Species and Natural Features List
The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) inventories and maintains a list of all plant and wildlife species, plant communities, and geologic features in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for which there is conservation concern. This list includes current and proposed vulnerable, rare, threatened, endangered, and extirpated species, as well as species of interest with unique or specific habitat needs or declining populations. It represents the most up-to-date, accurate, scientific information available and reflects current species terminology.
The list includes all species and communities inventoried by PNHP and contains species that are not considered in environmental review. All species and communities subject to the environmental review process in Conservation Explorer can be found on the Environmental Review Species List.
View the Using the Species List page for conservation status definitions and instructions on navigating this page.
Fact Sheets (The following links may be available for each species.)
- PGC Factsheet
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PNHP Factsheet
- NatureServe Explorer
- USFWS Species Profile
Displaying
All Species in
Pennsylvania
List updated November 2024. Definitions of the status and rank codes can be found here. * Denotes a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN).