O. Reg. 230/08: SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST

under Endangered Species Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 6

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Endangered Species Act, 2007

ONTARIO REGULATION 230/08

species at risk in ontario list

Historical version for the period August 1, 2018 to January 25, 2022.

Last amendment: 404/18.

Legislative History: 56/09, 332/09, 72/10, 373/10, 224/11, 4/12, 25/13, 139/14, 66/15, 200/16, 167/17, 404/18.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Extirpated species

1. The species listed in Columns 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 according to their common and scientific names, and belonging to the species grouping referred to in Column 2 opposite the listed species, are classified by COSSARO as extirpated species. O. Reg. 139/14, s. 1.

Endangered species

2. The species listed in Columns 3 and 4 of Schedule 2 according to their common and scientific names, and belonging to the species grouping referred to in Column 2 opposite the listed species, are classified by COSSARO as endangered species. O. Reg. 139/14, s. 1.

Threatened species

3. The species listed in Columns 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 according to their common and scientific names, and belonging to the species grouping referred to in Column 2 opposite the listed species, are classified by COSSARO as threatened species. O. Reg. 139/14, s. 1.

Special concern species

4. The species listed in Columns 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 according to their common and scientific names, and belonging to the species grouping referred to in Column 2 opposite the listed species, are classified by COSSARO as special concern species. O. Reg. 139/14, s. 1.

Geographical limitations

5. If the classification of a species applies only to a specified geographic area in Ontario, the area is described in a footnote to the relevant Schedule. O. Reg. 230/08, s. 5.

6. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O. Reg. 230/08, s. 6.

Schedule 1
Extirpated species

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Species Grouping	Column 3 Common Name	Column 4 Scientific Name
1.	Mosses	Incurved Grizzled Moss	Ptychomitrium incurvum
2.	Vascular Plants	Illinois Tick-trefoil	Desmodium illinoense
3.	Vascular Plants	Spring Blue-eyed Mary	Collinsia verna
4.	Insects	American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus
5.	Insects	Eastern Persius Duskywing	Erynnis persius persius
6.	Insects	Frosted Elfin	Callophrys irus
7.	Insects	Karner Blue	Lycaeides melissa samuelis
8.	Fishes	Gravel Chub	Erimystax x-punctatus
9.	Fishes	Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula
10.	Amphibians	Blanchard’s Cricket Frog	Acris blanchardi
11.	Amphibians	Eastern Tiger Salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum
12.	Amphibians	Spring Salamander	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
13.	Reptiles	Eastern Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina
14.	Reptiles	Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus
15.	Birds	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis
16.	Birds	Greater Prairie-Chicken	Tympanuchus cupido

