Mollusks
G3 xC2 n i Pyrgulopsis wongi W Do,Es,Mi
S1 (Wong's springsnail)
*************** Insects
T1G2G3 xC2 Hesperia miriamae longaevicola Es
S1 (White Mountains skipper)
T2G5 xC2 Icaricia icarioides albihalos Es,Mi
S1 (White Mountains icarioides blue)
T2G5 xC2 Lycaena rubidus incanus Es
S1 (White Mountains ruddy copper)
T1G5 xC2 Polites sabuleti albamontana Es
S1 (White Mountains sandhill skipper)
*************** Fishes
T1QG4 xC2 p yes Gila bicolor ssp. W Es Y
S1 (Fish Lake Valley tui chub)
*************** 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)
T3T4G5 xC2 Myotis lucifugus occultus Cl,El,Es,Li,Mi,
S1 (occult myotis) Ny,Wp
G4G5 xC2 n Myotis thysanodes ALL COUNTIES
S2B (fringed myotis)
*************** Birds
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
G4 p s yes Otus flammeolus ALL COUNTIES
S4?B (Flammulated Owl) /CA
WATCH-LIST TAXA
*************** Plants - Flowering Dicots
T2G4 D Astragalus serenoi var. sordescens Es,Ny Y
S2 (squalid milkvetch)
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)
*************** Reptiles
G5 xC2 n Sauromalus ater Cl,Es,Li,Ny
S4 (common chuckwalla)
*************** Mammals
G5 i Antrozous pallidus Ch,Cl,El,Es,La,
S3B (pallid bat) Li,Ly,Ny,Pe,Wa+
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 evotis Cc?,Ch?,Cl,Do?,
S4B (long-eared myotis) El,Es,Eu,Hu,La+
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)
T5G5 Sorex merriami leucogenys Es,Ny
S3 (Merriam's shrew)
G3G4 Sorex tenellus Cl,Es,Ly,Ny
S2 (Inyo shrew)
G5 Tadarida brasiliensis ALL COUNTIES
S4B (Brazilian free-tailed bat)
*************** Birds
G5 p yes Aquila chrysaetos ALL COUNTIES
S4 (Golden Eagle)
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 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 Vermivora celata ALL BUT Cl
S4B (Orange-crowned Warbler)
G4 p yes Vireo vicinior Cl,Es,Li,Ny
S3S4B (Gray Vireo)
Last Updated on 02/15/2001