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LYON COUNTY RARE SPECIES LIST
(5 August 2002)
NOTE: THIS LIST IS OUTDATED AND IS MAINTAINED FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY.
As of the date above, this list provides information for the 68 Lyon 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 - Pteridophytes (fern allies)

?   G3         xC2   n  si  Botrychium crenulatum                              W    W
       S1?                     (dainty moonwort)


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

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

    T2G4       xC2   n  sw  Astragalus oophorus var. lavinii                   W
       S2                      (Lavin eggvetch)

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

    G2         xC2  nc  sw  Cusickiella quadricostata                          W
       S2                      (Bodie Hills draba)

    G2G3                    Cymopterus cinerarius                              W
       S1?                     (gray wavewing)

E   G1                      Eriogonum diatomaceum                              T          Y
       S1                      (Churchill Narrows buckwheat)

?   G2G3Q                   Helianthus deserticola                             W    S
       S2                      (dune sunflower)

    G4                      Opuntia pulchella                              CY  D    S
       S2S3                    (sand cholla)

    G3Q        xC2  nc  si  Phacelia monoensis                                 T
       S3                      (Mono County phacelia)

    G2Q              s   i  Polyctenium williamsiae                        CE  T    W
       S2                      (Williams combleaf)

?   G2                   w  Senecio pattersonensis
       S1                      (Mono ragwort)

    G3         xC2  nc  si  Streptanthus oliganthus                            W
       S2                      (Masonic Mountain jewelflower)

E   G2         xC2   n      Stroganowia tiehmii                                W          Y
       S2                      (Tiehm peppercress)


*************** Mollusks

e   G1G2       xC2       i  Pyrgulopsis owensensis                                  W
       S1                      (Owens Valley springsnail)


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

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

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


*************** 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         LENL  s   e  Falco peregrinus                               yes
       S2                      (Peregrine Falcon)

    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)

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


                                            WATCH-LIST TAXA


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

    T3G3G4               w  Arabis fernaldiana var. stylosa                               P
       S3                      (stylose rockcress)

    G3?                     Astragalus porrectus                               D          Y
       S3?                     (Lahontan 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)

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

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

?   G4?                     Perideridia lemmonii
       S3?                     (tuni)

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


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

    T4G4                    Bufo boreas halophilus                                  W
       S2S3                    (California toad)


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

    G5                   i  Antrozous pallidus
       S3B                     (pallid 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)

    G3G4                    Sorex tenellus
       S2                      (Inyo shrew)

    G5                      Tadarida brasiliensis
       S4B                     (Brazilian free-tailed bat)


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

    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)

    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)
 
Last updated on 08/05/2002


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