Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-4-10-.09 - Protected Species of Plants and Animals
(1) Mammals:
(a)
Corynorhinus rafinesquii:
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (rare)
(b)
Eubalaena glacialis: North
Atlantic Right Whale (endangered)
(c)
Geomys pinetis: Southeastern
Pocket Gopher (threatened)
(d)
Megaptera novaeangliae: Humpback Whale (endangered)
(e)
Myotis grisescens: Gray Bat
(endangered)
(f)
Myotis
sodalis: Indiana Bat (endangered)
(g)
Neofiber alleni:
Round-tailed Muskrat (threatened)
(h)
Puma concolor coryi: Florida
Panther (endangered)
(i)
Sylvilagus obscurus: Appalachian Cottontail (rare)
(j)
Trichechus manatus: West
Indian Manatee (endangered)
(2) Birds:
(a)
Aimophila aestivalis:
Bachman's Sparrow (rare)
(b)Ammodramus henslowii:
Henslow's Sparrow (rare)
(c)
Calidris canutus: Red Knot (rare)
(d)
Campephilus principalis:
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (endangered)
(e)
Charadrius melodus: Piping
Plover (threatened)
(f)
Charadrius wilsonia: Wilson's Plover (threatened)
(g)
Corvus corax: Common Raven
(rare)
(h)
Dendroica
cerulea: Cerulean Warbler (rare)
(i)
Dendroica kirtlandii:
Kirtland's Warbler (endangered)
(j)
Elanoides forficatus:
Swallow-tailed Kite (rare)
(k)
Falco peregrinus: Peregrine
Falcon (rare)
(l)
Falco
sparverius paulus: Southeastern Kestrel (rare)
(m)
Haematopus palliatus:
American Oystercatcher (rare)
(n)
Haliaeetus leucocephalus:
Bald Eagle (threatened)
(o)
Mycteria americana: Wood Stork (endangered)
(p)
Picoides borealis:
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (endangered)
(q)Rynchops niger: Black Skimmer
(rare)
(r)
Sterna
antillarum: Least Tern (rare)
(s)
Sterna nilotica: Gull-billed
Tern (threatened)
(t)
Vermivora chrysoptera: Golden-winged Warbler
(endangered)
(3)
Reptiles:
(a)
Caretta caretta:
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (endangered)
(b)
Chelonia mydas: Green Sea
Turtle (threatened)
(c)
Clemmys guttata: Spotted Turtle (unusual)
(d)
Dermochelys coriacea:
Leatherback Sea Turtle (endangered)
(e)
Drymarchon couperi: Eastern
Indigo Snake (threatened)
(f)
Eretmochelys imbricata: Hawksbill Sea Turtle
(endangered)
(g)
Glyptemys
muhlenbergii: Bog Turtle (endangered)
(h)
Gopherus polyphemus: Gopher
Tortoise (threatened)
(i)
Graptemys barbouri: Barbour's Map Turtle (threatened)
(j)
Graptemys geographica:
Common Map Turtle (rare)
(k)
Graptemys pulchra: Alabama Map Turtle (rare)
(l)Heterodon simus: Southern
Hognose Snake (threatened)
(m)
Lepidochelys kempii: Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
(endangered)
(n)
Macrochelys
temminckii: Alligator Snapping Turtle (threatened)
(o)
Malaclemys terrapin:
Diamondback Terrapin (unusual)
(p)Ophisaurus mimicus: Mimic
Glass Lizard (rare)
(4)
Amphibians:
(a)
Ambystoma cingulatum:
Flatwoods Salamander (threatened)
(b)
Amphiuma pholeter: One-toed
Amphiuma (rare)
(c)
Aneides
aeneus: Green Salamander (rare)
(d)
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis:
Hellbender (threatened)
(e)
Gyrinophilus palleucus: Tennessee Cave Salamander
