400 KAR 3:040. Endangered or threatened plant lists

      Section 1. Endangered Lists. The following plant species based on the factors in KRS 146.610(2)(a) and 400 KAR 3:020, Section 1, shall be considered endangered In the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

Scientific Name	Common Name
Vascular Plants
Acer spicatum	Mountain maple
Adlumia fungosa	Climbing fumitory
Agalinis auriculata	Earleaf agalinis
Agalinis obtusifolia	Ten-lobe agalinis
Agalinis skinneriana	Pale false foxglove
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. gattingeri	Eastern blue-star
Angelica atropurpurea	Great angelica
Angelica triquinata	Filmy angelica
Apios priceana	Price's potato-bean
Aralia nudicaulis	Wild Sarsaparilla
Berberis Canadensis	American barberry
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis	River bulrush
Botrychium matricariifolium	Matricary grapefern
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata	Reed bent grass
Calamovilfa arcuata	Cumberland sandgrass
Calopogon tuberosus	Grasspink
Carex aestivalis	Summer sedge
Carex atlantica ssp. Capillacea	Prickly bog sedge
Carex joorii	Cypress-swamp sedge
Carex juniperorum	Cedar sedge
Carex leptonervia	Finely-nerved sedge
Carex reniformis	Reniform sedge
Carex roanensis	Roan mountain sedge
Carex tetanica	Rigid sedge
Castanea dentate	American chestnut
Castilleja coccinea	Scarlet indian paintbrush
Cheilanthes feei	Fee's lip fern
Chelone obliqua var. obliqua	Red turtlehead
Chrysogonum virginianum	Green-and-gold
Collinsonia verticillata	Whorled horse-balm
Comptonia peregrina	Sweet-fern
Conradina verticillata	Cumberland-rosemary
Convallaria montana	American lily-of-the-valley
Corallorrhiza maculata	Spotted coralroot
Cymophyllus fraserianus	Fraser's sedge
Cypripedium candidum	Small white lady's-slipper
Cypripedium kentuckiense	Kentucky lady’s-slipper
Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted hair grass
Draba cuneifolia	Wedge-leaf whitlow-grass
Drosera brevifolia	Dwarf sundew
Drosera intermedia	Spoon-leaved sundew
Echinodorus parvulus	Dwarf burhead
Eriophorum virginicum	Tawny cotton-grass
Eryngium integrifolium	Blue-flower coyote-thistle
Eupatorium semiserratum	Small-flowered thoroughwort
Eurybia hemisphericus	Southern prairie aster
Eurybia radula	Low rough aster
Gentiana flavida	Yellow gentian
Gentiana puberulenta	Prairie gentian
Glyceria acutiflora	Sharp-scaled manna-grass
Goodyera repens	Lesser rattlesnake-plantain
Gymnopogon brevifolius	Shortleaf skeleton grass
Halesia tetraptera	Common silverbell
Helianthemum bicknellii	Plains frostweed
Helianthemum canadense	Canada frostweed
Helianthus silphioides	Silphium sunflower
Hexastylis contracta	Southern heartleaf
Houstonia serpyllifolia	Michaux's bluets
Hydrocotyle americana	American water-pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides	Floating pennywort
Hydrolea ovata	Ovate fiddleleaf
Iris fulva	Copper iris
Isoetes butleri	Butler's quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda	Blackfoot quillwort
Koeleria macrantha	June grass
Krigia occidentalis	Western dwarf dandelion
Leavenworthia exigua var. laciniata	Kentucky gladecress
Lesquerella globosa	Globe bladderpod
Leucothoe recurva	Fetterbush
Lobelia gattingeri	Gattinger's lobelia
Lonicera dioica var. orientalis	Wild honeysuckle
Lonicera prolifera	Grape honeysuckle
Ludwigia hirtella	Hairy ludwigia
Lycopodiella appressa	Southern bog club-moss
Lycopodiella inundatum	Northern bog club-moss
