List of Animal Species of Special Emphasis
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| Scientific Name | Common Name(s) | Global | Federal | NY Rank | NY Stat. | NJ Rank | NJ Stat. | BW # Rank |
| VASCULAR PLANTS | ||||||||
| (grouped by division, class and family) | ||||||||
| PTERIDOPHYTES (Ferns and Fern Allies) | ||||||||
| Adiantaceae (Cliff Ferns): | ||||||||
| Cheilanthes lanosa | hairy lipfern | G5 | SX | V | S2 | BWH | ||
| Cryptogramma stelleri | slender rock-brake | G5 | C | SH.1 | E | BW2BW3 | ||
| Pellaea glabella | smooth cliff-brake | G5 | S2 | T | BW1 | |||
| Vittaria appalachiana | Appalachian vittaria | G4 | S1 | E | NA | BW1 | ||
| Aspleniaceae (True Ferns): | ||||||||
| Asplenium bradleyi | Bradley's spleenwort | G4 | SH | V | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Asplenium montanum | mountain spleenwort | G5 | S2 | T | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Asplenium pinnatifidum | lobed spleenwort | G4 | SR | U | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Athyrium pycnocarpon | glade fern | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW3BW4 | ||
| Cystopteris protrusa | lowland fragile fern | G5 | S1 | E | S2 | BW1 | ||
| Dryopteris fragrans | fragrant cliff wood-fern | G5 | S1 | T | NA | BW1 | ||
| Gymnocarpium dryopteris | oak fern | G5 | C | S2 | BW4 | |||
| Equisetaceae (Horsetail Family): | ||||||||
| Equisetum pratense | meadow horsetail | G5 | S2 | R | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Equisetum variegatum | variegated horsetail | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW4 | ||
| Isoetaceae (Quillwort Family): | ||||||||
| Isoetes lacustris | lake quillwort | G4G5 | S3 | R | S1.1 | E | BW1 | |
| Isoetes melanopoda | black-based quillwort | G5 | NA | SH | E | BWH | ||
| Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss Family): | ||||||||
| Lycopodium annotinum | stiff club-moss | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW4 | ||
| Lycopodiella caroliniana (=Psuedolycopodiella caroliniana) | Carolina club-moss | G4 | S1 | E | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-tongue Family): | ||||||||
| Botrychium multifidum | leathery grape-fern | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW3BW4 | ||
| Botrychium oneidense | blunt-lobed grape-fern | G4? | S1S3 | V | S2 | BW2? | ||
| Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass Family): | ||||||||
| Lygodium palmatum | climbing fern | G4 | S1 | E | S2 | LP | BW2 | |
| Schizaea pusilla | curly-grass fern | G3 | 3C | S1 | E | S3 | LP | BW3 |
| GYMNOSPERMS (Cone-bearing Plants) | ||||||||
| Cupressaceae (Cypress Family): | ||||||||
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic white cedar | G4 | S3 | R | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Thuja occidentalis | northern white cedar | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW4 | ||
| Pinaceae (Pine Family): | ||||||||
| Pinus pungens | table mountain pine | G4 | NA | S1.1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine | G5 | S1 | E | S5 | BW3 | ||
| ANGIOSPERMS (Flowering Plants): | ||||||||
| MONOCOTYLEDONEAE (Monocots): | ||||||||
| Alismataceae (Water-plantain Family): | ||||||||
| Alisma triviale | large water-plantain | G5T5 | C | S1 | E | BW3 | ||
| Sagittaria australis | southern arrowhead | G5 | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Sagittaria calycina var. spongiosa (= S. spatulata) | spongy or tidal arrowhead | G5T4 | S2 | R | S3 | BW3 | ||
| Sagittaria subulata | strap-leaf arrowhead | G4 | S3 | U | S2 | BW3 | ||
| Sagittaria teres | quill-leaf arrowhead | G3 | S1 | E | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Araceae (Arum Family): | ||||||||
| Orontium aquaticum | golden club | G5 | S2 | U | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Commelinaceae (Spiderwort Family): | ||||||||
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio spiderwort | G5 | S1 | R | S2 | BW1 | ||
| Cyperaceae (Sedge Family): | ||||||||
| Carex abscondita | thicket sedge | G4G5 | S1 | U | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Carex albicans var. emmonsii (=C. emmonsii) | Emmons' sedge | G5T5 | S3 | R | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Carex amphibola var. amphibola | narrow-leaved sedge | G5T4 | SH | U | S1 | E | BWH | |
