§ 45.12. Pennsylvania Endangered.

 Plant species classified as Pennsylvania Endangered are as follows:

Scientific Name	Common Name
Aconitum reclinatum A. Gray	White Monkshood
Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.	Sweet Flag
Agalinis auriculata (Michx.) S. F. Blake	Eared False Foxglove
Agalinis paupercula (A. Gray) Britton	Small-Flowered False Foxglove
Aletris farinosa L.	Colic-Root
Alisma triviale Pursh	Broad-Leaved Water-Plaintain
Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC	Mountain Alder
Amelanchier bartramiana (Tausch) M. Roem.	Oblong-Fruited Serviceberry
Ammania coccinea Rottb.	Scarlet Ammannia
Anemone cylindrica A. Gray	Long-Headed Anemone
Arabis missouriensis Greene	Missouri Rockcress
Arethusa bulbosa L.	Dragon’s-Mouth
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Stearns & Poggenb.	Leopard’s-Bane
Arnoglossum reniforme (Hook.) H. E. Robins.	Great Indian Plantain
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements.	Beach Wormwood
Asclepias variegata L.	White Milkweed
Asplenium bradleyi D. C. Eaton	Bradley’s Spleenwort
Asplenium resiliens Kunze	Black-Stemmed Spleenwort
Astragalus canadensis L.	Canadian Milk-Vetch
Bidens beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene	Beck’s Water-Marigold
Bidens bidentoides (Nutt.) Britton	Swamp Beggar-Ticks
Boltonia asteroides (L.) L’Hér.	Aster-Like Boltonia
Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory	Wild Hyacinth
Cardamine pratensis L. var. palustris Wimm. & Grab. (Gleason, H. A. and A. Cronquist, Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, 1991, Second Edition)	Cuckooflower
Carex atherodes Spreng.	Awned Sedge
Carex aurea Nutt.	Golden-Fruited Sedge
Carex bebbii (Bailey) Fern.	Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bicknellii Britton	Bicknell’s Sedge
Carex bullata Willd.	Bull Sedge
Carex careyana Dewey	Carey’s Sedge
Carex crinita Lam. var. brevicrinis Fernald	Short-Hair Sedge
Carex eburnea Boott	Ebony Sedge
Carex formosa Dewey	Handsome Sedge
Carex garberi Fernald	Elk Sedge
Carex geyeri Boott	Geyer’s Sedge
Carex lupuliformis Sartwell	False Hop Sedge
Carex mitchelliana M. A. Curtis	Mitchell’s Sedge
Carex pauciflora Lightf.	Few-Flowered Sedge
Carex polymorpha Muhl.	Variable Sedge
Carex pseudocyperus L.	Cyperus-Like Sedge
Carex retrorsa Schwein.	Backward Sedge
Carex roanensis F. J. Herm (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Roan Mountain Sedge
Carex schweinitzii Schwein.	Schweinitz’s Sedge
Carex sterilis Willd.	Sterile Sedge
Carex typhina Michx.	Cat-Tail Sedge
Carex viridula Michx.	Green Sedge
Cerastium velutinum Raf. var. villossissimum (Pennell) J. K. Morton	Octoraro Creek Chickweed
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H. O. Yates	Slender Wild-Oats
Chenopodium foggii Wahl	Fogg’s Goosefoot
Chrysogonum virginianum L.	Green-and-Gold
Cirsium horridulum Michx.	Horrible Thistle
Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr.	Twig-Rush
Clematis viorna L.	Leather-Flower
Clethra acuminata Michx.	Mountain Pepperbush
Clitoria mariana L.	Butterfly Pea
Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartm.	Long-Bracted Green Orchis
Conioselinum chinense (L.) Britton, Stearns & Poggenb.	Hemlock-Parsley
Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad	Spring Coral-Root
Cryptogramma stelleri (Gmel.) Prantl	Slender Rockbrake
Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi	Fraser’s Sedge
Cyperus diandrus Torr.	Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus houghtonii Torr.	Houghton’s Flatsedge
Cyperus refractus Engelm.	Reflexed Flatsedge
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. makasin (Source: Flora of North America)	Northern Small Yellow Lady’s-Slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. parviflorum (Source: Flora of North America)	Southern Small Yellow Lady’s-Slipper
Cypripedium reginae Walter	Show Lady’s-Slipper
Delphinium exaltatum Aiton	Tall Larkspur