O. Reg. 200/16, s. 1.

SCHEDULE 2
Endangered species

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Species Grouping	Column 3 Common Name	Column 4 Scientific Name
0.1	Lichens	Golden-eye Lichen (Great Lakes population)	Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
1.	Lichens	Pale-bellied Frost Lichen	Physconia subpallida
2.	Mosses	Spoon-leaved Moss	Bryoandersonia illecebra
3.	Vascular Plants	American Chestnut	Castanea dentata
4.	Vascular Plants	American Columbo	Frasera caroliniensis
5.	Vascular Plants	American Ginseng	Panax quinquefolius
6.	Vascular Plants	Bent Spike-rush	Eleocharis geniculata
7.	Vascular Plants	Bird’s-foot Violet	Viola pedata
8.	Vascular Plants	Bluehearts	Buchnera americana
9.	Vascular Plants	Blunt-lobed Woodsia	Woodsia obtusa
10.	Vascular Plants	Butternut	Juglans cinerea
11.	Vascular Plants	Cherry Birch	Betula lenta
12.	Vascular Plants	Colicroot	Aletris farinosa
13.	Vascular Plants	Cucumber Tree	Magnolia acuminata
14.	Vascular Plants	Drooping Trillium	Trillium flexipes
15.	Vascular Plants	Eastern Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida
16.	Vascular Plants	Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid	Platanthera leucophaea
17.	Vascular Plants	Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus	Opuntia humifusa
18.	Vascular Plants	Engelmann’s Quillwort	Isoetes engelmannii
19.	Vascular Plants	False Hop Sedge	Carex lupuliformis
20.	Vascular Plants	Few-flowered Club-rush	Trichophorum planifolium
21.	Vascular Plants	Forked Three-awned Grass	Aristida basiramea
22.	Vascular Plants	Four-leaved Milkweed	Asclepias quadrifolia
23.	Vascular Plants	Gattinger’s Agalinis	Agalinis gattingeri
24.	Vascular Plants	Heart-leaved Plantain	Plantago cordata
25.	Vascular Plants	Hoary Mountain-mint	Pycnanthemum incanum
26.	Vascular Plants	Horsetail Spike-rush	Eleocharis equisetoides
27.	Vascular Plants	Juniper Sedge	Carex juniperorum
28.	Vascular Plants	Large Whorled Pogonia	Isotria verticillata
29.	Vascular Plants	Lowland Toothcup	Rotala ramosior
30.	Vascular Plants	Nodding Pogonia	Triphora trianthophoros
31.	Vascular Plants	Ogden’s Pondweed	Potamogeton ogdenii
32.	Vascular Plants	Pink Milkwort	Polygala incarnata
33.	Vascular Plants	Red Mulberry	Morus rubra
34.	Vascular Plants	Scarlet Ammannia	Ammannia robusta
35.	Vascular Plants	Showy Goldenrod (Great Lakes Plains population)	Solidago speciosa
36.	Vascular Plants	Skinner’s Agalinis	Agalinis skinneriana
37.	Vascular Plants	Slender Bush-clover	Lespedeza virginica
38.	Vascular Plants	Small White Lady’s-slipper	Cypripedium candidum
39.	Vascular Plants	Small Whorled Pogonia	Isotria medeoloides
40.	Revoked: O. Reg. 404/18, s. 1 (2).
41.	Vascular Plants	Virginia Goat’s-rue	Tephrosia virginiana
42.	Vascular Plants	Virginia Mallow	Sida hermaphrodita
43.	Vascular Plants	Western Silvery Aster	Symphyotrichum sericeum
44.	Vascular Plants	White Prairie Gentian	Gentiana alba
45.	Vascular Plants	Wood-poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum
46.	Molluscs	Broad-banded Forestsnail	Allogona profunda
47.	Molluscs	Eastern Banded Tigersnail	Anguispira kochi kochi
48.	Molluscs	Fawnsfoot	Truncilla donaciformis
49.	Molluscs	Hickorynut	Obovaria olivaria
50.	Molluscs	Kidneyshell	Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
51.	Molluscs	Northern Riffleshell	Epioblasma torulosa rangiana
52.	Molluscs	Proud Globelet	Patera pennsylvanica
53.	Molluscs	Rayed Bean	Villosa fabalis
54.	Molluscs	Round Hickorynut	Obovaria subrotunda
55.	Molluscs	Round Pigtoe	Pleurobema sintoxia
56.	Molluscs	Salamander Mussel	Simpsonaias ambigua
57.	Molluscs	Snuffbox	Epioblasma triquetra
58.	Insects	Aweme Borer Moth	Papaipema aweme
59.	Insects	Bogbean Buckmoth	Hemileuca sp.
60.	Insects	Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee	Bombus bohemicus
61.	Insects	Hine’s Emerald	Somatochlora hineana
62.	Insects	Hoptree Borer	Prays atomocella
63.	Insects	Hungerford’s Crawling Water Beetle	Brychius hungerfordi
64.	Insects	Laura’s Clubtail	Stylurus laurae
65.	Insects	Mottled Duskywing	Erynnis martialis
66.	Insects	Nine-spotted Lady Beetle	Coccinella novemnotata
67.	Insects	Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle	Cicindela patruela
68.	Insects	Pygmy Snaketail	Ophiogomphus howei
69.	Insects	Rapids Clubtail	Gomphus quadricolor
70.	Insects	Riverine Clubtail	Stylurus amnicola
71.	Insects	Rusty-patched Bumble Bee	Bombus affinis
71.1	Insects	Transverse Lady Beetle	Coccinella transversoguttata
72.	Fishes	American Eel	Anguilla rostrata
73.	Fishes	Eastern Sand Darter	Ammocrypta pellucida
73.1	Fishes	Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)	Acipenser fulvescens
74.	Fishes	Northern Madtom	Noturus stigmosus
75.	Fishes	Redside Dace	Clinostomus elongatus
76.	Fishes	River Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)	Percina shumardi
77.	Fishes	Shortnose Cisco	Coregonus reighardi
78.	Fishes	Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus
79.	Fishes	Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus
80.	Amphibians	Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus ochrophaeus
81.	Amphibians	Fowler’s Toad	Anaxyrus fowleri
82.	Amphibians	Jefferson Salamander	Ambystoma jeffersonianum
83.	Amphibians	Northern Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus fuscus
84.	Amphibians	Small-mouthed Salamander	Ambystoma texanum
85.	Amphibians	Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)	Ambystoma laterale – (2) jeffersonianum
86.	Amphibians	Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population)	Ambystoma laterale – texanum
87.	Reptiles	Blue Racer	Coluber constrictor foxii
88.	Reptiles	Butler’s Gartersnake	Thamnophis butleri
89.	Reptiles	Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)	Plestiodon fasciatus
90.	Reptiles	Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)	Pantherophis gloydi
91.	Reptiles	Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)	Pantherophis spiloides
92.	Reptiles	Massasauga (Carolinian population)	Sistrurus catenatus
93.	Reptiles	Queensnake	Regina septemvittata
94.	Reptiles	Spiny Softshell	Apalone spinifera
95.	Reptiles	Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata
96.	Reptiles	Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta
97.	Birds	Acadian Flycatcher	Empidonax virescens
98.	Birds	Barn Owl	Tyto alba
99.	Birds	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
100.	Birds	Henslow’s Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii
101.	Birds	King Rail	Rallus elegans
102.	Birds	Kirtland’s Warbler	Setophaga kirtlandii
103.	Birds	Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus
104.	Birds	Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus
105.	Birds	Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus
106.	Birds	Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea
107.	Birds	Red Knot rufa subspecies	Calidris canutus rufa
108.	Birds	Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria virens
109.	Mammals	American Badger (Northwestern Ontario population)	Taxidea taxus taxus
110.	Mammals	American Badger (Southwestern Ontario population)	Taxidea taxus jacksoni
111.	Mammals	Eastern Small-footed Myotis	Myotis leibii
112.	Mammals	Little Brown Myotis	Myotis lucifugus
113.	Mammals	Mountain Lion or Cougar	Puma concolor
114.	Mammals	Northern Myotis	Myotis septentrionalis
115.	Mammals	Tri-colored Bat	Perimyotis subflavus

