Locations of Special Concern Animals, Plants and Natural Communities in Floyd County, Georgia
"US" indicates species with federal status (Protected, Candidate or Partial Status). Species that are federally protected in Georgia are also state protected.
"GA" indicates Georgia protected species.
Animals
| · Etheostoma coosae Coosa Darter | |
US |
· Etheostoma etowahae Etowah Darter |
| · Etheostoma jordani Greenbreast Darter | |
GA |
· Etheostoma trisella Trispot Darter |
| · Hemidactylium scutatum Four-toed Salamander | |
| · Hiodon tergisus Mooneye | |
GA |
· Hybopsis lineapunctata Lined Chub |
| · Lasmigona holstonia Tennessee Heelsplitter | |
US |
· Leptoxis foremani Interrupted Rocksnail |
US |
· Lioplax cyclostomaformis Cylindrical Lioplax |
| · Lythrurus lirus Mountain Shiner | |
| · Macrhybopsis storeriana Silver Chub | |
GA |
· Moxostoma carinatum River Redhorse |
| · Notropis atherinoides Emerald Shiner | |
| · Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus Slender Glass Lizard | |
US |
· Percina aurolineata Goldline Darter |
GA |
· Percina shumardi River Darter |
US |
· Pleurobema decisum Southern Clubshell |
Plants
| · Amorpha nitens Shining Indigo-bush | |
US |
· Arabis georgiana Georgia Rockcress |
| · Asclepias hirtella Barrens Milkweed | |
GA |
· Asclepias purpurascens Purple Milkweed |
GA |
· Aureolaria patula Spreading Yellow Foxglove |
| · Baptisia australis var. aberrans Glade Blue Indigo | |
| · Baptisia australis var. australis Streamside Blue Indigo | |
| · Boltonia caroliniana Carolina Boltonia | |
| · Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats Grama | |
| · Buchnera americana Bluehearts | |
| · Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata Silky Bindweed | |
| · Camassia scilloides Wild Hyacinth | |
| · Carex eburnea Black-seed Sedge | |
| · Carex purpurifera Purple Sedge | |
GA |
· Carya myristiciformis Nutmeg Hickory |
| · Chaerophyllum procumbens Spreading Chervil | |
| · Cheilanthes alabamensis Alabama Lipfern | |
| · Cirsium carolinianum Carolina Thistle | |
| · Cirsium muticum Swamp Thistle | |
GA |
· Clematis fremontii Fremont's Leatherflower |
US |
· Clematis socialis Alabama Leatherflower |
GA |
· Crataegus triflora Three-flowered Hawthorn |
| · Dalea gattingeri Gattinger Prairie Clover | |
| · Delphinium tricorne Dwarf Larkspur | |
| · Echinacea simulata Prairie Purple Coneflower | |
| · Eleocharis compressa Spikerush | |
| · Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa Warty Slender Spikerush | |
| · Erigenia bulbosa Harbinger-of-spring | |
| · Erigeron strigosus var. calcicola Cedar Glade Daisy Fleabane | |
| · Fraxinus quadrangulata Blue Ash | |
US |
· Helianthus verticillatus Whorled Sunflower |
| · Hypericum dolabriforme Glade St. Johnswort | |
| · Hypericum sphaerocarpum Barrens St. Johnswort | |
| · Isoetes appalachiana Bigspore Engelmann's Quillwort | |
| · Isoetes melanopoda Black-footed Quillwort | |
GA |
· Jamesianthus alabamensis Alabama Warbonnet |
| · Juncus filipendulus Texas Plains Rush | |
| · Liatris squarrosa var. hirsuta Glade Gay-feather | |
GA |
· Lilium michiganense Michigan Lily |
US |
· Marshallia mohrii Coosa Barbara Buttons |
| · Matelea obliqua Limerock Milkvine | |
| · Muhlenbergia sylvatica Woodland Muhly | |
| · Oligoneuron riddellii Riddell's Goldenrod | |
GA |
· Pachysandra procumbens Allegheny-spurge |
| · Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng | |
| · Polemonium reptans Jacobs Ladder | |
| · Potamogeton amplifolius Bigleaf Pondweed | |
GA |
· Prenanthes barbata Barbed Rattlesnake Root |
| · Prunus mexicana Mexican Plum | |
| · Ptilimnium costatum Eastern Bishopweed | |
| · Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain-mint | |
| · Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak | |
| · Rhynchospora thornei Thorne's Beakrush | |
GA |
· Rudbeckia heliopsidis Little River Black-eyed Susan |
GA |
· Sabatia capitata Cumberland Rose Gentian |
| · Scutellaria leonardii Glade Skullcap | |
US |
· Scutellaria montana Large-flowered Skullcap |
| · Scutellaria nervosa Bottomland Skullcap | |
| · Senecio pauperculus Meadow Golden Ragwort | |
GA |
· Silene regia Royal Catchfly |
| · Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass | |
GA |
· Spiranthes magnicamporum Great Plains Ladies-tresses |
| · Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed | |
| · Stachys nuttallii Nuttall's Hedge-nettle | |
| · Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster | |
| · Symphyotrichum pratense Silky Aster | |
GA |
· Thalictrum debile Trailing Meadowrue |
| · Trillium lancifolium Lanceleaf Trillium | |
| · Ulmus serotina September Elm | |
GA |
· Viburnum bracteatum Limerock Arrow-wood |
| · Viburnum rafinesquianum var. affine Limerock Downy Arrowwood | |
US |
· Xyris tennesseensis Tennessee Yellow-eyed Grass |
Natural Communities
No natural communities listed in Floyd county.NOTE: This is a working list and is constantly revised (see element occurance data disclaimer). For the latest changes, acknowledgment of numerous sources, interpretation of data, or other information connected with this list, please contact:
Greg Krakow - Data Manager
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Wildlife Resources Division
Georgia Natural Heritage Program
2065 U.S. Hwy 278 S.E.
Social Circle, Georgia 30025-4743
Phone: (770)918-6411
Fax: (706)557-3033
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