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gwal.) Torr.	Wild Bleeding-Heart
Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould	Velvety Panic Grass
Dichanthelium xanthophysum (A. Gray) Freckmann	Slender Panic Grass
Dodecatheon meadia L.	Shooting-Star
Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson	Mountain Wood Fern
Echinochloa walteri (Pursh) A. Heller	Walter’s Barnyard-Grass
Eleocharis caribaea (Rottb.) S. F. Blake	Capitate Spike-Rush
Eleocharis compressa Sull.	Flat-Stemmed Spike-Rush
Eleocharis elliptica Kunth	Slender Spike-Rush
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. peasei Svenson	Wright’s Spike-Rush
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Buffon & Fingerh.	Dwarf Spike-Rush
Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link var. fernaldii Swenson	Few-Flowered Spike-Rush
Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.	Four-Angled Spike-Rush
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.	Beaked Spike-Rush
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. verrucosa (Svenson) Svenson	Slender Spike-Rush
Equisetum scirpoides Michx. (Source: Flora of North America)	Dwarf Scouring-Rush
Equisetum variegatum Schleich.	Variegated Scouring-Rush
Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth	Slender Cotton-Grass
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.	Rough Cotton-Grass
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.	Wild Ipecac
Euphorbia purpurea (Raf.) Fernald	Glade Spurge
Eurybia spectabilis (Aiton) Nesom	Showy Aster
Festuca paradoxa Desv.	Cluster Fescue
Fraxinus profunda (Bush) Bush	Pumpkin Ash
Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx. (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Blue Ash
Galium labradoricum Wiegand	Bog Bedstraw
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray	Box Huckleberry
Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & A. Gray	Dwarf Huckleberry
Geranium bicknellii Britton	Cranesbill
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.	Blunt Manna-Grass
Goodyera tesselata Lodd.	Checkered Rattlesnake-Plantain
Gratiola aurea Muhl. ex Pursh	Golden Hedge-Hyssop
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald	Bicknell’s Hoary Rockrose
Heteranthera multiflora (Griseb.) Horn.	Multi-Flowered Mud-Plantain
Hieracium traillii Greene	Maryland Hawkweed
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borb[aacute]s (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Common Northern Sweet Grass
Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv.	Vanilla Sweet-Grass
Huperzia porophila (F. E. Lloyd & Underw.) Holub	Sandstone-Loving Firmoss
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.	Large-Leaved Water-Leaf
Hypericum gymnanthum Engelm. & A. Gray	Clasping-Leaved St. John’s-Wort
Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.	Purple-Rocket
Iris cristata Sol. ex Aiton	Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris prismatica Pursh	Slender Blue Flag
Iris verna L.	Dwarf Iris
Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf.	Small-Whorled Pogonia
Juncus brachycarpus Engelm.	Short-Fruited Rush
Juncus dichotomus Elliott	Forked Rush
Juncus militaris Bigelow	Bayonet Rush
Juncus scirpoides Lam.	Scirpus-Like Rush
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott	Narrow-Leaved Bush-Clover
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton	Nondo Lovage
Linum intercursum E. P. Bicknell	Sandplain Wild Flax
Linum sulcatum Riddell	Grooved Yellow Flax
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. C. Tucker	Common Hemicarpha
Listera australis Lindl.	Southern Twayblade
Listera cordata (L.) R. Br.	Heartleaf Twayblade
Listera smallii Wiegand	Kidney-Leaved Twayblade
Lithospermum caroliniense (J. F. Gmel.) MacMill.	Hispid Gromwell
Lithospermum latifolium Michx.	American Gromwell
Lobelia kalmii L.	Brook Lobelia
Lobelia puberula Michx.	Downy Lobelia
Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook.	Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle
