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O. Reg. 224/11: Species at Risk in Ontario List

filed June 8, 2011 under Endangered Species Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 6

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ontario regulation 224/11

made under the

Endangered Species Act, 2007

Made: June 7, 2011
Filed: June 8, 2011
Published on e-Laws: June 10, 2011
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 25, 2011

Amending O. Reg. 230/08

(Species at Risk in Ontario List)

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

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.

Gravel Chub

Erimystax x-punctatus

8.

Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Amphibians

9.

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

10.

Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

Reptiles

11.

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

Birds

12.

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

13.

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

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.

Four-leaved Milkweed

Asclepias quadrifolia

22.

Gattinger’s Agalinis

Agalinis gattingeri

23.

Heart-leaved Plantain

Plantago cordata

24.

Hoary Mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum incanum

25.

Horsetail Spike-rush

Eleocharis equisetoides

26.

Juniper Sedge

Carex juniperorum

27.

Large Whorled Pogonia

Isotria verticillata

28.

Nodding Pogonia

Triphora trianthophora

29.

Ogden’s Pondweed

Potamogeton ogdenii

30.

Pink Milkwort

Polygala incarnata

31.

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

32.

Scarlet Ammannia

Ammannia robusta

33.

Showy Goldenrod (Great Lakes Plains population)

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.

Virginia Mallow

Sida hermaphrodita

42.

Western Silvery Aster

Symphyotrichum sericeum

43.

White Prairie Gentian

Gentiana alba

44.

Wood-poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum

Molluscs

45.

Eastern Pondmussel

Ligumia nasuta

46.

Fawnsfoot

Truncilla donaciformis

47.

Kidneyshell

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

48.

Mudpuppy Mussel

Simpsonaias ambigua

49.

Northern Riffleshell

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana

50.

Rayed Bean

Villosa fabalis

51.

Round Hickorynut

Obovaria subrotunda

52.

Round Pigtoe

Pleurobema sintoxia

53.

Snuffbox

Epioblasma triquetra

Insects

54.

Aweme Borer Moth

Papaipema aweme

55.

Bogbean Buckmoth

Hemileuca sp.

56.

Laura’s Clubtail

Stylurus laurae

57.

Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle

Cicindela patruela

58.

Rapids Clubtail

Gomphus quadricolor

59.

Rusty-patched Bumble Bee

Bombus affinis

Fishes

60.

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

61.

Aurora Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis

62.

Eastern Sand Darter

Ammocrypta pellucida

63.

Northern Madtom

Noturus stigmosus

64.

Pugnose Shiner

Notropis anogenus

65.

Redside Dace

Clinostomus elongatus

66.

Shortnose Cisco

Coregonus reighardi

Amphibians

67.

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

68.

Fowler’s Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

69.

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

70.

Northern Cricket Frog

Acris crepitans

71.

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

72.

Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

Reptiles

73.

Blue Racer

Coluber constrictor foxii

74.

Butler’s Gartersnake

Thamnophis butleri

75.

Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)

Plestiodon fasciatus

76.

Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis gloydi

77.

Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis spiloides

78.

Lake Erie Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon insularum

79.

Queensnake

Regina septemvittata

80.

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

81.

Wood Turtle

Glyptemys insculpta

Birds

82.

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

83.

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

84.

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

85.

Henslow’s Sparrow

Ammodramus henslowii

86.

King Rail

Rallus elegans

87.

Kirtland’s Warbler

Dendroica kirtlandii

88.

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

89.

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

90.

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

91.

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

92.

Red Knot rufa subspecies

Calidris canutus rufa

Mammals

93.

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

94.

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.

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.

Pitcher’s Thistle

Cirsium pitcheri

18.

Purple Twayblade

Liparis liliifolia

19.

Round-leaved Greenbrier

Smilax rotundifolia

20.

Showy Goldenrod (Boreal population)

Solidago speciosa

21.

Small-flowered Lipocarpha

Lipocarpha micrantha

22.

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

23.

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

24.

Willowleaf Aster

Symphyotrichum praealtum

Molluscs

25.

Mapleleaf Mussel

Quadrula quadrula

26.

Rainbow Mussel

Villosa iris

27.

Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

Fishes

28.

Black Redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnei

29.

Channel Darter

Percina copelandi

30.

Cutlip Minnow

Exoglossum maxillingua

31.

Lake Chubsucker

Erimyzon sucetta

32.

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

Acipenser fulvescens

33.

Lake Sturgeon (Northwestern Ontario population)

Acipenser fulvescens

34.

Shortjaw Cisco

Coregonus zenithicus

35.

Spotted Gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

Reptiles

36.

Blanding’s Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

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.

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Birds

43.

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

44.

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

45.

Cerulean Warbler

Dendroica cerulea

46.

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

47.

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

48.

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

49.

Whip-poor-will

Caprimulgus vociferus

Mammals

50.

Grey Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

51.

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

52.

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

53.

Woodland Caribou (Forest-dwelling boreal population)

Rangifer tarandus caribou

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.

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

35.

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

36.

Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrina

37.

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

38.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

39.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

40.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

41.

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

42.

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

43.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Mammals

44.

Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas

45.

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

46.

Eastern Wolf

Canis lupus lycaon

47.

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,

David O’Toole

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

Date made: June 7, 2011.
Pris le : 7 juin 2011.

 

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