# List of species of special concern in Rabun County, Georgia

Lists of animal and plant species that are endangered, threatened, rare or uncommon in Rabun County, Georgia are maintained by both the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

## Animals

This lists the animal species that are endangered, threatened, rare or uncommon in Rabun County.
Animals :
| Binomial name | Common name | US status | GA rank | GA status |
| Alasmidonta varicosa | Brook floater (freshwater mollusk) | - | Imperiled | - |
| Aneides aeneus | Green salamander | - | Imperiled | Rare |
| Cambarus georgiae | Little Tennessee crayfish | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Clethrionomys gapperi | Southern red-backed vole | - | Rare - apparently secure | - |
| Corynorhinus rafinesquii | Rafinesque's big-eared bat | - | Rare | Rare |
| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis | Hellbender | - | Imperiled | Rare |
| Empidonax minimus | Least flycatcher | - | Rare | - |
| Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus | Northern coal skink | - | Imperiled | - |
| Glyptemys muhlenbergii | Bog turtle | Threatened | Imperiled | Threatened |
| Moxostoma sp. 4 | Brassy jumprock (sucker fish) | - | Rare - apparently secure | - |
| Neotoma floridana haematoreia | Southern Appalachian woodrat | - | Rare | - |
| Notropis hypsilepis | Highscale shiner (fish) | - | Rare | - |
| Notropis photogenis | Silver shiner (fish) | - | Critically imperiled | Endangered |
| Notropis scepticus | Sandbar shiner (fish) | - | Imperiled | Rare |
| Parascalops breweri | Hairy-tailed mole | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Percina evides | Gilt darter | - | Imperiled or rare | - |
| Percina squamata | Olive darter | - | - | Threatened |
| Phenacobius crassilabrum | Fatlips minnow | - | Critically imperiled | Endangered |
| Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus | Northern pine snake | - | Imperiled | - |
| Plethodon teyahalee | Southern Appalachian salamander | - | Imperiled | - |
| Sorex cinereus | Masked shrew | - | Imperiled or rare | - |
| Sorex dispar | Long-tailed or rock shrew | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Sorex hoyi | Pygmy shrew | - | Imperiled | - |
| Speyeria diana | Diana fritillary (butterfly) | - | - | - |
| Synaptomys cooperi | Southern bog lemming | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | Red squirrel | - | Apparently secure | - |

## Plants

This lists the animal species that are endangered, threatened, rare or uncommon in Rabun County.
Plants :
| Binomial name | Common name | US status | GA rank | GA status |
| Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple giant hyssop | - | Presence not confirmed | - |
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild sarsaparilla | - | Imperiled | - |
| Brachyelytrum septentrionale | Northern shorthusk grass | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Calamagrostis porteri | Porter's reedgrass | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata | Silky bindweed | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex aestivaliformis | Sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex appalachica | Appalachian sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex biltmoreana | Biltmore sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex lucorum | Southern fibrous root sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex manhartii | Manhart's sedge | - | Rare - apparently secure | - |
| Carex misera | Wretched sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex pedunculata | Longstalk sedge | - | - | - |
| Carex roanensis | Roan Mountain sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Carex scabrata | Sedge | - | Imperiled or rare | - |
| Cephaloziella obtusilobula | Roundleaf leafy liverwort | - | Presence not confirmed | - |
| Chelone cuthbertii | Cuthbert turtlehead | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-fern | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Corydalis sempervirens | Pale corydalis | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Cymophyllus fraserianus | Fraser's sedge | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Cypripedium acaule | Pink ladyslipper | - | Secure | - |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum | Small-flowered yellow ladyslipper | - | Apparently secure | - |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens | Large-flowered yellow ladyslipper | - | Apparently secure | - |
| Diphasiastrum tristachyum | Ground cedar | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Drosera rotundifolia | Roundleaf sundew | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Gymnoderma lineare | Rock gnome lichen | Endangered | Critically imperiled | Endangered |
| Helianthus smithii | Smith sunflower | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Helonias bullata | Swamp-pink | Threatened | Critically imperiled | Threatened |
| Huperzia appressa | Fir clubmoss | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Hydrastis canadensis | Goldenseal | - | Imperiled | Endangered |
| Hymenophyllum tayloriae | Taylor filmy fern | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Hypericum buckleii | Blue Ridge St. Johnswort | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Isotria medeoloides | Small whorled pogonia | Threatened | Imperiled | Threatened |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut (nut-bearing only) | - | Imperiled | - |
| Juncus gymnocarpus | Naked-fruit rush | - | Imperiled to rare | - |
| Kalmia buxifolia | Sand-myrtle | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Kalmia carolina | Carolina bog myrtle | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Lejeunea blomquistii | Blomquist leafy liverwort | - | Presence not confirmed | - |
| Lindernia saxicola | Rock false pimpernel | - | Presence not confirmed | Endangered |
| Listera smallii | Appalachian twayblade | - | Imperiled | - |
| Lycopodium clavatum | Ground pine | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Lygodium palmatum | Climbing fern | - | Imperiled | - |
| Lysimachia fraseri | Fraser's loosestrife | - | Critically imperiled | Rare |
| Melanthium latifolium | Broadleaf bunchflower | - | Imperiled | - |
| Menziesia pilosa | Minniebush | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Monotropsis odorata | Sweet pinesap | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Neottia smallii | Appalachian twayblade | - | Imperiled | - |
| Packera millefolia | Blue Ridge golden ragwort | - | Critically imperiled | Threatened |
| Panax quinquefolius | American ginseng | - | Rare | - |
| Panax trifolius | Dwarf ginseng | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Parnassia grandifolia | Largeleaf grass-of-parnassus | - | Presence not confirmed | - |
| Plagiochila caduciloba | Gorge leafy liverwort | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Plagiochila sharpie | Sharp's leafy liverwort | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Plagiochila sullivantii | Sullivant's leafy liverwort | - | Presence not confirmed | - |
| Plagiomnium carolinianum | Mountain wavy-leaf moss | - | Imperiled | - |
| Platanthera integrilabia | Monkeyface orchid | Candidate | Critically imperiled | Threatened |
| Platyhypnidium pringlei | Pringle's platyhypnidium (moss) | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Prunus pensylvanica | Fire cherry | - | Imperiled | - |
| Sanguisorba canadensis | Canada burnet | - | Critically imperiled | Threatened |
| Sarracenia purpurea | Purple pitcherplant | - | Critically imperiled | Endangered |
| Shortia galacifolia | Oconee bells | - | Critically imperiled | Endangered |
| Solidago simulans | Cliffside goldenrod | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Sorbus americana | American mountain-ash | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Tofieldia glutinosa or Triantha glutinosa | Sticky false asphodel | - | Presence not confirmed | - |
| Trillium persistens | Persistent trillium | Endangered | Critically imperiled | Endangered |
| Tsuga caroliniana | Carolina hemlock | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Vaccinium erythrocarpum | Bearberry | - | Critically imperiled | - |
| Xerophyllum asphodeloides | Eastern turkeybeard | - | Critically imperiled | Rare |