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WASHOE 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NOTE: THIS LIST IS OUTDATED AND IS MAINTAINED FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY.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 125 Washoe 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 - Bryophytes (moss allies)

?   G1                      Orthotrichum shevockii
       S1                      (Shevock rockmoss)


*************** Plants - Gymnosperms (conifers)

e   G3Q              n      Pinus washoensis                               CY  D
       S1                      (Washoe pine)


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

    T1QG4G5                 Arabis rectissima var. simulans                    T          P
       S1                      (Washoe tall rockcress)

e   T2QG3               sl  Arabis rigidissima var. demota                     W
       S2                      (Galena Creek rockcress)

e   G2         xC2       i  Arabis tiehmii                                     W
       S1                      (Tiehm rockcress)

e   G3?                     Astragalus lemmonii                                W    w
       S1                      (Lemmon milkvetch)

e   T2G4             c   c  Astragalus pulsiferae var. pulsiferae              W
       S1                      (Ames milkvetch)

e   T3G4       xC2   c   c  Astragalus pulsiferae var. suksdorfii              W
       S1                      (Suksdorf milkvetch)

    G3         xC2  nc      Astragalus tiehmii                                 W          Y
       S3                      (Tiehm milkvetch)

    G3Q        xC2  nc      Cryptantha schoolcraftii                           W          P
       S3                      (Schoolcraft catseye)

e   T2G4                si  Draba asterophora var. asterophora                 W
       S1                      (Tahoe draba)

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

    G3         RA   nc      Eriogonum crosbyae                                 W
       S3                      (Crosby buckwheat)

E   T1G5       LE    s      Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae         CE  E    w     Y
       S1                      (Steamboat buckwheat)

e   G3         xC2  nc   c  Eriogonum prociduum                                W
       S1                      (prostrate buckwheat)

    G2G3             n      Eriogonum robustum                                 W          Y
       S2S3                    (altered andesite buckwheat)

    T2G2       xC2  nc  sc  Ivesia aperta var. aperta                          T    w
       S1                      (Sierra Valley mousetails)

    T2G2       RI   nc      Ivesia rhypara var. rhypara                        W
       S2                      (grimy mousetails)

    G2         C    sc  sc  Ivesia webberi                                 CE# T
       S1                      (Webber ivesia)

    G2?                     Lomatium packardiae                                W
       S1?                     (Succor Creek parsley)

    G2G3                    Lomatium roseanum                                  W
       S2S3                    (adobe parsley)

E   G1?Q                    Mimulus angustifolius                              W          Y
       S1?                     (Mount Rose monkeyflower)

    G1G2Q                   Mimulus ovatus                                     T          Y
       S1S2                    (Steamboat monkeyflower)

    G4                      Opuntia pulchella                              CY  D    S
       S2S3                    (sand cholla)

    G2G3       xC2   n      Oryctes nevadensis                                 W    S
       S2S3                    (oryctes)

    G2                   c  Phacelia inundata                                  W    W
       S2?                     (playa phacelia)

    G2G3                    Plagiobothrys glomeratus                           W          Y
       S2S3                    (altered andesite popcornflower)

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

    G1         C     s  sl  Rorippa subumbellata                           CE  T    W
       S1                      (Tahoe yellowcress)

    T1T2QG4G5               Silene nuda ssp. nuda                              W          Y
       S1S2                    (naked catchfly)


*************** Lichens

?   G3                      Aspicilia fruticulosa                              M
       S1                      (rim lichen)


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

    G3         xC2   n   c  Anodonta californiensis                                 W
       S1?                     (California floater)

E   G1                      Fluminicola dalli                                             Y
       S?                      (Pyramid Lake pebblesnail)

E   G1                      Pyrgulopsis bruesi                                            Y
       S1

    G2G3                    Pyrgulopsis longiglans                                  W     Y
       S2S3                    (western Lahontan springsnail)


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

E   T1G5                    Euphilotes enoptes aridorum                                   P
       S1                      (Peavine blue)

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

    G2?                     Formica microphthalma
       S1                      (northern Sierra endemic ant)

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

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

    T3T4G5                  Polites sabuleti alkaliensis
       S?                      (alkaline sandhill skipper)

