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Kentucky Rare Plant ListSeptember 2022

​A list of endangered, threatened, special concern, commercially exploited, historic and extirpated plants monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program. The list was updated by OKNP and the 2022 Kentucky Rare Plant Committee. It includes vascular plants, non-vascular plants (bryophytes), and lichens. It is organized alphabetically by scientific name within those major plant groups. Each taxon is listed with its scientific name, common name, state status, state rank, global rank, and federal status.​

Rare Species & Natural Communities of KentuckyJuly 2019
A list of endangered, threatened, and special concern plants, animals, and natural communities monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism. A separate report listed below details Kentucky's extirpated species and natural communities. 

Extirpated Species and Natural Communities of KentuckyJuly 2019

​A listing of Kentucky's extirpated plants, animals, and natural communities sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.

Federally Listed Species, Proposed Listings & CandidatesMay 2019
U.S. Fish and Wildlife list of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered, proposed for listing, or candidates for listing in Kentucky.
Monitored Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky with Habitat & Numbers of Occurrences by EO RankDecember_2015

​Similar to the Monitored & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky report, except this report also includes a general description of the preferred habitat of the species, if known, and the number of occurrences on record in our database by element occurrences (EO) rank.

Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of KentuckyMay 2012

​A listing of rare species monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.

Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky (abridged KAS)December_2010

​ Abridged version of KSNPC’s list published in the Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science.

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