The endangered plant list of Tennessee includes the following: Latin Name Common Name Aconitum reclinatum A. Gray trailing white monkshood Agalinis auriculata (Michx.) Blake ear-leaved false-foxglove Agalinis decemloba (Greene) Pennel ten lobe false foxglove Agalinis heterophylla (Nutt.) Small ex Britton prairie false foxglove Agalinis oligophylla Pennell ridge-stem false foxglove Agalinis plukenetii (Ell.) Raf purple gerardia Anemone caroliniana Walt. Carolina anemone Anthoxanthum hirtum hairy sweetgrass (Schrank) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp Anticlea glauca Kunth. white camas Apios priceana Robbins Price’s potato-bean Arabis patens Sullivant spreading rockcress Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrback wooly sandwort Aristida ramosissima Engelm. ex Gray branched three-awn grass Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum Hart’s-tongue fern (Fern.) Kartesz & Gandhi Astragalus bibullatus Barneby and Bridges Pyne’s ground-plum Betula cordifolia Regel heart-leaved paper birch Blephilia subnuda Simmers & Kral Cumberland pagoda-plant Blephilia woffordii Floden Caney Fork woodmint Brachydontium trichodes (Web.) Milde peak moss Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Sojak river bulrush Borodinia perstellata (E.L. Braun) P.J. Alexander & Braun’s rockcress Windham Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. least moonwort Bulbostylis coarctata (Ell.) Fern. capillary hairsedge Calamagrostis cainii Hitchcock Cain’s reedgrass Calamagrostis insperata Swallen (C.W. Greene) Porter’s reedgrass Caltha palustris L. marsh marigold Campanula rotundifolia L. bluebell bellflower Carex barrattii Schweinitz and Torr. Barratt’s sedge Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. Buxbaum’s sedge Carex canescens L. ssp. disjuncta Fern. hoary sedge Carex fumosimontana Estes Smoky Mountain sedge Carex interior L. H. Bailey inland sedge Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng. southern long sedge Carex manhartii Bryson Manhart’s sedge Carex muskingumensis Schweinitz Muskingum sedge Carex pallescens L. pale sedge Carex pellita Willd. woolly sedge Carex tetanica Schkuhr rigid sedge Carex utriculata Boott Northwest Territory sedge Carex woodii Dewey Wood’s sedge Cephaloziella messalongi (Spruce) K. Muell. a liverwort Cerastium velutinum Raf. velvety cerastium Chelone obliqua L. red turtlehead Clematis fremontii S. Wats. Fremont’s leather-flower Clematis vinacea Floden wine colored leather-flower Clematis morefieldii Kral Morefield’s leather-flower Clethra alnifolia L. coastal pepperbush Collinsia verna Nutt. blue-eyed Mary Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter sweet-fern Coreopsis latifolia Michx. broad-leaved tickseed Crataegus harbisonii Beadle Harbison’s hawthorn Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britt. Canada frostweed Crocanthemum propinquum ( Bickn.) Bickn. low frostweed Cypripedium kentuckiense Reed Southern ladyslipper Cypripedium reginae Walt. showy ladyslipper Dactylorhiza viridis long-bracted green orchid (L.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon, & M.W. Chase Dalea foliosa (A. Gray) Barneby leafy prairie-clover Dalea purpurea Vent. purple prairie-clover Delphinium exaltatum Ait. tall larkspur Desmodium ochroleucum M.A. Curtis ex Canby creamflower tick-trefoil Diamorpha smallii Britt. Small’s stonecrop Dichanthelium curtifolium (Nash) LeBlond short-leaved panic grass Dichanthelium spretum (J.A. Schultes) Freckmann Eaton’s witchgrass Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. pale purple coneflower Eleocharis elliptica Kunth elliptic spikerush Eleocharis equisetoides (Ell.) Torr. horse-tail spikerush Eleocharis intermedia J.A. Schultes matted spikerush Eleocharis olivacea Torr. olive spikerush Eleocharis wolfii A. Gray Wolf’s spikerush Endotropis alnifolia (L’Hér.) Hauenschild alderleaf buckthorn Eriocaulon decangulare L. var. decangulare ten-angle pipewort Eriogonum harperi Goodman Harper’s umbrella-plant Eriophorum virginicum L. tawny cotton grass Erysimum capitatum (Dougl.) Greene western wallflower Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) Torr. and A. Gray white-bracted thoroughwort Eurybia saxicastelli Rockcastle aster (J. J. N. Campbell & Medley) G. L. Nesom Euthamia gymnospermoides Green Great Plains goldentop Fimbristylis perpusilla Harper Harper’s fimbristylis Gentiana puberulenta J.S. Pringle prairie gentian Geocarpon cumberlandense Cumberland sandwort (Wofford & Kral) E.E. Schilling Geocarpon groenlandicum (Retzius) E.E. Schilling mountain sandwort Geum aleppicum Jacq. yellow avens Geum geniculatum