State Records of Native Plants and Animals* documented by the Minnesota Biological Survey

Animals: Amphibians
Common name Scientific Name (Authority) Year

Spotted salamander

Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw)

2001

Four-toed salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum (Schlegel)

1994

Unisexual ambystomatid

Ambystoma laterale/jeffersonianum complex 1 (LLJ)

1994

Animals: Bees
Common name Scientific Name (Authority) Year

A species of sweat bee

Lasioglossum aberrans (Crawford)

2024

A species of cuckoo bee

Epeoloides pilosus (Cresson)+

2023

A species of mining bee

Andrena uvulariae (Mitchell)

2022

A species of carder bee

Anthidiellum boreale (Robertson)+

2022

A species of long-horned bee

Melissodes apicatus (Lovell and Cockerell)

2022

A species of cuckoo bee

Epeolus americanus (Cresson)

2021

A species of long-horned bee

Eucera lepida (Cresson)

2021

A species of mason bee

Osmia inspergens (Lovell and Cockerell)

2021

A species of mason bee

Osmia nearctica (Rightmyer, Griswold & Arduser)++

2021

A species of cuckoo bee

Sphecodes nigricorpus (Mitchell)

2021

A species of cuckoo bee

Stelis subemarginata (Cresson)

2021

A species of mason bee

Osmia laticeps (Thomson)

2020

A species of small carpenter bee

Ceratina strenua (Smith)

2019

A species of long-horned bee

Eucera aragalli (Cockerell)°

2019

A species of cuckoo bee

Nomada fuscicincta (Swenk)

2019

A species of long-horned bee

Svastra atripes (Cresson)

2019

A species of resin bee

Dianthidium pudicum (Cresson)

2018

A species of sweat bee

Dufourea harveyi (Cockerell)

2018

A species of leaf-cutter bee

Megachile circumcincta (Kirby)

2018

A species of mason bee

Osmia inermis (Zetterstedt)

2018

A species of cuckoo bee

Sphecodes hydrangeae (Mitchell)

2018

A species of sweat bee

Lasioglossum achilleae (Mitchell)

2017

A species of sweat bee

Lasioglossum rozeni (Gibbs)*** 

2017

A species of leaf-cutter bee

Megachile petulans (Cresson)

2017

A species of cuckoo bee

Triepeolus subalpinus (Cockerell)

2017

A species of mining bee

Andrena accepta (Viereck)

2015

A species of mining bee

Protandrena renimaculata  (Cockerell)

2015

A species of sweat bee

Lasioglossum gotham (Gibbs)***

2013

Animals: Moths
Common name Scientific Name (Authority) Year

A species of tortricid moth

Eucosma millerana** Wright & Brown

2014

Plants
Common name Scientific Name (Authority) Year

Pointed watermeal

Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

2020

Lance-leaved loosestrife

Lysimachia lanceolata Walter

2019

Rough-leaved dogwood

Cornus drummondii C.A. Meyer

2016

Marsh bedstraw

Galium palustre Linnaeus

2014

Male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas (Linnaeus) Schott

2014

Narrowleaf paleseed

Leucospora multifida (Michaux) Nuttall

2013

Algae-like pondweed

Potamogeton confervoides Reichenbach

2008

Hooker's sedge

Carex hookerana Dewey

2005

Slender moonwort

Botrychium lineare W. H. Wagner

2005

Canadian ricegrass

Piptatherum canadense (Poiret) Dom

2003

Hoary whitlow grass

Draba cana Rydberg

2001

New England sedge

Carex novae-angliae  Schweinitz

2001

Case's ladies'-tresses

Spiranthes casei Catling & Cruise

2000

Rough-fruited fairybells

Prosartes trachycarpa S. Watson

1999

Upswept moonwort

Botrychium ascendens W. H. Wagner 

1999

Eastern green-violet

Hybanthus concolor (T. Forster) Sprengel

1999

Slender rush

Juncus subtilis E. Meyer

1998

Spatulate moonwort

Botrychium spathulatum W. H. Wagner

1998

Robbin's spikerush

Eleocharis robbinsii Oakes

1995

Obovate beakgrain

Diarrhena obovata (Gleason) Brandenburg

1994

Carey's sedge

Carex careyana Torrey Walter

1993

Blunt-lobed grapefern

Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House

1992

Purple-flowered bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea Walter

1992

Hairy fimbry

Fimbristylis puberula (Michaux) Vahl

1987

Short ray fleabane

Erigeron lonchophyllus Hooker

1985

Mosses & Lichens
Common name Scientific Name (Authority) Year

A species of liverwort

Riccia sorocarpa Bischler

2013

A species of moss

Fontinalis welchiana Allen

2010

A species of moss

Tayloria serrata (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

2010

A species of liverwort

Riccia huebeneriana Lindenberg

2010

A species of moss

Philonotis yezoana Bescherelle & Cardot

2009

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* Taxa are listed at the species level, with the exception of the unisexual ambystomatid which is a complex of polyploids that reproduce through kleptogenesis. Other hybrids and subspecific taxa that were first documented in Minnesota by MBS are purposely not included on this list.

+ A new genera to MN.

++first US record, previously documented in Canada.

°tentative identification-this group needs revision.

** A newly described (2014) species.

*** A newly described (2011) species.

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