carlton ward indigo snake hero photo listed species pagePhoto by: Carlton Ward, Jr.

Listed Species

Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch host a large number of species listed as threatened or endangered by state and federal agencies.

Burrowing Owl facing right vertical cropPhoto by: Haoyu Li

Birds (N=7)

Athene cunicularia floridana ~ Florida Burrowing Owl

Aphelocoma coerulescens ~ Florida Scrub-Jay

Falco sparverius paulus ~ Southeastern American Kestrel

Grus canadensis pratensis ~ Florida Sandhill Crane 

Mycteria americana ~ Wood Stork

Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus ~ Everglades Snail Kite

Polyborus plancus audubonii ~ Audubon's Crested Caracara

Reptiles (N=7)

Alligator mississippiensis ~ American Alligator

Drymarchon couperi ~ Eastern Indigo Snake

Plestiodon (Eumeces) egregius lividus ~ Blue-tailed Mole Skink

Gopherus polyphemus ~ Gopher Tortoise

Plestiodon (Neoseps) reynoldsi ~ Florida Sand Skink

Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus ~ Florida Pine Snake

Lampropeltis (Stilosoma) extenuatum ~ Short-tailed Kingsnake

NeosepsPhoto by: Zach Forsburg
Panther facing rightCorridor Observatory

Mammals (N=1)

Puma (Felis) concolor coryi ~ Florida Panther


Plants (N=28)

Nolina brittoniana ~ Curtiss’s Milkweed

Calamintha ashei ~ Ashe’s Savory

Cladonia perforata ~ Perforate Reindeer Lichen

Clitoria fragrans ~ Pigeon-wing Butterfly-pea

Dicerandra frutescens ~ Lake Placid Scrub Mint

Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium ~ Scrub Buckwheat

Eryngium cunefolium ~ Wedge-leaved Button Snake-root

Garberia heterophylla ~ Garberia

Hartwrightia floridana  ~ Florida Hartwrightia

Hypericum cumulicola ~ Highland's Scrub St. John's Wort

Hypericum edisonianum  ~ Edison's St. John's Wort

Lechea cernua  ~ Nodding Pinweed

Liatris ohlingerae ~ Scrub Blazing Star

Lilium catesbaei  ~ Catesby's Lily

Nolina brittoniana ~ Scrub Beargrass

Coleataenia abscissa  ~ Cutthroat Grass

Paronychia chartacea ~ Papery Whitlow-wort

Pinguicula caerulea ~ Blueflower Butterwort

Pinguicula lutea  ~ Yellow Butterwort

Platanthera ciliaris  ~ Yellow Fringed Orchid

Polygonella basiramia ~ Hairy Jointweed

Polygonella myriophylla ~ Small's Jointweed

Prunus geniculata ~ Florida Scrub Plum

Tillandsia balbisiana  ~ Wild Pine

Tillandsia fasciculata  ~ Common Wild Pine

Tillandsia utriculata  ~ Giant Wild Pine

Warea carteri ~ Carter's Mustard

Zephyranthes simpsonii ~ Simpson's Rain Lily


dicerandra christmanii reed bowman cropped rbPhoto by: Reed Bowman
PalmettosPhoto by: Reed Bowman

FDACS Commercially Exploited Plants (N=4)

Encyclia tampensis ~ Butterfly Orchid

Osmunda cinnamomea ~ Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis  ~ Royal Fern

Serenoa repens ~ Saw Palmetto