26-306-4

Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies


Sec. 26-306-4. List of endangered species

(a) The following mammal species are determined to be endangered:

Cryptotis parva

Least shrew

Myotis sodalis

Indiana bat

(b) The following bird species are determined to be endangered:

Accipiter striatus

Sharp-shinned hawk

Ammodramus savannarum

Grasshopper sparrow

Asio otus

Long-eared owl

Bartramia longicauda

Upland sandpiper

Botaurus lentiginosus

American bittern

Chordeiles minor

Common nighthawk

Circus cyaneus

Northern harrier

Cistothorus platensis

Sedge wren

Eremophila alpestris

Horned lark

Gallinula chloropus

Common moorhen

Icteria virens

Yellow-breasted chat

Laterallus jamaicensis

Black rail

(nesting population only)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Red-headed woodpecker

Podilymbus podiceps

Pied-billed grebe

Pooecetes gramineus

Vesper sparrow

Rallus elegans

King rail

(nesting population only)

Sterna dougallii

Roseate tern

Tyto alba

Barn owl

Vermivora chrysoptera

Golden-winged warbler

(c) The following reptile species are determined to be endangered:

Crotalus horridus

Timber rattlesnake

Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback

Glyptemys muhlenbergii

Bog turtle

Lepidochelys kempii

Atlantic ridley

(d) The following amphibian species are determined to be endangered:

Ambystoma laterale

Blue-spotted salamander

(diploid populations)

Scaphiopus holbrookii

Eastern spadefoot

(e) The following fish species are determined to be endangered:

Acipenser brevirostrum

Shortnose sturgeon

Lampetra appendix

American brook lamprey

Lota lota

Burbot

Osmerus mordax

Rainbow smelt

(anadromous populations only)

(f) The following invertebrate species are determined to be endangered:

Alasmidonta heterodon

Dwarf wedge mussel

Alasmidonta varicosa

Brook floater

Amblyscirtes vialis

Common roadside skipper

Anarta luteola

Noctuid moth

Calephelis borealis

Northern metalmark

Callophrys hesseli

Hessel's hairstreak

Catocala herodias gerhardi

Herodias underwing

Cicindela lepida

Dune ghost tiger beetle

Cicindela puritana

Puritan tiger beetle

Epeoloides pilosula

Macropis cuckoo

Erynnis lucilius

Columbine duskywing

Erynnis persius persius

Persius duskywing

Eubranchipus holmanii

Fairy shrimp

Grammia phyllira

Phyllira tiger moth

Grammia speciosa

Bog tiger moth

Hemileuca maia maia

Buck moth

Hybomitra longiglossa

Horse fly

Lampsilis cariosa

Yellow lamp mussel

Metarranthis apiciaria

Barrens metarranthis moth

Papaipema appassionata

Pitcher plant borer

Phyllonorycter ledella

Labrador tea tentiform leafminer

Williamsonia lintneri

Banded bog skimmer

(g) The following plant species are determined to be endangered:

Abies balsamea

Balsam fir

(native populations only)

