Chapter 08. Threatened and Endangered Species

“Administration” means the Wildlife and Heritage Service.

“Director” means the Director of the Wildlife and Heritage Service.

“Endangered extirpated species” means any species that was once a viable component of the flora or fauna of the State but for which no naturally occurring populations are known to exist in the State. Most of these species have not been recorded in Maryland since 1950.

“Endangered species” means any species whose continued existence as a viable component of the State's flora or fauna is determined to be in jeopardy including any species determined to be an “endangered species” pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§1531—1543.

“Harass” means an intentional or negligent act or omission which creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying wildlife to an extent that significantly disrupts normal behavioral patterns which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.

Harm.

“Incidental taking” means takings of listed species that are incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity conducted by a person on private property.

“Jeopardize the continued existence of” means to engage in an action which reasonably would be expected, directly or indirectly, to reduce appreciably the likelihood of either the survival or recovery of a listed species in the wild by reducing the reproduction, numbers, or distribution of a listed species or otherwise adversely affecting the species.

“Listed species” means a species of flora or fauna deemed endangered, threatened or in need of conservation in this chapter due to any of the following factors:

“Natural heritage area” means any natural community of species designated in Regulation .10 in this chapter.

“Person” means any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State, an individual, corporation, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative.

“Site” is property or properties, owned singularly or in combination, that support threatened or endangered species.

“Species” means any species of wildlife or plant and reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, mollusks, and the following finfish: Acipenser brevirostrum, Acipenser oxyrinchus, Alburnops chalybaeus, Catostomus catostomus, Centrarchus macropterus, Enneacanthus chaetodon, Etheostoma sellare, Etheostoma vitreum, Lethenteron appendix, Luxilus chrysocephalus, Margariscus margarita, Notropis bifrenatus, Noturus flavus, Pararhinichthys bowersi, Percina bimaculata, Percina notogramma, Percopsis omiscomaycus, or any part, egg, offspring, or dead body of any of them.

“Species in need of conservation” means any species determined by the Secretary to be in need of conservation measures for its continued ability to sustain itself successfully.

“Take” means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to engage in any such conduct.

“Threatened species” means any species of flora or fauna which appears likely, within the foreseeable future, to become endangered including any species determined to be a “threatened species” pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§1531—1543.

A map of the proposed natural heritage area;

A description of the physical boundaries of the proposed area, total acreage, landowner name and address;

A description of the biological community represented by the natural heritage area including, as far as practical, a list of the fauna and flora there, and other geologic, hydrologic, or other features which blend together to make this area unique;

A description of all major threats to the continued existence of the area, or if petitioning to delist an area, a description of how the natural features and species composition of the area have changed so it is no longer suitable to be designated as a natural heritage area;

A statement indicating why the area should or should not be considered as among the best statewide examples of its kind;

Other relevant information which might assist the Director in making a determination.

A description of the biological distribution of the species in Maryland.

Its life needs and habitat requirements.

Evidence of its decline or evidence that it is more common than previously believed and documented.

All known threats which jeopardize its continued existence.

Other relevant biological and ecological data or other life history information pertinent to its status.

The species shall be presently recognized as a valid species, or infraspecific taxa of regional or national significance. There shall be adequate documentation that it occurs naturally and is permanently established in Maryland.

The number of other known occurrences of the species in the State;

Which of the occurrences of the species in §E(1) exist on:

The number of individuals in the occurrences of the species in §E(1) and the relative state of ecological stability.

Whether the species is restricted to a minimal geographic area within Maryland;

Whether the species has experienced a rapid, substantial decline in Maryland, and if the decline continues, the species' extirpation from Maryland is imminent;

Whether the species' essential habitat has been rapidly lost and that loss is likely to continue;

Whether the species' biology makes it highly susceptible to changes in its environment; or

Whether the species' essential habitat is easily altered by even relatively minor activities.

Permits shall be issued only for:

A person may not take, export, possess, process, sell or offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship by any means any endangered wildlife, reptile, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, or finfish species except by special permit from the Director.