Lycopodium clavatum	Running-pine
Lysimachia terrestris	Swamp-candles
Maianthemum stellatum	Starflower false solomon's-seal
Marshallia grandiflora	Large-flowered barbara's-buttons
Matelea carolinensis	Carolina anglepod
Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum	American cowwheat
Melanthium virginicum	Virginia bunchflower
Minuartia cumberlandensis	Cumberland sandwort
Muhlenbergia bushii	Bush's muhly
Nestronia umbellula	Conjurer's-nut
Oenothera linifolia	Thread-leaf sundrops
Oenothera perennis	Small sundrops
Oldenlandia uniflora	Clustered bluets
Onosmodium hispidissimum	Hairy false gromwell
Onosmodium occidentale	Western false gromwell
Parnassia asarifolia	Kidney-leaf grass-of-parnassus
Parnassia grandifolia	Largeleaf grass-of-parnassus
Paronychia argyrocoma	Silverling
Philadelphus pubescens	Hoary mockorange
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria	Starry-cleft phlox
Platanthera integrilabia	White fringeless orchid
Platanthera psycodes	Small purple-fringed orchid
Poa saltuensis	Drooping blue grass
Pogonia ophioglossoides	Rose pogonia
Polygala cruciata	Cross-leaf milkwort
Polygala paucifolia	Gaywings
Polymnia laevigata	Tennessee leafcup
Potamogeton amplifolius	Bigleaf pondweed
Prenanthes alba	White rattlesnake-root
Prenanthes aspera	Rough rattlesnake-root
Prenanthes barbata	Barbed rattlesnake-root
Ptilimnium nuttallii	Nuttall's mock bishop's-weed
Pycnanthemum albescens	White-leaved mountain-mint
Rhododendron canescens	Hoary azalea
Rhynchosia tomentosa	Hairy snout-bean
Rhynchospora macrostachya	Tall beakrush
Rubus canadensis	Smooth blackberry
Rudbeckia subtomentosa	Sweet coneflower
Sabatia campanulata	Slender marsh-pink
Sagittaria rigida	Sessile-fruit arrowhead
Salvia urticifolia	Nettle-leaf sage
Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens	Red elderberry
Sanguisorba canadensis	Canada burnet
Saxifraga micranthidifolia	Lettuce-leaf saxifrage
Schisandra glabra	Bay starvine
Schoenoplectis hallii	Hall's bulrush
Scirpus expansus	Woodland bulrush
Scleria ciliata	Fringed nut-rush
Scutellaria arguta	Hairy skullcap
Silene ovata	Ovate catchfly
Silene regia	Royal catchfly
Solidago shortii	Short's goldenrod
Sparganium eurycarpum	Large bur-reed
Spiraea alba	Narrow-leaved meadowsweet
Spiranthes odorata	Sweetscent ladies'-tresses
Sporobolus heterolepis	Northern dropseed
Symphoricarpos albus	Snowberry
Talinum calcaricum	Limestone fameflower
Talinum teretifolium	Roundleaf fameflower
Tephrosia spicata	Spiked hoary-pea
Thermopsis mollis	Soft-haired thermopsis
Toxicodendron vernix	Poison sumac
Tragia urticifolia	Nettle-leaf noseburn
Trichophorum planifolium	Bashful bulrush
Trichostema setaceum	Narrow-leaved bluecurls
Trientalis borealis	Northern starflower
Trifolium reflexum	Buffalo clover
Trillium nivale	Snow trillium
Trillium pusillum	Least trillium
Utricularia macrorhiza	Greater bladderwort
Vaccineum erythrocarpum	Highbush cranberry
Veratrum parviflorum	Small-flowered false hellebore
Viburnum latanoides	Alderleaf viburnum
Viburnum nudum	Possum haw viburnum
Xyris difformis	Carolina yellow-eye-grass
Mosses
Brachythecium populeum	Matted feather moss
Bryum cyclophyllum	A moss
Bryum miniatum	A moss
Dicranodontium asperulum	A moss
Entodon brevisetus	A moss
Herzogiella turfacea	A moss
Oncophorus raui	A moss
Orthotrichum diaphanum	A moss
Polytrichum strictum	A haircap moss
Sphagnum quinquefarium	A sphagnum moss
Tortula norvegica	Tortula

