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.