• By Scientific Name
• By Common Name
• Key for Protection Status and Rank Codes
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Scientific Name:

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Common Name:

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Key for Protection Status

Summary of protection status and rarity rank information provided above

• US: U.S. protection status (LE = Listed Endangered, LT = Listed Threatened, C = Candidate)
• GA: Georgia protection status (E = Endangered, T = Threatened, R = Rare, U = Unusual)
• G(number): global rarity rank (1 = very rare to 5 = very common globally)
• S(number): Georgia, state rarity rank (1 = very rare to 5 = very common in Georgia)

Detailed explaination of an example from the plant list above

• Example: Silene polypetala (Fringed Campion), US:LE, GA:E, G2/S2
• Silene polypetala is the scientific name (also know as the botanical name).
• Fringed Campion is the common name (also known as the vernacular name).
• US:LE means the species is Listed Endangered in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act.
• GA:E means the species is listed as Endangered by law in Georgia.
• G2/S2 means the species has a global rank of G2 and a state rank of S2.
• A global rank of G2 means that there are 5 to 20 viable populations of the species in the world.
• A state rank of S2 means that there are 5 to 20 viable populations of the species in Georgia.

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