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Listed Species of
Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida

compiled by
Kevin N. Main and Fred E. Lohrer, Archbold Biological Station
October 1999, corrections 14 June 2004

Extracted from "Florida's Endangered Species, Threatened Species And Species Of Special Concern," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 

This is a subset of the listed species of the Lake Wales Ridge. See this Web page for links to pictures of these organisms.

plants | amphibians | reptiles | birds | mammals

Scientific Name

Common Name

USFWS

FDA

FFWCC
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

BIRDS, breeders only (N = 3)

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Aphelocoma coerulescens

Florida Scrub-Jay -- photos & calls

T

  

 

T

Falco sparverius paulus

Southeastern American Kestrel

  

 

  

 

T

Grus canadensis pratensis

Florida Sandhill Crane

  

 

  

 

T

REPTILES(N = 7) | Top |

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Alligator mississippiensis

American Alligator

T(S/A)

  

 

SSC

Drymarchon corais couperi

Eastern Indigo Snake

T

  

 

T

Eumeces egregius lividus

Bluetail Mole Skink

T

  

 

T

Gopherus polyphemus

Gopher Tortoise

  

 

  

 

SSC

Neoseps reynoldsi

Sand Skink

T

  

 

T

Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus

Florida Pine Snake

  

 

  

 

SSC

Stilosoma extenuatum

Short-tailed Snake

  

 

  

 

T

AMPHIBIANS(N = 1) | Top |

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Rana capito aesopus

Florida Gopher Frog

  

 

  

 

SSC

MAMMALS(N = 4) | Top |

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Felis concolor coryi

Florida Panther

E

  

 

E

Podomys floridanus

Florida Mouse

  

 

  

 

SSC

Sciurus niger shermani

Sherman’s Fox Squirrel

  

 

  

 

SSC

Ursus americanus floridanus

Florida Black Bear

  

 

  

 

T

PLANTS (N = 28) | Top |

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Asclepias curtissii

Curtiss’s Milkweed

  

 

E

  

 

Calamintha ashei

Ashe’s Savory

  

 

T

  

 

Cladonia perforata

Perforate Reindeer Lichen

E

E

  

 

Clitoria fragrans

Pigeon-wing Butterfly-pea

T

E

  

 

Dicerandra frutescens

Lake Placid Scrub Mint

E

E

  

 

Encyclia tampensis

Butterfly Orchid

  

 

C

  

 

Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium

Scrub Buckwheat

T

E

  

 

Eryngium cunefolium

Wedge-leaved Button Snake-root

E

E

  

 

Garberia heterophylla

Garberia

  

 

T

  

 

Hartwrightia floridana

Florida Hartwrightia

  

 

T

  

 

Hypericum cumulicola

Highland’s Scrub St. John’s Wort

E

E

  

 

Hypericum edisonianum

Edison’s St. John’s Wort

  

 

E

  

 

Lechea cernua

Nodding Pinweed

  

 

T

  

 

Liatris ohlingerae

Scrub Blazing Star

E

E

  

 

Lilium catesbaei

Catesby’s Lily

  

 

T

  

 

Nolina brittoniana

Scrub Beargrass

E

E

  

 

Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis

Royal Fern

  

 

C

  

 

Panicum abcissum

Cutthroat Grass

  

 

E

  

 

Paronychia chartacea

Papery Whitlow-wort

T

E

  

 

Pinguicula lutea

Yellow Butterwort

  

 

T

  

 

Platanthera ciliaris

Yellow Fringed Orchid

  

 

T

  

 

Polygonella basiramia

Hairy Jointweed

E

E

  

 

Polygonella myriophylla

Small’s Jointweed

E

E

  

 

Prunus geniculata

Florida Scrub Plum

E

E

  

 

Tillandsia balbisiana

Wild Pine

  

 

T

  

 

Tillandsia fasciculata

Common Wild Pine

  

 

E

  

 

Tillandsia utriculata

Giant Wild Pine

  

 

E

  

 

Warea carteri

Carter’s Mustard

E

E

  

 


USFWS = United States Fish and Wildlife Service
FDA = Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
FFWCC = Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
E = Endangered, T = Threatened, SSC = Species of Special Concern, T (S/A) = Threatened due to Similarity of Appearance, C = Commercially Exploited

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