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[1] and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.[2]
This lists the animal species that are endangered, threatened, rare or uncommon in Rabun County.[3]
| Common name! | US status[4] | GA rank[5] | GA status[6] | Photo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
This lists the animal species that are endangered, threatened, rare or uncommon in Rabun County.[7]
| Common name! | US status | GA rank | GA status | Photo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |