federally Threatened and Endangered Species in South Carolina

Endangered Animals

Atlantic sturgeon - Acipenser oxyrinchus Carolina heelsplitter - Lasmigona decorata Gray Bat - Myotis grisescens
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle - Lepidochelys kempii
Indiana bat - Myotis sodalis Leatherback sea turtle - Dermochelys coriacea
North Atlantic right whale - Eubalaena glacialis Northern long-eared Bat - Myotis septentrionalis
Rafinesque's big-eared Bat - Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Red-cockaded woodpecker - Picoides borealis Rusty-patched bumble bee - Bombus affinis
Shortnose sturgeon - Acipenser brevirostrum
 

Threatened Animals

Bog turtle - Glyptemys muhlenbergii Eastern black rail - Laterallus jamaicensis Eastern indigo snake - Drymarchon couperi Flatwoods salamander - Ambystoma cingulatum Gopher tortoise - Gopherus polyphemus
Loggerhead sea turtle – Caretta caretta Piping plover - Charadrius melodus Red knot - Calidris canutus West-Indian manatee - Trichechus manatus Wood stork - Mycteria americana

Endangered Plants/Fungi

American chaffseed - Schwalbea americana
Black-spored quillwort - Isoetes melanospora
Bunched arrowhead - Sagittaria fasciculata
Canby's dropwort - Oxypolis canbyi Golden sedge - Carex lutea
Harperella – Ptilimnium nodosum Michaux's sumac - Rhus michauxii
Mountain sweet pitcher plant - Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii
Persistent trillium - Trillium persistens
Pondberry - Lindera melissifolia
Reflexed blue-eyed grass - Sisyrinchium dichotomum
Relict trillium - Trillium reliquum
Rocky gnome lichen - Gymnoderma lineare
Rough-leaved loosestrife - Lysimachia asperulaefolia
Schweinitz's sunflower - Helianthus schweinitzii
Smooth coneflower - Echinacea laevigata

Threatened Plants  

Dwarf-flowered heartleaf - Hexastylis naniflora Miccosukee gooseberry - Ribes echinellum
Pool sprite/Little amphianthus - Amphianthus pusillus
Seabeach amaranth - Amaranthus pumilus
Small whorled pogonia - Isotria medeoloides
Swamp-pink - Helonias bullata White fringeless orchid - Platanthera integrilabia White irisette - Sisyrinchium dichotomum

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