Proposed Plant Species of Greatest Conservation Need

New York's Wildlife Action Plan

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is in the process of updating the New York State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). The SWAP assesses the health of the state's wildlife and habitats, identifies the problems they face and outlines the actions that are needed to conserve them over the long term. To initiate the 2025 update, DEC staff and conservation partners are reviewing the species status assessments (SSAs) from the 2015 SWAP, focusing on revising information on conservation status, population trends, and threats to these species. This information will be used to revise the Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) list. SGCN are species native to New York State that are currently experiencing threats likely to jeopardize the future of their population in New York if action is not taken within the next 10 years. More information on the NY SWAP and species status assessments for wildlife SGCN can be found on DEC's NY SWAP page.

The first draft plant SSAs for the 2025 SWAP are now available for public review and comment. Additional SSAs will be released for public review upon completion.

While plant species are not included under the current federal definition of SGCN and are not yet represented in the SWAP, the New York Natural Heritage Program has initiated an effort to identify plant species that may qualify for inclusion in the 2025 SWAP.

NYNHP has developed a draft list of 491 potential plant SGCN, based on species currently listed as threatened or endangered in New York, or ranked as S1 or S2.

All comments and input are due by June 17, 2024 and should include as much detail as possible supporting the designation of a plant species as a new SGCN. Science-driven information supported by data and references will greatly aid in creating robust SSAs and a relevant plant SGCN list for the 2025 SWAP.

Comments may be submitted by email to nyswap2025@dec.ny.gov. Please include "Plant SGCN Comments" in the subject line. Comments may also be sent by mail to:

SWAP Coordinator
Division of Fish and Wildlife
NYSDEC
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-4754

Nominating New Plant SGCN

To propose a new plant SGCN, download (DOCX, 74.1 KB) and populate one form per species and send to nyswap2025@dec.ny.gov with "Plant SGCN Comments" in the subject line by June 17, 2024.

