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O. Reg. 56/09: Species at Risk in Ontario List


Published: 2009-02-18

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ontario regulation 56/09

made under the

endangered species act, 2007

Made: February 13, 2009
Filed: February 18, 2009
Published on e-Laws: February 19, 2009
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 7, 2009

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.


Karner Blue


Lycaeides melissa samuelis




Fishes




6.


Atlantic Salmon (Great Lakes population)


Salmo salar




7.


Gravel Chub


Erimystax x-punctatus




8.


Paddlefish


Polyodon spathula




Amphibians




9.


Spring Salamander


Gyrinophilus porphyriticus




10.


Tiger Salamander


Ambystoma tigrinum




Reptiles




11.


Timber Rattlesnake


Crotalus horridus




Birds




12.


Greater Prairie-Chicken


Tympanuchus cupido




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 Flowering Dogwood


Cornus florida




13.


Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid


Platanthera leucophaea




14.


Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus1


Opuntia humifusa




15.


Engelmann’s Quillwort


Isoetes engelmannii




16.


False Hop Sedge


Carex lupuliformis




17.


Few-flowered Club-rush or Bashful Bulrush2


Trichophorum planifolium




18.


Forked Three-awned Grass


Aristida basiramea




19.


Gattinger’s Agalinis


Agalinis gattingeri




20.


Heart-leaved Plantain


Plantago cordata




21.


Hoary Mountain-mint


Pycnanthemum incanum




22.


Horsetail Spike-rush


Eleocharis equisetoides




23.


Juniper Sedge


Carex juniperorum




24.


Large Whorled Pogonia


Isotria verticillata




25.


Nodding Pogonia


Triphora trianthophora




26.


Ogden’s Pondweed


Potamogeton ogdenii




27.


Pink Milkwort


Polygala incarnata




28.


Pitcher’s Thistle


Cirsium pitcheri




29.


Purple Twayblade


Liparis liliifolia




30.


Red Mulberry


Morus rubra




31.


Scarlet Ammannia


Ammannia robusta




32.


Showy Goldenrod


Solidago speciosa




33.


Skinner’s Agalinis


Agalinis skinneriana




34.


Slender Bush-clover3


Lespedeza virginica




35.


Small White Lady’s-slipper


Cypripedium candidum




36.


Small Whorled Pogonia


Isotria medeoloides




37.


Spotted Wintergreen


Chimaphila maculata




38.


Toothcup


Rotala ramosior




39.


Virginia Goat’s-rue


Tephrosia virginiana




40.


Western Silvery Aster


Symphyotrichum sericeum




41.


White Prairie Gentian


Gentiana alba




42.


Wood-poppy


Stylophorum diphyllum




Molluscs




43.


Eastern Pondmussel


Ligumia nasuta




44.


Kidneyshell


Ptychobranchus fasciolaris




45.


Mudpuppy Mussel


Simpsonaias ambigua




46.


Northern Riffleshell


Epioblasma torulosa rangiana




47.


Rayed Bean


Villosa fabalis




48.


Round Hickorynut


Obovaria subrotunda




49.


Round Pigtoe


Pleurobema sintoxia




50.


Snuffbox


Epioblasma triquetra




51.


Wavy-rayed Lampmussel


Lampsilis fasciola




Insects




52.


Aweme Borer Moth


Papaipema aweme




53.


Frosted Elfin


Callophrys irus




Fishes




54.


American Eel


Anguilla rostrata




55.


Aurora Trout


Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis




56.


Northern Madtom


Noturus stigmosus




57.


Pugnose Shiner


Notropis anogenus




58.


Redside Dace


Clinostomus elongatus




59.


Shortnose Cisco


Coregonus reighardi




Amphibians




60.


Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander


Desmognathus ochrophaeus




61.


Northern Cricket Frog


Acris crepitans




62.


Northern Dusky Salamander


Desmognathus fuscus




63.


