Hardee County

COMMON NAME	CLASSIFICATION	SCIENTIFIC NAME	HABITATS	THREATS	SPECIES-LEVEL RECOVERY ACTIONS	HABITAT-LEVEL RECOVERY ACTIONS	REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL
Audubon's Crested Caracara	Bird	Polyborus plancus audubonii	Mesic Temperate Hammock, Mesic Pine Flatwoods, Hydric Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Freshwater Marshes, Wet Prairies	Construction, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Education, Delisting Criteria, Monitoring	Protection, Restoration, Research, Education, Monitoring	Central Florida
Bald Eagle	Bird	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Maritime Hammock, Pine Rocklands, Mesic Pine Flatwoods, Hydric Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Freshwater Marshes, Wet Prairies, Flowing Water Swamps, Pond Swamps, Seepage Swamps, Mangroves, Coastal Salt Marsh, Seagrasses, Mesic Temperate Hammock	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Pollution, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Delisting Criteria	Protection, Restoration, Education	Central Florida
Florida Scrub-jay	Bird	Aphelocoma coerulescens	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Species Interaction (non-exotics)	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Wood Stork	Bird	Mycteria americana	Hydric Pine Flatwoods, Freshwater Marshes, Wet Prairies, Flowing Water Swamps, Pond Swamps, Seepage Swamps, Mangroves, Coastal Salt Marsh, Seagrasses	Construction, Agriculture, Water Diversions	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Florida Bonamia	Plant	Bonamia grandiflora (A. Gray) Heller	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Resource Use, Exotic Species, Construction, Agriculture, Pollution, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Florida Golden Aster	Plant	Chrysopsis (=Heterotheca) floridana Small	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Resource Use, Construction, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research	NO DATA AVAILABLE	Central Florida
Eastern Indigo Snake	Reptile	Drymarchon corais couperi	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine, Coastal Strand, Maritime Hammock, Mesic Temperate Hammock, Tropical Hardwood Hammock, Pine Rocklands, Mesic Pine Flatwoods, Hydric Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Cutthroat Grass Communities, Freshwater Marshes, Wet Prairies, Flowing Water Swamps, Pond Swamps, Seepage Swamps, Mangroves	Resource Use, Exotic Species, Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Pollution, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	NO DATA AVAILABLE	Central Florida