Threatened or Endangered Species

 

Federally- and/or State-Listed Species that Occur at CANA

Common Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	Florida State Status
Mammals
Right whale	Balaena glacialis	E	E
Southeastern beach mouse	Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris	T	T
West Indian manatee	Trichechus manatus latirostris	T	T
Birds
American oystercatcher	Haematopus palliatus	-	T
Arctic peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus tundrius	-	E
Audubon’s crested caracara	Polyborus pluncus audubonii	T	T
Bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black skimmer	Rynchops niger		T
Black rail	Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis	T
Burrowing owl	Athene cunicularia		T
Florida sandhill crane	Grus Canadensis pratensis		T
Florida scrub jay	Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens	T	T
Least tern	Sterna antillarum		T
Little blue heron	Egretta caerulea	-	T
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus		SSC
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	T	T
Reddish egret	Egretta rufescens	-	T
Red knot	Calidris canutus	T	T
Roseate spoonbill	Ajaia ajaja	-	T
Southeastern American kestrel	Falco sparverius paulus		T
Tricolored heron	Egretta tricolor	-	T
Reptiles & Amphibians
American alligator	Alligator mississippiensis		T
Atlantic salt marsh snake	Nerdia clarkii taeniata	T	T
Eastern indigo snake	Drymarchon coraisi couperi	T	T
Florida pine snake	Pituphis melanoleucus mugitus		T
Gopher tortoise	Gopherus polyphemus	-	T
Green sea turtle	Chelonia mydas	T	T
Hawksbill sea turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata	E	E
Kemp’s ridley sea turtle	Lepidochelys kempii	E	E
Leatherback sea turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	E	E
Loggerhead sea turtle	Caretta caretta	T	T
Plants
Fragrant prickly-apple	Harrisia eriophorus var. fragrans	E
Sand-dune spurge	Chamaesyce cumulicola		E
Vervain	Glandularia maritima		E
Lantana	Lantana depressa var. floridana		E
Spreading pinweed	Lechea divaricata		E
Celestial lily	Nemastylis floridana		E
Hand fern	Ophioglossum palmatum		E
Curtis hoarypea	Tephrosia angustissima var curtissii		E
Wildpine, airplant	Tillandsia fasciculate var densispica		E
Wildpine, airplant	Tillandsia utriculata		E
Naked wood	Myrcianthes fragrans		T
Prickly pear cactus	Opuntia stricta		T
Beachberry, Inkberry	Scaevola plumieri		T
Giant Orchid	Pteroglossaspis ecristata		T
Sea lavender	Argusia gnaphalodes		T

E = Endangered, SSC = Species of Special Concern, T = Threatened