Platyhelminthes:

Mollusks:

Crustaceans:

Insects:

Finfish:

Amphibians:

Reptiles:

Birds:

Mammals:

Whether only a few populations are known in Maryland and they cover only a small portion of land;

Whether the species is restricted to a minimal geographic area;

Whether the species has experienced a substantial decline in Maryland, and if the decline continues, the species’ extirpation from Maryland is imminent;

Whether the species’ essential habitat has been rapidly lost and that loss is likely to continue;

Whether the species’ biology makes it highly susceptible to changes in its environment; or

Whether the species’ essential habitat is easily altered by even relatively minor activities.

Permits shall be issued only for scientific research designed to enhance the recovery of the species or population;

A person may not:

Blue monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum);

Sensitive joint vetch (Aeschynomene virginica);

Earleaf false foxglove (Agalinis auriculata);

Sandplain gerardia (Agalinis decemloba);

Thread-leaved gerardia (Agalinis setacea);

Pale false foxglove (Agalinis skinneriana);

Woodland agrimony (Agrimonia striata);

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus);

Roundleaf shadbush (Amelanchier sanguinea);

Filmy angelica (Angelica triquinata);

Vanilla grass (Anthoxanthum hirtum);

Missouri rock cress (Arabis missouriensis);

Bristly sarsaparilla (Aralia hispida);

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi);

Woolly three-awn (Aristida lanosa);

Lake-cress (Armoracia lacustris);

Leopard’s-bane (Arnica acaulis);

Red milkweed (Asclepias rubra);

Lobed spleenwort (Asplenium pinnatifidum);

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis);

Aster-like boltonia (Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia);

Broad-glumed brome (Bromus latiglumis);

Wild calla (Calla palustris);

Tuberous grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus);

Long’s bitter cress (Cardamine longii);

Summer sedge (Carex aestivalis);

Carey’s sedge (Carex careyana);

Field sedge (Carex conoidea);

Davis’ sedge (Carex davisii);

Cypress-knee sedge (Carex decomposita);

Lesser panicled sedge (Carex diandra);

Ebony sedge (Carex eburnea);

Coast sedge (Carex exilis);

Fraser’s sedge (Carex fraserianus);

Southern waxy sedge (Carex glaucescens);

Cloud sedge (Carex haydenii);

Hitchcock’s sedge (Carex hitchcockiana);

Porcupine sedge (Carex hystericina);

Slender sedge (Carex lasiocarpa);

Mead’s sedge (Carex meadii);

Longstalk sedge (Carex pedunculata);

Richardson’s sedge (Carex richardsonii);

Sea-beach sedge (Carex silicea);

Slender sedge (Carex tetanica);

Tuckerman’s sedge (Carex tuckermanii);

Big shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa);

Scarlet Indian-paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea);

Sleepingplant (Chamaecrista fasciculata var. macrosperma);

Dwarf dogwood (Chamaepericlymenum canadense);

Bulb-bearing water-hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera);

Spreading pogonia (Cleistesiopsis divaricata);

Purple clematis (Clematis occidentalis);

Long-bract green orchis (Coeloglossum viride);

Goldthread (Coptis trifolia);

Early coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida);

Spring coralroot (Corallorhiza wisteriana);

Rose coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea);

Tall tickseed (Coreopsis tripteris);

Water pygmyweed (Crassula aquatica);

Plains frostweed (Crocanthemum bicknellii);

Smartweed dodder (Cuscuta polygonorum);

Beaked dodder (Cuscuta rostrata);

Plukenet’s flatsedge (Cyperus plukenetii);

Small white lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium candidum);

Tall larkspur (Delphinium exaltatum);

Tufted hair grass (Deschampsia caespitosa);

Stiff tick-trefoil (Desmodium obtusum);

Cream tick-trefoil (Desmodium ochroleucum);

Pineland tick-trefoil (Desmodium strictum);

