Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Forest

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Note: updated September 29, 2010.

This list is a summary of Species at Risk in the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Forest region.

For the complete Species at Risk in Ontario List regulation (O. Reg. 230/08) please consult e-Laws.

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Taxonomy	Common Name	Scientific Name	OMNR Status	Range Map
Fish	Lake Sturgeon (Northwestern Ontario population)	Acipenser fulvescens	THR	range
Fish	Lake Sturgeon (Upper Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population)	Acipenser fulvescens	THR	range
Birds	Henslow’s Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	END	range
Fish	American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	END	range
Reptiles	Spiny Softshell	Apalone spinifera	THR	range
Birds	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	END	range
Plants	Forked Three-awned Grass	Aristida basiramea	END	range
Plants	Tuberous Indian-plantain	Arnoglossum plantagineum	SC	range
Birds	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	SC	range
Plants	Hart’s-tongue Fern	Asplenium scolopendrium americanum	SC	range
Plants	Branched Bartonia	Bartonia paniculata	THR	range
Plants	Bluehearts	Buchnera americana	END	range
Birds	Red Knot rufa subspecies	Calidris canutus rufa	END	range
Mammals	Eastern Wolf	Canis lupus lycaon	SC	range
Birds	Whip-poor-will [PDF fact sheet]	Caprimulgus vociferus	THR
Plants	Juniper Sedge	Carex juniperorum	END	range
Birds	Chimney swift [PDF fact sheet]	Chaetura pelagica	THR
Birds	Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	END	range
Reptiles	Snapping turtle [PDF fact sheet]	Chelydra serpentina	SC
Plants	Spotted Wintergreen	Chimaphila maculata	END	range
Birds	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	SC	range
Birds	Common nighthawk [PDF fact sheet]	Chordeiles minor	SC
Plants	Hill’s Thistle	Cirsium hillii	THR	range
Plants	Pitcher’s Thistle	Cirsium pitcheri	END	range
Reptiles	Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata	END	range
Fish	Redside Dace	Clinostomus elongatus	END	range
Birds	Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	END	range
Birds	Olive-sided flycatcher [PDF fact sheet]	Contopus cooperi	SC
Fish	Upper Great Lakes Kiyi	Coregonus kiyi kiyi	SC	range
Fish	Shortnose Cisco	Coregonus reighardi	END	range
Fish	Shortjaw Cisco	Coregonus zenithicus	THR	range
Birds	Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis	SC	range
Insects	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	SC	range
Birds	Cerulean Warbler	Dendroica cerulea	SC	range
Birds	Kirtland’s Warbler	Dendroica kirtlandii	END	range
Birds	Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	THR	range
Reptiles	Blanding’s Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	THR	range
Fish	Grass Pickerel	Esox americanus vermiculatus	SC	range
Fish	Cutlip Minnow	Exoglossum maxillingua	THR	range
Birds	Peregrine Falcon [PDF fact sheet]	Falco peregrinus	THR	range
Reptiles	Wood Turtle [PDF fact sheet]	Glyptemys insculpta	END	range
Insects	Rapids clubtail [PDF fact sheet]	Gomphus quadricolor	END
Reptiles	Northern Map Turtle	Graptemys geographica	SC	range
Birds	Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	SC	range
Insects	Bogbean Buckmoth	Hemileuca sp.	END	range
Reptiles	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	Heterodon platirhinos	THR	range
Plants	Goldenseal	Hydrastis canadensis	THR	range
Plants	Lakeside Daisy	Hymenoxys herbacea	THR	range
Fish	Northern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon fossor	SC	range
Birds	Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria virens	SC	range
Plants	Dwarf Lake Iris	Iris lacustris	THR	range
Plants	Engelmann’s Quillwort [PDF fact sheet]	Isoetes engelmannii	END	range
Birds	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis	THR	range
Plants	Butternut	Juglans cinerea	END	range
Reptiles	Milksnake	Lampropeltis triangulum	SC	range
Birds	Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus	END	range
Lichens	Flooded Jellyskin	Leptogium rivulare	THR	range
Molluscs	Eastern Pondmussel	Ligumia nasuta	END	range
Plants	Small-flowered Lipocarpha	Lipocarpha micrantha	THR	range
Birds	Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	SC	range
Fish	River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	SC	range
Fish	Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei	THR	range
Fish	Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus	END	range
Fish	Bridle Shiner	Notropis bifrenatus	SC	range
Plants	American Ginseng	Panax quinquefolius	END	range
Reptiles	Eastern Foxsnake (Georgian Bay population)	Pantherophis gloydi	THR	range
Reptiles	Gray Ratsnake (Frontenac axis population)	Pantherophis spiloides	THR	range
Insects	Aweme Borer Moth	Papaipema aweme	END	range
Birds	American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	THR	range
Fish	Channel Darter	Percina copelandi	THR	range
Plants	Broad Beech Fern	Phegopteris hexagonoptera	SC	range
Lichens	Pale-bellied Frost Lichen	Physconia subpallida	END
Insects	West Virginia White	Pieris virginiensis	SC	range
Plants	Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid [PDF fact sheet]	Platanthera leucophaea	END	range
Reptiles	Common Five-lined Skink (Southern Shield population)	Plestiodon fasciatus	SC	range
Birds	Horned grebe [PDF fact sheet]	Podiceps auritus	SC
Fish	Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	EXP	range
Plants	Hill’s Pondweed	Potamogeton hillii	SC	range
Plants	Ogden's Pondweed	Potamogeton ogdenii	END	range
Birds	Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea	END	range
Mammals	Mountain Lion or Cougar	Puma concolor	END	range
Birds	King Rail	Rallus elegans	END	range
Reptiles	Queensnake	Regina septemvittata	THR	range
Fish	Aurora Trout	Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis	END	range
Birds	Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla	SC	range
Reptiles	Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus	THR	range
Plants	Houghton’s Goldenrod	Solidago houghtonii	THR	range
Reptiles	Eastern Musk Turtle	Sternotherus odoratus	THR	range
Plants	Crooked-stem Aster	Symphyotrichum prenanthoides	THR	range
Plants	Western Silvery Aster [PDF fact sheet]	Symphyotrichum sericeum	END	range
Reptiles	Butler’s Gartersnake	Thamnophis butleri	THR	range
Reptiles	Eastern Ribbonsnake	Thamnophis sauritus	SC	range
Molluscs	Fawnsfoot [PDF fact sheet]	Truncilla donaciformis	END
Birds	Greater Prairie-Chicken	Tympanuchus cupido	EXP	range
Birds	Barn Owl [PDF fact sheet]	Tyto alba	END	range
Mammals	Grey Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	THR	range
Birds	Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora chrysoptera	SC	range
Molluscs	Rainbow Mussel	Villosa iris	THR	range
Birds	Canada warbler [PDF fact sheet]	Wilsonia canadensis	SC
Birds	Hooded Warbler	Wilsonia citrina	SC	range
Plants	Blunt-lobed Woodsia	Woodsia obtusa	END	range

Glossary

OMNR STATUS		DEFINITION
EXP	Extirpated	A species that no longer exists in the wild in Ontario but still occurs elsewhere.
END	Endangered	A species facing imminent extinction or extirpation in Ontario which is a candidate for regulation under Ontario's ESA.
THR	Threatened	A species that is at risk of becoming endangered in Ontario if limiting factors are not reversed.
SC	Special Concern (formerly Vulnerable)	A species with characteristics that make it sensitive to human activities or natural events.

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