Michx. bent avens Geum radiatum Michx. spreading avens Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin. Canada manna grass Glyceria laxa (Scribn.) Scribn. limp manna grass Gratiola floridana Nutt. Florida hedge-hyssop Helenium brevifolium (Nutt.) Wood shortleaf sneezeweed Helianthus verticillatus Small whorled sunflower Heteranthera missouriensis C.N. Horn bouquet mud plantain Hexastylis harperi (Gaddy) B.R. Keener & L.J. Davenp. Harper’s heartleaf Homaliadelphus sharpii (Williams) Sharp Sharp’s homaliadelphus moss Houstonia montana Small Roan Mountain bluet Hydrocotyle americana L. American water-pennywort Hypericum adpressum Barton creeping St. John’s-wort Hypericum ellipticum Hook. pale St. John’s-wort Hypericum graveolens Bickl. mountain St. John’s-wort Iris brevicaulis Raf. Lamance iris Isoetes appalachiana D.F.Brunton & D.M.Britton Appalachian quillwort Isoetes melanopoda Gay and Durieu blackfoot quillwort Isoetes tennesseensis N.T. Luebke & J.M. Budke Hiwassee quillwort Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf. small whorled pogonia Juncus articulatus L. jointed rush Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Carolina redroot Lachnocaulon anceps (Walter) Morong whitehead bogbutton Lechea pulchella Raf. Leggett’s pinweed Lejeunea sharpii (Schust.) Schust. Sharp’s Lejeunea Leptodontium viticulosoides var. sulphureum Grandfather Mountain Leptodontium (Müller Hal.) R. H. Zander Leptohymenium sharpii (Crum & Anders.) Buck & Crum Mount Le Conte moss Leptoscyphus cuneifolius (Hook.) Mitt. a liverwort Lilium grayi S. Wats. Gray’s lily Lilium philadelphicum L. var. philadelphicum wood lily Lithospermum parviflorum Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes softhair marbleseed Lithospermum subsetosum smooth false gromwell (Mack. & Bush) Weakley, Witsell, & D. Estes Lonicera reticulata Raf. grape honeysuckle Lysimachia fraseri Duby Fraser’s loosestrife Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP. swamp loosestrife Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link starflower false solomon’s-seal Marshallia obovata spoonshape Barbara’s buttons (Walt.) Beadle & F.E. Boynt. var. obovata Marshallia pulchra W.M. Knapp, D.B. Poind. & Weakley large-flowered Barbara’s-buttons Marsupella funckii (Web. & Mohr) Dumort. a liverwort Melanthium latifolium Desr. Melanthium hybridum Walt. broadleaf bunchflower Melanthium virginicum L. Virginia bunchflower Micranthes caroliniana (Gray) Small Carolina saxifrage Micranthes pensylvanica (L.) Haw. swamp saxifrage Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torr.) Rydb. plains muhly Muhlenbergia torreyana (Shult.) Hitchcock Torrey’s dropseed Myriophyllum pinnatum (Walt.) B.S.P. cutleaf Watermilfoil Nabalis asper (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray rough rattlesnake root Nestronia umbellula Raf. conjurer’s nut Packera crawfordii (Britt.) A.M. Mahoney & R.R. Lowal Crawford’s ragwort Patis racemosa mountain ricegrass (Sm.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & R. J. Soreng Paxistima canbyi A. Gray Canby’s mountain-lover Paysonia perforata (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz Spring Creek bladderpod Paysonia stonensis (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz Stones River bladderpod Penstemon kralii D. Estes Kral’s beard tongue Penstemon tubaeflorus Nutt. white wand beard tongue Perideridia americana (Nutt. ex DC.) Reichenb. thicket parsley Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (Ell.) Nash savannah panic grass Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt long beech fern Physaria globosa (Desv.) O’Kane globe bladderpod Pityopsis ruthii (Small) Small Ruth’s golden-aster Plantago cordata Lam. heart-leaved plantain Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. large purple fringed orchid Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A. Gray ex Beck yellow fringeless orchid Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer white fringeless orchid Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer snowy orchid Poa palustris L. owl bluegrass Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker-Gawl. rose pogonia Polygonella americana (Fisch. and Mey) small southern jointweed Polymnia johnbeckii D. Estes John Beck’s leafcup Ponthieva racemosa (Walt.) Mohr shadow-witch Porella gracillima Mitt. hot porella Prunus pumila L. sand cherry Pycnanthemum beadlei (Small) Fern. Beadle’s mountain mint Pycnanthemum torreyi Benth. Torrey’s mountain mint Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. whorled mountain-mint Pyrola americana Sweet American wintergreen Ranunculus