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Endangered Species Act, 2007

ONTARIO REGULATION 230/08

SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO LIST

Historical version for the period September 10, 2009 to March 17, 2010.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 332/09.

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.

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

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.

Bent Spike-rush

Eleocharis geniculata

6.

Bird’s-foot Violet

Viola pedata

7.

Bluehearts

Buchnera americana

8.

Blunt-lobed Woodsia

Woodsia obtusa

9.

Butternut

Juglans cinerea

10.

Cherry Birch

Betula lenta

11.

Cucumber Tree

Magnolia acuminata

12.

Drooping Trillium

Trillium flexipes

13.

Eastern Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

14.

Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid

Platanthera leucophaea

15.

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus1

Opuntia humifusa

16.

Engelmann’s Quillwort

Isoetes engelmannii

17.

False Hop Sedge

Carex lupuliformis

18.

Few-flowered Club-rush2

Trichophorum planifolium

19.

Forked Three-awned Grass

Aristida basiramea

20.

Gattinger’s Agalinis

Agalinis gattingeri

21.

Heart-leaved Plantain

Plantago cordata

22.

Hoary Mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum incanum

23.

Horsetail Spike-rush

Eleocharis equisetoides

24.

Juniper Sedge

Carex juniperorum

25.

Large Whorled Pogonia

Isotria verticillata

26.

Nodding Pogonia

Triphora trianthophora

27.

Ogden’s Pondweed

Potamogeton ogdenii

28.

Pink Milkwort

Polygala incarnata

29.

Pitcher’s Thistle

Cirsium pitcheri

30.

Purple Twayblade

Liparis liliifolia

31.

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

32.

Scarlet Ammannia

Ammannia robusta

33.

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

34.

Skinner’s Agalinis

Agalinis skinneriana

35.

Slender Bush-clover3

Lespedeza virginica

36.

Small White Lady’s-slipper

Cypripedium candidum

37.

Small Whorled Pogonia

Isotria medeoloides

38.

Spotted Wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

39.

Toothcup

Rotala ramosior

40.

Virginia Goat’s-rue

Tephrosia virginiana

41.

Western Silvery Aster

Symphyotrichum sericeum

42.

White Prairie Gentian

Gentiana alba

43.

Wood-poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum

Molluscs

44.

Eastern Pondmussel

Ligumia nasuta

45.

Fawnsfoot

Truncilla donaciformis

46.

Kidneyshell

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

47.

Mudpuppy Mussel

Simpsonaias ambigua

48.

Northern Riffleshell

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana

49.

Rayed Bean

Villosa fabalis

50.

Round Hickorynut

Obovaria subrotunda

51.

Round Pigtoe

Pleurobema sintoxia

52.

Snuffbox

Epioblasma triquetra

53.

Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

Insects

54.

Aweme Borer Moth

Papaipema aweme

55.

Rapids Clubtail

Gomphus quadricolor

Fishes

56.

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

57.

Aurora Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis

58.

Northern Madtom

Noturus stigmosus

59.

Pugnose Shiner

Notropis anogenus

60.

Redside Dace

Clinostomus elongatus

61.

Shortnose Cisco

Coregonus reighardi

Amphibians

62.

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

63.

Northern Cricket Frog

Acris crepitans

64.

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

65.

Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

Reptiles

66.

Blue Racer

Coluber constrictor foxii

67.

Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)

Plestiodon fasciatus

68.

Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis gloydi

69.

Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis spiloides

70.

Lake Erie Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon insularum

71.

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

72.

Wood Turtle

Glyptemys insculpta

Birds

73.

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

74.

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

75.

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

76.

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

77.

Henslow’s Sparrow

Ammodramus henslowii

78.

King Rail

Rallus elegans

79.

Kirtland’s Warbler

Dendroica kirtlandii

80.

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

81.

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

82.

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

83.

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

84.

Red Knot rufa subspecies

Calidris canutus rufa

Mammals

85.

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

86.

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. 332/09, 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.

Eastern Sand Darter

Ammocrypta pellucida

28.

Lake Chubsucker

Erimyzon sucetta

29.

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

Acipenser fulvescens

30.

Lake Sturgeon (Northwestern Ontario population)

Acipenser fulvescens

31.

Shortjaw Cisco

Coregonus zenithicus

32.

Spotted Gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

Amphibians

33.

Fowler’s Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

34.

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Reptiles

35.

Blanding’s Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

36.

Butler’s Gartersnake

Thamnophis butleri

37.

Eastern Foxsnake (Georgian Bay population)

Pantherophis gloydi

38.

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

39.

Eastern Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

40.

Gray Ratsnake (Frontenac Axis population)

Pantherophis spiloides

41.

Massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

42.

Queensnake

Regina septemvittata

43.

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Birds

44.

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

45.

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

46.

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

47.

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

48.

Whip-poor-will

Caprimulgus vociferus

Mammals

49.

Grey Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

50.

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

51.

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

52.

Woodland Caribou (Forest-dwelling boreal population)

Rangifer tarandus caribou

O. Reg. 332/09, 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.

Five-lined Skink

Eumeces fasciatus

29.

Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

30.

Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

31.

Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Birds

32.

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

33.

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

34.

Canada Warbler

Wilsonia canadensis

35.

Cerulean Warbler

Dendroica cerulea

36.

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

37.

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

38.

Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrina

39.

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

40.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

41.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

42.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

43.

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

44.

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

45.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Mammals

46.

Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas

47.

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

48.

Eastern Wolf

Canis lupus lycaon

49.

Woodland Vole

Microtus pinetorum

O. Reg. 332/09, s. 1.