Rare, Threatened, And
Endangered Plant
Species Tracked By The South Dakota Natural Heritage Program
South Dakota Department Of Game, Fish And Parks
APRIL 30, 2002
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern Maidenhair-Fern |
G5 | S1 | ||
| Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair-Fern | G5 | SH | ||
| Adoxa moschatellina | Musk-Root | G5 | S3 | ||
| Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop | G4 | SU | ||
| Agoseris aurantiaca | Orange Mountain-Dandelion | G5 | SU | ||
| Agrimonia pubescens | Downy Agrimony | G5 | SU | ||
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's Wild Onion | G5 | SU | ||
| Anemone quinquefolia | Wood Anemone | G5 | S2 | ||
| Arabis canadensis | Sicklepod | G5 | S3 | ||
| Aralia racemosa | American Spikenard | G4G5 | S3 | ||
| Aristida longespica | Slimspike Threeawn | G5 | SU | ||
| Asarum canadense | Wild-Ginger | G5 | S2 | ||
| Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed | G5 | SU | ||
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | G5 | S3 | ||
| Asplenium viride | Green Spleenwort | G4 | S2 | ||
| Aster pauciflorus | Marsh Alkali Aster | G4 | SH | ||
| Aster pubentior | Flattop Aster | G? | S2 | ||
| Astragalus americanus | Rattlepod | G5 | S3 | ||
| Astragalus barrii | Barr's Milkvetch | G3 | S3 | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Astragalus hyalinus | Summer Orophaca | G4 | SU | ||
| Astragalus miser | A Milk-Vetch | G5 | SH | ||
| Botrychium campestre | Prairie Moonwort | G3 | SU | ||
| Botrychium lunaria | Moonwort Grape-Fern | G5 | SH | ||
| Botrychium matricariifolium | Matricary Grape-Fern | G5 | SU | ||
| Botrychium multifidum | Leathery Grape-Fern | G5 | S1 | ||
| Botrychium simplex | Least Grape-Fern | G5 | SU | ||
| Cacalia plantaginea | Indian Plantain | G4G5 | SR | ||
| Calypso bulbosa | Fairy Slipper Orchid | G5 | S3 | ||
| Cardamine concatenata | Toothwort | G5 | S3 | ||
| Carex aggregata | Clustered Sedge | G5 | SH | ||
| Carex alopecoidea | Tawny Sedge | G5 | S2 | ||
| Carex athrostachya | Jointed-Spike Sedge | G5 | SU | ||
| Carex bella | Elegant Sedge | G5 | S1 | ||
| Carex brunnescens | Brownish Sedge | G5 | SU | ||
| Carex canescens | Gray Sedge | G5 | S2 | ||
| Carex capillaris | Hair Sedge | G5 | S3 | ||
| Carex concinna | Low Northern Sedge | G4G5 | S3 | ||
| Carex lacustris | Lake Sedge | G5 | S4? | ||
| Carex leptalea | Delicate Sedge | G5 | S2 | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Carex occidentalis | Western Sedge | G4 | SU | ||
| Carex pedunculata | Long-Stalked Sedge | G5 | S4? | ||
| Carex rupestris | Curly Sedge | G5 | SU | ||
| Carex sparganioides | Bur Sedge | G5 | SH | ||
| Carex tribuloides | Blunt-Broom Sedge | G5 | SU | ||
| Carex vesicaria | Inflated Sedge | G5 | SH | ||
| Carex viridula | Little Green Sedge | G5 | S1 | ||
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh | G4G5 | S3 | ||
| Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler's Whitethorn | G5 | S2 | ||
| Chaenactis douglasii | Douglas' Dusty Maiden | G5 | SU | ||
| Chenopodium subglabrum | Smooth Goosefoot | G3G4 | SU | ||
| Chrysopsis stenophylla | Slimleaf Goldaster | G4 | SU | ||
| Chrysothamnus parryi | Parry's Rabbit-Bush | G5 | S4? | ||
| Cinna arundinacea | Stout Woodreed | G5 | SH | ||
| Clematis hirsutissima | Sugar Bowls | G4 | SU | ||
| Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coral-Root | G5 | SU | ||
| Corallorhiza trifida | Pale Coral-Root | G5 | S2 | ||
| Coreopsis palmata | Finger Coreopsis | G5 | S3 | ||
