Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-06 - Division of Natural Areas
Chapter 0400-06-02 - Rare Plant Protection and Conservation Regulations
Section 0400-06-02-.04 - LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

Latin Name

Common Name

Aconitum reclinatum A. Gray

trailing white monkshood

Agalinis auriculata (Michx.) Blake

ear-leaved false-foxglove

Agalinis decemloba (Greene) Pennel

ten lobe false foxglove

Agalinis heterophylla (Nutt.) Small ex Britton

prairie false foxglove

Agalinis oligophylla Pennell

ridge-stem false foxglove

Agalinis plukenetii (Ell.) Raf

purple gerardia

Anemone caroliniana Walt.

Carolina anemone

Apios priceana Robbins

Price's potato-bean

Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrback

wooly sandwort

Aristida ramosissima Engelm. ex Gray

branched three-awn grass

Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fern.) Kartesz & Gandhi

Hart's-tongue fern

Astragalus bibullatus Barneby and Bridges

Pyne's ground-plum

Betula papyrifera Marsh var. cordifolia (Regel) Fern.

heart-leaved paper birch

Blephilia subnuda Simmers & Kral

Cumberland pagoda-plant

Boechera patens (Sull.) Al-Shehbaz

spreading rockcress

Boechera perstellata (E. L. Braun) Al-Shehbaz

Braun's rockcress

Brachydontium trichodes (Web.) Milde

peak moss

Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

least moonwort

Bulbostylis ciliatifolia (Ell.) Fern. var. coarctata (Ell.) Kral

capillary hairsedge

Calamagrostis cainii Hitchcock

Cain's reedgrass

Calamagrostis porteri A. Gray

Porter's reedgrass

Caltha palustris L.

marsh marigold

Carex barrattii Schweinitz and Torr.

Barratt's sedge

Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.

Buxbaum's sedge

Carex canescens L. ssp. disjuncta Fern.

hoary sedge

Carex fumosimontana Estes

Smoky Mountain sedge

Carex interior L. H. Bailey

inland sedge

Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng.

southern long sedge

Carex manhartii Bryson

Manhart's sedge

Carex muskingumensis Schweinitz

Muskingum sedge

Carex pellita Willd.

woolly sedge

Carex tetanica Schkuhr

rigid sedge

Cephaloziella messalongi (Spruce) K. Muell.

a liverwort

Cerastium velutinum Raf.

velvety cerastium

Clematis fremontii S. Wats.

Fremont's Leather Flower

Clematis vinacea Floden

wine colored leatherflower

Clematis morefieldii Kral

Huntsville vasevine

Clethra alnifolia L.

coastal pepperbush

Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartman

var. virescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Luer

long-bracted green orchis

Collinsia verna Nutt.

blue-eyed Mary

Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter

sweet-fern

Coreopsis latifolia Michx.

broad-leaved tickseed

Crataegus harbisonii Beadle

Harbison's hawthorn

Cypripedium kentuckiense Reed

southern lady's-slipper

Cypripedium reginae Walt.

showy lady's-slipper

Dalea foliosa (A. Gray) Barneby

leafy prairie-clover

Dalea purpurea Vent.

purple prairie-clover

Delphinium exaltatum Ait.

tall larkspur

Desmodium ochroleucum M.A. Curtis ex Canby

creamflower tick-trefoil

Diamorpha smallii Britt.

Small's stonecrop

Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. spretum (Schult.) Freckmann & Lelong

Eaton's witchgrass

Dichanthelium ensifolium ssp. curtifolium (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong

short-leaved panic grass

Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.

pale purple coneflower

Eleocharis elliptica Kunth

elliptic spike rush

Eleocharis equisetoides (Ell.) Torr.

horse-tail spike-rush

Eleocharis intermedia J.A. Schultes

matted spike rush

Eleocharis wolfii A. Gray

Wolf's spike rush

Eriocaulon decangulare L.

ten-angle pipewort

Eriogonum harperi Goodman

Harper's umbrella-plant

Eriophorum virginicum L.

tawny cotton grass

Erysimum capitatum (Dougl.) Greene

western wallflower

Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) Torr. and A. Gray

white-bracted thoroughwort

Eurybia saxicastelli (J. J. N. Campbell & Medley) G. L. Nesom

Rockcastle aster

Euthamia gymnospermoides Green

Great Plains goldentop

Fimbristylis perpusilla Harper

Harper's fimbristylis

Gentiana puberulenta J.S. Pringle

prairie gentian

Geum aleppicum Jacq.

yellow avens

Geum geniculatum Michx.

bent avens

Geum radiatum Michx.

spreading avens

Glyceria laxa (Scribn.) Scribn.

limp manna grass

Gratiola floridana Nutt.