Lonicera villosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.	Mountain Fly-Honeysuckle
Ludwigia decurrens Walter	Upright Primrose-Willow
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter	False Loosestrife Seedbox
Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill	Foxtail Bog Clubmoss
Lycopodiella margueritae J. G. Bruce, W. H. Wagner & Beitel	Marguerite’s Clubmoss
Lycopus rubellus Moench.	Taper-Leaved Bugle-Weed
Lyonia mariana (L.) D. Don	Staggerbush
Lysimachia hybrida Michx.	Lance-Leaved Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum Pursh	Winged Loosestrife
Malaxis bayardii Fernald	Adder’s-Mouth
Marshallia pulchra W. M. Knapp, D. B. Poind. & Weakley (Source: Flora of Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Beautiful Barbara’s Buttons
Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson	Oblique Milkvine
Mitella nuda L.	Naked Bishop’s-Cap
Monarda punctata L.	Spotted Bee-Balm
Montia chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Greene	Chamisso’s Miner’s-Lettuce
Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fern.	Fall Dropseed Muhly
Myriophyllum farwellii Morong	Farwell’s Water-Milfoil
Myriophyllum sibiricum Komarov	Northern Water-Milfoil
Myriophyllum verticillatum L.	Whorled Water-Milfoil
Najas marina L.	Holly-Leaved Naiad
Oclemena nemoralis (Aiton) E. Greene	Leafy Bog Aster
Onosmodium molle Michx. var. hispidissimum (Mack.) Cronquist	False Gromwell
Ophioglossum engelmannii Prantl	Limestone Adder’s-Tongue
Packera antennariifolia (Britton) W. A. Weber Á & Löve	Cat’s-Paw Ragwort
Panicum amarum Elliott var. amarulum (A. Hitchc. & Chase) P. G. Palmer	Beachgrass
Parnassia glauca Raf.	Grass-of-Parnassus
Paxistima canbyi A. Gray	Canby’s Mountain-Lover
Persicaria careyi (Olney) Greene	Carey’s Smartweed
Persicaria setacea (Baldwin) Small	Swamp Smartweed
Phlox ovata L.	Mountain Phlox
Phlox subulata L. ssp. brittonii (Small) Wherry	Moss Pink
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn	Slender Mountain Ricegrass
Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak, Lindleyana (Source: Flora of North America)	Northern Green Orchid
Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex Beck	Tall White Bog-Orchid
Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl.	Huron Green Orchid
Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Elliott	Autumn Bluegrass
Polemonium van-bruntiae Britton	Jacob’s-Ladder
Polygala cruciata L.	Cross-Leaved Milkwort
Polygala curtissii A. Gray	Curtis’ Milkwort
Polygala incarnata L.	Pink Milkwort
Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fee	Braun’s Holly Fern
Populus balsamifera L.	Balsam Poplar
Potamogeton friesii Rupr.	Fries’ Pondweed
Potamogeton gramineus L.	Grassy Pondweed
Potamogeton hillii Morong	Hill’s Pondweed
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & Koch	Blunt-Leaved Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher Tuck.	Spotted Pondweed
Potamogeton strictifolius A. Benn.	Narrow-Leaved Pondweed
Potamogeton tennesseensis Fernald	Tennessee Pondweed
Potamogeton vaseyi J. W. Robbins	Vasey’s Pondweed
Potentilla fruticosa L.	Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla paradoxa Nutt.	Bushy Cinquefoil
Potentilla tridentata Aiton	Three-Toothed Cinquefoil
Prunus maritima Marshall	Beach Plum
Prunus nigra Ait.	Canada Plum
Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf.	Mock Bishop-Weed
Pycnanthemum torrei Benth.	Torrey’s Mountain-Mint
Quercus falcata Michx.	Southern Red Oak
Quercus phellos L.	Willow Oak
Quercus shumardii Buckley	Shumard Oak
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex J. M. Bigelow	Tufted Buttercup
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart	Gray-Headed Prairie Coneflower
Rhamnus lanceolata Pursh	Lanceolate Buckthorn
Rhexia mariana L.	Maryland Meadow-Beauty
Rhododendron atlanticum (Ashe) Rehder	Dwarf Azalea
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.	Capillary Beak-Rush