| Cornus amomum | Pale Dogwood | G5 | SU | ||
| Cryptantha cana | Silver-Mounded Candleflower | G5 | S2 | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Cryptantha jamesii | James'candleflower | G5T5? | SH | ||
| Cryptogramma acrostichoides | American Rock-Brake | G5 | SU | ||
| Cynoglossum boreale | Northern Comfrey | G4Q | SU | ||
| Cypripedium calceolus | Yellow Lady's-Slipper | G5 | S3? | ||
| Cypripedium candidum | Small White Lady's-Slipper | G4 | S1 | ||
| Cystopteris bulbifera | Bulbil Bladder Fern | G5 | S1 | ||
| Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass | G5 | SU | ||
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | G5 | S3 | ||
| Diarrhena americana | American Beakgrain | G4? | SH | ||
| Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Shield Fern | G5 | SU | ||
| Echinocereus viridiflorus | Hedgehog Cactus | G5 | S3 | ||
| Elaeagnus commutata | Silverberry | G5 | SU | ||
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush | G5 | S1 | ||
| Eleocharis tenuis | Slender Spikerush | G5 | SU | ||
| Elymus diversiglumis | Interrupted Wildrye | G3?Q | SU | ||
| Epipactis gigantea | Stream Orchid | G3 | S1 | ||
| Equisetum scirpoides | Dwarf Scouring Rush | G5 | S2 | ||
| Equisetum variegatum | Variegated Scouring Rush | G5 | S1 | ||
| Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass | G5 | S4? | ||
| Erigeron acris | Bitter Fleabane | G5 | SH | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Erigeron ochroleucus | Buff Fleabane | G5 | S4 | ||
| Eriogonum visheri | Dakota Buckwheat | G3 | S3 | ||
| Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass | G5 | S1 | ||
| Eriophorum polystachion | Tall Cottongrass | G5 | S3 | ||
| Erythronium albidum | White Fawn Lily | G5 | S1 | ||
| Euphorbia fendleri | Fendler's Spurge | G5 | SU | ||
| Eustoma grandiflorum | Tulip Gentain | G5 | S1 | ||
| Fimbristylis autumnalis | Slender Fimbry | G5 | SH | ||
| Gentiana affinis | Northern Gentian | G5 | S2 | ||
| Gentiana puberulenta | Downy Gentian | G4G5 | S4? | ||
| Gentianopsis procera | Small Fringed Gentian | G5 | S2 | ||
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Cranesbill | G5 | S2 | ||
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffee-Tree | G5 | S2 | ||
| Haplopappus multicaulis | Branched Goldenweed | G4 | SU | ||
| Ipomopsis longiflora | White-Flowered Gilia | G5 | S2 | ||
| Ipomopsis spicata | Spike Gila | G4? | S4? | ||
| Isoetes melanopoda | Black-Footed Quillwort | G5 | SH | ||
| Isopyrum biternatum | False Rue Anemone | G5 | SH | ||
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut | G5 | S4? | ||
| Juncus alpinus | Alpine Rush | G5 | S3 | ||
| Juncus articulatus | Jointed Rush | G5 | SU | ||
| Juncus canadensis | Canada Rush | G5 | S1 | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Juncus marginatus | Margined Rush | G5 | S2 | ||
| Lactuca floridana | Woodland Wild Blue Lettuce | G5 | S2 | ||
| Lechea intermedia | Pinweed | G5 | SU | ||
| Ledum groenlandicum | Labrador Tea | G5 | SX | ||
| Lespedeza capitata | Bush Clover | G5 | S2 | ||
| Lesquerella arenosa var argillosa | Sidesaddle Bladderpod | G5T2T3 | S3 | ||
| Lesquerella montana | Mountain Bladderpod | G5 | SU | ||
| Leucophysalis grandiflora | White Groundcherry | G3? | SX | ||
| Lilium canadense ssp michiganense | Turk's Cap Lily | G5 | S1 | ||
| Liparis loeselii | Loesel's Twayblade | G5 | S1 | ||
| Listera convallarioides | Broad-Lipped Twayblade | G5 | S1 | ||
| Lithophragma glabrum | Bulbus Woodland Star | G4G5 | SH | ||
| Lithospermum caroliniense | Hairy Puccoon | G4G5 | S4? | ||
