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Endangered Species in Maryland

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
26
Endangered
14
Threatened
12

Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.

Flowering Plants (7)

Reptiles (5)

  • Hawksbill sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 1 county
  • Kemp's ridley sea turtleLepidochelys kempiiEndangeredListed 12/02/1970 · 1 county
  • Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 1 county
  • Loggerhead sea turtleCaretta carettaNorthwest Atlantic Ocean DPS - Loggerhead sea turtles originating from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean west of 40 degrees W. LongThreatenedListed 07/23/1978 · 1 county
  • bog turtleGlyptemys muhlenbergiiWherever found, except GA, NC, SC, TN, VAThreatenedListed 11/04/1997 · 7 counties

Mammals (4)

Birds (3)

  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 1 county
  • Roseate ternSterna dougallii dougalliiU.S.A. (Atlantic Coast south to NC), Canada (Newf., N.S, Que.), BermudaEndangeredListed 11/02/1987 · 1 county
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 1 county

Insects (3)

Clams (2)

  • Dwarf wedgemusselAlasmidonta heterodonEndangeredListed 03/14/1990 · 5 counties
  • Yellow lanceElliptio lanceolataThreatenedListed 05/03/2018 · 5 counties

Crustaceans (1)

Fishes (1)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS

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