Small-mouthed Salamander


Ambystoma texanum




Reptiles




64.


Blue Racer


Coluber constrictor foxii




65.


Lake Erie Watersnake


Nerodia sipedon insularum




66.


Spotted Turtle


Clemmys guttata




67.


Wood Turtle


Glyptemys insculpta




Birds




68.


Acadian Flycatcher


Empidonax virescens




69.


Bald Eagle4


Haliaeetus leucocephalus




70.


Barn Owl


Tyto alba




71.


Eskimo Curlew


Numenius borealis




72.


Golden Eagle


Aquila chrysaetos




73.


Henslow’s Sparrow


Ammodramus henslowii




74.


King Rail


Rallus elegans




75.


Kirtland’s Warbler


Dendroica kirtlandii




76.


Loggerhead Shrike


Lanius ludovicianus




77.


Northern Bobwhite


Colinus virginianus




78.


Piping Plover


Charadrius melodus




79.


Prothonotary Warbler


Protonotaria citrea




80.


Red Knot rufa subspecies


Calidris canutus rufa




Mammals




81.


American Badger


Taxidea taxus




82.


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.

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.


Shortjaw Cisco


Coregonus zenithicus




30.


Spotted Gar


Lepisosteus oculatus




Amphibians




31.


Fowler’s Toad


Bufo fowleri




32.


Jefferson Salamander


Ambystoma jeffersonianum




Reptiles




33.


Blanding’s Turtle


Emydoidea blandingii




34.


Butler’s Gartersnake


Thamnophis butleri




35.


Eastern Foxsnake


Elaphe gloydi




36.


Eastern Hog-nosed Snake


Heterodon platirhinos




37.


Eastern Ratsnake


Elaphe obsoleta




38.


Massasauga


Sistrurus catenatus




39.


Queen Snake


Regina septemvittata




40.


Spiny Softshell


Apalone spinifera




41.


Stinkpot


Sternotherus odoratus




Birds




42.


American White Pelican


Pelecanus erythrorhynchos




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




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.


Blackstripe Topminnow


Fundulus notatus




16.


Bridle Shiner


Notropis bifrenatus




17.


Grass Pickerel


Esox americanus vermiculatus




18.


Lake Sturgeon


Acipenser fulvescens




19.


Northern Brook Lamprey


Ichthyomyzon fossor




20.


Pugnose Minnow


Opsopoeodus emiliae




21.


River Redhorse


Moxostoma carinatum




22.


Silver Chub


Macrhybopsis storeriana




23.


Silver Shiner


Notropis photogenis




24.


Spotted Sucker


Minytrema melanops




25.


Upper Great Lakes Kiyi


Coregonus kiyi kiyi




26.


Warmouth


Lepomis gulosus




Reptiles




27.


Eastern Ribbonsnake


Thamnophis sauritus




28.


Five-lined Skink


Eumeces fasciatus




29.


Milksnake


Lampropeltis triangulum




30.


Northern Map Turtle


Graptemys geographica




Birds




31.


Bald Eagle1


Haliaeetus leucocephalus




32.


Black Tern


Chlidonias niger




33.


Cerulean Warbler


Dendroica cerulea




34.


Golden-winged Warbler


Vermivora chrysoptera




35.


Louisiana Waterthrush


Seiurus motacilla




36.


Red-headed Woodpecker


Melanerpes erythrocephalus




37.


Short-eared Owl


Asio flammeus




38.


Yellow Rail


Coturnicops noveboracensis




39.


Yellow-breasted Chat


Icteria virens




Mammals




40.


Beluga


Delphinapterus leucas




41.


Eastern Mole


Scalopus aquaticus




42.


Eastern Wolf


Canis lupus lycaon




43.


Polar Bear


Ursus maritimus




44.


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.

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

Made by:
Pris par :

Le sous-ministre des Richesses naturelles,

David Lindsay

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

Date made: February 13, 2009.
Pris le : 13 février 2009.

 

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