| Carex argyrantha | hay sedge | G5 | S2 | U | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Carex backii | Back's sedge | G4 | S2 | T | SH.1 | E | BW1 | |
| Carex barrattii | Barratt's sedge | G4 | 3C | S1 | E | S4 | LP | BW2BW3 |
| Carex bicknellii | Bicknell's sedge | G5 | S2 | R | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Carex brunnescens | brownish sedge | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW3BW4 | ||
| Carex bullata | button sedge | G5 | S1 | T | S5 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Carex bushii | Bush's sedge | G4 | S3 | R | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Carex collinsii | Collins' sedge | G4 | S1S2 | R | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Carex complanata | hirsute sedge | G5 | S1? | R | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Carex conjuncta | soft fox sedge | G4G5 | S1? | U | S4 | BW2BW3 | ||
| Carex cumulata | clustered sedge | G4? | S2S3 | R | SH | E | BW2 | |
| Carex davisii | Davis' sedge | G4 | S1 | R | BW2? | |||
| Carex deweyana | Dewey's sedge | G5 | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Carex flaccosperma var. glaucodea | gray-green sedge | G5T5 | S1 | R | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Carex formosa | handsome sedge | G4 | C2 | S2S3 | R | S1.1 | E | BW1 |
| Carex frankii | Frank's sedge | G5 | S1 | U | S3 | BW1 | ||
| Carex gravida | heavy sedge | G5 | S1 | R | BW1 | |||
| Carex haydenii | cloud sedge | G5 | S1 | U | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Carex hitchcockiana | Hitchcock's sedge | G5 | S2 | U | S2 | BW1 | ||
| Carex hormathodes | necklace sedge | G4G5 | S2S3 | R | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Carex limosa | mud sedge | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW4 | ||
| Carex lupuliformis | false hop sedge | G3? | S3 | R | S1 | BW2 | ||
| Carex mesochorea | midland sedge | G4G5 | S1 | U | SH | BW1 | ||
| Carex mitchelliana | Mitchell's sedge | G3G4 | S2 | E | S2 | BW1BW2 | ||
| Carex polymorpha | variable sedge | G2G3 | C2 | SX | U | S1 | E | BW1 |
| Carex pseudocyperus | cyperus-like sedge | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW3? | ||
| Carex retroflexa | reflexed sedge | G5 | S1 | U | NA? | BW1? | ||
| Carex rostrata | beaked-sedge | G5 | C | S2 | BW4 | |||
| Carex seorsa | weak stellate sedge | G4 | S2 | R | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Carex siccata (=C. foenea) | dry-spiked sedge | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW3BW4 | ||
| Carex straminea | straw sedge | G5 | S1 | U | C | BW2BW3 | ||
| Carex striatula | lined sedge | G4G5 | S1 | U | C | BW1BW2? | ||
| Carex styloflexa | bent sedge | G4G5 | S1 | U | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Carex tuckermanii | Tuckerman's sedge | G4 | C | SH | E | BW3? | ||
| Carex typhina | cat-tail sedge | G5 | S2 | R | S3 | BW2 | ||
| Carex venusta var. minor | small graceful sedge | G4T3T4 | S1 | R | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Carex willdenowii | Willdenow's sedge | G5 | S1 | R | S2 | BW1 | ||
| Cyperus echinatus | globose flatsedge | G5 | S1 | E | S5 | BW4? | ||
| Cyperus erythrorhizos | red-rooted flatsedge | G5 | S3 | R | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Cyperus flavescens var. flavescens | yellow umbrella-sedge | G?T? | S1 | U | C | BW2? | ||
| Cyperus houghtonii | Houghton's umbrella-sedge | G4? | S3 | R | SRF | BW2 | ||
| Cyperus lancastriensis | Lancaster flatsedge | G5 | NA | S2 | E | BW1? | ||
| Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus | hop sedge | G5T? | S2 | U | NA | BW1 | ||
| Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis | coast flatsedge | G5T5 | S2 | R | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Cyperus refractus | reflexed flatsedge | G5 | NA | SH | E | BWH | ||
| Cyperus retrofractus | rough flatsedge | G5 | NA | SH | E | BWH | ||
| Cyperus retorsus | retrorse flatsedge | G5 | S1 | U | C | BW3? | ||
| Cyperus schweinitzii | Schweinitz's flatsedge | G5 | S2 | R | SE | BW1 | ||
