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Endangered and Threatened Species that are present on NLI Properties |
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August 30, 2004 |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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NLI Project |
Date of |
Habitat Type |
Habitat Preference |
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Plants |
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Shadbush |
Amelanchier interior |
ST |
Hanover Bluff Nature Preserve |
2004 |
mesic upland forest* |
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Dragon wormwood |
Artemisia dracunculus |
SE |
Jensen Bequest |
1994 |
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Woolly milkweed |
Asclepias lanuginosa |
SE |
Hanover Bluff Nature Preserve |
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sand hill prairie* |
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Forked aster |
Aster furcatus |
ST |
Colman Dells |
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Kitten tails |
Besseya bullii |
ST |
Stonebridge Trail, Hanover Bluff NP, |
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dry pairie* |
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South Beliot Prairie, Burr Oak Valley |
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Spotted coral-root orchid |
Corallorhiza maculata |
ST |
Burr Oak Valley |
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White lady's slipper |
Cypripedium dryopteris |
ST |
Searl's Prairie |
1999 |
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Meadow horsetail |
Equisetum pratense |
ST |
Hanover Bluff NP, TNC Easement Hanover |
1999 |
mesic upland forest* |
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Hanover Forest |
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Dwarf scouring rush |
Equisetum scirpoides |
SE |
Camp Benson |
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Scented oak fern |
Gymnocarpium robertianum |
SE |
Camp Benson |
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Prairie bush clover |
Lespedeza leptostachya |
SE, FT |
Nygren nursery |
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Hairy umberlla-wort |
Mirabilis hirsuta |
SE |
TNC Hanover Tract |
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sand hill prairie* |
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Northern gooseberry |
Ribes hirtellum |
SE |
Colman Dells |
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Cliff goldenrod |
Solidago sciaphila |
ST |
Hanover Bluff NP, Camp Benson |
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dolomite cliff* |
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Sullivantia |
Sullivantia sullivantii |
ST |
Camp Benson |
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Snowberry |
Symphoricarpos albus |
SE |
Hanover Bluff NP |
1994 |
dolomite cliff* |
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Hairy white violet |
Viola blanda |
ST |
Hanover Bluff NP |
2004 |
mesic upland forest* |
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Birds |
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Cooper's Hawk |
Accipiter cooperii |
SE |
Nygren |
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Henslow's Sparrow |
Ammodramus henslowii |
ST |
Rock Cut |
94, 04 |
Grassland |
Open tall dense grasslands with mesic areas |
>140 acres |
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
SE |
Nieman, Nygren |
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Grassland |
Migrant, Open habitats, old fields, agricultural areas, |
>85 acres |
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prairies, marshes. |
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American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
SE |
Nygren, Nieman |
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Wetland |
Inhabits freshwater marshes, bogs, swamps, wet meadows, |
>25 acres |
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or wherever the ground is wet and tall, emergent vegetation |
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such as cattails, bulrushes, and reeds are present |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo lineatus |
Delisted SE |
Kyte River |
2004 |
Forest |
Lowland woods, near water, swamps, along |
500 acres or < |
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rivers, near farmland, in upland woods |
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and near grasslands |
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Veery |
Cathearus fuscescens |
Delisted ST |
Hanover Bluff Complex, |
1999 |
Forest |
Forests along cropland, |
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Kyte River, Camp Benson |
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Great Egret |
Casmerodius albus |
Delisted ST |
Nygren |
1999 |
Wetland |
Requires 2 distinct habitat types for survival: |
>25 acres |
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1) foraging habitatinunpilluted wetland |
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situations;2) nesting habitat, usually near |
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foraging habitat, containing either trees or |
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shrubs that provide enough support and |
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building materials (twigs) for the nest. |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status |
NLI Project |
Date of |
Habitat Type |
Habitat Preference |
Size |
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Change |
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Black Tern |
Chilidonias niger |
SE |
Nieman |
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Brown Creeper |
Certhia americana |
Delisted ST |
Kyte River, Nygren |
2004 |
Forest |
Mature riprian forest, mixed woodlands with |
500 acres or < |
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Burr Oak Valley |
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cypress swamps, and floodplain forest, dead |
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or dying trees |
