The following is a list of rare species and ecological
communities known from Pine Mountain. The Status column in the table contains
the KSNPC
state status along with the USFWS
federal status (listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act)
in parenthesis. The last column in the table list the number of known
occurrences.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Status |
# |
| Mosses (11) | |||
| Anomodon rugelii | A moss | T |
1 |
| Brachythecium populeum | Matted Feather Moss | E |
1 |
| Cirriphyllum piliferum | A moss | T |
2 |
| Dicranodontium asperulum | A moss | E |
1 |
| Entodon brevisetus | A moss | E |
2 |
| Herzogiella turfacea | A moss | E |
1 |
| Neckera pennata | A moss | T |
3 |
| Oncophorus raui | A moss | E |
3 |
| Polytrichum pallidisetum | A Hair Cap Moss | T |
1 |
| Polytrichum strictum | A moss | E |
1 |
| Sphagnum quinquefarium | A Sphagnum Moss | E |
1 |
| Vascular Plants (38) | |||
| Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo | T |
9 |
| Bartonia virginica | Yellow Screwstem | T |
1 |
| Botrychium matricariifolium | Matricary Grape-fern | E |
2 |
| Boykinia aconitifolia | Brook Saxifrage | T |
1 |
| Castanea dentata | American Chestnut | E |
1 |
| Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinkapin | T |
2 |
| Chrysosplenium americanum | American Golden-saxifrage | T |
2 |
| Circaea alpina | Small Enchanter's Nightshade | S |
2 |
| Corallorhiza maculata | Spotted Coralroot | E |
1 |
| Corydalis sempervirens | Rock Harlequin | S |
11 |
| Cymophyllus fraserianus | Fraser's Sedge | E |
7 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | T |
2 |
| Disporum maculatum | Nodding Mandarin | S |
2 |
| Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Wood Fern | S |
1 |
| Eupatorium steelei | Steele's Joe-pye-weed | T |
3 |
| Gentiana decora | Showy Gentian | S |
11 |
| Helianthemum canadense | Canada Frostweed | E |
2 |
| Hexastylis contracta | Southern Heartleaf | E |
1 |
| Hexastylis heterophylla | Variable-leaved Heartleaf | N |
5 |
| Houstonia serpyllifolia | Michaux's Bluets | E |
2 |
| Juglans cinerea | White Walnut | S |
4 |
| Leucothoe recurva | Red-twig Doghobble | E |
2 |
| Liparis loeselii | Loesel's Twayblade | T |
1 |
| Listera smallii | Kidney-leaf Twayblade | T |
7 |
| Lycopodium inundatum | Northern Bog Clubmoss | E |
1 |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple | S |
1 |
| Monotropsis odorata | Sweet Pinesap | T |
2 |
| Oenothera perennis | Small Sundrops | E |
1 |
| Orontium aquaticum | Golden Club | T |
2 |
| Podostemum ceratophyllum | Threadfoot | S |
1 |
| Pogonia ophioglossoides | Rose Pogonia | E |
1 |
| Sanguisorba canadensis | Canada Burnet | E |
1 |
| Saxifraga michauxii | Michaux's Saxifrage | T |
1 |
| Solidago curtisii | Curtis' Goldenrod | T |
1 |
| Solidago puberula | Downy Goldenrod | S |
1 |
| Thuja occidentalis | Northern White Cedar | T |
1 |
| Trillium undulatum | Painted Trillium | T |
4 |
| Woodsia scopulina ssp. appalachiana | Appalachian Woodsia | H |
1 |
| Gastropods (6) | |||
| Anguispira rugoderma | Pine Mountain Tigersnail | E |
5 |
| Fumonelix wetherbyi | Clifty Covert | S |
3 |
| Glyphyalinia rhoadsi | Sculpted Glyph | T |
3 |
| Patera panselenus | Virginia Bladetooth | S |
3 |
| Vertigo clappi | Cupped Vertigo | E |
1 |
| Vitrinizonites latissimus | Glassy Grapeskin | T |
4 |
| Freshwater Mussels (2) | |||
| Alasmidonta atropurpurea | Cumberland Elktoe | E (LE) |
4 |
| Anodontoides denigratus | Cumberland Papershell | E |
1 |
| Crustaceans (2) | |||
| Cambarus parvoculus | Mountain Midget Crayfish | T |
5 |
| Cambarus veteranus | Big Sandy Crayfish | S |
1 |
| Insects (7) | |||
| Callophrys irus | Frosted Elfin | S |
1 |
| Litobrancha recurvata | A Burrowing Mayfly | S |
1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus calcareus | Limestone Cave Beetle | T |
1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus frigidus | Icebox Cave Beetle | T (C) |
1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus hypolithos | Ashcamp Cave Beetle | T |
1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus rogersae | Rogers' Cave Beetle | T |
1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus scholasticus | Scholarly Cave Beetle | T |
1 |
| Fishes (2) | |||
| Etheostoma susanae | Cumberland darter | E (C) |
2 |
| Phoxinus cumberlandensis | Blackside Dace | T (LT) |
10 |
| Reptiles (3) | |||
| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis | Eastern Hellbender | S |
1 |
| Eumeces inexpectatus | Southeastern Five-lined Skink | S |
2 |
| Plethodon wehrlei | Wehrle's Salamander | E |
1 |
| Breeding Birds (4) | |||
| Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | S |
1 |
| Aimophila aestivalis | Bachman's Sparrow | E |
1 |
| Ardea herodias | Great Blue Heron | S |
1 |
| Corvus corax | Common Raven | T |
3 |
| Mammals (8) | |||
| Clethrionomys gapperi maurus | Kentucky Red-backed Vole | S |
9 |
| Corynorhinus rafinesquii | Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat | S |
1 |
| Myotis leibii | Eastern Small-footed Myotis | T |
10 |
| Myotis sodalis | Indiana Bat | E (LE) |
10 |
| Sorex cinereus | Cinereus Shrew | S |
11 |
| Sorex dispar blitchi | Long-tailed Shrew | E |
5 |
| Spilogale putorius | Eastern Spotted Skunk | S |
2 |
| Ursus americanus | American Black Bear | S |
4 |
| Communities (8) | |||
| Appalachian mesophytic forest | N |
1 |
|
| Appalachian pine-oak forest | N |
1 |
|
| Appalachian sub-xeric forest | N |
2 |
|
| Cumberland mountains xeric Virginia pine woodland | N |
3 |
|
| Hemlock-mixed forest | N |
1 |
|
| Mountain bog | N |
12 |
|
| Pine savanna-woodland | N |
1 |
|
| Xeric acidic forest | N |
2 |
|