Proposed Plant SGCN

Acalypha virginica
Aconitum noveboracense
Adoxa moschatellina
Agalinis decemloba
Agalinis maritima var. maritima
Agastache nepetoides
Ageratina aromatica
Agrimonia rostellata
Agrostis mertensii
Aletris farinosa
Allium cernuum
Allium schoenoprasum
Amaranthus pumilus
Amelanchier nantucketensis
Andersonglossum boreale
Andersonglossum virginianum
Angelica lucida
Angelica venenosa
Anthoxanthum monticola ssp. monticola
Aplectrum hyemale
Aralia spinosa
Arethusa bulbosa
Aristida basiramea
Aristida geniculata
Aristida longespica
Arnica lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias variegata
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias viridiflora
Asimina triloba
Asplenium montanum
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
Asplenium viride
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
Astragalus neglectus
Athyrium asplenioides
Atriplex dioica
Atriplex glabriuscula
Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata
Betula glandulosa
Betula minor
Betula pumila
Bidens eatonii
Bidens laevis
Blephilia ciliata
Boechera grahamii
Boechera stricta
Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus
Bolboschoenus novae-angliae
Borodinia missouriensis
Botrychium minganense
Botrychium neolunaria
Botrychium rugulosum
Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
Bromus nottowayanus
Calamagrostis perplexa
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. stricta
Callitriche hermaphroditica
Callitriche terrestris
Campanula americana
Cardamine rotundifolia
Carex abscondita
Carex adusta
Carex aggregata
Carex arcta
Carex atratiformis
Carex barrattii
Carex bigelowii ssp. bigelowii
Carex bullata
Carex buxbaumii
Carex capillaris
Carex careyana
Carex caroliniana
Carex chordorrhiza
Carex collinsii
Carex conjuncta
Carex crawei
Carex cumulata
Carex davisii
Carex debilis var. debilis
Carex echinodes
Carex emoryi
Carex formosa
Carex frankii
Carex garberi
Carex glaucodea
Carex gynocrates
Carex haydenii
Carex hormathodes
Carex houghtoniana
Carex jamesii
Carex livida
Carex lupuliformis
Carex merritt-fernaldii
Carex mesochorea
Carex mitchelliana
Carex nigra
Carex reznicekii
Carex sartwellii
Carex schweinitzii
Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea
Carex shortiana
Carex straminea
Carex striata
Carex styloflexa
Carex sychnocephala
Carex tenuiflora
Carex typhina
Carex vaginata
Carex venusta
Carex wiegandii
Castilleja coccinea
Ceanothus herbaceus
Cenchrus tribuloides
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Chamaelirium luteum
Chasmanthium laxum
Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium
Chenopodium foggii
Chenopodium standleyanum
Clintonia umbellulata
Coeloglossum viride
Coleataenia anceps ssp. anceps
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei
Corallorhiza striata var. striata
Corema conradii
Cornus drummondii
Corydalis aurea ssp. aurea
Crassula aquatica
Crataegus pennsylvanica
Crepidomanes intricatum
Crocanthemum dumosum
Crocanthemum propinquum
Crotalaria sagittalis
Cuscuta campestris
Cuscuta cephalanthi
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
Cuscuta polygonorum
Cyperus echinatus
Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus
Cyperus flavescens
Cyperus polystachyos
Cyperus retrorsus
Cyperus subsquarrosus
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium candidum
Cystopteris protrusa
Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa
Desmodium ciliare
Desmodium obtusum
Diapensia lapponica
Diarrhena obovata
Dichanthelium leibergii
Dichanthelium scoparium
Dichanthelium wrightianum
Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis
Diospyros virginiana
Diphasiastrum complanatum
Diphasiastrum sitchense
Draba arabisans
Draba glabella
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Drosera filiformis
Dryopteris celsa
Dryopteris fragrans
Edrastima uniflora
Elatine americana
Eleocharis aestuum
Eleocharis ambigens
Eleocharis diandra
Eleocharis engelmannii
Eleocharis equisetoides
Eleocharis melanocarpa
Eleocharis ovata
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Eleocharis tenuis var. pseudoptera
Eleocharis tricostata
Eleocharis tuberculosa
Eleocharis uniglumis
Ellisia nyctelea
Elymus glabriflorus var. glabriflorus
Elymus virginicus var. halophilus
Empetrum atropurpureum
Empetrum nigrum
Endodeca serpentaria
Epilobium hornemannii ssp. hornemannii
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum pratense
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus
Erigenia bulbosa
Erigeron hyssopifolius
Erigeron philadelphicus var. provancheri
Euonymus americanus
Eupatorium leucolepis
Eupatorium pubescens
Eupatorium subvenosum
Eupatorium torreyanum
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
Eurybia spectabilis
Festuca saximontana var. saximontana
Fimbristylis castanea
Frasera caroliniensis
Fraxinus profunda
Fuirena pumila
Galium concinnum
Galium kamtschaticum
Gamochaeta purpurea
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
Gentiana saponaria
Gentianopsis virgata ssp. virgata
Geocaulon lividum
Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum
Geum triflorum var. triflorum
Geum virginianum
Gillenia trifoliata
Glyceria obtusa
Graphephorum melicoides
Gratiola virginiana
Gymnocladus dioicus
Hackelia deflexa ssp. americana
Halenia deflexa ssp. deflexa
Hedeoma hispida
Helianthus angustifolius
Hippuris vulgaris
Hottonia inflata
Houstonia canadensis
Huperzia selago
Hydrangea arborescens
Hydrastis canadensis
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
Hypericum adpressum
Hypericum densiflorum
Hypericum denticulatum
Hypericum prolificum
Hypericum stragulum
Ipomoea pandurata
Iris prismatica
Iris virginica
Isoetes septentrionalis
Isotria medeoloides
Jeffersonia diphylla
Juncus biflorus
Juncus brachycarpus
Juncus debilis
Juncus dichotomus
Juncus scirpoides var. scirpoides
Juncus subcaudatus
Juniperus horizontalis
Kalmia procumbens
Lachnanthes caroliniana