O. Reg. 167/17, s. 1; O. Reg. 404/18, s. 1.

SCHEDULE 3
threatened species

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Species Grouping	Column 3 Common Name	Column 4 Scientific Name
1.	Vascular Plants	American Water-willow	Justicia americana
2.	Vascular Plants	Blue Ash	Fraxinus quadrangulata
3.	Vascular Plants	Branched Bartonia	Bartonia paniculata
4.	Vascular Plants	Deerberry	Vaccinium stamineum
5.	Vascular Plants	Dense Blazing Star	Liatris spicata
6.	Vascular Plants	Dwarf Hackberry	Celtis tenuifolia
7.	Vascular Plants	False Rue-anemone	Enemion biternatum
8.	Vascular Plants	Goldenseal	Hydrastis canadensis
9.	Vascular Plants	Hill’s Thistle	Cirsium hillii
10.	Vascular Plants	Houghton’s Goldenrod	Solidago houghtonii
11.	Vascular Plants	Kentucky Coffee-tree	Gymnocladus dioicus
12.	Vascular Plants	Lakeside Daisy	Tetraneuris herbacea
13.	Vascular Plants	Pitcher’s Thistle	Cirsium pitcheri
14.	Vascular Plants	Purple Twayblade	Liparis liliifolia
15.	Vascular Plants	Round-leaved Greenbrier	Smilax rotundifolia
16.	Vascular Plants	Showy Goldenrod (Boreal population)	Solidago speciosa
17.	Vascular Plants	Small-flowered Lipocarpha	Lipocarpha micrantha
17.1	Vascular Plants	Spotted Wintergreen	Chimaphila maculata
18.	Vascular Plants	White Wood Aster	Eurybia divaricata
19.	Vascular Plants	Wild Hyacinth	Camassia scilloides
20.	Vascular Plants	Willowleaf Aster	Symphyotrichum praealtum
21.	Molluscs	Lilliput	Toxolasma parvum
22.	Revoked: O. Reg. 404/18, s. 2 (3).
23.	Molluscs	Threehorn Wartyback	Obliquaria reflexa
24.	Molluscs	Wavy-rayed Lampmussel	Lampsilis fasciola
25.	Insects	Lake Huron Grasshopper	Trimerotropis huroniana
26.	Fishes	Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei
27.	Revoked: O. Reg. 404/18, s. 2 (5).
28.	Fishes	Cutlip Minnow	Exoglossum maxillingua
29.	Fishes	Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta
30.	Revoked: O. Reg. 404/18, s. 2 (5).
31.	Fishes	Lake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)	Acipenser fulvescens
32.	Fishes	Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae
33.	Fishes	Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus
34.	Fishes	Shortjaw Cisco	Coregonus zenithicus
35.	Fishes	Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana
36.	Fishes	Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis
37.	Reptiles	Blanding’s Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii
38.	Reptiles	Eastern Foxsnake (Georgian Bay population)	Pantherophis gloydi
39.	Reptiles	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	Heterodon platirhinos
40.	Reptiles	Gray Ratsnake (Frontenac Axis population)	Pantherophis spiloides
41.	Reptiles	Massasauga (Great Lakes - St. Lawrence population)	Sistrurus catenatus
42.	Birds	American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
43.	Birds	Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia
44.	Birds	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
45.	Birds	Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus
46.	Birds	Cerulean Warbler	Setophaga cerulea
47.	Birds	Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica
48.	Birds	Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna
49.	Birds	Eastern Whip-poor-will	Antrostomus vociferus
50.	Birds	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis
51.	Birds	Louisiana Waterthrush	Parkesia motacilla
52.	Mammals	Algonquin Wolf	Canis sp.
53.	Mammals	Caribou (Boreal population)	Rangifer tarandus
54.	Mammals	Gray Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus
55.	Mammals	Polar Bear	Ursus maritimus
56.	Mammals	Wolverine	Gulo gulo

