Polk 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 Grasshopper Sparrow	Bird	Ammodramus svannarum floridanus	Dry Prairie, Freshwater Marshes, Wet Prairies	Resource Use, Exotic Species, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Species Interaction (non-exotics)	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Delisting Criteria	Protection, Restoration, Research	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	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	Bird	Picoides borealis	High Pine, Mesic Pine Flatwood, Hydric Pine Flatwoods	Exotic Species, Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Other Factors	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 Panther	Mammal	Felis concolor coryi	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine, Beach Dune, Coastal Strand, Maritime Hammock, Mesic Temperate Hammock, Tropical Hardwood Hammock, Pine Rocklands, Mesic Pine Flatwoods, Hydric Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Freshwater Marshes, Wet Prairies, Flowing Water Swamps, Pond Swamps, Seepage Swamps, Mangroves	Resource Use, Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Species Interaction (non-exotics), Pollution, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Panther Recovery Program	Protection, Management, Research, Education, Incentive Programs, Monitoring	Central Florida
Avon Park Harebells	Plant	Crotalaria avonensis (K.R. DeLaney and Wunderlin)	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture, Pollution	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Delisting Criteria	Protection, Education	Central Florida
Britton's Beargrass	Plant	Nolina brittoniana Nash	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Carter's Mustard	Plant	Warea careria Small	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine, Mesic Pine Flatwoods	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture	Protection, Research, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Floirda Perforate Cladonia	Plant	Cladonia perforata Evans	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Delisting Criteria	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 Ziziphus	Plant	Ziziphus celata Judd and D. Hall	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Resource Use, Exotic Species, Construction, Agriculture, Species Interaction (non-exotics), Other Factors	Protection, Research, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Highlands Scrub Hypericum	Plant	Hypericum cumulicola (Small) P. Adams	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Delisting Criteria	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Lewton's Polygala	Plant	Polygala lewtonii Small	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Pollution, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Papery Whitlow-wort	Plant	Paronychia chartacea Fern	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Pigeon Wings	Plant	Clitoria fragrans Small	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture, Pollution, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring	Central Florida
Pygmy Fringe-tree	Plant	Chionanthus pygmaeus Small	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Sandlace	Plant	Polygonella myriophylla (Small) Horton	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Scrub Blazing Star	Plant	Liatris ohlingerae (Blake) Robinson	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education, Delisting Criteria	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Scrub Buckwheat	Plant	Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. gnaphalifolium Gandog.	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Scrub Lupine	Plant	Lupinus aridorum (McFarlin ex Beckner) Isley	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Scrub Plum	Plant	Prunus geniculata	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Resource Use, Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture, Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Short-leaved Rosemary	Plant	Conradina brevifolia Shinners	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Wide-leaf Warea (or Clasping Warea)	Plant	Warea amplexifolia Nutall	High Pine	Construction, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Wireweed	Plant	Polygonella basiramia (= ciliata var. b.) (Small) Nesom and Bates	Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamcis, Agriculture, Other Factors	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida
Bluetail Mole Skink	Reptile	Eumeces egregrius lividus	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	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
Sand Skink	Reptile	Neoseps reynoldsi	High Pine, Florida Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, Scrubby High Pine	Construction, Altered Habitat Dynamics, Agriculture	Research, Protection, Monitoring, Education	Protection, Restoration, Research, Monitoring, Education	Central Florida