Wright’s witchgrass (Dicanthelium wrightianum);

Pink sundew (Drosera capillaris);

Mountain woodfern (Dryopteris campyloptera);

Clinton’s woodfern (Dryopteris clintoniana);

Upright burhead (Echinodorus cordifolius);

Flat-stem spikerush (Eleocharis compressa var. compressa);

Horsetail spikerush (Eleocharis equisetoides);

Saltmarsh spikerush (Eleocharis halophila);

Matted spikerush (Eleocharis intermedia);

Black-fruit spikerush (Eleocharis melanocarpa);

Robbins’ spikerush (Eleocharis robbinsii);

Three-angle spikerush (Eleocharis tricostata);

Downy willowherb (Epilobium strictum);

Water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile);

Woodland horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum);

Seven-angle pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum);

Slender cotton-grass (Eriophorum gracile);

Glade spurge (Euphorbia purpurea);

Bluntleaf spurge (Euphorbia spathulata);

Rough wood-aster (Eurybia radula);

Showy aster (Eurybia spectabilis);

Queen of the prairie (Filipendula rubra);

Harper’s fimbristylis (Fimbristylis perpusilla);

Northern bedstraw (Galium boreale);

Coast bedstraw (Galium hispidulum);

Creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula);

Box huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera);

Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa);

Striped gentian (Gentiana villosa);

Stiff gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia);

Fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita);

Appalachian sandwort (Geocarpon glabrum);

Yellow avens (Geum aleppicum);

Sharp-scaled manna grass (Glyceria acutiflora);

American manna grass (Glyceria grandis);

Short’s hedge hyssop (Gratiola viscidula);

Northern oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris);

Broad-leaved beard grass (Gymnopogon brevifolius);

Smooth sunflower (Helianthus laevigatus);

Swamp-pink (Helonias bullata);

Crested coralroot (Hexalectris spicata);

Virginia heartleaf (Hexastylis virginica);

Seabeach sandwort (Honckenya peploides);

Golden-heather (Hudsonia ericoides);

Few-flower tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum pauciflorum);

Creeping St. John’s-wort (Hypericum adpressum);

Eastern bloodleaf (Iresine rhizomatosa);

Crested dwarf iris (Iris cristata);

Slender blue flag (Iris prismatica);

Dwarf iris (Iris verna);

New Jersey rush (Juncus caesariensis);

Long’s rush (Juncus longii);

Brown-fruit rush (Juncus pelocarpus);

Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana);

Larch (Larix laricina);

Vetchling peavine (Lathyrus palustris);

Club-head cutgrass (Leersia hexandra);

Catchfly-grass (Leersia lenticularis);

Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca);

Scaly gayfeather (Liatris squarrosa);

American frog’s-bit (Limnobium spongia);

Mudwort (Limosella australis);

Grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum);

Dwarf bulrush (Lipocarpha micrantha);

Kidneyleaf twayblade (Listera smallii);

American gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium);

Soft-hairy false gromwell (Lithospermum molle);

Virginia false gromwell (Lithospermum virginianum);

Pond spice (Litsea aestivalis);

Canby’s lobelia (Lobelia canbyi);

American fly-honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis);

Hairy ludwigia (Ludwigia hirtella);

Sessile-leaved bugleweed (Lycopus amplectens);

Water loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora);

Winged-loosestrife (Lythrum alatum);

Starflower Solomon’s-plume (Maianthemum stellatum);

Climbing milkweed (Matelea obliqua);

Purple mecardonia (Mecardonia acuminata);

Bog buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata);

Wrinkled joint grass (Mnesithea rugosa);

Grove sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora);

Sweet pinesap (Monotropsis odorata);

Long-awn hairgrass (Muhlenbergia capillaris);

Torrey’s dropseed (Muhlenbergia torreyana);

Slender rattlesnake root (Nabalus autumnalis);

Glade mallow (Napaea dioica);

Big floatingheart (Nymphoides aquatica);