longirostris Godr. eastern white water crowfoot Rhynchosia latifolia Nutt. prairie snoutbean Rhynchospora capillacea Torr. horned beak-rush Rhynchospora debilis Gale savannah beak-rush Rhynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Ell. few-flowered beak-rush Rhynchospora stiletto Naczi & Ciafré stiletto beaksedge Rudbeckia triloba L. var. beadlei (Small) Fern. brown-eyed Susan Rugelia nudicaulis Shuttlw. ex Chapman Rugel’s ragwort Sabatia capitata (Raf.) Blake rose gentian Sabulina paludicola Godfrey’s stitchwort (Fern. & B.G. Schubert) E.E. Schilling Sagittaria rigida Pursh sessile-fruited arrowhead Sanguisorba canadensis L. Canada burnet Schoenoplectus subterminalis (Torr.) Soják swaying bulrush Scutellaria arguta Buckl. hairy skullcap Sedum nevii A. Gray Nevius’ stonecrop Senega nana (Michx.) J.F.B. Pastore & J.R. Abbott dwarf milkwort Senega nuttallii Nuttall’s milkwort (Torr. & Gray) J.F.B. Pastore & J.R. Abbott Silene ovata Pursh ovate catchfly Silphium brachiatum Gattinger Cumberland rosinweed Solidago ayuhwasi M. Brock & D. Estes Hiwassee Goldenrod Solidago gattingeri Chapm. Gattinger’s goldenrod Solidago lancifolia Torr. and A. Gray broadleaf goldenrod Solidago porteri Small Porter’s goldenrod Solidago ptarmicoides (Torr. & Gray) B. Boivin prairie goldenrod Solidago rupestris Raf. rock goldenrod Solidago spithamaea M.A. Curtis Blue Ridge goldenrod Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong branching bur-reed Sphenolobopsis pearsonii (Spruce) R.M. Schust. a liverwort Spiraea alba DuRoi narrow-leaved meadow-sweet Spiraea virginiana Britt. Virginia spiraea Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak Great Plains ladies’-tresses Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb. yellow nodding ladies’-tresses Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. sweet scent ladies’-tresses Sporobolus junceus (P.Beauv.) Kunth piney-woods dropseed Stachys appalachiana D.B. Poind. & J.B. Nelson Appalachian hedge-nettle Steironema quadriflorum (Sims) A.S. Hitchc. fourflower yellow loosestrife Stellaria alsine Grimm trailing stitchwort Stenanthium diffusum Wofford Cumberland featherbells Sullivantia sullivantii (Torr. & Gray) Britt. Sullivan’s coolwort Symphyotrichum ericoides bushy aster (L.) G.L. Nesom var. ericoides Symphyotrichum estesii Semple May Prairie aster Symphyotrichum pratense (Raf.) Nesom barrens silky aster Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt. skunk-cabbage Syntrichia ammonsiana Ammon’s tortula (H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson) Ochyra Syntrichia fragilis (Taylor) Ochyra fragile tortula Taxus canadensis Marsh. American yew Thaspium pinnatifidum (Buckley) A. Gray cutleaf meadow parsnip Triantha glutinosa (Walt.) Small sticky false asphodel Triantha racemosa (Walt.) Small coastal false-asphodel Tridens chapmanii (Small) Chase purpletop tridens Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartman tufted club-rush Trifolium calcaricum J.L. Collins & Wieboldt running glade clover Trifolium reflexum L. buffalo clover Trillium decumbens Harbison trailing trillium Trillium lancifolium Raf. narrow-leaved trillium Trillium pusillum Michx. least trillium Trillium rugelii Rendle southern nodding trillium Trillium tennesseense E.E. Shilling & Floden Tennessee trillium Utricularia cornuta Michx. horned bladderwort Vaccinium elliottii Chapm. mayberry Veronica catenata Pennell sessile water-speedwell Veronica scutellata L. marsh-speedwell Viburnum molle Michx softleaf arrow-wood Vitis rupestris Scheele rock grape Xyris ambigua Beyr. ex. Kunth. coastal-plain yellow-eyed-grass Xyris curtissii Malme Curtis’s yellow-eyed grass Xyris fimbriata Ell. fringed yellow-eyed-grass Xyris tennesseensis R. Kral Tennessee yellow-eyed-grass

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, et seq., and 70-8-301, et seq. Administrative History: Original rule filed May 13, 1986; effective June 12, 1986. Amendment filed April 27, 1992; effective June 11, 1992. Amendment filed July 14, 1999; effective September 27, 1999. Amendment filed October 23, 2000; effective January 6, 2001. Amendment filed October 5, 2004; effective December 19, 2004. Repeal and new rule filed May 30, 2008; effective August 13, 2008. Repeal and new rule filed September 26, 2011; effective December 25, 2011. Repeal and new rule filed October 17, 2013; effective January 15, 2014. Amendments filed July 20, 2016; effective October 18, 2016. Amendments filed June 9, 2020; effective September 7, 2020. Amendments filed July 24, 2024; effective October 22, 2024. Amendments filed February 10, 2026; effective May 11, 2026.