SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST

Endangered Species Act, 2007

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.

SCHEDULE 2
ENDANGERED SPECIES

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.