O. Reg. 230/08: SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST
under Endangered Species Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 6
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ONTARIO REGULATION 230/08
SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST
Historical version for the period February 18, 2009 to September 9, 2009.
Last amendment: O. Reg. 56/09.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
Extirpated species
1. The species listed in Schedule 1 are classified by COSSARO as extirpated species. O. Reg. 230/08, s. 1.
Endangered species
2. The species listed in Schedule 2 are classified by COSSARO as endangered species. O. Reg. 230/08, s. 2.
Threatened species
3. The species listed in Schedule 3 are classified by COSSARO as threatened species. O. Reg. 230/08, s. 3.
Special concern species
4. The species listed in Schedule 4 are classified by COSSARO as special concern species. O. Reg. 230/08, s. 4.
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
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Mosses | ||
1. |
Incurved Grizzled Moss |
Ptychomitrium incurvum |
Vascular Plants | ||
2. |
Illinois Tick-trefoil |
Desmodium illinoense |
3. |
Spring Blue-eyed Mary |
Collinsia verna |
Insects | ||
4. |
Eastern Persius Duskywing |
Erynnis persius persius |
5. |
Karner Blue |
Lycaeides melissa samuelis |
Fishes | ||
6. |
Atlantic Salmon (Great Lakes population) |
Salmo salar |
7. |
Gravel Chub |
Erimystax x-punctatus |
8. |
Paddlefish |
Polyodon spathula |
Amphibians | ||
9. |
Spring Salamander |
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
10. |
Tiger Salamander |
Ambystoma tigrinum |
Reptiles | ||
11. |
Timber Rattlesnake |
Crotalus horridus |
Birds | ||
12. |
Greater Prairie-Chicken |
Tympanuchus cupido |
O. Reg. 56/09, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 2
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Mosses | ||
1. |
Spoon-leaved Moss |
Bryoandersonia illecebra |
Vascular Plants | ||
2. |
American Chestnut |
Castanea dentata |
3. |
American Columbo |
Frasera caroliniensis |
4. |
American Ginseng |
Panax quinquefolius |
5. |
Bird’s-foot Violet |
Viola pedata |
6. |
Bluehearts |
Buchnera americana |
7. |
Blunt-lobed Woodsia |
Woodsia obtusa |
8. |
Butternut |
Juglans cinerea |
9. |
Cherry Birch |
Betula lenta |
10. |
Cucumber Tree |
Magnolia acuminata |
11. |
Drooping Trillium |
Trillium flexipes |
12. |
Eastern Flowering Dogwood |
Cornus florida |
13. |
Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid |
Platanthera leucophaea |
14. |
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus1 |
Opuntia humifusa |
15. |
Engelmann’s Quillwort |
Isoetes engelmannii |
16. |
False Hop Sedge |
Carex lupuliformis |
17. |
Few-flowered Club-rush or Bashful Bulrush2 |
Trichophorum planifolium |
18. |
Forked Three-awned Grass |
Aristida basiramea |
19. |
Gattinger’s Agalinis |
Agalinis gattingeri |
20. |
Heart-leaved Plantain |
Plantago cordata |
21. |
Hoary Mountain-mint |
Pycnanthemum incanum |
22. |
Horsetail Spike-rush |
Eleocharis equisetoides |
23. |
Juniper Sedge |
Carex juniperorum |
24. |
Large Whorled Pogonia |
Isotria verticillata |
25. |
Nodding Pogonia |
Triphora trianthophora |
26. |
Ogden’s Pondweed |
Potamogeton ogdenii |
27. |
Pink Milkwort |
Polygala incarnata |
28. |
Pitcher’s Thistle |
Cirsium pitcheri |
29. |
Purple Twayblade |
Liparis liliifolia |
30. |
Red Mulberry |
Morus rubra |
31. |
Scarlet Ammannia |
Ammannia robusta |
32. |
Showy Goldenrod |
Solidago speciosa |
33. |
Skinner’s Agalinis |
Agalinis skinneriana |
34. |
Slender Bush-clover3 |
Lespedeza virginica |
35. |
Small White Lady’s-slipper |
Cypripedium candidum |
36. |
Small Whorled Pogonia |
Isotria medeoloides |
37. |
Spotted Wintergreen |
Chimaphila maculata |
38. |
Toothcup |
Rotala ramosior |
39. |
Virginia Goat’s-rue |
Tephrosia virginiana |
40. |
Western Silvery Aster |
Symphyotrichum sericeum |
41. |
White Prairie Gentian |
Gentiana alba |
42. |
Wood-poppy |
Stylophorum diphyllum |
Molluscs | ||
43. |
Eastern Pondmussel |
Ligumia nasuta |
44. |
