in kansas, there are currently 238 species of rare animals and 400 rare plants. among those include: "boechera laevigata", virginia rail, cleft ledge, royal fern, turkey-tangle, bobolink, cave salamander, peregrine falcon, and black-footed ferret. common animal species and grasses include: crows, deer, lesser prairie chicken, mice, moles, opossum, prairie dogs, raccoon, "tripsacum dactyloides", prairie dropseed, indian grass, little bluestem, switch grass, northern sea oats, tussock sedge, sideoats grama, and big bluestem.