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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

Photos: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric (NOAA)

Animals

  • Aleutian Canada goose
  • (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
  • Northern goshawk
    (Accipiter gentilis)
  • Bald eagle
    (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
    Delisting effective August 8, 2007
  • Northern leopard frog
    (Rana pipiens)
  • Beller's ground beetle
    (Agonum belleri)
  • Northern red-legged frog
    (Rana aurora aurora)
  • Black tern
    (Chlidonias niger)
  • Northern sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus graciosus)
  • California bighorn sheep
    (Ovis canadensis californiana)
  • Northwestern pond turtle
    (Clemmys marmorata marmorata)
    • California floater (mussel)
      (Anodonta californiensis) (Lea, 1852)
    • Olive-sided flycatcher
      (Contopus borealis)
      • Cassin's auklet
        (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
      • Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus)
      • Cascades frog
        (Rana cascadae)
      • Oregon vesper sparrow
        (Pooectetes gramineus affinis)
      • Coastal cutthroat trout
        (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki)
      • Pacific hake - Georgia Basin DPS (Merluccius products)
      • Columbia pebblesnail
        (Fluminicola (=Lithoglyphus) columbianus)
      • Pacific lamprey
        (Lampetra tridentata)
      • Columbia torrent salamander(Rhyacotriton kezeri)
      • Pacific Townsend's
        (=western) big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii townsendii)
      • Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus)
      • Pale Townsend's
        (=western) big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii pallescens)
      • Destruction Island shrew
        (Sorex trowbridgii destructioni)
      • Peregrine falcon
        (Falco peregrinus)
      • Fender's soliperlan stonefly
        (Soliperla finderi)
      • Potholes meadow vole
        (Microtis pennsylvanicus kincaidi)
      • Ferruginous hawk
        (Buteo regalis)
      • Preble's shrew
        (Sorex preblei)
      • Fringed myotis (bat)
        (Myotis thysanodes)
      • Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia ESU coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
      • Gorge daisy
        (Erigeron oreganus)
      • River lamprey
        (Lampetra ayresi)
      • Harlequin duck
        (Histrionicus histrionicus)
      • Small-footed myotis (bat) (Myotis ciliolabrum)
      • Hatch's click beetle
        (Eanus hatchi)
      • Slender-billed, white breasted nuthatch
        (Sitta carolinensis aculeata)
      • Interior redband trout
        (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri)
      • Tailed frog
        (Ascaphus truei)
      • Island large marble (butterfly) 
        (Euchloe ausonides insulanus)
      • Tufted puffin
        (Fratercula cirrhata)
      • Larch Mountain salamander
        (Plethodon larelli)
      • Valley silverspot
        (Speyeria zerene bremeri)
      • Little willow flycatcher
        (Empidonax traillii brewsteri)
      • Van Dyke's salamander (Plethodon vandykei)
      • Loggerhead shrike
        (Lanius ludovicianus)
      • Western burrowing owl
        (Athene cunicularia hypugea)
      • Long-eared myotis
        (Myotis evotis)
      • Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus)
      • Long-legged myotis
        (Myotis volans)
      • Western toad
        (Bufo boreas)
      • Lynn's clubtail (dragonfly)
        (Gomphus lynnae)
      • Westslope cutthroat trout
        (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) clarki lewisi)
      • Makah's copper
      • (Lycaena mariposa charlottensis)
      • Wolverine
        (Gulo gulo luteus)
      • Margined sculpin
        (Cottus marginatus)
      • Yuma myotis (bat)
        (Myotis yumanensis)
      • Newcomb's littorine snail
        (Algamorda newcombiana)

       

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      Plants & Lichens

      • Ames’ milk-vetch
        (Astragaluspulsiferae var. suksorfi)
      • Pale larkspur
        (Delphinium leucophaeum)
      • Barrett’s beardtongue
        (Penstemon barrettiae)
      • Palouse goldenweed (Haplopappus liatriformis)
      • Bearded sego lily
        (Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebaratus)
      • Pink sand verbena (Abroniaumbellata spp. acutalata)
      • Bear's foot sanicle
        (Sanicula arctopoides)
      • Prarie lupine
        (Lupinus cusickii)
      • Blue Mountain onion
        (Allium dictuon)
      • Queen-of-the-forest (Filpendula occidentalis)
      • Broad-fruit mariposa
        (Calochortus nitidus)
      • Rose-checkermallow
        (Sidalcea malviflora spp. virgata)
      • Chelan rockmat
        (Petrophyton cinerascens)
      • Seely’s silene
        (Silene seelyi)
      • Clackamas corydalis
        (Corydalis aquae-gelidae)
      • Stalked moonwort (Botrychium pedunculosum)
      • Clustered lady’s slipper
        (Cypripedium fasciculatum)
      • Sticky phacelia
        (Phacelia lenta)
      • Columbia milk-vetch
        (Astragalus columbianus)
      • Suksdorf’s desert-parsley (Lomatium suksdorfii)
      • Columbia yellow-cress
        (Rorippa columbiae)
      • Tall bugbane
        (Cimicifuga elata)
      • Cotton’s milk-vetch
        (Astragalus australis var. olympicus)
      • Thistle milk-vetch (Astragaluskentophyta var. douglasii)
      • Crenulate moonwort
        (Botrychium crenulatum)
      • Thompson’s clover
        (Trifolium thompsonii)
      • Gray cryptantha
        (Cryptantha leucophaea)
      • Torrey’s peavine
        (Lathyrus torreyi)
      • Hoover’s desert-parsley
        (Lomatium tuberosum)
      • Triangular-lobed moonwort (Botrychium ascendens)
      • Hoover’s tauschia
        (Tauschia hooveri)
      • Tundra shootingstar (Dodecatheon austrofrigidum)
      • Howell’s fleabane
        (Erigeron howellii)
      • Two-spiked moonwort (Botrychium paradoxum)
      • Jessica’s Aster
        (Aster jessicae)
      • Wanapum crazyweed
        (Oxytropiscampestris var. wanapum)
      • Least phacelia
        (Phacelia minutissima)
      • Washington polemonium (Polemonium pectinatum)
      • Liverwort monkey-flower
        (Mimulus jungermannioides)
      • Wenatchee larkspur (Delphinium viridescens)
      • Northwest raspberry
        (Rubus nigerrimus)
      • White meconella
        (Meconella oregana)
      • Obscure buttercup
        (Ranunculus reconditus)
      • White-top aster
        (Aster curtus)
      • Obscure paintbrush
        (Castilleja cryptantha)
      • Whited milk-vetch
        (Astragalus sinuatus)
      • Oregon sullivantia
        (Sullivantia oregana)
      • Wovenspore lichen (Texosporium sancti-jacobi)
      • Pale blue-eyed grass
        (Sisyrinchium sarmentosum)