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Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
SE |
Nygren, Nieman |
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Grassland** |
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8-120 ha |
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Cerulan warbler |
Dendroica cerula |
ST |
Hanover Bluff Complex |
2004 |
Forest |
Mature interior mesic forest (Umbrella species) |
4,000 acres |
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Small fishes area principal food item. |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco pererinus |
ST, FE |
Nygren |
2004 |
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Sandhill Crane |
Grus canadensis |
ST |
Nieman, |
1999 |
Wetland |
Found in open grasslands, marshes, swampy edges of |
>25 acres |
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Nygren, |
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lakes, ponds, river banks. Needs an open area marsh with |
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Moody Marsh |
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dense vegetation (i.e. prairie potholes) for nesting. Feeds |
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in nesting area ormay fly to upland areas to eat. |
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Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
ST, FT |
Hanover Bluff Area, |
1999 |
Forest |
Large rivers, Mature riparian forest, nets in white pine, |
500 acres or < |
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Nygren, Kyte River |
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cottonwood in other trees or cliffs |
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Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
ST |
Nieman |
1999 |
Wetland |
Cattail marshes, shy, secretive bird, hides in tall cattails |
>25 acres |
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and sedges, feeds at edge of water, retreats into vegetation |
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after capturing prey. Nests in dense growth of marsh |
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emergent, above shallow water but near to open water. |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
SE |
Nygren |
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Forest |
Rivers, mature riparian forest, nests in dead trees |
500 acres or < |
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Pile-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
Delisted ST |
Nygren, Nieman |
2004 |
Wetland |
Inhabits ponds with much shoreline and |
>25 acres |
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emergent vegetation, marshes with areas |
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of open water 15 to 25 inches deep, and |
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marshy inlets and bays. Found on ponds, |
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sloughs, floodedareas, marshy parts of lakes |
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and rivers. |
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>25 acres |
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stream side, roadside ditches, mudflats or upland |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
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Nieman |
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Wetland |
Open grass and sedge grown marsh infiltrated by |
> 25 acre |
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Nygren |
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sluggish meandering stream where grasses are not |
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Colored Sands |
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so tall and dense as cattail. |
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Mammals |
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River otter |
Lutra canadensis |
Delisted ST |
Hanover Bluff Complex, |
2004 |
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Nygren |
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Reptiles |
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Timber rattlesnake |
Crotalus horridus |
ST |
Hanover Bluff complex |
1994 |
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Blanding's turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
ST |
Kyte River, Nygren |
1999 |
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Western hognose snake |
Heterodon nasicus |
ST |
Kyte River |
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Dry Prairie** |
especially sand prairie** |
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Aquatic Biota |
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Fishes |
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Iowa darter |
Etheostoma exile |
ST |
Raccoon Creek |
94, 04 |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status |
NLI Project |
Date of |
Habitat Type |
Habitat Preference |
Size |
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Change |
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Mussels |
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Purple wartyback |
Cyclonais tuberculata |
ST |
Hanover Bluff Area |
1999 |
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Spike |
Elliptio dilatata |
ST |
Hanover Bluff Area |
1994 |
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Black sandshell |
Ligumia recta |
ST |
Hanover Bluff Area |
1999 |
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Crustaceans |
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Isopod |
Caecidotea spatulata |
SE |
Camp Benson |
1994 |
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References: |
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Non-asterick habitat data: Nathan Hills' Kishwaukee River Ecosystem
Partnership Report * habitat data: "Endangered and Threatened Species
Locations related to NLI Projects." Andy Bacon. |
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** habitat data: USGS "Effects of Migrating Practices on grassland birds."
North Prairie Wildlife Research center |
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