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Welcome to Minnesota's guide to endangered, threatened, and special concern species. Get information on the status, distribution, ecology, conservation, and management of our rarest animals and plants. Query 590 species profiles based on name, taxonomic group, status, county, Ecological Classification System (ECS) subsection, watershed, and/or habitat.

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  • Amphibian
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  • Fish
  • Fungus
  • Insect
  • Lichen
  • Mammal
  • Moss
  • Mussel
  • Reptile
  • Snail
  • Spider
  • Vascular plant

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Habitat

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  • Fire Dependent Forest
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  • Upland Grasslands, Shrublands & Sparse Vegetation
  • Cliff
  • Rock Outcrop
  • Lowland Prairie
  • Lake Shore
  • River Shore
  • Talus
  • Savanna
  • Rivers & Streams
  • Small Rivers and Streams
  • Medium Rivers and Streams
  • Large Rivers
  • Subterranean
  • Subterranean
  • Wetland Forests
  • Floodplain Forest
  • Wet Forest
  • Forested Rich Peatland
  • Forested Acid Peatland
  • Wetlands, Grasslands, Shrublands & Marshes
  • Non-forested Acid Peatland
  • Non-forested Rich Peatland
  • Wet Meadow/Carr
  • Marsh
  • Lakes
  • Littoral Zone of Lake
  • Deep Water Zone of Lake
Kittson Roseau Lake of the Woods Koochiching St. Louis Lake Cook Marshall Beltrami Itasca Polk Pennington Red Lake Norman Mahnomen Clearwater Clay Becker Hubbard Cass Wadena Crow Wing Aitkin Pine Kanabec Mille Lacs Carlton Morrison Todd Wilkin Otter Tail Traverse Grant Douglas Pope Stevens Big Stone Lac qui Parle Chisago Isanti Washington Ramsey Hennepin Anoka Benton Benton Stearns Stearns Sherburne Sherburne Wright Meeker Kandiyohi Meeker Swift Chippewa Yellow Medicine Renville Dakota Carver Scott McLeod Sibley Nicollet Redwood Brown Blue Earth Le Sueur Rice Waseca Steele Dodge Olmsted Goodhue Wabasha Winona Houston Fillmore Mower Freeborn Faribault Watonwan Martin Cottonwood Jackson Nobles Rock Murray Pipestone Lincoln Lyon

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