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O. Reg. 167/17: SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST

filed June 2, 2017 under Endangered Species Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 6

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ontario regulation 167/17

made under the

Endangered Species Act, 2007

Made: May 29, 2017
Filed: June 2, 2017
Published on e-Laws: June 2, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 17, 2017

Amending O. Reg. 230/08

(SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST)

1. Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to Ontario Regulation 230/08 are revoked and the following substituted:

SCHEDULE 2
Endangered species

Column 1
Item

Column 2
Species Grouping

Column 3
Common Name

Column 4
Scientific Name

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.

Vascular Plants

Spotted Wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

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 Pondmussel

Ligumia nasuta

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

72.

Fishes

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

73.

Fishes

Eastern Sand Darter

Ammocrypta pellucida

74.

Fishes

Northern Madtom

Noturus stigmosus

75.

Fishes

Redside Dace

Clinostomus elongatus

76.

Fishes

River Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)

Percina schumardi

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

 

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

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

Taxolasma parvum

22.

Molluscs

Mapleleaf Mussel

Quadrula quadrula

23.

Molluscs

Threehorn Wartyback

Obliquaria reflexa

24.

Molluscs

Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

25.

Insects

Lake Huron Grasshopper

Trimerotropis huronia

26.

Fishes

Black Redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnei

27.

Fishes

Channel Darter

Percina copelandi

28.

Fishes

Cutlip Minnow

Exoglossum maxillingua

29.

Fishes

Lake Chubsucker

Erimyzon sucetta

30.

Fishes

Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence River population)

Acipenser fulvescens

31.

Fishes

Lake Sturgeon (Northwestern Ontario population)

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

 

SCHEDULE 4
special concern species

Column 1
Item

Column 2
Species Grouping

Column 3
Common Name

Column 4
Scientific Name

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.

Vascular Plants

Hart’s-tongue Fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

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

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

19.

Fishes

Grass Pickerel

Esox americanus vermiculatus

20.

Fishes

Lake Sturgeon (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay population)

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

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

45.

Birds

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

46.

Birds

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

47.

Birds

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

48.

Mammals

Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas

49.

Mammals

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

50.

Mammals

Woodland Vole

Microtus pinetorum

 

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Le sous- ministre des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts,

Bill Thornton

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

Date made:  May 29, 2017
Pris le : 29 mai 2017

 

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