Species of Greatest Conservation Need

**Species of Greatest Conservation Need** (Updated: 06/16/2025)
Scientifc Name	Common Name	Taxonomic Group	SGCN Status	Federal Status	State Status	Global Rank	State Rank	Endemic	General Habitat Type(s)
Dalea austrotexana	dune dalea	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	S2	Yes	Restricted to deep loose sands of active and somewhat stabilized dunes in South Texas (Carr 2015).
Dalea bartonii	Cox's dalea	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1	S1	Yes	Semi-desert shortgrass grasslands with scattered pinyon pine and juniper in gravelly soils on limestone hills; probably flowering in late spring, fruiting in late summer-early fall, may flower in response to rainfall
Dalea hallii	Hall's prairie clover	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	S2	Yes	In grasslands on eroded limestone or chalk and in oak scrub on rocky hillsides; Perennial; Flowering May-Sept; Fruiting June-Sept
Dalea reverchonii	Comanche Peak prairie clover	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	S2S3	Yes	Shallow, calcareous clay to sandy clay soils over limestone in grasslands or openings in post oak woodlands, often among sparse vegetation in barren, exposed sites, most known sites are underlain by Goodland Limestone, most known sites are on roadway right-of-ways; flowering April-June, one account for October
Dalea sabinalis	Sabinal prairie clover	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	GH	SH	Yes	Information sketchy, but probably in rocky soils or on limestone outcrops in sparse grassland openings in juniper-oak woodlands; flowering April-May or May -June
Dermatophyllum guadalupense	Guadalupe Mountains mescal bean	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	S1	No	One-seeded juniper (Juniperus monosperma) shrublands on dry slopes above 1,500 m (4,900 ft) elevation in Guadalupe Mountains on slightly gypseous pink sandstone that occurs as lenses within the pervasive limestone of the region; flowering late March-late April or May
Desmanthus reticulatus	net-leaf bundleflower	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3	S3	Yes	Mostly on clay prairies of the coastal plain of central and south Texas; Perennial; Flowering April-July; Fruiting April-Oct
Desmodium lindheimeri	Lindheimer's tickseed	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3G4	S1	No	Known in Texas only from three locations; US habitat is uncertain; has been found along rocky bed of dry ravine and among brush on the banks, steep ravine banks, dry caliche flat roadsides, in shallow soil on outcrops; occurred in deep to partial shade and openings in live oak-juniper woodland associations on the Edwards Limestone; flowering August-October or November.
Donrichardsia macroneuron	South Llano springs moss	Plants	Yes	E 05/30/2023	Not Listed	G1	S1	Yes	Shaded limestone rocks partially submerged in rapidly flowing relatively thermally constant water at a spring complex in a short 10 m (30 ft) run between the spring source and the river.
Draba standleyi	Standley's draba	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	S1	No	Crevices in sparsely vegetated igneous boulders and rock outcrops at high elevations in pine-oak-juniper woodlands; flowering June-October
Echeandia chandleri	lila de los Llanos	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	S2S3	No	Most commonly encountered among shrubs or in grassy openings in subtropical thorn shrublands on somewhat saline clays of lomas along Gulf Coast near mouth of Rio Grande; also observed in a few upland coastal prairie remnants on clay soils over the Beaumont Formation at inland sites well to the north and along railroad right-of-ways and cemeteries; flowering (May-) September-December, fruiting October-December
Echeandia texensis	Green Island echeandia	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1	S1	Yes	On somewhat saline clays of lomas along the Gulf Coast near the mouth of Rio Grande, a habitat shared with E. chandleri; both species grow in areas dominated by herbaceous species with scattered brush and stunted trees, or in grassy openings in subtropical thorn shrublands; flowers April, June, and November, and likely in other months, as well
Echinacea atrorubens	Topeka purple-coneflower	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3	S3	No	Occurring mostly in tallgrass prairie of the southern Great Plains, in blackland prairies but also in a variety of other sites like limestone hillsides; Perennial; Flowering Apr-June
Echinocereus chisosensis	Chisos Mountains hedgehog cactus	Plants	Yes	T 09/30/1988	T 12/30/1988	G2T1	S1	Yes	Degraded desert grasslands or open shrublands on unconsolidated gravelly fan and terrace deposits on desert flats and low hills at moderate elevations of about 600-800 m (1950-2600 ft) in the Chihuahuan Desert, almost always found under the shelter of a nursery plant; flowering March-April, perhaps July, fruit maturing May-June, perhaps as late as August
Echinocereus chloranthus var. neocapillus	golden-spine hedgehog cactus	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G4T1	S1	Yes	Sparsely vegetated desert grasslands over novaculite outcrops; flowering late March-early May
Echinocereus coccineus var. paucispinus	Texas claret-cup cactus	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G5T3	S3	No	Mountains, hills, and mesas, igneous and limestone, oak-juniper-pinyon woodland or juniper woodland on limestone mesas, mostly rocky habitats but also in alluvial basins, grasslands, or among mesquite or other shrubs. Flowering March - April (Powell and Weedin 2004).
Echinocereus davisii	Davis' green pitaya	Plants	Yes	E 11/07/1979	E 04/29/1983	G5T1	S1	Yes	Novaculite outcrops in full sun among sparse Chihuahuan Desert scrub usually hidden in mats of Selaginella; flowering (February-) March-April
Echinocereus milleri	Miller's hedgehog cactus	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1	S1	Yes	Occurs on sandy-loam soils on rocky hills.
Echinocereus papillosus	yellow-flowered alicoche	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3	S3	No	Under shrubs or in open areas on various substrates; Perennial; Flowering Jan-April.
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii	black lace cactus	Plants	Yes	E 10/26/1979	E 04/29/1983	G5T1Q	S1	Yes	Grasslands, thorn shrublands, mesquite woodlands on sandy, somewhat saline soils on coastal prairie, most frequently in naturally open areas sparsely covered with brush of a low stature not resulting from disturbance or along creeks in ecotonal areas between this upland type and lower areas dominated by halophytic grasses and forbs; flowering April-June
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. baileyi	Bailey's hedgehog cactus	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G5T3	S1	No	Granitic hills in Great Plains Grassland (Benson 1982).
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. fitchii	Fitch's hedgehog cactus	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G5T3	S3	No	Grasslands, thorn shrublands, and mesquite-acacia woodlands on sandy, possibly somewhat saline, soils on the coastal prairie. Within these communities, the plants may be most frequently found in open areas that are somewhat sparsely covered with brush of a low stature. Frequently grows at the ecotone where these upland areas meet lower areas dominated by halophytic grasses and forbs; Perennial
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. canus	graybeard cactus	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G5T1	S1	Yes	Steep rubble of black Maravillas chert, near top of ridge
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. correllii	Correll's green pitaya	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G5T2	S2	Yes	Among grasses on rock crevices on low hills in desert or semi-desert grassland on novaculite or limestone; flowering March-May
Eleocharis austrotexana	South Texas spikesedge	Plants	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3	S3	Yes	Occurring in miscellaneous wetlands at scattered locations on the coastal plain; Perennial; Flowering/Fruiting Sept