 

      Section 2. Threatened Lists. The following plant species, based on the factors in KRS 146.610(2)(a) and the criteria listed in 400 KAR 3:020, Section 1, shall be considered threatened in the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

Scientific Name	Common Name
Aconitum uncinatum	Blue monkshood
Adiantum capillus-veneris	Southern maidenhair-fern
Aesculus pavia	Red buckeye
Agrimonia gryposepala	Tall hairy groovebur
Amianthium muscitoxicum	Fly-poison
Arabis hirsuta	Hairy rockcress
Arabis perstellata	Braun's rockcress
Armoracia lacustris	Lake cress
Baptisia tinctoria	Yellow wild indigo
Bartonia virginica	Yellow screwstem
Berchemia scandens	Supplejack
Boykinia aconitifolia	Brook saxifrage
Cabomba caroliniana	Carolina fanwort
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri	Porter's reed grass
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus	Sweetshrub
Carex alata	Broadwing sedge
Carex appalachica	Appalachian sedge
Carex crebriflora	Coastal plain sedge
Carex decomposita	Epiphytic sedge
Carex gigantea	Large sedge
Carex rugosperma	Umbel-like sedge
Carex straminea	Straw sedge
Carya aquatica	Water hickory
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis	Southern shagbark hickory
Castanea pumila	Allegheny chinkapin
Ceanothus herbaceus	Prairie redroot
Chrysosplenium americanum	American golden-saxifrage
Cimicifuga rubifolia	Appalachian bugbane
Clematis crispa	Blue jasmine leather-flower
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum	Small yellow lady's-slipper
Delphinium carolinianum	Carolina larkspur
Deschampsia flexuosa	Crinkled hair grass
Echinodorus berteroi	Burhead
Elodea nuttallii	Waterweed
Eupatorium steelei	Steele’s joe-pye-weed
Euphorbia mercurialina	Mercury spurge
Eurybia saxicastellii	Rockcastle aster
Fimbristylis puberula	Hairy fimbristylis
Forestiera ligustrina	Upland privet
Gratiola pilosa	Shaggy hedge-hyssop
Hedeoma hispidum	Rough pennyroyal
Helianthus eggertii	Eggert's sunflower
Heterotheca subaxillaris var. latifolia	Broad-leaf golden-aster
Hieracium longipilum	Hairy hawkweed
Hydrophyllum virginianum	Eastern waterleaf
Hypericum crux-andreae	St. Peter's-wort
Juncus filipendulus	Long-styled rush
Juniperus communis var. depressa	Ground juniper
Lathyrus palustris	Vetchling peavine
Leavenworthia torulosa	Necklace glade cress
Liatris cylindracea	Slender blazingstar
Lilium philadelphicum	Wood lily
Lilium superbum	Turk's cap lily
Limnobium spongia	American frog's-bit
Liparis loeselii	Loesel's twayblade
Listera smallii	Kidney-leaf twayblade
Lobelia nuttallii	Nuttall's lobelia
Maianthemum canadense	Wild lily-of-the-valley
Malvastrum hispidum	Hispid false mallow
Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum	American cowwheat
Minuartia glabra	Appalachian sandwort
Monotropsis odorata	Sweet pinesap
Muhlenbergia cuspidata	Plains muhly
Nemophila aphylla	Small-flower baby-blue-eyes
Oclemena acuminata	Whorled aster
Oenothera triloba	Stemless evening-primrose
Orontium aquaticum	Goldenclub
Paxistima canbyi	Canby's mountain-lover
Perideridia americana	Eastern eulophus
Philadelphus inodorus	Mock orange
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida	Cleft phlox
Platanthera cristata	Yellow-crested orchid
Polygala polygama	Racemed milkwort
Pontederia cordata	Pickerel-weed
Potamogeton pulcher	Spotted pondweed
Prenanthes crepidinea	Nodding rattlesnake-root
Ptilimnium capillaceum	Mock bishop's-weed
Quercus nigra	Water oak
Quercus texana	Nuttall’s oak
Sagina fontinalis	Water stitchwort
Sagittaria graminea	Grass-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria platphylla	Delta arrowhead
Saxifraga michauxii	Michaux's saxifrage
Schizachne purpurascens	Purple-oat
Scutellaria saxatilis	Rock skullcap
Sedum telephioides	Allegheny stonecrop
Silphium laciniatum	Compassplant
Solidago albopilosa	White-haired goldenrod
Solidago curtisii	Curtis' goldenrod
Solidago roanensis	Roan mountain goldenrod
Spiraea virginiana	Virginia spiraea
Spiranthes lucida	Shining ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes magnicamporum	Great plains ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes ochroleuca	Yellow nodding ladies’-tresses
Sporobolus clandestinus	Rough dropseed
Stenanthium gramineum	Eastern featherbells
Symphyotrichum concolor	Eastern silvery aster
Symphyotrichum priceae	White heath aster
Taxus canadensis	Canadian yew
Thaspium pinnatifidum	Cutleaf meadow-parsnip
Thuja occidentalis	Northern white-cedar
Trifolium stoloniferum	Running buffalo clover
Trillium undulatum	Painted trillium
Veratrum woodii	Wood’s bunchflower
Viburnum molle	Missouri arrow-wood
Viburnum rafinesquianum var. rafinesquianum	Downey arrow-wood
Viola walteri	Walter's violet
Vitis rupestris	Sand grape
Zizaniopsis miliacea	Southern wild rice
Mosses
Abietinella abietina	Wire fern moss
Anomodon rugelii	A moss
Cirriphyllum piliferum	A moss
Neckera pennata	A moss

(28 Ky.R. 2124; Am. 2334; eff. 5-16-2002; 33 Ky.R. 1635; 2278; eff. 3-9-07.)

Notation

      RELATES TO: KRS 146.485, 146.610

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 146.485, 146.610

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 146.610(2)(a) and (b) authorizes the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission to promulgate administrative regulations for the identification and designation of state threatened or endangered plant species. This administrative regulation establishes the lists of threatened or endangered plant species.