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Endangered Species Act, 2007

ONTARIO REGULATION 230/08

SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST

Historical version for the period June 23, 2008 to June 29, 2008.

No amendments.

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

Fishes

5.

Atlantic Salmon (Great Lakes population)

Salmo salar

6.

Gravel Chub

Erimystax x-punctatus

7.

Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Amphibians

8.

Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

9.

Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

Birds

10.

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

O. Reg. 230/08, Sched. 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 Prairie Fringed-orchid

Platanthera leucophaea

13.

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus1

Opuntia humifusa

14.

Engelmann’s Quillwort

Isoetes engelmannii

15.

False Hop Sedge

Carex lupuliformis

16.

Few-flowered Club-rush or Bashful Bulrush2

Trichophorum planifolium

17.

Forked Three-awned Grass

Aristida basiramea

18.

Gattinger’s Agalinis

Agalinis gattingeri

19.

Heart-leaved Plantain

Plantago cordata

20.

Hoary Mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum incanum

21.

Horsetail Spike-rush

Eleocharis equisetoides

22.

Juniper Sedge

Carex juniperorum

23.

Large Whorled Pogonia

Isotria verticillata

24.

Nodding Pogonia

Triphora trianthophora

25.

Pink Milkwort

Polygala incarnata

26.

Pitcher’s Thistle

Cirsium pitcheri

27.

Purple Twayblade

Liparis liliifolia

28.

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

29.

Scarlet Ammannia

Ammannia robusta

30.

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

31.

Skinner’s Agalinis

Agalinis skinneriana

32.

Slender Bush-clover3

Lespedeza virginica

33.

Small White Lady’s-slipper

Cypripedium candidum

34.

Small Whorled Pogonia

Isotria medeoloides

35.

Spotted Wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

36.

Toothcup

Rotala ramosior

37.

Virginia Goat’s-rue

Tephrosia virginiana

38.

Western Silvery Aster

Symphyotrichum sericeum

39.

White Prairie Gentian

Gentiana alba

40.

Wood-poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum

Molluscs

41.

Kidneyshell

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

42.

Mudpuppy Mussel

Simpsonaias ambigua

43.

Northern Riffleshell

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana

44.

Rayed Bean

Villosa fabalis

45.

Round Hickorynut

Obovaria subrotunda

46.

Round Pigtoe

Pleurobema sintoxia

47.

Snuffbox

Epioblasma triquetra

48.

Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

Insects

49.

Aweme Borer Moth

Papaipema aweme

50.

Frosted Elfin

Callophrys irus

51.

Karner Blue

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Fishes

52.

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

53.

Aurora Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis

54.

Northern Madtom

Noturus stigmosus

55.

Pugnose Shiner

Notropis anogenus

56.

Shortnose Cisco

Coregonus reighardi

Amphibians

57.

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

58.

Northern Cricket Frog

Acris crepitans

59.

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

60.

Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

Reptiles

61.

Blue Racer

Coluber constrictor foxii

62.

Lake Erie Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon insularum

63.

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

64.

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

65.

Wood Turtle

Glyptemys insculpta

Birds

66.

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

67.

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

68.

Bald Eagle4

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

69.

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

70.

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

71.

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

72.

Henslow’s Sparrow

Ammodramus henslowii

73.

King Rail

Rallus elegans

74.

Kirtland’s Warbler

Dendroica kirtlandii

75.

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

76.

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

77.

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

78.

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Mammals

79.

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

80.

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. 230/08, Sched. 2.

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.

Eastern Sand Darter

Ammocrypta pellucida

28.

Lake Chubsucker

Erimyzon sucetta

29.

Redside Dace

Clinostomus elongatus

30.

Shortjaw Cisco

Coregonus zenithicus

31.

Spotted Gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

Amphibians

32.

Fowler’s Toad

Bufo fowleri

33.

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Reptiles

34.

Blanding’s Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

35.

Butler’s Gartersnake

Thamnophis butleri

36.

Eastern Foxsnake

Elaphe gloydi

37.

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

38.

Eastern Ratsnake

Elaphe obsoleta

39.

Massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

40.

Queen Snake

Regina septemvittata

41.

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

42.

Stinkpot

Sternotherus odoratus

Birds

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. 230/08, Sched. 3.

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.

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

16.

Blackstripe Topminnow

Fundulus notatus

17.

Bridle Shiner

Notropis bifrenatus

18.

Grass Pickerel

Esox americanus vermiculatus

19.

Lake Sturgeon

Acipenser fulvescens

20.

Northern Brook Lamprey

Ichthyomyzon fossor

21.

Orangespotted Sunfish

Lepomis humilis

22.

Pugnose Minnow

Opsopoeodus emiliae

23.

River Redhorse

Moxostoma carinatum

24.

Silver Chub

Macrhybopsis storeriana

25.

Silver Shiner

Notropis photogenis

26.

Spotted Sucker

Minytrema melanops

27.

Upper Great Lakes Kiyi

Coregonus kiyi kiyi

28.

Warmouth

Lepomis gulosus

Reptiles

29.

Eastern Ribbonsnake

Thamnophis sauritus

30.

Five-lined Skink

Eumeces fasciatus

31.

Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

32.

Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Birds

33.

Bald Eagle1

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

34.

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

35.

Cerulean Warbler

Dendroica cerulea

36.

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

37.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

38.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

39.

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

40.

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

41.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Mammals

42.

Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas

43.

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

44.

Eastern Wolf

Canis lupus lycaon

45.

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

46.

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. 230/08, Sched. 4.