(threatened)
(f)
Haideotriton
wallacei: Georgia Blind Salamander (threatened)
(g)
Notophthalmus perstriatus:
Striped Newt (threatened)
(h)
Plethodon petraeus: Pigeon
Mountain Salamander (rare)
(i)
Rana capito: Gopher Frog (rare)
(5) Fishes:
(a)
Acipenser brevirostrum:
Shortnose Sturgeon (endangered)
(b)
Alosa alabamae: Alabama Shad (threatened)
(c)
Ameiurus serracanthus:
Spotted Bullhead (rare)
(d)
Cyprinella caerulea: Blue Shiner (endangered)
(e)
Cyprinella callitaenia:
Bluestripe Shiner (rare)
(f)
Cyprinella xaenura: Altamaha Shiner (threatened)
(g)
Elassoma okatie: Bluebarred
Pygmy Sunfish (endangered)
(h)
Enneacanthus chaetodon: Blackbanded Sunfish (endangered)
(i)
Erimystax insignis: Blotched
Chub (endangered)
(j)
Etheostoma brevirostrum: Holiday Darter (endangered)
(k)
Etheostoma chlorobranchium:
Greenfin Darter (threatened)
(l)
Etheostoma chuckwachatte: Lipstick Darter (endangered)
(m)
Etheostoma ditrema:
Coldwater Darter (endangered)
(n)
Etheostoma duryi: Black
Darter (rare)
(o)Etheostoma
etowahae: Etowah Darter (endangered)
(p)
Etheostoma parvipinne:
Goldstripe Darter (rare)
(q)
Etheostoma rupestre: Rock Darter (rare)
(r)
Etheostoma scotti: Cherokee
Darter (threatened)
(s)
Etheostoma tallapoosae: Tallapoosa Darter (rare)
(t)
Etheostoma trisella: Trispot
Darter (endangered)
(u)
Etheostoma vulneratum: Wounded Darter (endangered)
(v)
Fundulus bifax: Stippled
Studfish (endangered)
(w)
Fundulus catenatus: Northern Studfish (rare)
(x)
Hemitremia flammea: Flame
Chub (endangered)
(y)
Hybopsis lineapunctata: Lined Chub (rare)
(z)
Ichthyomyzon bdellium: Ohio
Lamprey (rare)
(aa)
Lucania
goodei: Bluefin Killifish (rare)
(bb)
Macrhybopsis sp.: Coosa
Chub (endangered)
(cc)
Micropterus notius: Suwannee Bass (rare)
(dd)
Moxostoma carinatum: River
Redhorse (rare)
(ee)
Moxostoma robustum: Robust Redhorse (endangered)
(ff)
Moxostoma sp.: Sicklefin
Redhorse (endangered)
(gg)
Notropis ariommus: Popeye Shiner (endangered)
(hh)
Notropis asperifrons:
Burrhead Shiner (threatened)
(ii)
Notropis hypsilepis:
Highscale Shiner (rare)
(jj)
Notropis photogenis: Silver Shiner (endangered)
(kk)
Notropis scepticus: Sandbar
Shiner (rare)
(ll)
Noturus
eleutherus: Mountain Madtom (endangered)
(mm)
Noturus munitus:
Frecklebelly Madtom (endangered)
(nn)
Percina antesella: Amber
Darter (endangered)
(oo)
Percina aurantiaca: Tangerine Darter (endangered)
(pp)
Percina aurolineata:
Goldline Darter (endangered)
(qq)
Percina jenkinsi: Conasauga
Logperch (endangered)
(rr)
Percina lenticula: Freckled Darter (endangered)
(ss)
Percina sciera: Dusky
Darter (rare)
(tt)
Percina
shumardi: River Darter (endangered)
(uu)Percina sp.: Halloween
Darter (threatened)
(vv)
Percina sp.: Muscadine Darter (rare)
(ww)
Percina sp.: Upland Bridled
Darter (endangered)
(xx)
Percina squamata: Olive Darter (endangered)
(yy)
Percina tanasi: Snail
Darter (endangered)
(zz)
Phenacobius crassilabrum: Fatlips Minnow (endangered)
(aaa)
Phenacobius uranops:
Stargazing Minnow (threatened)
(bbb)
Phoxinus tennesseensis:
Tennessee Dace (endangered)
(ccc)