Little floatingheart (Nymphoides cordata);

Highland rush (Oreojuncus trifidus);

Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum);

Wiry witch grass (Panicum flexile);

Kidneyleaf grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia asarifolia);

Yellow nailwort (Paronychia virginica);

American feverfew (Parthenium integrifolium);

Canby’s mountain-lover (Paxistima canbyi);

Swamp lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata);

Smooth cliffbrake (Pellaea glabella);

Red bay (Persea palustris);

Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima);

Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa);

Drooping bluegrass (Poa saltuensis);

Common clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra);

Seabeach knotweed (Polygonum glaucum);

Flatstem pondweed (Potamogeton zosteriformis);

Beach plum (Prunus maritima);

Carolina clubmoss (Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana);

Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum);

Torrey’s mountainmint (Pycnanthemum torreyi);

Early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis);

Yellow water crowfoot (Ranunculus flabellaris);

Long-stalked crowfoot (Ranunculus hederaceus);

Mississippi buttercup (Ranunculus laxicaulis);

Northeastern white water crowfoot (Ranunculus trichophyllus);

Capitate beakrush (Rhynchospora cephalantha);

Globe beaksedge (Rhynchospora globularis);

Drowned hornedrush (Rhynchospora inundata);

Mid-Atlantic beaksedge (Rhynchospora mesoatlantica);

Short-beaked baldrush (Rhynchospora nitens);

Virginia mallow (Ripariosida hermaphrodita);

Smooth rose (Rosa blanda);

Hairy wild petunia (Ruellia humilis);

Pursh’s wild petunia (Ruellia purshiana);

Tall dock (Rumex altissimus);

Slender marsh pink (Sabatia campanulata);

Two-formed pink (Sabatia difformis);

Pinebarren sandwort (Sabulina caroliniana);

Slender plumegrass (Saccharum baldwinii);

Gibbous panic-grass (Sacciolepis striata);

Sessile-fruit arrowhead (Sagittaria rigida);

Narrowleaf willow (Salix interior);

Blunt-lobe grapefern (Sceptridium oneidense);

Purple oat (Schizachne purpurascens);

Water bulrush (Schoenoplectus subterminalis);

Northeastern bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus);

Slender nutrush (Scleria minor);

Low nutrush (Scleria verticillata);

Rock skullcap (Scutellaria saxatilis);

Sweet-scented Indian-plantain (Senecio suaveolens);

Puerto Rico sea-purslane (Sesuvium maritimum);

Snowy campion (Silene nivea);

Sandyland blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium arenicola);

Prairie goldenrod (Solidago rigida);

Long-bristle Indiangrass (Sorghastrum elliottii);

Smooth false buttonweed (Spermacoce glabra);

Shining ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes lucida);

Yellow nodding ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes ochroleuca);

Northern dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis);

Gritty hedge-nettle (Stachys aspera);

Trailing stitchwort (Stellaria alsine);

Death-camus (Stenanthium leimanthoides);

Roundleaf dogwood (Swida rugosa);

Eastern silvery aster (Symphyotrichum concolor);

Serpentine aster (Symphyotrichum depauperatum);

Purple meadow parsnip (Thaspium trifoliatum);

Climbing dogbane (Thrysanthella difformis);

Canby’s dropwort (Tiedmannia canbyi);

Three-ribbed arrow grass (Triglochin striata);

Nodding trillium (Trillium flexipes);

Snow trillium (Trillium nivale);

Yellowleaf tinker’s-weed (Triosteum angustifolium);

Nodding pogonia (Triphora trianthophora);

Northeastern bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata);

Fibrous bladderwort (Utricularia striata);

Valerian (Valeriana pauciflora);

Goose-foot corn-salad (Valerianella chenopodiifolia);

Broadleaf bunchflower (Veratrum hybridum);

Marsh-speedwell (Veronica scutellata);

Fringed yellow-eyed-grass (Xyris fimbriata);

Small’s yellow-eyed-grass (Xyris smalliana);

Northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum);

Atamasco lily (Zephyranthes atamasca); and

Southern wild rice (Zizaniopsis miliacea).

