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 March 18, 2010 to September 27, 2010.
Last amendment: O. Reg. 72/10.
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. |
Frosted Elfin |
Callophrys irus |
6. |
Karner Blue |
Lycaeides melissa samuelis |
Fishes | ||
7. |
Atlantic Salmon (Lake Ontario population) |
Salmo salar |
8. |
Gravel Chub |
Erimystax x-punctatus |
9. |
Paddlefish |
Polyodon spathula |
Amphibians | ||
10. |
Eastern Tiger Salamander |
Ambystoma tigrinum |
11. |
Spring Salamander |
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
Reptiles | ||
12. |
Timber Rattlesnake |
Crotalus horridus |
Birds | ||
13. |
Greater Prairie-Chicken |
Tympanuchus cupido |
O. Reg. 332/09, s. 1.
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Lichens | ||
1. |
Pale-bellied Frost Lichen |
Physconia subpallida |
Mosses | ||
2. |
Spoon-leaved Moss |
Bryoandersonia illecebra |
Vascular Plants | ||
3. |
American Chestnut |
Castanea dentata |
4. |
American Columbo |
Frasera caroliniensis |
5. |
American Ginseng |
Panax quinquefolius |
6. |
Bent Spike-rush |
Eleocharis geniculata |
7. |
Bird’s-foot Violet |
Viola pedata |
8. |
Bluehearts |
Buchnera americana |
9. |
Blunt-lobed Woodsia |
Woodsia obtusa |
10. |
Butternut |
Juglans cinerea |
11. |
Cherry Birch |
Betula lenta |
12. |
Cucumber Tree |
Magnolia acuminata |
13. |
Drooping Trillium |
Trillium flexipes |
14. |
Eastern Flowering Dogwood |
Cornus florida |
15. |
Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid |
Platanthera leucophaea |
16. |
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus1 |
Opuntia humifusa |
17. |
Engelmann’s Quillwort |
Isoetes engelmannii |
18. |
False Hop Sedge |
Carex lupuliformis |
19. |
Few-flowered Club-rush2 |
Trichophorum planifolium |
20. |
Forked Three-awned Grass |
Aristida basiramea |
21. |
Gattinger’s Agalinis |
Agalinis gattingeri |
22. |
Heart-leaved Plantain |
Plantago cordata |
23. |
Hoary Mountain-mint |
Pycnanthemum incanum |
24. |
Horsetail Spike-rush |
Eleocharis equisetoides |
25. |
Juniper Sedge |
Carex juniperorum |
26. |
Large Whorled Pogonia |
Isotria verticillata |
27. |
Nodding Pogonia |
Triphora trianthophora |
28. |
Ogden’s Pondweed |
Potamogeton ogdenii |
29. |
Pink Milkwort |
Polygala incarnata |
30. |
Pitcher’s Thistle |
Cirsium pitcheri |
31. |
Purple Twayblade |
Liparis liliifolia |
32. |
Red Mulberry |
Morus rubra |
33. |
Scarlet Ammannia |
Ammannia robusta |
34. |
Showy Goldenrod |
Solidago speciosa |
35. |
Skinner’s Agalinis |
Agalinis skinneriana |
36. |
Slender Bush-clover3 |
Lespedeza virginica |
37. |
Small White Lady’s-slipper |
Cypripedium candidum |
38. |
Small Whorled Pogonia |
Isotria medeoloides |
39. |
Spotted Wintergreen |
Chimaphila maculata |
40. |
Toothcup |
Rotala ramosior |
41. |
Virginia Goat’s-rue |
Tephrosia virginiana |
42. |
Virginia Mallow |
Sida hermaphrodita |
43. |
Western Silvery Aster |
Symphyotrichum sericeum |
44. |
White Prairie Gentian |
Gentiana alba |
45. |
Wood-poppy |
Stylophorum diphyllum |
Molluscs | ||
46. |
Eastern Pondmussel |
Ligumia nasuta |
47. |
Fawnsfoot |
Truncilla donaciformis |
48. |
Kidneyshell |
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris |
49. |
Mudpuppy Mussel |
Simpsonaias ambigua |
50. |
Northern Riffleshell |
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana |
51. |
Rayed Bean |
Villosa fabalis |
52. |
Round Hickorynut |
Obovaria subrotunda |
53. |
Round Pigtoe |
Pleurobema sintoxia |
54. |
Snuffbox |
Epioblasma triquetra |
55. |
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel |
Lampsilis fasciola |
Insects | ||
56. |
Aweme Borer Moth |
Papaipema aweme |
57. |
Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle |
Cicindela patruela |
58. |
Rapids Clubtail |
Gomphus quadricolor |
Fishes | ||
59. |
American Eel |
Anguilla rostrata |
60. |
Aurora Trout |
Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis |
61. |
Eastern Sand Darter |
Ammocrypta pellucida |
62. |
Northern Madtom |
Noturus stigmosus |
63. |
Pugnose Shiner |
Notropis anogenus |
64. |
Redside Dace |
Clinostomus elongatus |
65. |
Shortnose Cisco |
Coregonus reighardi |
Amphibians | ||
66. |
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
67. |
Northern Cricket Frog |
Acris crepitans |
68. |
Northern Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus fuscus |
69. |
Small-mouthed Salamander |
Ambystoma texanum |
Reptiles | ||
70. |
Blue Racer |
Coluber constrictor foxii |
71. |
Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population) |
Plestiodon fasciatus |
72. |
Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population) |
Pantherophis gloydi |
73. |
Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population) |
Pantherophis spiloides |
74. |
Lake Erie Watersnake |
Nerodia sipedon insularum |
75. |
Spotted Turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
76. |
Wood Turtle |
Glyptemys insculpta |
Birds | ||
77. |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Empidonax virescens |
78. |
Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
79. |
Eskimo Curlew |
Numenius borealis |
80. |
Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
81. |
Henslow’s Sparrow |
Ammodramus henslowii |
82. |
King Rail |
Rallus elegans |
83. |
Kirtland’s Warbler |
Dendroica kirtlandii |
84. |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius ludovicianus |
85. |
Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus virginianus |
86. |
Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
87. |
Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
88. |
Red Knot rufa subspecies |
Calidris canutus rufa |
Mammals | ||
89. |
American Badger |
Taxidea taxus |
90. |
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 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.
