Rare Species by County: Franklin
Last Updated on 3/1/2003
| Taxonomic Group | Scientific Name | Common Name | State Rank | Federal Rank | Most Recent Obs |
| Fish | Acipenser brevirostrum | Shortnose Sturgeon | E | LE | 1992 |
| Fish | Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker | SC | 1990 | |
| Fish | Hybognathus regius | Eastern Silvery Minnow | SC | 1980 | |
| Fish | Lota lota | Burbot | SC | 2000 | |
| Fish | Notropis bifrenatus | Bridle Shiner | SC | 1994 | |
| Fish | Phoxinus eos | Northern Redbelly Dace | E | 2002 | |
| Amphibian | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Jefferson Salamander | SC | 2000 | |
| Amphibian | Ambystoma laterale | Blue-Spotted Salamander | SC | 1974 | |
| Amphibian | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | T | 1998 | |
| Amphibian | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus | Spring Salamander | SC | 1996 | |
| Amphibian | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-Toed Salamander | SC | 2000 | |
| Amphibian | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot | T | 1999 | |
| Reptile | Clemmys guttata | Spotted Turtle | SC | 2001 | |
| Reptile | Clemmys insculpta | Wood Turtle | SC | 2001 | |
| Reptile | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | SC | 2000 | |
| Bird | Accipiter striatus | Sharp-Shinned Hawk | SC | (PS) | 1970 |
| Bird | Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | T | (PS) | 1998 |
| Bird | Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | E | 1908 | |
| Bird | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | E | 1996 | |
| Bird | Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier | T | 1932 | |
| Bird | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge Wren | E | 1996 | |
| Bird | Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | E | (PS:LE) | 1933 |
| Bird | Gavia immer | Common Loon | SC | 2000 | |
| Bird | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | E | (PS:LT,PDL) | 1999 |
| Bird | Oporornis philadelphia | Mourning Warbler | SC | 1996 | |
| Bird | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-Billed Grebe | E | 1951 | |
| Bird | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | T | 1996 | |
| Bird | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-Winged Warbler | E | 1988 | |
| Mammal | Sorex palustris | Water Shrew | SC | 1995 | |
| Mammal | Synaptomys cooperi | Southern Bog Lemming | SC | 1994 | |
| Flatworm | Polycelis remota | Sunderland Spring Planarian | E | 1987 | |
| Moss Animal | Lophopodella carteri | River Moss Animal | SC | 1997 | |
| Mussel | Alasmidonta heterodon | Dwarf Wedgemussel | E | LE | 2001 |
| Mussel | Alasmidonta undulata | Triangle Floater | SC | 2002 | |
| Mussel | Alasmidonta varicosa | Brook Floater (Swollen Wedgemussel) | E | ||
| Mussel | Lampsilis cariosa | Yellow Lampmussel | E | 1987 | |
| Mussel | Ligumia nasuta | Eastern Pondmussel | SC | 2001 | |
| Mussel | Strophitus undulatus | Creeper | SC | 2001 | |
| Crustacean | Eubranchipus intricatus | Intricate Fairy Shrimp | SC | 1988 | |
| Crustacean | Limnadia lenticularis | American Clam Shrimp | SC | 1994 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Boyeria grafiana | Ocellated Darner | SC | 1997 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma carunculatum | Tule Bluet | SC | 1996 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Enallagma laterale | New England Bluet | SC | 1999 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus abbreviatus | Spine-Crowned Clubtail | E | 1999 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus borealis | Beaverpond Clubtail | SC | 2001 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus fraternus | Midland Clubtail | E | 1991 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus vastus | Cobra Clubtail | SC | 1999 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Gomphus ventricosus | Skillet Clubtail | SC | 1999 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Ophiogomphus aspersus | Brook Snaketail | SC | 1998 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Somatochlora elongata | Ski-Tailed Emerald | SC | 1989 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus amnicola | Riverine Clubtail | E | 1999 | |