Lactuca floridana
Lactuca hirsuta
Lathyrus venosus
Lechea pulchella
Lechea tenuifolia
Lemna perpusilla
Lemna turionifera
Lemna valdiviana
Lespedeza angustifolia
Lespedeza stuevei
Liatris cylindracea
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii
Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae
Ligusticum scoticum ssp. scoticum
Lilaeopsis chinensis
Lilium michiganense
Limosella australis
Linum intercursum
Linum medium var. texanum
Linum sulcatum
Liparis liliifolia
Lithospermum latifolium
Lithospermum virginianum
Ludwigia polycarpa
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
Luzula spicata ssp. spicata
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
Lycopodiella appressa
Lycopus amplectens
Lycopus rubellus
Lygodium palmatum
Lysimachia hybrida
Lysimachia quadriflora
Lythrum lineare
Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana
Malaxis bayardii
Monarda clinopodia
Monarda media
Monarda punctata var. punctata
Mononeuria caroliniana
Myriophyllum alterniflorum
Myriophyllum farwellii
Myriophyllum pinnatum
Myriopteris lanosa
Nabalus boottii
Nabalus crepidineus
Najas marina
Najas muenscheri
Najas olivacea
Neottia auriculata
Neottia bifolia
Neottia convallarioides
Oenothera laciniata
Oenothera oakesiana
Omalotheca sylvatica
Ophioglossum pusillum
Opuntia cespitosa
Oreojuncus trifidus
Orontium aquaticum
Oxalis violacea
Oxybasis rubra var. rubra
Pedicularis lanceolata
Pellaea glabella ssp. glabella
Persicaria careyi
Persicaria setacea
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
Pinguicula vulgaris
Pinus echinata
Pinus virginiana
Piptatheropsis canadensis
Piptochaetium avenaceum
Plantago maritima var. juncoides
Platanthera ciliaris
Platanthera cristata
Platanthera hookeri
Poa cuspidata
Poa flexuosa ssp. fernaldiana
Poa glauca ssp. glauca
Poa paludigena
Poa sylvestris
Podostemum ceratophyllum
Polygala lutea
Polygala nuttallii
Polygonum buxiforme
Polygonum douglasii
Populus heterophylla
Potamogeton alpinus
Potamogeton diversifolius
Potamogeton hillii
Potamogeton pulcher
Potamogeton strictifolius
Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica
Potentilla supina ssp. paradoxa
Primula mistassinica
Proserpinaca pectinata
Prunus pumila var. depressa
Prunus pumila var. pumila
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana
Ptelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
Pterospora andromedea
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides
Pycnanthemum muticum
Pycnanthemum torreyi
Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. verticillatum
Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia
Pyrola minor
Pyxidanthera barbulata
Quercus phellos
Quercus shumardii
Ranunculus ambigens
Ranunculus septentrionalis
Rhinanthus minor ssp. groenlandicus
Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. leedyi
Rhodiola rosea
Rhododendron canadense
Rhododendron lapponicum
Rhynchospora inundata
Rhynchospora macrostachya
Rhynchospora nitens
Rhynchospora scirpoides
Rorippa aquatica
Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi
Rotala ramosior
Rubus cuneifolius
Rumex fueginus
Sabatia angularis
Sabatia campanulata
Sabatia stellaris
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens
Sagittaria montevidensis ssp. spongiosa
Sagittaria teres
Salicornia bigelovii
Salix cordata
Salix herbacea
Salix uva-ursi
Saxifraga aizoides
Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia
Saxifraga paniculata ssp. paniculata
Schizaea pusilla
Schoenoplectiella smithii var. setosa
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
Schoenoplectus torreyi
Scirpus ancistrochaetus
Scirpus georgianus
Scleria minor
Scleria muehlenbergii
Scleria pauciflora
Scleria reticularis
Scleria triglomerata
Scleria verticillata
Scutellaria integrifolia
Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
Selaginella eclipes
Senecio suaveolens
Sericocarpus linifolius
Sesuvium maritimum
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
Smilax pseudochina
Smilax pulverulenta
Solidago houghtonii
Solidago latissimifolia
Solidago leiocarpa
Solidago mexicana
Solidago ohioensis
Solidago racemosa
Solidago randii
Solidago rigida var. rigida
Sparganium natans
Sphenopholis obtusata
Sphenopholis pensylvanica
Spinulum canadense
Spiranthes casei var. casei
Spiranthes magnicamporum
Spiranthes odorata
Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
Spiranthes tuberosa
Spiranthes vernalis
Sporobolus clandestinus
Sporobolus heterolepis
Stachys arenicola
Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes
Stenanthium leimanthoides
Strophostyles umbellata
Stuckenia filiformis
Suaeda linearis
Suaeda rolandii
Subularia aquatica ssp. americana
Symphyotrichum boreale
Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. subulatum
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium var. tenuifolium
Thalictrum venulosum
Thaspium barbinode
Tipularia discolor
Tomostima reptans
Triantha glutinosa
Trichophorum cespitosum ssp. cespitosum
Trichophorum clintonii
Trichostema setaceum
Triglochin palustris
Trillium flexipes
Trillium sessile
Triphora trianthophoros ssp. trianthophoros
Tripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides
Utricularia juncea
Utricularia radiata
Utricularia striata
Utricularia subulata
Uvularia puberula
Vaccinium boreale
Vaccinium cespitosum
Valeriana uliginosa
Valerianella chenopodiifolia
Vernonia gigantea
Veronicastrum virginicum
Viburnum dentatum var. venosum
Viburnum edule
Viburnum nudum var. nudum
Viola bicolor
Viola brittoniana
Viola nephrophylla
Viola novae-angliae
Viola pedata var. pedata
Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia
Vitis vulpina
Vittaria appalachiana
Woodsia alpina
Woodsia glabella
Xyris smalliana
Xyris torta

March 14, 2024 | Updated April 18, 2024, 8:01 a.m.

Proposed Plant Species of Greatest Conservation Need

New York's Wildlife Action Plan

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