Pteronotropis euryzonus: Broadstripe Shiner (rare)
(ddd)
Pteronotropis welaka:
Bluenose Shiner (threatened)
(eee)
Typhlichthys subterraneus:
Southern Cavefish (endangered)
(6) Invertebrates:
(a)
Alasmidonta arcula: Altamaha
Arcmussel (threatened)
(b)
Alasmidonta triangulata: Southern Elktoe (endangered)
(c)Amblema neislerii: Fat
Threeridge (endangered)
(d)
Anodonta heardi: Apalachicola Floater (rare)
(e)
Anodontoides radiatus: Rayed
Creekshell (threatened)
(f)
Cambarus coosawattae: Coosawattee Crayfish (endangered)
(g)
Cambarus cryptodytes:
Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish (threatened)
(h)
Cambarus cymatilis:
Conasauga Blue Burrower (endangered)
(i)
Cambarus doughertyensis:
Dougherty Burrowing Crayfish (endangered)
(j)
Cambarus englishi:
Tallapoosa Crayfish (rare)
(k)
Cambarus extraneus: Chickamauga Crayfish (threatened)
(l)
Cambarus fasciatus: Etowah
Crayfish (threatened)
(m)
Cambarus georgiae: Little Tennessee Crayfish
(endangered)
(n)
Cambarus
harti: Piedmont Blue Burrower (endangered)
(o)
Cambarus howardi:
Chattahoochee Crayfish (threatened)
(p)
Cambarus parrishi: Hiwassee
Headwaters Crayfish (endangered)
(q)
Cambarus scotti: Chattooga
River Crayfish (threatened)
(r)
Cambarus speciosus: Beautiful Crayfish (endangered)
(s)
Cambarus strigosus: Lean
Crayfish (threatened)
(t)
Cambarus truncatus: Oconee Burrowing Crayfish
(threatened)
(u)
Cambarus
unestami: Blackbarred Crayfish (threatened)
(v)
Cordulegaster sayi: Say's
Spiketail (threatened)
(w)
Distocambarus devexus: Broad River Burrowing Crayfish
(threatened)
(x)
Elliptio
arca: Alabama Spike (endangered)
(y)
Elliptio arctata: Delicate
Spike (endangered)
(z)
Elliptio purpurella: Inflated Spike (threatened)
(aa)
Elliptio spinosa: Altamaha
Spinymussel (endangered)
(bb)
Elliptoideus sloatianus: Purple Bankclimber (threatened)
(cc)
Epioblasma metastriata:
Upland Combshell (endangered)
(dd)
Epioblasma othcaloogensis:
Southern Acornshell (endangered)
(ee)
Fusconaia masoni: Atlantic
Pigtoe (endangered)
(ff)
Gomphus consanguis: Cherokee Clubtail (threatened)
(gg)
Hamiota altilis: Fine -
lined Pocketbook (threatened)
(hh)
Hamiota subangulata: Shinyrayed Pocketbook (endangered)
(ii)
Leptoxis foremani:
Interrupted Rocksnail (endangered)
(jj)
Medionidus acutissimus:
Alabama Moccasinshell (threatened)
(kk)
Medionidus parvulus: Coosa
Moccasinshell (endangered)
(ll)
Medionidus penicillatus: Gulf Moccasinshell (endangered)
(mm)
Medionidus simpsonianus:
Ochlockonee Moccasinshell (endangered)
(nn)
Ophiogomphus edmundo:
Edmund's Snaketail (endangered)
(oo)
Pleurobema decisum:
Southern Clubshell (endangered)
(pp)Pleurobema georgianum:
Southern Pigtoe (endangered)
(qq)
Pleurobema hanleyianum:
Georgia Pigtoe (endangered)
(rr)Pleurobema pyriforme: Oval
Pigtoe (endangered)
(ss)
Procambarus gibbus: Muckalee Crayfish (threatened)
(tt)
Procambarus verrucosus:
Grainy Crayfish (rare)
(uu)
Procambarus versutus: Sly Crayfish (rare)
(vv)
Ptychobranchus greenii:
Triangular Kidneyshell (endangered)
(ww)
Strophitus connasaugaensis:
Alabama Creekmussel (endangered)
