USACE Potential Target Species List 2025.pdf

Scientific Name Common Name Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-haired bat Lasiurus borealis Red bat Lasiurus cinereus Hoary bat Myotis lucifugus Little brown bat Myotis septentrionalis Northern long-earred bat Perimyotis subflavus Tricolored bat Synaptomys cooperi Southern bog lemming

Mammals

USACE Potential Target RTE Species

Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned hawk Aegolius acadicus Northern saw-whet owl Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper sparrow Aquila chrysaetos Golden eagle Asio flammeus Short-eared owl Asio otus Long-eared owl Botaurus lentiginosus American bittern Buteo platypterus Broad-winged hawk Caprimulgus vociferus Whip-poor-will Cardellina canadensis Canada warbler Chaetura pelagica Chimney swift Circus hudsonius Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) Cistothorus platensis Sedge wren Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed cuckoo Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink Eremophila alpestris Horned lark Euphagus carolinus Rusty blackbird Falco sparverius American kestrel Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald eagle Hylocichla mustelina Wood thrush Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah sparrow Piranga olivacea Scarlet tanager Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed grebe Progne subis Purple martin Rallus elegans King rail Setophaga americana Northern parula Setophaga cerulea Cerulean warbler Setophaga discolor Prairie warbler Sturnella magna Eastern meadowlark Toxostoma rufum Brown thrasher Tringa flavipes Lesser yellowlegs Tyto alba Barn owl Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged warbler

Birds

Clemmys guttata Spotted turtle Glyptemys insculpta Wood turtle Heterodon platirhinos Eastern hognose snake Opheodrys vernalis Smooth green snake Terrapene carolina carolina Eastern box turtle Thamnophis sauritus Eastern ribbon snake

Reptiles

Acronicta falcula Corylus dagger moth Acronicta fragilis Fragile dagger moth Brachinus ovipennis Bombardier beetle Callophrys henrici Henry's elfin Callophrys hesseli Hessel's hairstreak Callophrys irus Frosted elfin Calopteryx dimidiata Sparkling jewelwing Carabus serratus Ground beetle Catocala herodias gerhardi Herodias underwing Chaetaglaea cerata Waxed sallow Chlosyne harrisii Harris' checkerspot Chytonix sensilis Barrens Chytonix Cicindela formosa generosa Big sand tiger beetle Cicindela purpurea Purple tiger beetle Cicindela tranquebarica Dark-bellied tiger beetle Danaus plexippus Monarch butterfly Derrima stellata Pink star moth Digrammia equivocata Equivocal looper Enallagma daeckii Attenuated bluet Enallagma minusculum Little bluet Enallagma pictum Scarlet bluet Enallagma recurvatum Pine barrens bluet Erynnis brizo Sleepy duskywing

Invertebrate- Insects

Erynnis horatius Horace's duskywing Erynnis persius persius Persius duskywing Euchlaena madusaria Scrub euchlaena Exyra fax Pitcher plant moth Gomphus adelphus Mustached clubtail Gomphus quadricolor Rapids clubtail Hemaris gracilis Slender clearwing Hemileuca maia maia Barrens buck moth Hetaerina americana American rubyspot Hybomitra longiglossa Horse fly Hyparpax aurora Pink prominent Lycaena epixanthe Bog copper Metarranthis apiciaria Barrens metarranthis moth Papaipema appassionata Pitcher plant borer Psectraglaea carnosa Pink sallow Schinia septentrionalis Northern flower moth Schinia spinosae Spinose flower moth Sphodros niger Purse web spider Sympistis perscripta Scribbled sallow moth Williamsonia lintneri Ringed boghaunter Zale curema Black-eyed zale Zale obliqua Oblique zale Zanclognatha martha Pine barrens zanclognatha

Invertebrate- Insects

Alasmidonta varicosa Brook floater Gyraulus circumstriatus Disc gyro Margaritifera margaritifera Eastern pearlshell

Invertebrate- Mollusks

Abies balsamea Balsam fir Acalypha virginica Virginia copperleaf Agalinis acuta Sandplain agalinis Ageratina aromatica Small white snakeroot Arethusa bulbosa Dragon's-mouth Aristida purpurascens Arrowfeather Asclepias purpurascens Purple milkweed Asplenium montanum Mountain spleenwort Bidens beckii Beck's water-marigold Carex bushii Bush's sedge Carex buxbaumii Brown bog sedge Carex cumulata Clustered sedge Carex polymorpha Variable sedge Celastrus scandens American bittersweet Coeloglossum viride Long-bracted green orchid Corallorhiza trifida Early coral root Crocanthemum propinquum Low frostweed Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow lady's-slipper Desmodium glabellum Dillenius' tick-trefoil Desmodium sessilifolium Sessile-leaf tick-trefoil Dichanthelium xanthophysum Pale-leaved rosette-panicgrass Dryopteris goldiana Goldie's fern Eleocharis equisetoides Horsetail spikesedge Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum Hare's tail Eurybia spectabilis Showy aster Gaultheria hispidula Creeping snowberry Gaylussacia bigeloviana Dwarf huckleberry Goodyera repens var. ophioides Dwarf rattlesnake plantain Hottonia inflata Featherfoil Hydrocotyle umbellata Water pennywort Ilex glabra Inkberry

Plants

Isotria medeoloides Small whorled pogonia Lespedeza repens Creeping bush-clover Liatris novae-angliae New England blazing-star Liparis liliifolia Lily-leaved twayblade Lipocarpha micrantha Dwarf bulrush Lygodium palmatum Climbing fern Maianthemum trifolium Three-leaved false Solomon's-seal Malaxis unifolia Green adder's-mouth Moneses uniflora One-flower wintergreen Oclemena nemoralis Bog aster Orthilia secunda One-sided pyrola Oxalis violacea Violet wood-sorrel Panax quinquefolius American ginseng Pedicularis lanceolata Swamp lousewort Piptatherum pungens Slender mountain ricegrass Platanthera flava var. herbiola Pale green orchid Platanthera hookeri Hooker's orchid Podostemum ceratophyllum Riverweed (Threadfoot) Polygala nuttallii Nuttall's milkwort Potamogeton gemmiparus Capillary pondweed Potamogeton vaseyi Vasey's pondweed Prunus alleghaniensis Alleghany plum Rhynchospora macrostachya Tall beaksedge Rosa nitida Shining rose Rumex persicarioides Sea-side dock Scleria triglomerata Whip nutrush Senna hebecarpa Wild senna Stachys hyssopifolia Hyssop-leaf hedge-nettle Stellaria borealis Northern stitchwort Trichophorum alpinum Alpine bulrush Viola canadensis Canada violet

Plants