Florida hedge-hyssop

Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A.Gray var. montana (Small) Fosberg

Roan Mountain bluet

Helenium brevifolium (Nutt.) Wood

shortleaf sneezeweed

Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

Canada frostweed

Helianthemum propinquum E.P. Bicknell

low frostweed

Helianthus verticillatus Small

whorled sunflower

Homaliadelphus sharpii (Williams) Sharp

Sharp's homaliadelphus moss

Hydrocotyle americana L.

American water-pennywort

Hypericum adpressum Barton

creeping St. John's-wort

Hypericum ellipticum Hook.

pale St. John's-wort

Hypericum graveolens Bickl.

mountain St. John's-wort

Iris brevicaulis Raf.

Lamance iris

Isoetes appalachiana D.F.Brunton & D.M.Britton

Appalachian quillwort

Isoetes melanopoda Gay and Durieu

blackfoot quillwort

Isoetes tennesseensis N.T. Luebke & J.M. Budke

Hiwassee quillwort

Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf.

small whorled pogonia

Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.)

Carolina redroot

Lechea pulchella Raf.

Leggett's pinweed

Lejeunea sharpii (Schust.) Schust.

Sharp's lejeunia

Leptodontium viticulosoides var. sulphureum (Müller Hal.) R. H. Zander

Grandfather Mountain leptodontium

Leptohymenium sharpii (Crum & Anders.) Buck & Crum

Mount Le Conte moss

Leptoscyphus cuneifolius (Hook.) Mitt.

a liverwort

Lilium grayi S. Wats.

Gray's lily

Lilium philadelphicum L.

wood lily

Listera australis Lindl.

southern twayblade

Lithospermum parviflorum Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes

softhair marbleseed

Lithospermum subsetosum

smooth false gromwell

(Mack. & Bush) Weakley, Witsell, & D. Estes

Lonicera prolifera (Kirchner) Rehder

grape honeysuckle

Lysimachia fraseri Duby

Fraser's loosestrife

Lysimachia quadriflora Sims

fourflower yellow loosestrife

Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP.

swamp loosestrife

Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link

starflower false solomom's-seal

Marshallia grandiflora Beadle and Boynton

large-flowered Barbara's-buttons

Marshallia obovata (Walt.) Beadle & F.E. Boynton

spoonshape Barbara's buttons

Marsupella funckii (Web. & Mohr) Dumort.

a liverwort

Melanthium latifolium Desr.

broadleaf bunchflower

Melanthium virginicum L.

Virginia bunchflower

Minuartia cumberlandensis (Wofford & Kral) McNeill

Cumberland sandwort

Minuartia godfreyi (Shinners) McNeill

Godfrey's stitchwort

Minuartia groenlandica (Retzius) Ostenfeld

mountain sandwort

Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torr.) Rydb.

plains muhly

Muhlenbergia torreyana (Shult.) Hitchcock

Torrey's dropseed

Myriophyllum pinnatum (Walt.) B.S.P.

cutleaf Watermilfoil

Nabalis asper (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

rough rattlesnake root

Nestronia umbellula Raf.

conjurer's nut

Packera crawfordii (Britt.) A.M. Mahoney & R.R. Lowal

Crawford's ragwort

Patis racemoss

mountain ricegrass

(Sm.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & R. J. Soreng

Paxistima canbyi A. Gray

Canby's mountain-lover

Paysonia perforata (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Spring Creek bladderpod

Paysonia stonensis (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Stones River bladderpod

Penstemon kralii D. Estes

Kral's beardtongue

Perideridia americana (Nutt. ex DC.) Reichenb.

thicket parsley

Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt

long beech fern

Physaria globosa (Desv.) O'Kane

globe bladderpod

Pityopsis ruthii (Small) Small

Ruth's golden-aster

Plantago cordata Lam.

heart-leaved plantain

Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

large purple fringed orchid

Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A. Gray ex Beck

yellow fringeless orchid

Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer

white fringeless orchid

Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

snowy orchid

Poa palustris L.

owl bluegrass

Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.)Ker-Gawl.

rose pogonia

Polygala nana (Michx.) DC.

dwarf milkwort

Polygala nuttallii Torr. and A. Gray

Nuttall's milkwort

Polygonella americana (Fisch. and Mey)

small southern jointweed

Ponthieva racemosa (Walt.) Mohr

shadow-witch

Porella gracillima

hot porella

Prunus pumila L.

sand cherry

Pycnanthemum beadlei (Small) Fern.