| Eleocharis brittonii | Britton's spikerush | G4G5 | NA | S1.1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Eleocharis elliptica var. pseudoptera | slender spikerush | G5T? | S1 | U | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Eleocharis engelmannii | Engelmann's spikerush | G5 | S1 | E | SU | BW1 | ||
| Eleocharis equisetoides | knotted spikerush | G4 | S2 | T | SH | E(LP) | BW1 | |
| Eleocharis fallax | creeping spikerush | G4G5 | S1 | R | SU | BW2? | ||
| Eleocharis halophila | salt-marsh spikerush | G4 | S2 | R | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Eleocharis melanocarpa | black-fruited spikerush | G4 | S3 | U | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Eleocharis obtusa var. ovata | blunt spikerush | G5T4Q | S1S2 | R | C | BW2 | ||
| Eleocharis quadrangulata | angled spikerush | G4 | S1 | T | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa | spikerush | G5T3T5 | NA | S1.1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Eleocharis tortilis | twisted spikerush | G5 | SX | U | S1 | E | BW1? | |
| Eleocharis tricostata | three-ribbed spikerush | G4 | S1 | T | S4 | BW2 | ||
| Eleocharis tuberculosa | long-tubercled spikerush | G5 | S2 | T | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Eriophorum gracile | slender cottongrass | G5 | C | SH | E | BW4 | ||
| Eriophorum tenellum | rough cottongrass | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW4 | ||
| Eriophorum vaginatum ssp. spissum | sheathed cottongrass | G5T5 | C | SH.1 | E | BW2BW3? | ||
| Fimbristylis castanea | marsh fimbry | G5 | S2 | T | S3 | BW3 | ||
| Fuirena squarrosa | hairy umbrella-sedge | G4G5 | SR | U | S3 | BW1BW2 | ||
| Hemicarpha micrantha | dwarf bullrush | G4 | S1 | R | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Lipocarpha micrantha | dwarf bullrush | G4 | S1 | R | BW1 | |||
| Rhynchospora filifolia | thread-leaved beaked rush | G5 | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Rhynchospora globularis | grass-like beaked rush | G5 | SX | U | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Rhynchospora glomerata | clustered beaked rush | G5 | NA | S2 | E | BWH | ||
| Rhynchospora inundata | horned beaked rush | G4 | S1 | E | S2 | LP | BW2 | |
| Rhynchospora knieskernii | Knieskern's beaked rush | G1 | T | NA | S1 | E(LP) | BW1 | |
| Rhynchospora microcephala | small-headed beaked rush | G? | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Rhynchospora nitens (=Psilocarya nitens) | short-beaked bald-rush | G4 | S2 | R | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Rhynchospora pallida | pale beaked rush | G3 | SX | U | S3 | BW2 | ||
| Rhynchospora rariflora | rare-flowering beaked rush | G5 | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Rhynchospora scirpoides (=Psilocarya scirpoides) | long-beaked bald-rush | G4 | S3 | R | S2 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Scirpus novae-angliae (=S. cylindricus) | cylindrical-headed bulrush | G5 | S1 | E | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Scirpus georgianus | Georgia bullrush | G5 | S1 | U | C | BW1 | ||
| Scirpus longii | Long's bulrush | G2 | C2 | SX | U | S2 | E(LP) | BW1 |
| Scirpus maritimus | saltmarsh bulrush | G5 | S1 | U | SH | E | BW1 | |
| Scirpus torreyi | Torrey's bulrush | G5? | C | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Scleria minor | slender nutrush | G4 | S1 | E | S4 | LP | BW3 | |
| Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana | few-flowered nutrush | G5T4T5 | S1 | T | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Scleria reticularis var. pubescens | nutrush | G5TU | S1 | U | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Scleria reticularis var. reticularis | reticulated nutrush | G3G4T3T4 | S3 | R | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Scleria triglomerata | whip nutrush | G5 | S2 | R | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Scleria verticillata | whorled or low nutrush | G5 | S1 | E | S1 | E | BWH | |
| Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort Family): | ||||||||
| Eriocaulon parkeri | Parker's pipewort | G3 | 3C | SX | U | S2 | BW2 | |
| Iridaceae (Iris Family): | ||||||||
| Iris prismatica | slender blue flag | G4G5 | S2 | U | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Juncaceae (Rush Family): | ||||||||
| Juncus ambiguus (=J. bufonius var. halophilus) | toad rush | G5T? | S1 | U | NA | BW1? | ||