Ribes missouriense Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray	Missouri Gooseberry
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh	Sand Blackberry
Ruellia humilis Nutt.	Fringed-Leaved Petunia
Sagittaria calycina Engelm.	Long-Lobed Arrowhead
Salix candida Fl[uuml ]ggé ex Willd.	Hoary Willow
Scheuchzeria palustris L.	Pod-Grass
Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex Bigel.) Löve & Löve	Hard-Stemmed Bulrush
Schoenoplectus smithii (A. Gray) Sojak	Smith’s Bulrush
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla	Torrey’s Bulrush
Scirpus ancistrochaetus Schuyler	Northeastern Bulrush
Scleria minor (Britton) Stone	Small Nut-Rush
Scleria muhlenbergii Steud.	Reticulated Nut-Rush
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.	Whorled Nut-Rush
Sedum rosea (L.) Scop.	Roseroot Stonecrop
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Stearns & Poggenb.	Narrow-Leaved White-Topped Aster
Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.	Canada Buffalo-Berry
Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby	Virginia Mallow
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E. P. Bicknell	Eastern Blue-Eyed-Grass
Solidago arguta Aiton var. harrisii (E. S. Steele) Cronquist	Harris’ Goldenrod
Solidago curtissii Torr. & A. Gray	Curtis’ Goldenrod
Solidago erecta Banks ex Pursh	Slender Goldenrod
Solidago simplex Kunth ssp. randii (Porter) Ringius var. racemosa (Greene) Ringius	Sticky Goldenrod
Sorbus decora (Sarg.) Schneid.	Showy Mountain-Ash
Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong	Branching Bur-Reed
Spiraea corymbosa Rafinesque (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Dwarf Spiraea
Spiranthes casei Catling & Cruise	Case’s Ladies’-Tresses
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl.	October Ladies’-Tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham.	Hooded Ladies’-Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A. Gray	Spring Ladies’-Tresses
Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) A. Hitchc.	Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray	Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray	Prairie Dropseed
Stachys nuttallii Shuttlew. ex Benth.	Nuttall’s Hedge-Nettle
Swertia caroliniensis (Walter) Kuntze	American Columbo
Symphyotrichum boreale (Torr. & Gray) Á Löve & D. Löve	Northern Bog Aster
Taenidia montana (Mack.) Cronquist	Mountain Pimpernel
Trichostema setaceum Houtt.	Narrow-Leaved Blue-Curls
Trifolium stoloniferum Eaton (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Running Buffalo Clover
Trifolium virginicum Small	Kate’s-Mountain Clover
Triphora trianthophora (Swartz) Rydb.	Nodding Pogonia
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.	Purple Sandgrass
Trollius laxus Salisb.	Spreading Globe-Flower
Veronia glauca (L.) Willd.	Tawny Ironweed
Viburnum nudum L.	Possum Haw Viburnum
Viola brittoniana Pollard	Coast Violet
Viola glaberrima (Ging.) House (Source: Flora of the Southeastern United States, Weakley 2020)	Wedge-Leaved Violet
Vitis rupestris Scheele	Sand Grape
Zigadenus glaucus (Nutt.) Nutt.	White Camas

Authority

   The provisions of this §  45.12 amended under section 7 of the Wild Resource Conservation Act (32 P.S. §  5307); and sections 305(a)(9) and 313(g) of the Conservation and Natural Resources Act (71 P.S. § §  1340.305(a)(9) and 1340.313(g)).

Source

   The provisions of this §  45.12 adopted December 4, 1987, effective January 1, 1988, 17 Pa.B. 5027; amended June 18, 1993, effective June 19, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 2816; amended December 21, 2018, effective December 22, 2018, 48 Pa.B. 7757; amended September 22, 2023, effective September 23, 2023, 53 Pa.B. 5892. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (394741) to (394748).

Cross References

   This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §  128.102 (relating to protected designated areas).

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