O. Reg. 167/17, s. 1; O. Reg. 404/18, s. 2.

SCHEDULE 4
special concern species

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Species Grouping	Column 3 Common Name	Column 4 Scientific Name
0.1	Vascular Plants	American Hart’s Tongue Fern	Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
1.	Vascular Plants	Broad Beech Fern	Phegopteris hexagonoptera
2.	Vascular Plants	Climbing Prairie Rose	Rosa setigera
3.	Vascular Plants	Common Hoptree	Ptelea trifoliata
4.	Vascular Plants	Crooked-stem Aster	Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
5.	Vascular Plants	Dwarf Lake Iris	Iris lacustris
6.	Vascular Plants	Green Dragon	Arisaema dracontium
7.	Revoked: O. Reg. 404/18, s. 3 (2).
8.	Vascular Plants	Hill’s Pondweed	Potamogeton hillii
9.	Vascular Plants	Riddell’s Goldenrod	Solidago riddellii
10.	Vascular Plants	Shumard Oak	Quercus shumardii
11.	Vascular Plants	Swamp Rose-mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos
12.	Vascular Plants	Tuberous Indian-plantain	Arnoglossum plantagineum
12.1	Molluscs	Eastern Pondmussel	Ligumia nasuta
12.2	Molluscs	Mapleleaf	Quadrula quadrula
13.	Molluscs	Rainbow	Villosa iris
14.	Insects	Monarch	Danaus plexippus
15.	Insects	West Virginia White	Pieris virginiensis
16.	Insects	Yellow-banded Bumble Bee	Bombus terricola
17.	Fishes	Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus
18.	Fishes	Bridle Shiner	Notropis bifrenatus
18.1	Fishes	Channel Darter	Percina copelandi
19.	Fishes	Grass Pickerel	Esox americanus vermiculatus
20.	Fishes	Lake Sturgeon (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations)	Acipenser fulvescens
21.	Fishes	Northern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon fossor
22.	Fishes	Northern Sunfish (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)	Lepomis peltastes
23.	Fishes	River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum
24.	Fishes	Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence River population)	Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
25.	Fishes	Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops
26.	Fishes	Upper Great Lakes Kiyi	Coregonus kiyi kiyi
27.	Reptiles	Common Five-lined Skink (Southern Shield population)	Plestiodon fasciatus
28.	Reptiles	Eastern Musk Turtle	Sternotherus odoratus
29.	Reptiles	Eastern Ribbonsnake	Thamnophis sauritus
30.	Reptiles	Lake Erie Watersnake	Nerodia sipedon insularum
31.	Reptiles	Northern Map Turtle	Graptemys geographica
32.	Reptiles	Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina
33.	Birds	Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
34.	Birds	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
35.	Birds	Canada Warbler	Cardellina canadensis
36.	Birds	Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor
37.	Birds	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Contopus virens
37.1	Birds	Evening Grosbeak	Coccothraustes vespertinus
38.	Birds	Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora chrysoptera
39.	Birds	Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum
40.	Birds	Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus
41.	Birds	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi
42.	Birds	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
43.	Birds	Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus
44.	Birds	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
44.1	Birds	Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus
45.	Birds	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
46.	Birds	Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina
47.	Birds	Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis
48.	Mammals	Beluga	Delphinapterus leucas
48.1	Mammals	Caribou (Eastern Migratory population)	Rangifer tarandus
49.	Mammals	Eastern Mole	Scalopus aquaticus
50.	Mammals	Woodland Vole	Microtus pinetorum

O. Reg. 167/17, s. 1; O. Reg. q, s. 3.

O. Reg. 230/08: SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST

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