| Dragonfly/Damselfly | Stylurus spiniceps | A Clubtail Dragonfly | T | 1991 | |
| Beetle | Cicindela duodecimguttata | Twelve-Spotted Tiger Beetle | SC | 1988 | |
| Beetle | Cicindela marginipennis | Cobblestone Tiger Beetle | E | 1997 | |
| Beetle | Cicindela purpurea | Purple Tiger Beetle | SC | 1927 | |
| Beetle | Desmocerus palliatus | Elderberry Long-Horned Beetle | SC | 1994 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Apodrepanulatrix liberaria | New Jersey Tea Inchworm | E | 2000 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Erora laeta | Early Hairstreak | T | 1988 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Grammia williamsii | Williams' Tigermoth | T | 1974 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Hemileuca maia | Barrens Buckmoth | SC | 2000 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Itame sp 1 nr inextricata | Pine Barrens Itame | SC | 2000 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Metarranthis apiciaria | Barrens Metarranthis Moth | E | 1974 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Psectraglaea carnosa | Pink Sallow | SC | 2000 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Rhodoecia aurantiago | A Noctuid Moth | T | 1987 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Satyrium favonius | Oak Hairstreak | SC | 1992 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Zale sp 1 nr lunifera | Pine Barrens Zale | SC | 2000 | |
| Butterfly/Moth | Zanclognatha martha | Pine Barrens Zanclognatha | T | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Acer nigrum | Black Maple | SC | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumitory | T | 2001 | |
| Vascular Plant | Alnus viridis ssp crispa | Mountain Alder | T | 1999 | |
| Vascular Plant | Amelanchier nantucketensis | Nantucket Shadbush | SC | 1988 | |
| Vascular Plant | Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf Shadbush | SC | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Aplectrum hyemale | Putty-Root | E | 2001 | |
| Vascular Plant | Arabis missouriensis | Green Rock-Cress | T | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Arceuthobium pusillum | Dwarf Mistletoe | SC | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon | T | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Aristida purpurascens | Purple Needlegrass | T | 18-- | |
| Vascular Plant | Artemisia campestris ssp borealis | Boreal Wormwood | E | (PS) | 2000 |
| Vascular Plant | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | E | 1972 | |
| Vascular Plant | Asclepias verticillata | Linear-Leaved Milkweed | T | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Asplenium ruta-muraria | Wall-Rue Spleenwort | T | 1997 | |
| Vascular Plant | Calystegia spithamaea | Low Bindweed | E | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex grayi | Gray's Sedge | T | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex hitchcockiana | Hitchcock's Sedge | SC | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex lenticularis | Shore Sedge | T | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex michauxiana | Michaux's Sedge | E | 1940 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex pauciflora | Few-Flowered Sedge | E | 1993 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex tuckermanii | Tuckerman's Sedge | E | 1997 | |
| Vascular Plant | Carex typhina | Cat-Tail Sedge | T | 1984 | |
| Vascular Plant | Cimicifuga racemosa | Black Cohosh | E | 1998 | |
| Vascular Plant | Clematis occidentalis | Purple Clematis | SC | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coralroot | SC | 2001 | |
| Vascular Plant | Crassula aquatica | Pygmyweed | T | 1980 | |
| Vascular Plant | Cryptogramma stelleri | Fragile Rock-Brake | E | 1994 | |
| Vascular Plant | Cyperus houghtonii | Houghton's Flatsedge | E | 1948 | |
| Vascular Plant | Deschampsia cespitosa ssp glauca | Tufted Hairgrass | E | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Elatine americana | American Waterwort | E | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Eleocharis diandra | Wright's Spike-Rush | E | 1984 | |