    T1G3G4     LE           Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus                                P
       S1                      (Carson alkali skipperling)

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

E   G1?                     Stenamma wheelerorum                                          Y
       S1                      (endemic ant)


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

E   G1         xC2   n      Catostomus sp. (unnamed)                                W     Y
       S1                      (Wall Canyon sucker)

e   G1         LT    s      Catostomus warnerensis                                  W
       S1                      (Warner sucker)

E   G1         LE    s      Chasmistes cujus                               yes      W     Y
       S1                      (cui-ui)

e   T1G4       xC2          Gila bicolor eurysoma                                   W
       S1                      (Sheldon tui chub)

e   T1G4       PE    c      Gila bicolor vaccaceps                                  W
       S1                      (Cowhead Lake tui chub)

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

e   T2QG5      xC2       c  Oncorhynchus mykiss pop                        yes      W
       S1                      (Warner Valley redband trout)


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

    G2G3       xC2       l  Rana muscosa                                            W
       SH                      (mountain yellow-legged frog)


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

    T3T4G5                  Elgaria coerulea palmeri
       S2S3                    (Sierra alligator lizard)


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

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

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

e   G4                      Dipodomys californicus
       S2                      (California kangaroo rat)

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

    G5                  il  Martes americana                               yes
       S2S3                    (marten)

    G5                      Myotis californicus
       S3B                     (California myotis)

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

    G4G5       xC2   n      Myotis thysanodes
       S2B                     (fringed myotis)

    G4         xC2   n      Sorex preblei
       S2                      (Preble's shrew)


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

    G5                   s  Gavia immer                                    yes      W
       S2S3N                   (Common Loon)

    G5               n   s  Oreortyx pictus                                yes
       S3                      (Mountain Quail)

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

e   G4                   s  Picoides albolarvatus                          yes
       S3?                     (White-headed Woodpecker)

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

e   G5                  si  Strix nebulosa                                 yes
       SAN                     (Great Gray Owl)

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


                                            WATCH-LIST TAXA


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

?   G3                      Artemisia packardiae                               D
       S2                      (Packard mugwort)

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

    G3                      Camissonia nevadensis                              D          Y
       S3                      (Nevada suncup)

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

    G5?                     Hackelia cusickii                                  D
       S1                      (Cusick stickseed)

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

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

e   G2G3             c      Penstemon sudans                                   W
       S1                      (Susanville beardtongue)

    G4?                     Perideridia lemmonii
       S3?                     (tuni)

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

e   G3Q              c      Scutellaria holmgreniorum                          D
       S3                      (Ravendale skullcap)

e   G3                      Tonestus eximius                                   D
       S1                      (Tahoe goldenhead)

e   G4?                     Trifolium lemmonii                                 D
       S1                      (Lemmon clover)


*************** Plants - Flowering Monocots

    G4                      Calochortus leichtlinii
       S3                      (Leichtlin mariposa lily)

?   GHQ                     Elodea nevadensis                                       W     P
       SH                      (Nevada waterweed)


*************** Annelids

    G?                      Varichaeta nevadana
       S?                      (endemic Tahoe annelid)


*************** Crustaceans

    G3G4                    Stygobromus tahoensis                                   W
       S?                      (Tahoe cave obligate amphipod)


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

e   G?                      Petrophila confusalis
       S1                      (aquatic moth)


*************** 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                      Glaucomys sabrinus                             yes
       S3                      (northern flying squirrel)

    G5                      Lasionycteris noctivagans
       S3N                     (silver-haired bat)

    G5                   i  Lasiurus blossevillii
       S?                      (western red bat)

    G5                      Lasiurus cinereus
       S3?                     (hoary bat)

    T3T4QG5    xC2          Lepus americanus tahoensis                     yes
       S3                      (Sierra Nevada snowshoe hare)

    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                      Sorex trowbridgii
       S2                      (Trowbridge's shrew)

    G5                      Tadarida brasiliensis
       S4B                     (Brazilian free-tailed bat)

    G4                      Tamias speciosus
       S3                      (lodgepole chipmunk)


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

    G4         xC2       s  Histrionicus histrionicus                      yes      W
       SAN                     (Harlequin Duck)

    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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