(xx)
Strophitus subvexus:
Southern Creekmussel (endangered)
(yy)
Toxolasma pullus: Savannah
Lilliput (threatened)
(7) Plants:
(a)
Allium speculae: Flatrock
Onion (threatened)
(b)
Alnus
maritima subsp. georgiensis: Georgia Alder (threatened)
(c)
Amorpha georgiana: Georgia
Indigo-bush (endangered)
(d)
Amphianthus pusillus: Pool Sprite (threatened)
(e)
Arabis georgiana: Georgia
Rockcress (threatened)
(f)
Arnoglossum diversifolium: Variable-leaf Indian-plantain
(threatened)
(g)
Asclepias
purpurascens: Purple Milkweed (rare)
(h)
Asplenium heteroresiliens:
MarlSpleenwort (threatened)
(i)
Astragalus michauxii:
Sandhill Milk-vetch (threatened)
(j)
Aureolaria patula: Spreading
Yellow Foxglove (threatened)
(k)
Balduina atropurpurea: Purple Honeycomb Head (rare)
(l)
Baptisia arachnifera: Hairy
Rattleweed (endangered)
(m)
Berberis canadensis: American Barberry (endangered)
(n)
Brickellia cordifolia:
Heartleaf Brickellia (threatened)
(o)
Calamagrostis porteri:
Porter's Reed-grass (rare)
(p)
Calamintha ashei: Ohoopee Wild Basil (threatened)
(q)
Carex baltzellii: Baltzell's
Sedge (endangered)
(r)
Carex
biltmoreana: Granite Dome Sedge (threatened)
(s)
Carex dasycarpa: Velvet
Sedge (rare)
(t)
Carex
misera: Wretched Sedge (threatened)
(u)
Carex radfordii: Radford's
Sedge (threatened)
(v)
Carya
myristiciformis: Nutmeg Hickory (rare)
(w)
Ceratiola ericoides:
Sandhill Rosemary (threatened)
(x)
Chamaecyparis thyoides: Atlantic White-cedar (rare)
(y)
Chelone cuthbertii:
Cuthbert's Turtlehead (threatened)
(z)
Clematis fremontii:
Fremont's Leatherflower (endangered)
(aa)
Clematis socialis: Alabama
Leatherflower (endangered)
(bb)
Convallaria majuscula: American Lily-of-the-valley
(rare)
(cc)
Coreopsis
integrifolia: Floodplain Tickseed (threatened)
(dd)
Coreopsis latifolia:
Broadleaf Tickseed (rare)
(ee)
Crataegus triflora: Three-flowered Hawthorn (threatened)
(ff)
Croomia pauciflora: Croomia
(threatened)
(gg)
Cuscuta
harperi: Harper's Dodder (endangered)
(hh)
Cymophyllus fraserianus:
Fraser's Sedge (threatened)
(ii)
Cypripedium acaule: Pink
Ladyslipper (unusual)
(jj)
Cypripedium kentuckiense: Kentucky Ladyslipper
(endangered)
(kk)
Cypripedium
parviflorum: Yellow Ladyslipper (rare)
(ll)
Desmodium ochroleucum:
Cream-flowered Tick-trefoil (threatened)
(mm)Dicanthelium hirstii:
Hirst's Witch Grass (endangered)
(nn)
Dicerandra radfordiana:
Radford's Mint (endangered)
(oo)
Draba aprica: Sun-lovingDraba (endangered)
(pp)
Echinacea laevigata: Smooth
Purple Coneflower (endangered)
(qq)
Elliottia racemosa: Georgia Plume (threatened)
(rr)
Epidendrum conopseum:
Greenfly Orchid (unusual)
(ss)
Eriocaulon koernickianum:
Dwarf Hatpins (endangered)
(tt)
Evolvulus sericeus: Silky Morning-glory (endangered)
(uu)
Fimbristylis perpusilla:
Harper's Fimbry (endangered)
(vv)
Forestiera godfreyi:
Godfrey's Wild Privet (endangered)
(ww)Forestiera segregata:
Florida Wild Privet (rare)
(xx)
Fothergilla gardenii: Dwarf Witch-alder (threatened)
(yy)
Fothergilla major: Mountain
Witch-alder (threatened)
(zz)
Gentianopsis crinita: Fringed Gentian (threatened)
