Endangered and Threatened Plants of Vermont
Vermont Natural Heritage Inventory
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
28 March 2015
The following species are protected by Vermont’s Endangered Species Law (10 V.S.A. Chap. 123).
There are 69 state-endangered and 94 state-threatened plants in Vermont. Those with a federal status of
Threatened or Endangered are also protected by the Federal Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205).
Note that not all synonyms are included.
For further information contact the Vermont Natural Heritage Inventory, Vermont Fish & Wildlife
Department, 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-3702. (802) 828-1000.
Scientific Name
Vascular Plants
Adiantum viridimontanum
Agastache nepetoides
Agastache scrophulariifolia
Allium canadense var. canadense
Ammophila breviligulata ssp.
champlainensis
Anemone multifida var. multifida
Anthoxanthum monticola ssp. monticola
Anticlea glauca
Aplectrum hyemale
Arabidopsis lyrata
Arethusa bulbosa
Arisaema dracontium
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asplenium montanum
Asplenium viride
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
Astragalus robbinsii var. jesupii
Betula minor
Blephilia hirsuta var. glabrata
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
Boechera stricta
Botrychium minganense
Braya humilis
Calamagrostis pickeringii
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa
Common Name
State
Status
Green Mountain Maidenhair-fern
Yellow Giant Hyssop
Purple Giant Hyssop
Wild Garlic
Champlain Beach Grass
T
T
T
T
E
Early Thimbleweed
Alpine Sweet-grass
White Camas
Putty-root
Lyre-leaved Rock-cress
Arethusa
Green Dragon
Blunt-leaved Milkweed
Butterfly-weed
Whorled Milkweed
Mountain Spleenwort
Green Spleenwort
Canada Milk-vetch
Jesup's Milk-vetch
Dwarf Birch
Smooth Wood-mint
Hairy Wood-mint
Drummond's Rock-cress
Mingan Moonwort
Northern Rock-cress
Pickering's Reed-grass
Bentgrass
E
T
E
T
T
T
T
T
T
E
T
T
T
E
E
T
T
E
E
T
E
E
Federal
Status
LE
Scientific Name
Calypso bulbosa var. americana
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
Carex arcta
Carex atratiformis
Carex buxbaumii
Carex capillaris ssp. capillaris
Carex chordorrhiza
Carex foenea Willd.
Synonym: Carex aenea Fern.
Carex garberi
Carex livida
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis
Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii
Carex oligocarpa
Carex richardsonii
Carex siccata
Carex vaginata
Castilleja septentrionalis
Ceanothus herbaceus
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
Cornus florida
Corydalis aurea
Crocanthemum bicknellii
Crotalaria sagittalis
Cynoglossum virginianum var. boreale
Cyperus diandrus
Cyperus houghtonii
Cypripedium arietinum
Desmodium cuspidatum
Desmodium rotundifolium
Diapensia lapponica ssp. lapponica
Draba cana
Synonym: Draba breweri var. cana
Draba glabella
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Dryopteris filix-mas
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Equisetum palustre
Eupatorium sessilifolium
Fimbristylis autumnalis
Galium labradoricum
Gentiana andrewsii
Gentianella amarella
Common Name
Fairy Slipper
Low Bindweed
Contracted Sedge
Blackish Sedge
Buxbaum's Sedge
Capillary Sedge
Creeping Sedge
Bronze Sedge
State
Status
T
T
E
T
E
T
E
E
Garber's Sedge
Pale Sedge
Nerveless Muehlenberg Sedge
Muehlenberg's Sedge
Few-fruited Sedge
Richardson's Sedge
Hay Sedge
Sheathed Sedge
Northern Painted-cup
Prairie Redroot
Autumn Coral-root
Flowering Dogwood
Golden Corydalis
Plains Frostweed
Rattlebox
Northern Wild Comfrey
Low Cyperus
Houghton's Cyperus
Ram's Head Lady's-slipper
Large-bracted Tick-trefoil
Prostrate Tick-trefoil
Diapensia
Hoary Draba
T
T
T
T
E
E
E
E
T
E
T
T
T
T
T
T
E
T
T
E
T
E
T
Smooth Draba
American Dragonhead
Male Fern
Few-flowered Spikerush
Marsh Horsetail
Sessile-leaved Boneset
Autumn Fimbristylis
Bog Bedstraw
Fringe-top Closed Gentian
Felwort
T
T
T
T
T
E
E
T
T
T
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Scientific Name
Gentianella quinquefolia
Glyceria acutiflora
Hackelia deflexa ssp. americana
Helianthus strumosus
Hippuris vulgaris
Hudsonia tomentosa
Hydrastis canadensis
Hydrophyllum canadense
Hypericum ascyron
Isoetes engelmannii
Isoetes viridimontana
Isotria medeoloides
Isotria verticillata
Juncus greenei
Juncus militaris
Juncus secundus
Juniperus horizontalis
Lactuca hirsuta
Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimus
Lathyrus palustris
Lechea mucronata
Lespedeza frutescens 1
Synonym: Lespedeza violacea
Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta
Liparis liliifolia
Liriodendron tulipifera
Ludwigia polycarpa
Lupinus perennis