Kidneyshell |
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris |
45. |
Mudpuppy Mussel |
Simpsonaias ambigua |
46. |
Northern Riffleshell |
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana |
47. |
Rayed Bean |
Villosa fabalis |
48. |
Round Hickorynut |
Obovaria subrotunda |
49. |
Round Pigtoe |
Pleurobema sintoxia |
50. |
Snuffbox |
Epioblasma triquetra |
51. |
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel |
Lampsilis fasciola |
Insects | ||
52. |
Aweme Borer Moth |
Papaipema aweme |
53. |
Frosted Elfin |
Callophrys irus |
Fishes | ||
54. |
American Eel |
Anguilla rostrata |
55. |
Aurora Trout |
Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis |
56. |
Northern Madtom |
Noturus stigmosus |
57. |
Pugnose Shiner |
Notropis anogenus |
58. |
Redside Dace |
Clinostomus elongatus |
59. |
Shortnose Cisco |
Coregonus reighardi |
Amphibians | ||
60. |
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
61. |
Northern Cricket Frog |
Acris crepitans |
62. |
Northern Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus fuscus |
63. |
Small-mouthed Salamander |
Ambystoma texanum |
Reptiles | ||
64. |
Blue Racer |
Coluber constrictor foxii |
65. |
Lake Erie Watersnake |
Nerodia sipedon insularum |
66. |
Spotted Turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
67. |
Wood Turtle |
Glyptemys insculpta |
Birds | ||
68. |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Empidonax virescens |
69. |
Bald Eagle4 |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
70. |
Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
71. |
Eskimo Curlew |
Numenius borealis |
72. |
Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
73. |
Henslow’s Sparrow |
Ammodramus henslowii |
74. |
King Rail |
Rallus elegans |
75. |
Kirtland’s Warbler |
Dendroica kirtlandii |
76. |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius ludovicianus |
77. |
Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus virginianus |
78. |
Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
79. |
Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
80. |
Red Knot rufa subspecies |
Calidris canutus rufa |
Mammals | ||
81. |
American Badger |
Taxidea taxus |
82. |
Mountain Lion or Cougar |
Puma concolor |
Notes to Schedule 2:
1 The classification of Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus applies to Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve on Pelee Island in the Township of Pelee.
2 The classification of Few-flowered Club-rush or Bashful Bulrush applies to Lot 32, ranges 2 and 3, in the City of Pickering (formerly the geographic Township of Pickering), and to the Royal Botanical Gardens in the City of Hamilton.
3 The classification of Slender Bush-clover applies to Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park, Ojibway Park and Black Oak Heritage Park in the City of Windsor.
4 The classification of Bald Eagle applies to the part of Ontario south of the French and Mattawa Rivers.
O. Reg. 56/09, s. 1.
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Lichens | ||
1. |
Flooded Jellyskin |
Leptogium rivulare |
Vascular Plants | ||
2. |
American Water-willow |
Justicia americana |
3. |
Branched Bartonia |
Bartonia paniculata |
4. |
Colicroot |
Aletris farinosa |
5. |
Common Hoptree |
Ptelea trifoliata |
6. |
Crooked-stem Aster |
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides |
7. |
Deerberry |
Vaccinium stamineum |
8. |
Dense Blazing Star |
Liatris spicata |
9. |
Dwarf Hackberry |
Celtis tenuifolia |
10. |
Dwarf Lake Iris |
Iris lacustris |
11. |
False Rue-anemone |
Enemion biternatum |
12. |
Goldenseal |
Hydrastis canadensis |
13. |
Hill’s Thistle |
Cirsium hillii |
14. |
Houghton’s Goldenrod |
Solidago houghtonii |
15. |
Kentucky Coffee-tree |
Gymnocladus dioicus |
16. |
Lakeside Daisy |
Hymenoxys herbacea |
17. |
Round-leaved Greenbrier |
Smilax rotundifolia |
18. |
Small-flowered Lipocarpha |
Lipocarpha micrantha |
19. |
White Wood Aster |
Eurybia divaricata |
20. |
Wild Hyacinth |
Camassia scilloides |
21. |
Willowleaf Aster |
Symphyotrichum praealtum |
Molluscs | ||