(aaa)
Gymnoderma lineare: Rock
Gnome Lichen (endangered)
(bbb)
Habenaria quinqueseta: Michaux's Spider Orchid
(threatened)
(ccc)
Hartwrightia floridana: Hartwrightia (threatened)
(ddd)
Helianthus verticillatus:
Whorled Sunflower (endangered)
(eee)
Helonias bullata: Swamp
Pink (threatened)
(fff)
Hydrastis canadensis: Goldenseal (endangered)
(ggg)
Hymenocallis coronaria:
Shoals Spiderlily (threatened)
(hhh)
Illicium floridanum:
Florida Anise (endangered)
(iii)
Isoetes melanospora:
Black-spored Quillwort (endangered)
(jjj)
Isoetes tegetiformans:
Mat-forming Quillwort (endangered)
(kkk)
Isotria medeoloides: Small
Whorled Pogonia (threatened)
(lll)
Jamesianthus alabamensis: Alabama Warbonnet (endangered)
(mmm)
Jeffersonia diphylla:
Twinleaf (rare)
(nnn)
Kalmia carolina: Carolina Bog Laurel (threatened)
(ooo)
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua:
Least Gladecress (threatened)
(ppp)
Leiophyllum buxifolium:
Sand-myrtle (threatened)
(qqq)
Leitneria floridana: Corkwood (threatened)
(rrr)
Lilium michiganense:
Michigan Lily (rare)
(sss)
Lilium philadelphicum: Wood Lily (endangered)
(ttt)
Lindera melissifolia: Pond
Spicebush (endangered)
(uuu)
Litsea aestivalis: Pond Spice (rare)
(vvv)
Lotus helleri: Carolina
Trefoil (endangered)
(www)
Lysimachia fraseri: Fraser's Loosestrife (rare)
(xxx)
Lythrum curtissii:
Curtiss' Loosestrife (threatened)
(yyy)
Macbridea caroliniana:
Carolina Bogmint (rare)
(zzz)
Macranthera flammea: Hummingbird Flower (threatened)
(aaaa)
Marshallia mohrii: Coosa
Barbara Buttons (threatened)
(bbbb)
Marshallia ramosa: Pineland Barbara Buttons (rare)
(cccc)
Matelea alabamensis:
Alabama Milkvine (threatened)
(dddd)
Matelea pubiflora:
Trailing Milkvine (rare)
(eeee)
Megaceros aenigmaticus:
Bighorn Hornwort (threatened)
(ffff)
Monotropsis odorata:
Sweet Pinesap (threatened)
(gggg)
Morella inodora: Odorless Bayberry (threatened)
(hhhh)
Myriophyllum laxum: Lax
Water Milfoil (rare)
(iiii)
Najas filifolia: Narrowleaf Naiad (endangered)
(jjjj)
Nestronia umbellula:
Indian Olive (rare)
(kkkk)
Neviusia alabamensis: Alabama Snow-wreath (threatened)
(llll)
Oxypolis canbyi: Canby
Dropwort (endangered)
(mmmm)
Pachysandra procumbens: Allegheny-spurge (rare)
(nnnn)Packera millefolia: Blue
Ridge Golden Ragwort (threatened)
(oooo)
Paronychia virginica:
Yellow Nailwort (endangered)
(pppp)
Pedicularis lanceolata: Swamp Lousewort (endangered)
(qqqq)
Pediomelum piedmontanum:
Dixie Mountain Breadroot (endangered)
(rrrr)
Penstemon dissectus:
Cutleaf Beardtongue (rare)
(ssss)
Pinguicula primuliflora:
Clearwater Butterwort (threatened)
(tttt)
Pityopsis pinifolia:
Sandhill Golden-aster (rare)
(uuuu)
Platanthera integrilabia: Monkeyface Orchid (threatened)
(vvvv)
Prenanthes barbata:
Barbed Rattlesnake Root (rare)
(wwww)
Pteroglossaspis
ecristata: Crestless Plume Orchid (threatened)
(xxxx)
Ptilimnium nodosum:
Harperella (endangered)
(yyyy)
Quercus oglethorpensis: Oglethorpe Oak (threatened)
(zzzz)
Rhododendron prunifolium:
Plumleaf Azalea (threatened)
(aaaaa)
Rhus michauxii: Dwarf
Sumac (endangered)