The species was once a viable component of the State’s flora and fauna and there are no records of it naturally occurring in Maryland after 1950; or

The species was once a viable component of the State’s flora and fauna and recent scientific investigations have documented the loss of its habitat or disappearance of its population in Maryland.

Ten-lobe false foxglove (Agalinis obtusifolia);

Golden colicroot (Aletris aurea);

Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadensis);

Great angelica (Angelica atropurpurea);

Swamp-pink (Arethusa bulbosa);

Great Indian-plantain (Arnoglossum reniforme);

Tropical water-hyssop (Bacopa innominata);

Sea oxeye (Borrichia frutescens);

Lanceleaf grapefern (Botrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum);

Least grapefern (Botrychium simplex);

Wild chess (Bromus kalmii);

Bluehearts (Buchnera americana);

Southern harebell (Campanula divaricata);

Variable sedge (Carex polymorpha);

Slender sedge (Carex tenera);

Chaffweed (Centunculus mimimus);

Curlyheads (Clematis ochroleuca);

Toothed sedge (Cyperus dentatus);

Showy lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium reginae);

Trailing tick-trefoil (Desmodium humifusum);

Lined tick-trefoil (Desmodium lineatum);

Sessileleaf tick-trefoil (Desmodium sessilifolium);

Rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium);

Spotted joe-pyeweed (Eutrochium maculatum);

Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta);

Dwarf rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera repens);

Checkered rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera tesselata);

Branched hedge-hyssop (Gratiola ramosa);

Nuttall’s micranthemum (Hemianthus micranthemoides);

Drummond’s St. John’s-wort (Hypericum drummondii);

Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides);

Baltic rush (Juncus balticus);

Bayonet rush (Juncus militaris);

Ground juniper (Juniperus communis);

Slender pinweed (Lechea tenuifolia);

Turgid gayfeather (Liatris helleri);

Nondo lovage (Ligusticum canadense);

Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum);

Heartleaf twayblade (Listera cordata);

Sea milkwort (Lysimachia maritima);

Slender water milfoil (Myriophyllum tenellum);

One-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda);

Mountain phlox (Phlox ovata);

Heartleaf plantain (Plantago cordata);

Small purple-fringe orchis (Platanthera psycodes);

Bushy knotweed (Polygonum ramosissimum);

Southern mountainmint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides);

Green-flower wintergreen (Pyrola chlorantha);

Bristly crowfoot (Ranunculus pensylvanicus);

Few-flowered beakrush (Rhynchospora oligantha);

Pale beakrush (Rhynchospora pallida);

Few-flowered beakrush (Rhynchospora rariflora);

Wild black currant (Ribes americanum);

Bebb’s willow (Salix bebbiana);

Shining willow (Salix lucida);

Nettleleaf sage (Salvia urticifolia);

Leathery grapefern (Sceptridium multifidum);

Canby’s bulrush (Schoenoplectus etuberculatus);

Chaffseed (Schwalbea americana);

Coastal false asphodel (Triantha racemosa);

Buffalo clover (Trifolium reflexum); and

American purple vetch (Vicia americana).

Hessel’s hairstreak (Callophrys hesseli);

Dusky azure (Celestrina nigra);

Skillet clubtail (Gomphurus ventricosus);

Piedmont clubtail (Hylogomphus parvidens);

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus);

Tawny crescent (Phyciodes batesii);

Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia);

Riverine clubtail (Stylurus amnicola); and

Golden banded-skipper (Telegonus cellus).

Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus);

Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus);

Cheat minnow (Pararhinichthys bowersi); and

Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus).

Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis);

Swainson’s thrush (Catharus ustulatus);

Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus);

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi);

Red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis);

Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis);

Bachman’s sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis);

Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii);

Appalachian Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii bewickii); and

Greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido).