| Vascular Plant | Eleocharis intermedia | Intermediate Spike-Sedge | T | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Eleocharis obtusa var ovata | Ovate Spike-Sedge | E | 1984 | |
| Vascular Plant | Equisetum scirpoides | Dwarf Scouring-Rush | SC | 2001 | |
| Vascular Plant | Eragrostis frankii | Frank's Lovegrass | SC | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass | T | 1989 | |
| Vascular Plant | Goodyera repens | Dwarf Rattlesnake-Plantain | E | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Hydrophyllum canadense | Broad Waterleaf | E | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Hypericum ascyron | Giant St. John's-Wort | E | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Liatris borealis | New England Blazing Star | SC | 1994 | |
| Vascular Plant | Ludwigia polycarpa | Many-Fruited False-Loosestrife | E | 1984 | |
| Vascular Plant | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing Fern | SC | 1978 | |
| Vascular Plant | Malaxis brachypoda | White Adder's-Mouth | E | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Milium effusum | Woodland Millet | T | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Mimulus alatus | Winged Monkey-Flower | E | 1999 | |
| Vascular Plant | Mimulus moschatus | Muskflower | E | 1999 | |
| Vascular Plant | Minuartia michauxii | Michaux's Sandwort | T | 1994 | |
| Vascular Plant | Morus rubra | Red Mulberry | E | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Myriophyllum farwellii | Farwell's Water-Milfoil | E | 2002 | |
| Vascular Plant | Ophioglossum pusillum | Adder's-Tongue Fern | T | 1996 | |
| Vascular Plant | Oxalis violacea | Violet Wood-Sorrel | E | 1874 | |
| Vascular Plant | Panicum gattingeri | Gattinger's Panic-Grass | SC | 1978 | |
| Vascular Plant | Pedicularis lanceolata | Swamp Lousewort | E | 1879 | |
| Vascular Plant | Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue | E | 1948 | |
| Vascular Plant | Petasites frigidus var palmatus | Sweet Coltsfoot | E | 197- | |
| Vascular Plant | Platanthera dilatata | Leafy White Orchis | T | 1993 | |
| Vascular Plant | Platanthera flava var herbiola | Pale Green Orchis | T | 1986 | |
| Vascular Plant | Poa languida | Drooping Speargrass | E | 1931 | |
| Vascular Plant | Podostemum ceratophyllum | Threadfoot | SC | 2001 | |
| Vascular Plant | Prunus pumila var depressa | Sandbar Cherry | T | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Ranunculus pensylvanicus | Bristly Buttercup | T | 1958 | |
| Vascular Plant | Ribes lacustre | Bristly Black Currant | SC | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Salix exigua | Sandbar Willow | T | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Sanicle | T | 1972 | |
| Vascular Plant | Sanicula odorata | Long-Styled Sanicle | T | 1934 | |
| Vascular Plant | Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod-Grass | E | 1929 | |
| Vascular Plant | Scirpus ancistrochaetus | Northeastern Bulrush | E | LE | 1993 |
| Vascular Plant | Scleria triglomerata | Tall Nut-Sedge | E | 1871 | |
| Vascular Plant | Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna | E | 1977 | |
| Vascular Plant | Solidago macrophylla | Large-Leaved Goldenrod | T | 1987 | |
| Vascular Plant | Solidago ptarmicoides | Upland White Aster | E | 1997 | |
| Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis nitida | Shining Wedgegrass | T | 1930 | |
| Vascular Plant | Sphenopholis pensylvanica | Swamp Oats | T | 1910 | |
| Vascular Plant | Spiranthes romanzoffiana | Hooded Ladies'-Tresses | E | 1994 | |
| Vascular Plant | Symphoricarpos albus var albus | Snowberry | E | 1986 | |
| Vascular Plant | Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Crooked-Stem Aster | T | 1915 | |
| Vascular Plant | Symphyotrichum tradescantii | Tradescant's Aster | T | 2000 | |
| Vascular Plant | Trichomanes intricatum | A Filmy-Fern | E | 1991 | |
| Vascular Plant | Triphora trianthophora | Nodding Pogonia | E | 1996 | |
| Vascular Plant | Trisetum triflorum ssp molle | Spiked False Oats | E | 1989 | |
| Vascular Plant | Viburnum rafinesquianum | Downy Arrowwood | E | 1979 | |
| Vascular Plant | Viola nephrophylla | Northern Bog Violet | E | 1915 | |
| Vascular Plant | Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | SC | 1988 |