O. Reg. 72/10, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 3
THREATENED SPECIES
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. |
Lake Chubsucker |
Erimyzon sucetta |
28. |
Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes-Upper St. Lawrence River population) |
Acipenser fulvescens |
29. |
Lake Sturgeon (Northwestern Ontario population) |
Acipenser fulvescens |
30. |
Shortjaw Cisco |
Coregonus zenithicus |
31. |
Spotted Gar |
Lepisosteus oculatus |
Amphibians | ||
32. |
Fowler’s Toad |
Anaxyrus fowleri |
33. |
Jefferson Salamander |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
Reptiles | ||
34. |
Blanding’s Turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
35. |
Butler’s Gartersnake |
Thamnophis butleri |
36. |
Eastern Foxsnake (Georgian Bay population) |
Pantherophis gloydi |
37. |
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake |
Heterodon platirhinos |
38. |
Eastern Musk Turtle |
Sternotherus odoratus |
39. |
Gray Ratsnake (Frontenac Axis population) |
Pantherophis spiloides |
40. |
Massasauga |
Sistrurus catenatus |
41. |
Queensnake |
Regina septemvittata |
42. |
Spiny Softshell |
Apalone spinifera |
Birds | ||
43. |
American White Pelican |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
44. |
Chimney Swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
45. |
Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
46. |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
47. |
Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
Mammals | ||
48. |
Grey Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
49. |
Polar Bear |
Ursus maritimus |
50. |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
51. |
Woodland Caribou (Forest-dwelling boreal population) |
Rangifer tarandus caribou |
O. Reg. 72/10, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 4
SPECIAL CONCERN SPECIES
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Mosses | ||
1. |
Pygmy Pocket Moss |
Fissidens exilis |
Vascular Plants | ||
2. |
Blue Ash |
Fraxinus quadrangulata |
3. |
Broad Beech Fern |
Phegopteris hexagonoptera |
4. |
Climbing Prairie Rose |
Rosa setigera |
5. |
Green Dragon |
Arisaema dracontium |
6. |
Hart’s-tongue Fern |
Asplenium scolopendrium |
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. |
Blackstripe Topminnow |
Fundulus notatus |
15. |
Bridle Shiner |
Notropis bifrenatus |
16. |
Grass Pickerel |
Esox americanus vermiculatus |
17. |
Lake Sturgeon (Southern Hudson Bay-James Bay population) |
Acipenser fulvescens |
18. |
Northern Brook Lamprey |
Ichthyomyzon fossor |
19. |
Pugnose Minnow |
Opsopoeodus emiliae |
20. |
River Redhorse |
Moxostoma carinatum |
21. |
Silver Chub |
Macrhybopsis storeriana |
22. |
Silver Shiner |
Notropis photogenis |
23. |
Spotted Sucker |
Minytrema melanops |
24. |
Upper Great Lakes Kiyi |
Coregonus kiyi kiyi |
25. |
Warmouth |
Lepomis gulosus |
Reptiles | ||
26. |
Common Five-lined Skink (Southern Shield population) |
Plestiodon fasciatus |
27. |
Eastern Ribbonsnake |
Thamnophis sauritus |
28. |
Milksnake |
Lampropeltis triangulum |
29. |
Northern Map Turtle |
Graptemys geographica |
30. |
Snapping Turtle |
Chelydra serpentina |
Birds | ||
31. |
Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
32. |
Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
33. |
Canada Warbler |
Wilsonia canadensis |
34. |
Cerulean Warbler |
Dendroica cerulea |
35. |
Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
36. |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
37. |
Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia citrina |
38. |
Horned Grebe |
Podiceps auritus |
39. |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Seiurus motacilla |
40. |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Contopus cooperi |
41. |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
42. |
Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
43. |
Yellow Rail |
Coturnicops noveboracensis |
44. |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
Mammals | ||
45. |
Beluga |
Delphinapterus leucas |
46. |
Eastern Mole |
Scalopus aquaticus |
47. |
Eastern Wolf |
Canis lupus lycaon |
48. |
Woodland Vole |
Microtus pinetorum |
O. Reg. 72/10, s. 1.