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About Special Concern SpeciesWhile not afforded legal protection under the Endangered Species Act of the State of Michigan, some species are of concern because of declining or relict populations in the state. Should these species continue to decline, they would be recommended for Threatened or Endangered status. Protection of Special Concern species now, before they reach dangerously low population levels, would prevent the need to list them in the future by maintaining adequate numbers of self-sustaining populations within Michigan. Some other potentially rare species are listed as of Special Concern pending more precise information on their status in the state; when such information becomes available, they could be moved to threatened or endangered status or deleted from the list. Information on Michigan's Special Concern Plant Species
Adlumia fungosa, Climbing fumitory Agrimonia rostellata, Beaked
Agrimony Amorpha canescens, Leadplant Angelica venenosa, Hairy angelica Antennaria parvifolia, Pussytoes Arabis missouriensis var. deamii,
Missouri rock-cress Asclepias purpurascens, Purple milkweed Aster praealtus, Willow aster Astragalus neglectus, Cooper's milk-vetch Baptisia lactea (B. leucantha), White false
indigo Betula murrayana (Betula purpusii
X Betula alleghaniensis) Murray birch Botrychium pallidum, Pale moonwort
Cacalia plantaginea (C. tuberosa), Prairie
Indian-plantain Callitriche hermaphroditca, Autumnal
water-starwort Carex concinna, Beauty sedge Carex davisii, Davis's sedge Carex festucacea, Fescue sedge Carex frankii, Frank's sedge Carex richardsonii, Richardson's sedge Carex squarrosa, sedge Carex tincta, sedge Carex trichocarpa, Hairy-fruited sedge Celtis tenuifolia, Dwarf hackberry Cirsium hillii, Hill's thistle Clematis occidentalis, Purple clematis Crategus douglasii, Douglas's hawthorn Cryptogramma stelleri, Slender cliff-brake fern Cuscuta campestris, Field dodder Cuscuta glomerata, Rope dodder Cuscuta indecora, dodder Cuscuta pentogona, Five-angled dodder Cuscuta polygonorum, Knotweed dodder Cyperus flavescens, Yellow nut-grass Cypripedium arietinum, Ram's head lady's-slipper Cystopteris laurentiana, Laurentian fragile fern Danthonia compressa, Flat oatgrass Danthonia intermedia, wild oatgrass Draba arabisans, Rock whitlow-grass Drosera anglica (D. xanglica), English sundew Dryopteris filix-mas, Male fern Dryopteris fragrans, Fragrant cliff woodfern Eleocharis engelmannii, Engelmann's spike-rush Eleocharis equisetoides, Horsetail spike-rush Eleocharis melanocarpa, Black-fruited spike-rush Elymus glaucus, Blue wild rye Elymus mollis (Leymus mollis), American dune wild rye Eragrostis capillaris, Love grass Eragrostis pilosa, Small love grass Erigeron acris, Fleabane Euonymous atropurpurea, Wahoo Geum virginianum, Pale avens Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky coffee-tree Helianthus hirsutus, Whiskered sunflower Hemicarpha micrantha (Lipocarpa micrantha), Dwarf-bulrush Hibiscus laevis (H. militaris), Smooth rose-mallow Hibiscus moscheutos (H. palustris), Swamp rose-mallow Hieracium paniculatum, Panicled hawkweed Houstonia caerulea, Bluets Huperzia appalachiana, Mountain fir-moss Huperzia selago (Lycopodium selago), Fir clubmoss Hybanthus concolor, Green violet Hypericum gentianoides, Gentian-leaved St. John's wort Jeffersonia diphylla, Twinleaf Kuhnia eupatoriodes, False boneset Lechea minor, Least pinweed Lechea stricta, Erect pinweed Leucospora multifida (Conobea multifida), Conobea Linum sulcatum, Furrowed flax Liparis lilifolia, Purple twayblade Listera auriculata, Auricled twayblade Lithospermum latifolium, Broad-leaved puccoon Littorella uniflora (L. uniflora var. americana), American
shore-grass Ludwigia alternifolia, Seedbox Lycopodiella subappressa (L. appressum), Northern appressed clubmoss Lysimachia hybrida, Swamp candles Mimulus guttatus, Western monkey-flower Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Alternate-leaved water milfoil Panicum microcarpon, Small-fruited panic grass Paronychia fastigiata, Low-forked chickweed Penstemon pallidus, Pale beardtongue Phaseolus polystachios, Wild bean Pinguicula vulgaris, Butterwort Piperia unalascensis (Habenaria unalascensis), Alaska orchid Polygala cruciata, Cross-leaved milkwort Potamogeton confervoides, Algal-leaved pondweed Prunus alleghaniensis var. davisii, Alleghany plum Pycnanthemum verticillatum, Whorled mountain mint Quercus shumardii, Shumard's oak Rhexia virginica, Meadow beauty Rhynchospora macrostachya, Tall beak-rush Ribes oxycanthoides, Northern gooseberry Rotala ramisor, Tooth-cup Salix pellita, Satiny willow Scirpus clintonii, Clinton's bulrush Scirpus torreyi, Torrey's bulrush Scleria triglomerata, Tall nut-rush Scutellaria elliptica, Hairy skullcap Sisyrinchium strictum, Blue-eyed-grass Smilax herbacea, Smooth carrion flower Solidago bicolor, White goldenrod Spiranthes ochroleuca, Yellow ladies'-tresses Sporobolus clandestinus, Dropseed grass Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed grass Stellaria longipes, Stichwort Strophostyles helvula, Trailing wild bean Thalictrum venulosum var. confine, Veiny meadow-rue Tradescantia virginiana, Virginia spiderwort Triplasis purpurea, Sand grass Trisetum spicatum, Downy oat-grass Viburnum prunifolium, Black haw
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