Submitted by Carol J. Smith, Chairman Research of rare,
threatened and endangered terrestrial plants in Maine can be a
frustrating task. I found varying information in different web
searches. For instance, I found two wonderful websites; one from
the State of Maine and one from the United States Department of
Agriculture. These lists are long but in comparing them, do not
have all of the same information. The 9-page list that the State
of Maine publishes can be found at: The USDA’s 10-page list can
be found at: The New England Regional Garden Club lists only
these plants as being endangered in New England: Bulrush,
Northeastern, ( Scirpus ancistrochaetus) Cinquefoil, Robbins’,
(Potentilla robbinsiana) Gerardia, sandplain, (Agalinis acuta)
Lousewort, Furbish, (Pedicularis furbishiae) Milk-vetch,
Jesup’s, (Astragalus robbinsii jesupi) If you check both the
Maine list and the USDA list, only Furbish’s Lousewort
(Pedicularis furbishiae) and Robbin’s Milk-vetch (Astragalus
robbinsii jesupi) are on both lists. I re