| Juncus brachycarpus | short-fruited rush | G4G5 | S1 | U | SH | E | BW1 | |
| Juncus caesariensis | New Jersey rush | G2 | C2 | NA | S2 | E (LP) | BW1 | |
| Juncus coriaceus | leathery rush | G5 | SRF | U | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Juncus debilis | weak rush | G5 | S1 | T | S5 | BW4 | ||
| Juncus elliottii | Elliott's rush | G4G5 | NA | SH.1 | E | BWH | ||
| Juncus subcaudatus | woods-rush | G5 | S1 | R | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Juncus torreyi | Torrey's rush | G5 | C | SU | BW3BW4 | |||
| Juncus trifidus | highland rush | G5 | S2 | T | NA | BW1 | ||
| Luzula acuminata | hairy woodrush | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW4 | ||
| Lemnaceae (Duckweed Family): | ||||||||
| Lemna perpusilla | minute duckweed | G5 | SH | U | S1 | E | BWH | |
| Lemna valdiviana | pale duckweed | G5 | SH | U | S1 | E | BWH | |
| Wolffia papulifera (= W. brasiliensis) | pointed watermeal | G5 | S2? | E | S4 | BW3 | ||
| Wolffiella floridana | Florida bogmat | G? | NA | S1 | E | BWH | ||
| Liliaceae (Lily Family): | ||||||||
| Aletris farinosa | stargrass | G5 | S2 | U | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Chamaelirium luteum | blazing-star, devils' bit | G5 | S2 | R | S3 | BW2 | ||
| Helonias bullata | swamp pink | G3 | T | SX | U | S3 | E(LP) | BW1 |
| Melanthium virginicum | Virginia bunchflower | G5 | SH | U | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Narthecium americanum | bog asphodel | G2 | C1 | SRF | U | S2 | E(LP) | BW1 |
| Smilacina trifolia | three-leaved solomon's-seal | G5 | C | S1 | BW3 | |||
| Streptopus roseus | rosy twisted-stalk bellwort | G5 | C | S1 | E | BW3BW4 | ||
| Tofieldia racemosa | false asphodel | G5 | NA | S1 | E(LP) | BW1 | ||
| Uvularia puberula var. nitida | pine barren bellwort | G5T3 | S1 | E | S2 | E | BW1 | |
| Zigadenus leimanthoides | death-camus | G4Q | SX | U | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Orchidaceae (Orchid Family): | ||||||||
| Aplectrum hyemale | puttyroot | G5 | S1 | V | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Arethusa bulbosa | swamp pink | G4 | S2 | R | S2 | BW2 | ||
| Cleistes divaricata | spreading pogonia | G4 | NA | S1 | E(LP) | BWH | ||
| Cypripedium arietinum | ram's-head lady's-slipper | G3 | S2 | T | SRF | BW1 | ||
| Isotria medeoloides | small whorled pogonia | G2G3 | E | SH | V | S1 | E | BWH/BWO |
| Liparis lilifolia | large twayblade | G5 | S2 | R | C | BW3? | ||
| Listera australis | southern twayblade | G4 | S1S2 | R | S2 | LP | BW2 | |
| Malaxis bayardii | Bayard's malaxis | G2? | S1 | V | NA | BW1 | ||
| Malaxis monophyllos | white adder's-mouth | G5 | C | SH | E | BW3? | ||
| Platanthera ciliaris | orange fringed orchid | G5 | S1 | T | S2 | LP | BW2 | |
| Platanthera cristata | crested yellow orchid | G5 | S1 | T | S3 | LP | BW2 | |
| Platanthera flava var. herbiola | tubercled rein orchid | G4T4Q | 3C | S5 | V | S2 | BW3 | |
| Platanthera hookeri | Hooker's orchid | G5 | S1S2 | U | S1 | E | BWH | |
| Platanthera integra | yellow fringeless orchid | G4 | 3C | NA | S1 | E(LP) | BW1 | |
| Platanthera nivea | snowy orchid | G5 | NA | SH | E | BWH | ||
| Platanthera peramoena | purple fringeless orchid | G5 | 3C | SRF | V | SH | E | BWH |
| Spiranthes laciniata | lace-lip ladies'-tresses | G4G5 | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Spiranthes odorata | fragrant ladies'-tresses | G5 | NA | S2 | BW1 | |||
| Spiranthes vernalis | grassleaf ladies'-tresses | G5 | S1 | R | S4 | BW3BW4 | ||
| Tipularia discolor | cranefly orchid | G4G5 | S1 | T | S3 | BW3 | ||
| Triphora trianthophora | three birds orchid | G4 | S1 | V | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Poaceae (Grass Family): | ||||||||
| Amphicarpum purshii | peanut grass | G4 | S1 | U | NA? | BW1 | ||
| Aristida basiramea var. curtissii | Curtis' three-awned grass | G5T4T5 | NA | S2 | BW1 | |||
| Bouteloua curtipendula | side-oats gramma grass | G5 | S1 | E | S1 | E | BW1 | |
| Calamagrostis pickeringii | Pickering's reedgrass | G4 | S3 | R | S1 | E | BW2 | |
| Calamovilfa brevipilis | pine barren reedgrass | G4 | 3C | NA | S4 | LP | BW3 | |
| Coelorachis rugosa | wrinkled jointgrass | G5 | NA | S1 | E | BW1 | ||
| Diarrhena obovata | beakgrass | G? | S1 | U | NA |