Gray wolf (Canis lupus);

Elk (Cervus elaphus);

Eastern cougar (Puma concolor couguar);

Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus);

American marten (Martes americana); and

Eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis).

Whether the species has experienced a steady, substantial decline in Maryland, and if the decline continues, the species is likely to become endangered;

Whether there has been steady, widespread loss of the species' essential habitat; or

Whether protection measures already taken have significantly reduced the chances of the species becoming extirpated from Maryland.

Except by special permit from the Director, a person may not take, export, possess, process, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport or ship by any means any threatened wildlife, reptile, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, or finfish species.

Permits to take threatened species shall be issued only for:

Incidental taking of a threatened wildlife, reptile, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, or finfish species shall be allowed only after the Director has been notified 30 days in advance of the change in land use or other action by a private landowner which shall result in the incidental taking. The Administration, upon receipt of the application for an incidental taking permit from the landowner, shall within 30 days either:

Mollusks:

Insects:

Finfish:

Reptiles:

Birds:

Whether the species has experienced a substantial decline in Maryland, and if the decline continues, the species is likely to become endangered;

Whether there has been a steady widespread loss of the species’ essential habitat; or

Whether the species has been listed as endangered but it has been shown that protection measures taken have significantly reduced the chances of the species becoming extirpated from Maryland.

Permits shall be issued only for scientific research designed to enhance the recovery of the species or population;

A person may not:

Climbing fumitory (Adlumia fungosa);

Purple giant-hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia);

Running serviceberry (Amelanchier humilis);

Nantucket shadbush (Amelanchier nantucketensis);

Single-head pussytoes (Antennaria solitaria);

Wand-like three-awn grass (Aristida virgata);

Bradley’s spleenwort (Asplenium bradleyi);

Ozark milkvetch (Astragalus distortus);

Wild false indigo (Baptisia australis);

Buxbaum’s sedge (Carex buxbaumii);

Inflated sedge (Carex vesicaria);

Velvety sedge (Carex vestita);

Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata);

Red turtlehead (Chelone obliqua);

Giant-seed goosefoot (Chenopodiastrum simplex);

Clinton lily (Clintonia borealis);

Bogfern (Coryphopteris simulata);

Wild bleedinghearts (Dicentra eximia);

Tall swamp witchgrass (Dichanthelium scabriusculum);

Eastern leatherwood (Dirca palustris);

Tobaccoweed (Elephantopus tomentosus);

Parker’s pipewort (Eriocaulon parkeri);

White trout-lily (Erythronium albidum);

White-bract thoroughwort (Eupatorium leucolepis);

Fringe-top bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii);

McDowell’s sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis);

Glade fern (Homalosorus pycnocarpus);

Featherfoil (Hottonia inflata);

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis);

Largeleaf waterleaf (Hydrophyllum macrophyllum);

Coppery St. John’s-wort (Hypericum denticulatum);

Pipe vine (Isotrema macrophyllum);

Sandplain flax (Linum intercursum);

Sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis);

Climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum);

Carolina anglepod (Matelea carolinensis);

Three-flower melicgrass (Melica nitens);

Evergreen bayberry (Morella carolinensis);

White-grained mountain-ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia);

Walter’s paspalum (Paspalum dissectum);

Horse-tail paspalum (Paspalum fluitans);

Coville’s phacelia (Phacelia covillei);

Roundleaf fameflower (Phemeranthus teretifolius);

White-fringe orchis (Platanthera blephariglottis);

Yellow-fringe orchid (Platanthera ciliaris);

Large purple-fringe orchis (Platanthera grandiflora);

Purple fringeless orchid (Platanthera peramoena);

Marsh fleabane (Pluchea camphorata);

Bog Jacob’s-ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae);

Crossleaf milkwort (Polygala cruciata);

Racemed milkwort (Polygala polygama);

Seneca snakeroot (Polygala senega);

Allegheny plum (Prunus alleghaniensis);

Whorled mountainmint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum);

Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii);

Hairy snoutbean (Rhynchosia tomentosa);