(bbbbb)
Rhynchospora solitaria: Solitary Beakrush (endangered)
(ccccc)
Rudbeckia auriculata:
Swamp Black-eyed Susan (endangered)
(ddddd)
Rudbeckia heliopsidis:
Little River Black-eyed Susan (threatened)
(eeeee)
Sabatia capitata:
Cumberland Rose Gentian (rare)
(fffff)
Sageretia minutiflora:
Climbing Buckthorn (threatened)
(ggggg)
Sagittaria secundifolia:
Kral's Water-plantain (threatened)
(hhhhh)
Salix floridana: Florida
Willow (endangered)
(iiiii)
Sanguisorba canadensis: Canada Burnet (threatened)
(jjjjj)
Sapindus marginatus:
Soapberry (rare)
(kkkkk)
Sarracenia flava: Yellow Flytrap (unusual)
(lllll)
Sarracenia leucophylla:
Whitetop Pitcherplant (endangered)
(mmmmm)
Sarracenia minor: Hooded
Pitcherplant (unusual)
(nnnnn)
Sarracenia oreophila: Green Pitcherplant (endangered)
(ooooo)
Sarracenia psittacina:
Parrot Pitcherplant (threatened)
(ppppp)
Sarracenia purpurea:
Purple Pitcherplant (endangered)
(qqqqq)
Sarracenia rubra: Sweet
Pitcherplant (threatened)
(rrrrr)
Schisandra glabra: Bay Star-vine (threatened)
(sssss)
Schwalbea americana:
Chaffseed (endangered)
(ttttt)
Scutellaria montana: Large-flowered Skullcap
(threatened)
(uuuuu)
Scutellaria ocmulgee: Ocmulgee Skullcap (threatened)
(vvvvv)
Sedum nevii: Nevius
Stonecrop (threatened)
(wwwww)
Sedum pusillum: Granite Stonecrop (threatened)
(xxxxx)
Shortia galacifolia:
Oconee Bells (endangered)
(yyyyy)Sibbaldiopsis tridentata:
Mountain Cinquefoil (endangered)
(zzzzz)
Sideroxylon macrocarpum:
Ohoopee Bumelia (rare)
(aaaaaa)
Sideroxylon thornei: Swamp Buckthorn (rare)
(bbbbbb)
Silene ovata: Ovate
Catchfly (rare)
(cccccc)
Silene polypetala: Fringed Campion (endangered)
(dddddd)
Silene regia: Royal
Catchfly (endangered)
(eeeeee)
Solidago simulans: Cliffside Goldenrod (endangered)
(ffffff)
Spiraea virginiana:
Virginia Spirea (threatened)
(gggggg)
Spiranthes magnicamporum:
Great Plains Ladies-tresses (endangered)
(hhhhhh)
Stewartia malacodendron:
Silky Camellia (rare)
(iiiiii)
Streptopus lanceolatus:
Rosy Twisted Stalk (threatened)
(jjjjjj)
Stylisma pickeringii var.
pickeringii: Pickering's Morning-glory (threatened)
(kkkkkk)
Symphyotrichum
georgianum: Georgia Aster (threatened)
(llllll)
Thalictrum cooleyi:
Cooley Meadowrue (endangered)
(mmmmmm)
Thalictrum debile:
Trailing Meadowrue (threatened)
(nnnnnn)
Thaspium pinnatifidum:
Glade Meadowparsnip (endangered)
(oooooo)
Torreya taxifolia:
Florida Torreya (endangered)
(pppppp)
Trientalis borealis:
Starflower (endangered)
(qqqqqq)
Trillium persistens:
Persistent Trillium (endangered)
(rrrrrr)
Trillium pusillum:
Dwarf Trillium (endangered)
(ssssss)
Trillium reliquum:
Relict Trillium (endangered)
(tttttt)
Tsuga caroliniana:
Carolina Hemlock (endangered)
(uuuuuu)
Veratrum woodii: Ozark
Bunchflower (rare)
(vvvvvv)
Viburnum bracteatum: Limerock Arrowwood (endangered)
(wwwwww)
Waldsteinia lobata:
Barren Strawberry (rare)
(xxxxxx)
Xerophyllum asphodeloides:
Eastern Turkeybeard (rare)
(yyyyyy)
Xyris tennesseensis:
Tennessee Yellow-eyed Grass (endangered)
Notes
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