Agalinis acuta

Sandplain gerardia

Agastache nepetoides

Yellow giant hyssop

Agastache scrophulariifolia

Purple giant hyssop

Ageratina aromatica

Small white snakeroot

Angelica lucida

Sea-coast angelica

Arceuthobium pusillum

Dwarf mistletoe

Aristida tuberculosa

Beach needle grass

Asclepias viridiflora

Green milkweed

Bouteloua curtipendula

Side-oats grama-grass

Carex alata

Broadwing sedge

Carex backii

Sedge

Carex barrattii

Barratt's sedge

Carex buxbaumii

Brown bog sedge

Carex castanea

Chestnut-colored sedge

Carex exilis

Sedge

Carex magellanica

Sedge

Carex polymorpha

Variable sedge

Carex pseudocyperus

Cyprus-like sedge

Carex schweinitzii

Schweinitz's sedge

Carex viridula

Little green sedge

Carex willdenowii

Willdenow's sedge

Chamaelirium luteum

Devil's-bit

Cheilanthes lanosa

Hairy lip-fern

Cirsium horridulum

Yellow thistle

Coeloglossum viride

Long-bracted green orchid

Crassula aquatica

Pygmyweed

Cryptogramma stelleri

Slender cliff-brake

Cypripedium reginae

Showy lady's-slipper

Dalibarda repens

Dew-drop

Desmodium cuspidatum

Large-bracted tick-trefoil

Desmodium humifusum

Trailing tick-trefoil

Dichanthelium scabriusculum

Panic grass

Diplazium pycnocarpon

Narrow-leaved glade fern

Dryopteris campyloptera

Mountain wood-fern

Echinodorus tenellus

Bur-head

Eleocharis equisetoides

Horse-tail spike-rush

Eleocharis quadrangulata

Spike-rush

var. crassior

Equisetum pratense

Meadow horsetail

Equisetum scirpoides

Dwarf scouring rush

Eriocaulon parkeri

Parker's pipewort

Eupatorium album

White thoroughwort

Eurybia radula

Rough aster

Floerkea proserpinacoides

False mermaid-weed

Galium labradoricum

Bog bedstraw

Gentianella quinquefolia

Stiff gentian

Hasteola suaveolens

Sweet-scented Indian-plantain

Hudsonia ericoides

Golden-heather

Hydrastis canadensis

Golden seal

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Water pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Whorled pennywort

Isotria medeoloides

Small whorled pogonia

Lachnanthes caroliana

Carolina redroot

(native populations only)

Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis

Saltpond grass

Ligusticum scothicum

Scotch lovage

Linnaea borealis ssp. americana

Twinflower

Linum sulcatum

Yellow flax

Liparis liliifolia

Lily-leaved twayblade

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

Globe-fruited false-loosestrife

Lycopodiella alopecuroides

Foxtail clubmoss

Lythrum alatum

Winged loosestrife

Malaxis bayardii

Bayard's white adder's mouth

Malaxis brachypoda

White adder's-mouth

Malaxis unifolia

Green adder's-mouth

Milium effusum

Tall millet-grass

Moehringia macrophylla

Large-leaved sandwort

Moneses uniflora

One-flower wintergreen

Morus rubra

Red mulberry

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Long-awn hairgrass

Myriophyllum alterniflorum

Slender water-milfoil

Myriophyllum pinnatum

Cutleaf water-milfoil

Oclemena X blakei

Blake's aster

Oclemena nemoralis

Bog aster

Oligoneuron album

Prairie goldenrod

Oligoneuron rigidum

Stiff goldenrod

Onosmodium virginianum

Gravel-weed

Paspalum laeve

Field paspalum

Pellaea glabella

Smooth cliff-brake

Pinus resinosa

Red pine

(native populations only)

Piptatherum pungens

Slender mountain ricegrass

Pityopsis falcata

Sickle-leaved golden aster

Platanthera blephariglottis

White-fringed orchid

Polygala cruciata

Field milkwort

Polygala nuttallii

Nuttall's milkwort

Polygala senega

Seneca snakeroot

Polymnia canadensis

Small-flowered leafcup

Potamogeton confervoides

Pondweed

Potamogeton friesii

Fries' pondweed

Potamogeton hillii

Hill's pondweed

Potamogeton ogdenii

Ogden's pondweed

Potamogeton strictifolius

Straight-leaved pondweed

Pycnanthemum clinopodioides

Basil mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum torrei

Torrey mountain-mint

Ranunculus ambigens

Water-plantain spearwort

Ranunculus cymbalaria

Seaside crowfoot

Rhynchospora capillacea

Capillary beak-rush

Rhynchospora scirpoides

Long-beaked bald rush

Ribes triste

Swamp red currant

Sabatia stellaris

Marsh pink

Sagittaria cuneata

Waputo

Salix pedicellaris

Bog willow

Saururus cernuus

Lizard's tail

Scheuchzeria palustris

Pod grass

ssp. americana

Scleria pauciflora

Few-flowered nutrush

var. caroliniana

Scleria reticularis

Reticulated nutrush

Scleria triglomerata

Nutrush

Scutellaria integrifolia

Hyssop skullcap

Scutellaria parvula

Small skullcap

var. missouriensis

Sparganium fluctuans

Floating bur-reed

Sparganium natans

Small bur-reed

Sporobolus clandestinus

Rough dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Northern dropseed

Sporobolus neglectus

Small dropseed

Stachys hyssopifolia

Hyssop-leaf hedge-nettle

Taenidia integerrima

Yellow pimpernel

Trichostema brachiatum

False pennyroyal

Triosteum angustifolium

Narrow-leaved horse gentian

Triphora trianthophora

Nodding pogonia

Utricularia resupinata

Bladderwort

Uvularia grandiflora

Large-flowered bellwort

Vaccinium myrtilloides

Velvetleaf blueberry

Viola brittoniana

Coast violet

Waldsteinia fragarioides

Barren strawberry

Xyris smalliana

Small's yellow-eyed

Zizia aptera

Golden Alexanders

(Effective March 23, 1992; Amended March 4, 1998; Amended May 31, 2001; Amended June 3, 2004; Amended July 1, 2010)