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Species of Concern

Species of Concern are species whose conservation standing is of concern to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but for which status information is still needed for consideration for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Over 100 species of animals, plants, and lichens, listed below, occur in Washington State.

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Tufted Puffin

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Chelan Rockmat

Photos: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric (NOAA)

Animals

Plants & Lichens

  • Aleutian Canada goose
  • (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

  • Ames’ milk-vetch 
    (Astragaluspulsiferae  var. suksorfi)
  • Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Delisting effective August 8, 2007
  • Beller's ground beetle (Agonum belleri)
  • Barrett’s beardtongue (Penstemon barrettiae)
  • Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
  • Bearded sego lily (Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebaratus)
  • California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana)
  • Bear's foot sanicle (Sanicula arctopoides)
  • California floater (mussel) (Anodonta californiensis) (Lea, 1852)
  • Blue Mountain onion (Allium 
    dictuon)
  • Cassin's auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
  • Broad-fruit mariposa (Calochortus nitidus)
  • Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)
  • Chelan rockmat (Petrophyton 
    cinerascens)
  • Coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki)
  • Clackamas corydalis (Corydalis 
    aquae-gelidae)
  • Columbia pebblesnail (Fluminicola (=Lithoglyphus) columbianus)
  • Clustered lady’s slipper(Cypripedium  fasciculatum)
  • Columbia torrent salamander(Rhyacotriton kezeri)
  • Columbia milk-vetch (Astragalus  columbianus)
  • Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus)
  • Columbia yellow-cress (Rorippa 
    columbiae)
  • Destruction Island shrew (Sorex trowbridgii destructioni)
  • Cotton’s milk-vetch (Astragalus 
    australis var. olympicus)
  • Fender's soliperlan stonefly (Soliperla finderi)
  • Crenulate moonwort (Botrychium 
    crenulatum)
  • Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis)
  • Gray cryptantha (Cryptantha 
    leucophaea)
  • Fringed myotis (bat) (Myotis thysanodes)
  • Hoover’s desert-parsley (Lomatium tuberosum)
  • Gorge daisy (Erigeron oreganus)
  • Hoover’s tauschia (Tauschia hooveri)
  • Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
  • Howell’s fleabane (Erigeron howellii)
  • Hatch's click beetle (Eanus hatchi)
  • Jessica’s Aster (Aster jessicae)
  • Interior redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri)
  • Least phacelia (Phacelia minutissima)
  • Island large marble (butterfly) (Euchloe ausonides insulanus)
  • Liverwort monkey-flower (Mimulus jungermannioides)
  • Larch Mountain salamander (Plethodon larelli)
  • Northwest raspberry (Rubus 
    nigerrimus)
  • Little willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii brewsteri)
  • Obscure buttercup (Ranunculus 
    reconditus)
  • Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
  • Obscure paintbrush (Castilleja 
    cryptantha)
  • Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)
  • Oregon sullivantia (Sullivantia 
    oregana)
  • Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)
  • Pale blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium sarmentosum)
  • Lynn's clubtail (dragonfly) (Gomphus lynnae)
  • Pale larkspur (Delphinium 
    leucophaeum)
  • Makah's copper
  • (Lycaena mariposa charlottensis)
  • Palouse goldenweed (Haplopappus liatriformis)
  • Margined sculpin (Cottus marginatus)
  • Pink sand verbena (Abroniaumbellata spp. acutalata)
  • Newcomb's littorine snail (Algamorda newcombiana)
  • Prarie lupine (Lupinus cusickii)
  • Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
  • Queen-of-the-forest (Filpendula 
    occidentalis)
  • Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)
  • Rose-checkermallow (Sidalcea malviflora spp. virgata)
  • Northern red-legged frog (Rana aurora aurora)
  • Seely’s silene (Silene seelyi)
  • Northern sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus graciosus)
  • Stalked moonwort (Botrychium 
    pedunculosum)
  • Northwestern pond turtle (Clemmys marmorata marmorata)
  • Sticky phacelia (Phacelia lenta)
  • Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
  • Suksdorf’s desert-parsley (Lomatium suksdorfii)
  • Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus)
  • Tall bugbane (Cimicifuga elata)
  • Oregon vesper sparrow (Pooectetes gramineus affinis)
  • Thistle milk-vetch (Astragaluskentophyta var. douglasii)
  • Pacific hake - Georgia Basin DPS (Merluccius products)
  • Thompson’s clover (Trifolium thompsonii)
  • Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)
  • Torrey’s peavine (Lathyrus torreyi)
  • Pacific Townsend's (=western) big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii townsendii)
  • Triangular-lobed moonwort (Botrychium ascendens)
  • Pale Townsend's (=western) big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii pallescens)
  • Tundra shootingstar (Dodecatheon austrofrigidum)
  • Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  • Two-spiked moonwort (Botrychium paradoxum)
  • Potholes meadow vole (Microtis pennsylvanicus kincaidi)
  • Wanapum crazyweed(Oxytropiscampestris var. wanapum)
  • Preble's shrew (Sorex preblei)
  • Washington polemonium (Polemonium pectinatum)
  • Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia ESU coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
  • Wenatchee larkspur (Delphinium  viridescens)
  • River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)
  • White meconella (Meconella oregana)
  • Small-footed myotis (bat) (Myotis ciliolabrum)
  • White-top aster (Aster curtus)
  • Slender-billed, white breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis aculeata)
  • Whited milk-vetch (Astragalus sinuatus)
  • Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)
  • Wovenspore lichen (Texosporium sancti-jacobi)
  • Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

 

  • Valley silverspot (Speyeria zerene bremeri)

 

  • Van Dyke's salamander (Plethodon vandykei)

 

  • Western burrowing owl  (Athene cunicularia hypugea)

 

  • Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus)
  • Western toad (Bufo boreas)
  • Westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) clarki lewisi)
  • Wolverine (Gulo gulo luteus)
  • Yuma myotis (bat) (Myotis yumanensis)