| Lithospermum latifolium | American Gromwell | G4 | S1 | ||
| Lobelia kalmii | Kalm's Lobelia | G5 | S1 | ||
| Lomatium nuttallii | Nuttall's Desert-Parsley | G3 | SH | ||
| Luzula acuminata | Hairy Woodrush | G5 | SU | ||
| Luzula parviflora | Small-Flowered Woodrush | G5 | SU | ||
| Lycopodium annotinum | Bristly Clubmoss | G5 | S1 | ||
| Lycopodium complanatum | Ground Cedar | G5 | S1 | ||
| Lycopodium dendroideum | Round-Branched Ground Pine | G5 | S4? | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Lysimachia quadriflora | Prairie Loosestrife | G5? | S1 | ||
| Melica subulata | Alaska Oniongrass | G5 | S3 | ||
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bog Buckbean | G5 | S1 | ||
| Mertensia ciliata | Streamside Bluebells | G5 | S1 | ||
| Microseris nutans | Nodding Silver-Puffs | G5 | SH | ||
| Mitella pentandra | Five-Point Bishop's Cap | G5? | SU | ||
| Monarda pectinata | Pony Beebalm | G5 | SH | ||
| Muhlenbergia glomerata | Bristly Muhly | G5 | S? | ||
| Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Water Milfoil | G5 | SU | ||
| Najas marina | Spiny Naiad | G5 | SU | ||
| Navarretia intertexta var propinqua | Great Basin Navarretia | G5?T5 | SH | ||
| Nymphaea odorata | White Water-Lily | G5 | SH | ||
| Oenothera flava | Yellow Evening Primrose | G5 | SU | ||
| Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening Primrose | G4G5 | S4? | ||
| Oxyria digyna | Mountain Sorrel | G5 | S1 | ||
| Panax quinquefolius | American Ginseng | G3G4 | S1 | ||
| Parnassia glauca | Waxy Bog-Star | G5 | S1 | ||
| Parnassia palustris | Northern Bog-Star | G5 | S1 | ||
| Pedicularis procera | Long-Leaved Lousewort | G4G5 | S2 | ||
| Penstemon nitidus | Shining Penstemon | G5 | SU | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Petasites sagittatus | Sweet-Coltsfoot | G5 | S1 | ||
| Petrophyton caespitosum | Tufted Rockmat | G4 | S4? | ||
| Phacelia linearis | Threadleaf Phacelia | G5 | SU | ||
| Phleum alpinum | Alpine Timothy | G5 | SU | ||
| Phlox divaricata | Woodland Blue Phlox | G5 | SX | ||
| Picradeniopsis woodhousei | Bahia | G4G5 | SU | ||
| Pinus contorta | Lodgepole Pine | G5 | S2 | ||
| Pinus flexilis | Limber Pine | G5 | S1 | ||
| Platanthera dilatata | Northern White Orchid | G5 | SU | ||
| Platanthera orbiculata | Round-Leaved Orchid | G5? | S2 | ||
| Platanthera praeclara | Western Prairie Fringed Orchid | LT | G2 | SH | |
| Poa rupicola | Timberline Bluegrass | G5T3T5 | SU | ||
| Poa sylvestris | Sylvan Bluegrass | G5 | SU | ||
| Polanisia jamesii | James' Clammyweed | G5 | S4? | ||
| Polygala sanguinea | Blood Milkwort | G5 | SR | ||
| Polypodium virginianum | Rock Polypody | G5 | S2 | ||
| Polystichum lonchitis | Northern Holly-Fern | G5 | S1 | ||
| Polystichum munitum | Western Sword Fern | G5 | SH | ||
| Potamogeton amplifolius | Large-Leaf Pondweed | G5 | S3 | ||
| Potamogeton vaginatus | Sheathed Pondweed | G5 | S2 | ||
| Prenanthes alba | White Rattlesnake Root | G5 | S2 | ||
| Prenanthes aspera | Rough Rattlesnake-Root | G4? | SU | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Federal Status |
State Status | Global Rank | State Rank |
| Psoralea linearifolia | Slimleaf Scurfpea | G4? | SU | ||
| Pyrola picta | White-Veined Wintergreen | G4G5 | S2 | ||
| Pyrola uniflora | One-Flower Wintergreen | G5 | SU | ||
| Pyrus ioensis | Iowa Crab-Apple | G4G5 | SU | ||
| Rhamnus alnifolia | Alder Buckthorn | G5 | SH | ||
| Rhynchospora capillacea | Slender Beakrush | G5 | S1 | ||
| Salix candida | Sage Willow |