Long-beaked bald rush (Rhynchospora scirpoides);

Torrey’s beakrush (Rhynchospora torreyana);

Michaux’s stitchwort (Sabulina michauxii);

Engelmann’s arrowhead (Sagittaria engelmanniana);

Canada burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis);

Northern pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea);

One-flower sclerolepis (Sclerolepis uniflora);

Shale barren skullcap (Scutellaria leonardii);

Veined skullcap (Scutellaria nervosa);

Cliff stonecrop (Sedum glaucophyllum);

Long-stalk greenbrier (Smilax pseudochina);

Lake Ontario goldenrod (Solidago racemosa);

Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa);

Swamp wedgescale (Sphenopholis pensylvanica);

Lance-leaf loosestrife (Steironema hybridum);

Eastern featherbells (Stenanthium gramineum);

Rosy twisted-stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus);

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus);

Mountain parsley (Taenidia montana);

Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis);

Spiked hoary-pea (Tephrosia spicata);

Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis);

Kate’s Mountain clover (Trifolium virginicum);

Virginia least trillium (Trillium pusillum var.virginianum);

Purple bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea);

Small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos); and

Rusty woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis).

Whether the population is limited or declining within Maryland; and

Whether the species may become threatened in the foreseeable future, if current trends or conditions persist.

Except by special permit, a person may not take, export, possess, process, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship by any means any species in need of conservation;

Permits to take species in need of conservation shall be issued only for:

Incidental taking permits are not required for species in need of conservation.

Mollusks:

Crustaceans:

Insects:

Finfish:

Amphibians — Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei);

Reptiles — Eastern spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera);

Birds:

Mammals:

Contain one or more threatened or endangered species or wildlife species in need of conservation;

Be a unique blend of geological, hydrological, climatalogical or biological features; and

Be considered to be among the best Statewide examples of its kind.

An endangered or threatened species of wildlife or plant listed in this chapter; or

A species of wildlife in need of conservation listed in this chapter.

Notice of the proposed restriction has been placed in a newspaper in the county where the restriction is proposed;

Notice of the proposed restriction has been placed in the Maryland Register;

Completion of a 30-day period for comment which begins on the date that the list of restricted areas is published in the Maryland Register;

All adjacent landowners have been notified by mail of the proposal; and

Appropriate areas have been signed and posted.

In Calvert County, the restricted areas encompass that portion of the lands owned or controlled by the State which are located between the mean high and mean low water lines of the waters of the State adjacent to Flag Ponds Nature Park.

In Worcester County, the restricted areas encompass that portion of the lands owned or controlled by the State which are located between the mean high and mean low water lines of the waters of the State adjacent to:

A completed application form including the applicant's:

A conservation plan for the site that shall include the following:

Limiting construction activities during the adult breeding season of June through August in order to minimize adult tiger beetle mortality;

Limiting construction activities to the beach area and no alteration of the cliff face;

Limiting habitat alteration to a portion of the tiger beetle habitat; and

Limiting other actions that harm adult Puritan tiger beetles, larvae, or habitat.

Mitigation shall be employed whenever the habitat alteration will render a significant portion of the site unsuitable for Puritan tiger beetles in either their adult or larval life forms.

Mitigation shall occur at not less than a 1:1 ratio of linear feet of shoreline impacted.

Mitigation measures may include:

The applicant has submitted the completed application form, fee, and conservation plan;

Alternatives have been considered and determined not to be feasible;

Adequate minimization or mitigation measures have been incorporated into the habitat conservation plan;

The actions do not appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival or recovery of the Puritan tiger beetle;

Adequate funding for the conservation plan is available to implement the plan; and

Federal authorization to incidentally take Puritan tiger beetles has been secured by the applicant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Permits to take protected nongame mammals may only be issued for:

Incidental taking permits are not required for protected nongame mammals.

Little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus);

Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans);

Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus);

Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus);

Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis);

Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus);

Evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis);

Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus);

North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsata); and

Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius).