Endangered Plants And Animals Of The Dry Prairie
Too many plants and animals
are endangered.
Take time to learn so you can
help.
:
Such animals as these may be
gone in a few years if
we don't help and learn about
what we as individuals
can do.
Do these things to help:
Recycle- as much as possible
City Transportation- this will
cut down on cost of gas cost, and co2 emissions that are harmful
to our atmosphere
Biodegradable materials and non-toxic
chemicals
HERE IS A LIST OF THE 127 ENDANGERED
PLANTS, ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND
REPTILES
Birds
There are 17 threatened or endangered
prairie birds in Illinois.
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Ictinia mississippiensis--Mississippi kite
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Circus cyaneus--Northern
harrier
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Tympanuchus cupido--Greater
prairie-chicken
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Coturnicops noveboracensis--Yellow rail
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Laterallus jamalcensis--Black rail
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Grus canadensis--Sandhill
crane
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Bartramia longicauda--Upland
sandpiper
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Tyto alba--Common barn owl
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Asio flammeus--Short-eared owl
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Lanius ludovicianus--Loggerhead shrike
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Ammodramus henslowii--Henslow's
sparrow
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Botarurus lentiginosus--American
bittern
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Buteo swainsoni--Swainson's hawk
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Catharus fuscescens--Veery
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Euphagus cyanocephalus--Brewer's blackbird
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Phalaropus tricolor--Wilson's pharlarope
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Thryomanes bewickii--Bewick's wren
Invertebrates
There are 4 threatened or endangered prairie
invertebrates in Illinois.
Insects
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Atrytone arogos--Arogos skipper
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Hesperia metea--Cobweb skipper
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Hesperia ottoe--Ottoe skipper
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Papaipema eryngii--Eryngium stem borer
Plants
There are 101 threatened or endangered
prairie plants in Illinois.
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Agalinis skinneriana--Pale false foxglove
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Agropyron subsecundum--Bearded wheat grass
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Andropogon ternarius--Silver broom sedge
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Artesemia dracunculus--False taragon, Dragon wormwood
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Asceplias lanuginosa--Woolly milkweed
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Asclepias meadii--Mead's milkweed
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Asclepias ovalifolia--Oval milkweed
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Asclepias stenophylla--Narrow-leaved green milkweed
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Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx--Large
ground plum
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Astragalus tennesseensis--Tennessee milk vetch
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Beckmannia syzigachne--American slough grass
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Besseya bullii--Kittentails
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Betula populifolia--Gray birch
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Boltonia decurrens--Decurrent false aster
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Boltrychium multifidum--Northern grape fern
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Botrychium simplex--Dwarf grape fern
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Bumelia lanuginosa--Wooly buckthorn
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Calopogon tuberosus--Grass pink orchid
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Camassia angusta--Wild hyacinth
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Carex aurea--Golden sedge
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Carex crawei--Sedge
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Carex heliophila--Sedge
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Carex lucorum--Sedge
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Carex tonsa--Sedge
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Castilleja sessiliflora--Downy yellow painted
cup
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Ceanothus ovatus--Redroot
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Cirsium hillii--Hill's thistle
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Compronia peregrina--Sweetfern
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Corydalis curvisiliqua var. grandibracteata--Corydalis
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Cyperus grayioides--Umbrella sedge
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Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum--Small
yellow lady's slipper
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Cypripedium candidum--White lady's slipper
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Cypripedium reginae--Showy lady's slipper
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Drosera intermedia--Narrow-leaved sundew
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Eriophorum viridi-carinatum--Tall cotton grass
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Erythronium mesochoreum--Prairie trout-lily
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Filipendula rubra--Queen-of-the-prairie
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Fimbristylis vahlii--Vahl's fimbristylis
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Heliotropium tenellum--Slender heliotrope
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Hexalectris spicata--Crested coralroot orchid
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Hudsonia tomentosa--False heather
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Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra--Lakeside daisy
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Hypericum kalmianum--Kalm's St. John's wort
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Isoetes butleri--Quillwirt
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Juncus alpinus--Richardson's rush
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Juncus vaseyi --Vasey's rush
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Lactuca ludoviciana--Western wild lettuce
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Lechea intermedia--Pinweed
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Lespedeza leptostachya--Prairie bush clover
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Lesquerella ludoviciana--Silvery bladderpod
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Lycopodium clatatum--Running pine
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Lycopodium dendroideum--Ground pine
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Lycopodium inundatum--Bog clubmoss
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Melanthium virginicum--Bunchflower
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Microseris cuspidata--Prairie dandelion
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Mirabilis hirsuta--Hairy umbrella wort
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Oenothera perennis--Small sundrops
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Opuntiafragilis--Fragile prickly pear
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Orobanche fasciculata--Clustered broomrape
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Orobanche ludoviciana--Broomrape
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Panicum boreale--Northern panic grass