22. |
Mapleleaf Mussel |
Quadrula quadrula |
23. |
Rainbow Mussel |
Villosa iris |
Fishes | ||
24. |
Black Redhorse |
Moxostoma duquesnei |
25. |
Channel Darter |
Percina copelandi |
26. |
Cutlip Minnow |
Exoglossum maxillingua |
27. |
Eastern Sand Darter |
Ammocrypta pellucida |
28. |
Lake Chubsucker |
Erimyzon sucetta |
29. |
Shortjaw Cisco |
Coregonus zenithicus |
30. |
Spotted Gar |
Lepisosteus oculatus |
Amphibians | ||
31. |
Fowler’s Toad |
Bufo fowleri |
32. |
Jefferson Salamander |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
Reptiles | ||
33. |
Blanding’s Turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
34. |
Butler’s Gartersnake |
Thamnophis butleri |
35. |
Eastern Foxsnake |
Elaphe gloydi |
36. |
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake |
Heterodon platirhinos |
37. |
Eastern Ratsnake |
Elaphe obsoleta |
38. |
Massasauga |
Sistrurus catenatus |
39. |
Queen Snake |
Regina septemvittata |
40. |
Spiny Softshell |
Apalone spinifera |
41. |
Stinkpot |
Sternotherus odoratus |
Birds | ||
42. |
American White Pelican |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
43. |
Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia citrina |
44. |
Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
45. |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Mammals | ||
46. |
Grey Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
47. |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
48. |
Woodland Caribou (Forest-dwelling boreal population) |
Rangifer tarandus caribou |
O. Reg. 56/09, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 4
SPECIAL CONCERN SPECIES
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Mosses | ||
1. |
Pygmy Pocket Moss |
Fissidens exilis |
Vascular Plants | ||
2. |
American Hart’s-tongue Fern |
Asplenium scolopendrium americanum |
3. |
Blue Ash |
Fraxinus quadrangulata |
4. |
Broad Beech Fern |
Phegopteris hexagonoptera |
5. |
Climbing Prairie Rose |
Rosa setigera |
6. |
Green Dragon |
Arisaema dracontium |
7. |
Hill’s Pondweed |
Potamogeton hillii |
8. |
Riddell’s Goldenrod |
Solidago riddellii |
9. |
Shumard Oak |
Quercus shumardii |
10. |
Swamp Rose-mallow |
Hibiscus moscheutos |
11. |
Tuberous Indian-plantain |
Arnoglossum plantagineum |
Insects | ||
12. |
Monarch |
Danaus plexippus |
13. |
West Virginia White |
Pieris virginiensis |
Fishes | ||
14. |
Bigmouth Buffalo |
Ictiobus cyprinellus |
15. |
Blackstripe Topminnow |
Fundulus notatus |
16. |
Bridle Shiner |
Notropis bifrenatus |
17. |
Grass Pickerel |
Esox americanus vermiculatus |
18. |
Lake Sturgeon |
Acipenser fulvescens |
19. |
Northern Brook Lamprey |
Ichthyomyzon fossor |
20. |
Pugnose Minnow |
Opsopoeodus emiliae |
21. |
River Redhorse |
Moxostoma carinatum |
22. |
Silver Chub |
Macrhybopsis storeriana |
23. |
Silver Shiner |
Notropis photogenis |
24. |
Spotted Sucker |
Minytrema melanops |
25. |
Upper Great Lakes Kiyi |
Coregonus kiyi kiyi |
26. |
Warmouth |
Lepomis gulosus |
Reptiles | ||
27. |
Eastern Ribbonsnake |
Thamnophis sauritus |
28. |
Five-lined Skink |
Eumeces fasciatus |
29. |
Milksnake |
Lampropeltis triangulum |
30. |
Northern Map Turtle |
Graptemys geographica |
Birds | ||
31. |
Bald Eagle1 |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
32. |
Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
33. |
Cerulean Warbler |
Dendroica cerulea |
34. |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
35. |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Seiurus motacilla |
36. |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
37. |
Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
38. |
Yellow Rail |
Coturnicops noveboracensis |
39. |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
Mammals | ||
40. |
Beluga |
Delphinapterus leucas |
41. |
Eastern Mole |
Scalopus aquaticus |
42. |
Eastern Wolf |
Canis lupus lycaon |
43. |
Polar Bear |
Ursus maritimus |
44. |
Woodland Vole |
Microtus pinetorum |
Note to Schedule 4:
1 The classification of Bald Eagle applies to the part of Ontario north of the French and Mattawa Rivers.
O. Reg. 56/09, s. 1.