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Species Conservation Program: Species Rationale Index — Monocots

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Recommendation: R2 Sensitive Species (SS)
Common Name	Scientific Name
roundleaf orchid	Amerorchis rotundifolia
winding mariposa lily	Calochortus flexuosus
foxtail sedge	Carex alopecoidea
lesser panicled sedge	Carex diandra
livid sedge	Carex livida
mountain lady's slipper	Cypripedium montanum
yellow lady's slipper	Cypripedium parviflorum (including all var. and ssp., and C. pubescens)
elliptic spikerush	Eleocharis elliptica (E. tenuis var. borealis)
stream orchid	Epipactis gigantea
whitebristle cottongrass	Eriophorum altaicum var. neogaeum
Chamisso's cottongrass	Eriophorum chamissonis
slender cottongrass	Eriophorum gracile
plains rough fescue	Festuca hallii
simple bog sedge	Kobresia simpliciuscula
yellow widelip orchid	Liparis loeselii
white adder's-mouth orchid	Malaxis brachypoda (M. monophyllos ssp. brachypoda , M. monophyllos var. brachypoda)
lesser roundleaved orchid	Platanthera orbiculata
Porter's false needlegrass	Ptilagrostis porteri (P. mongholica ssp. porteri)
Hall's bulrush	Schoenoplectus hallii (Scirpus hallii)
largeflower triteleia	Triteleia grandiflora
Recommendation: Not R2 Sensitive Species, But Should Be Considered For Other Emphasis Species Lists
Common Name	Scientific Name
narrowleaf water plantain	Alisma gramineum
wild chives	Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum (allium sibiricum)
southwestern showy sedge	Carex bella
Bolander's sedge	Carex bolanderi (Carex deweyana var. bolanderi)
capitate sedge	Carex capitata ssp. arctogena (C. c. var. arctogena)
Eggleston's sedge	Carex egglestonii
limestone meadow sedge	Carex granularis var. haleana
greater bladder sedge	Carex intumescens
bristlystalked sedge	Carex leptalea
mud sedge	Carex limosa
shortleaved sedge	Carex misandra
Nelson's sedge	Carex nelsonii
longstalk sedge	Carex pedunculata
Richardson's sedge	Carex richardsonii
Sartwell's sedge	Carex sartwellii var. sartwellii
little green sedge	Carex viridula
yellow coralroot	Corallorrhiza trifida
clustered lady's slipper	Cypripedium fasciculatum
slimleaf panicgrass	Dichanthelium linearifolium
ovate spikerush	Eleocharis ovata
arctic cottongrass	Eriophorum callitrix var. callitrix
white cottongrass	Eriophorum scheuchzeri
thinleaf cottonsedge	Eriophorum viridicarinatum
Siberian bog sedge	Kobresia sibirica (K. schoenoides)
wood lily	Lilium philadelphicum (L. p. var. andinum)
Hitchcock's smooth woodrush	Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii (L. hitchcockii)
sand muhly	Muhlenbergia arenicola
spiked muhly	Muhlenbergia glomerata
mountain ricegrass	Piptatherum pungens (Oryzopsis pungens)
Fries' pondweed	Potamogeton friesii
Rocky Mountain bulrush	Schoenoplectus saximontanus (Scirpus saximontanus scirpus, Scirpus supinus var. saximontanus)
panicled bulrush	Scirpus microcarpus
pale blue-eyed grass	Sisyrinchium pallidum
broadfruit bur-reed	Sparganium eurycarpum
Great Plains ladies'-tresses	Spiranthes magnicamporum
giant dropseed	Sporobolus giganteus
marsh arrowgrass	Triglochin palustre
Pacific trillium	Trillium ovatum
Colorado false hellebore	Veratrum tenuipetalum
Recommendation: Not R2 Sensitive Species and Not of Concern
Common Name	Scientific Name
Indian ricegrass	Achnatherum hymenoides (Oryzopsis hymenoides, Stipa hymenoides)
prairie threeawn	Aristida oligantha
black grama	Bouteloua eriopoda
brownish sedge	Carex brunnescens
silvery sedge	Carex canescens
hammock sedge	Carex fissa
deer sedge	Carex hallii (C. parryana var. unica)
western sedge	Carex occidentalis
grassyslope sedge	Carex oreocharis
Peck's sedge	Carex peckii
western singlespike sedge	Carex pseudoscirpoidea
northern singlespike sedge	Carex scirpoidea
slender flatsedge	Cyperus bipartitus
fragrant flatsedge	Cyperus odoratus
white lady's slipper	Cypripedium candidum
yellow spikerush	Eleocharis flavescens var. thermalis
beaked spikerush	Eleocharis rostellata
hairy wildrye	Elymus villosus
rough fescue	Festuca campestris
spotted fritillary	Fritillaria atropurpurea
northern green orchid	Platanthera hyperborea
James' galleta	Pleuraphis jamesii
muttongrass	Poa fendleriana
timberline bluegrass	Poa glauca ssp. rupicola
smooth Solomon's seal	Polygonatum biflorum
Kansas arrowhead	Sagittaria ambigua
hooded arrowhead	Sagittaria calycina var. calycina
common threesquare	Schoenoplectus pungens (Scirpus pungens)
blackgirdle bulrush	Scirpus atrocinctus
woolgrass	Scirpus cyperinus
Indiangrass	Sorghastrum nutans
alkali sacaton	Sporobolus airoides
sheathed pondweed	Stuckenia vaginatus (Potamogeton vaginatus)
longbract spiderwort	Tradescantia bracteata
Recommendation: Insufficient Information Available to Make a Recommendation
Common Name	Scientific Name
Oregon bentgrass	Agrostis oregonensis
Havard's threeawn	Aristida havardii (A. barbata)
slimstem reedgrass	Calamagrostis stricta
low northern sedge	Carex concinna
coastal sand sedge	Carex incurviformis
woollyfruit sedge	Carex lasiocarpa
woodrush sedge	Carex luzulina var. atropurpurea
boreal bog sedge	Carex magellanica var. irrigua (C. paupercula)
fewseeded bog sedge	Carex microglochin
rosy sedge	Carex rosea
sparseflower sedge	Carex tenuiflora
autumn coralroot	Corallorrhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
annual hairgrass	Deschampsia danthonioides
diverseglume wildrye	Elymus diversiglumis
Morton's alpineoatgrass	Helictotrichon mortonianum
northern white rush	Juncus albescens
moss rush	Juncus bryoides
thread rush	Juncus filiformis
Vasey's rush	Juncus vaseyi
least duckweed	Lemna minuta
northern twayblade	Listera borealis
broadlipped twayblade	Listera convallarioides
ice grass	Phippsia algida
sparse-flowered bog orchid	Platanthera sparsiflora var. ensifolia (Limnorchis ensifolia)
waterthread pondweed	Potamogeton diversifolius
whitestem pondweed	Potamogeton praelongus
Robbins' pondweed	Potamogeton robbinsii
simplestem bur-reed	Sparganium erectum ssp. stoloniferum (S. chlorocarpum)
small bur-reed	Sparganium natans (S. minimum)
Rolland's bulrush	Trichophorum pumilum

Rocky Mountain Region

Species Conservation Program: Species Rationale Index — Monocots

Recommendation: R2 Sensitive Species (SS)