Lygodium palmatum
Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda
Minuartia marcescens
Minuartia rubella
Morus rubra
Nabalus boottii
Neottia auriculata
Synonym: Listera auriculata
Neottia bifolia
Synonym: Listera australis
Nymphaea leibergii
Omalotheca sylvatica
Panicum flexile
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
Physostegia virginiana
1
Common Name
Stiff Gentian
Sharp Manna-grass
Nodding Stickseed
Harsh Sunflower
Mare's-tail
Beach Heather
Golden-seal
Broad-leaved Waterleaf
Great St. John's-wort
Engelmann's Quillwort
Green Mountain Quillwort
Small Whorled Pogonia
Large Whorled Pogonia
Greene's Rush
Soldier Rush
Secund Rush
Creeping Juniper
Hairy Lettuce
Beach Pea
Marsh Vetchling
Hairy Pinweed
Violet Bush-clover
State
Status
T
E
T
T
E
E
E
T
T
T
E
E
T
E
E
E
T
T
T
T
E
T
Hairy Bush-clover
Lily-leaved Twayblade
Tulip Tree
Many-fruited False-loosestrife
Wild Lupine
Climbing Fern
White Adder's-mouth
Marcescent Sandwort
Marble Sandwort
Red Mulberry
Boott's Rattlesnake-root
Auricled Twayblade
T
T
E
E
E
E
T
T
T
T
E
E
Southern Twayblade
E
Pygmy Water-lily
Woodland Cudweed
Stiff Witch-grass
Sweet Coltsfoot
Obedient Plant
E
E
E
T
T
Federal
Status
LT
Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. is now what was formerly known as L. intermedia (S. Watts) Britton and is
not listed. The currently accepted name, Lespedeza frutescens, is synonymous with Lespedeza violacea of
authors other than (L.) Pers.
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Scientific Name
Pinus banksiana
Piptatheropsis pungens
Synonym: Piptatherum pungens
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
Platanthera hookeri
Polemonium vanbruntiae
Polygonum douglasii
Polymnia canadensis
Potentilla litoralis
Primula mistassinica
Prunus americana
Prunus susquehanae
Pterospora andromedea
Pycnanthemum incanum
Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia
Pyrola minor
Quercus ilicifolia
Quercus prinoides
Ranunculus allegheniensis
Rhexia virginica
Rhodiola rosea
Rhododendron maximum
Rhynchospora capillacea
Rorippa aquatica
Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi
Salix planifolia
Salix uva-ursi
Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis
Sanicula canadensis var. grandis
Scheuchzeria palustris
Scirpus ancistrochaetus
Senna hebecarpa
Solidago odora ssp. odora
Solidago ulmifolia
Sparganium natans
Sphenopholis nitida
Sphenopholis obtusata
Sporobolus compositus
Taenidia integerrima
Triantha glutinosa
Trichophorum planifolium
Triglochin maritima
Triphora trianthophora
Common Name
Jack Pine
Slender Mountain-rice
Tubercled Orchis
Hooker's Orchis
Eastern Jacob's Ladder
Douglas' Knotweed
White-flowered Leafcup
Northern Cinquefoil
Bird's-eye Primrose
Wild Plum
Susquehanna Sand Cherry
Pinedrops
Hoary Mountain-mint
Bog Wintergreen
Lesser Pyrola
Scrub Oak
Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
Allegheny Crowfoot
Virginia Meadow-beauty
Roseroot
Great Laurel
Capillary Beak-rush
Lake-cress
Needle-spine Rose
Tea-leaved Willow
Bearberry Willow
Short-styled Snakeroot
Greater Short-styled Snakeroot
Pod-grass
Barbed-bristle Bulrush
Wild Senna
Sweet Goldenrod
Elm-leaved Goldenrod
Lesser Bur-reed
Shiny Wedgegrass
Blunt Sphenopholis
Rough Dropseed
Yellow Pimpernel
Sticky False-asphodel
Bashful Bulrush
Arrow-grass
Three-bird Orchid
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State
Status
T
T
T
T
T
E
E
E
T
T
E
E
E
T
E
E
E
T
T
T
T
T
T
E
T
E
T
T
T
E
T
T
E
T
E
E
E
T
T
E
E
T
Federal
Status
LE
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Scientific Name
Ulmus thomasii
Utricularia resupinata
Vaccinium stamineum
Valeriana uliginosa
Veronicastrum virginicum
Viburnum edule
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
Vulpia octoflora
Woodsia alpina
Woodwardia virginica
Xyris montana
Bryophytes
Plagiobryum zieri
Sphagnum subfulvum
Common Name
Rock Elm (Cork Elm)
Northeastern Bladderwort
Deerberry
Marsh Valerian
Culver's-root
Squashberry
Lance-leaved Violet
Eight-flowered Fescue
Alpine Woodsia
Virginia Chain-fern
Yellow-eyed Grass
A Moss
A Peatmoss
State
Status
T
T
E
E
E
T
T
E
E
T
T
Federal
Status
E
E
State Status - Legal protection under Vermont Endangered Species Law (10 V.S.A. Chap. 123)
E = Endangered: in immediate danger of becoming extirpated in the state
T = Threatened: with high possibility of becoming endangered in the near future
Federal Status - Legal protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
LE = Listed Endangered
LT = Listed Threatened
SC = Species of Concern (does not denote legal protection)
C = Candidate for Listing (does not denote legal protection)
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