Beadle's mountain mint

Pycnanthemum torrei Benth.

Torrey's mountain mint

Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers.

whorled mountain-mint

Pyrola americana Sweet

American wintergreen

Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus Withering

eastern white water crowfoot

Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

alderleaf buckthorn

Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

horned beak-rush

Rhynchospora debilis Gale

savannah beak-rush

Rhynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Ell.

few-flowered beak-rush

Rudbeckia triloba var. beadlei (Small) Fernald

browneyed susan

Rugelia nudicaulis Shuttlw. ex Chapman

Rugel's ragwort

Sabatia capitata (Raf.) Blake

rose gentian

Sagittaria rigida Pursh

sessile-fruited arrowhead

Sanguisorba canadensis L.

canada burnet

Saxifraga caroliniana A. Gray

Carolina saxifrage

Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

swamp saxifrage

Schoenoplectus subterminalis (Torr.) Soják

swaying bulrush

Scutellaria arguta Buckl.

hairy scullcap

Sedum nevii A. Gray

Nevius' stonecrop

Silene ovata Pursh

ovate catchfly

Silphium brachiatum Gattinger

Cumberland rosinweed

Solidago gattingeri Chapm.

Gattinger's goldenrod

Solidago lancifolia Torr. and A. Gray

broadleaf goldenrod

Solidago porteri Small

Porter's goldenrod

Solidago ptarmicoides (Nees) Bovin

prairie goldenrod

Solidago rupestris Raf.

rock goldenrod

Solidago spithamaea M.A. Curtis

Blue Ridge goldenrod

Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong

branching bur-reed

Sphenolobopsis pearsoni (Spruce) Shust. & Kitag.

a liverwort

Spiraea alba DuRoi

narrow-leaved meadow-sweet

Spiraea virginiana Britt.

Virginia spiraea

Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak

Great Plains ladies'-tresses

Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb.

yellow nodding ladies'-tresses

Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.

sweetscent ladies'-tresses

Sporobolus junceus (P.Beauv.) Kunth

Piney-woods dropseed

Stachys appalachiana D.B. Poind. & J.B. Nelson

Appalachian hedge-nettle

Stellaria alsine Grimm

trailing stitchwort

Stenanthium diffusum Wofford

Cumberland featherbells

Sullivantia sullivantii (Torr. & Gray) Britt.

Sullivan's coolwort

Symphyotrichum ericoides

bushy aster

(L.) G.L. Nesom var. ericoides

Symphyotrichum pratense (Rafinesque) Nesom

barrens silky aster

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.

skunk-cabbage

Taxus canadensis Marsh.

American yew

Thaspium pinnatifidum (Buckley) A. Gray

cutleaf meadow parsnip

Tortula ammonsiana Crum & Anders.

Ammon's tortula

Tortula fragilis Tayl.

fragile tortula

Triantha glutinosa (Walter) Small

sticky false asphodel

Triantha racemosa (Walter) Small

coastal false-asphodel

Tridens flavus

purpletop tridens

(L.) Hitchc. var. chapmanii (Small) Shinners

Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartman

tufted club-rush

Trifolium calcaricum J.L. Collins & Wieboldt

running glade clover

Trifolium reflexum L.

buffalo clover

Trillium decumbens Harbison

trailing trillium

Trillium lancifolium Raf.

narrow-leaved trillium

Trillium pusillum Michx.

least trillium

Trillium rugelii Rendle

southern nodding trillium

Trillium tennesseense E.E. Schill. & Floden

Tennessee trillium

Utricularia cornuta Michx.

horned bladderwort

Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

mayberry

Veronica catenata Pennell

sessile water-speedwell

Veronica scutellata L.

marsh-speedwell

Viburnum molle Michx.

softleaf arrow-wood

Vitis rupestris Scheele

rock grape

Xyris ambigua Beyr. ex. Kunth.

coastal-plain yellow-eyed-grass

Xyris fimbriata Ell.

fringed yellow-eyed-grass

Xyris tennesseensis R. Kral

Tennessee yellow-eyed-grass

Zigadenus glaucus Nutt.

white camas