COSSARO Candidate Species – Meeting Results

Status Reports and COSSARO Evaluations


Species Status Reports and COSSARO Evaluations are an important part of the assessment process. COSSARO reviews these detailed technical documents that contain information such as the habitat needs of a species, population size, and threats to the species.

May — June 2011 COSSARO Meeting

Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow (PDF, 59kB) (Hirundo rustica)
threatened
 
 
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Northern Cricket Frog)
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Northern Cricket Frog) (PDF, 29kB) (Acris crepitanis)
endangered
 
 
Dwarf Lake Iris
Dwarf Lake Iris (PDF) (Iris lacustris)
threatened
 
 
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark (PDF, 100kB) (Sturnella magna)
threatened
 
 
Henslow’s Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow (PDF, 42kB) (Ammodramus henslowii)
endangered
 
 
Hickorynut
Hickorynut (PDF, 42kB) (Obovaria olivaria)
endangered
 
 
Hine's Emerald
Hine's Emerald (PDF, 40kB) (Somatochlora hineana)
endangered
 
 
Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle
Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle (PDF, 41kB) (Brychius hungerfordi)
endangered
 
 
King Rail
King Rail (PDF, 49kB) (Rallus elegans)
endangered
 
 
Pygmy Snaketail
Pygmy Snaketail (PDF, 37kB) (Ophiogomphus howei)
endangered
 
 
Salamander Mussel
Salamander Mussel (Mudpuppy Mussel) (PDF, 41kB) (Simpsonaias ambigua)
endangered
 
 
Silver Shiner
Silver Shiner (PDF, 50kB) (Notropis photogenis)
special concern
 
 
Small Whorled Pogonia
Small Whorled Pogonia (PDF, 39kB) (Isotria medeoloides)
endangered
 
 

February 2011 COSSARO Meeting

Butler's Gartersnake
Butler's Gartersnake (PDF, 46kB) (Thamnophis butleri)
endangered
 
 
Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler (PDF, 84kB) (Dendroica cerulea)
threatened
 
 
Eastern Mole
Eastern Mole (PDF, 36kB) (Scalopus aquaticus)
special concern
 
 
Jefferson Salamander
Jefferson Salamander (PDF, 42kB) (Ambystoma jeffersonianum)
threatened
 
 
Nodding Pogonia
Nodding Pogonia (PDF, 44kB) (Triphora trianthophora)
endangered
 
 
Pitcher's Thistle
Pitcher's Thistle (PDF, 30kB) (Cirsium pitcheri)
threatened
 
 
Purple Twayblade
Purple Twayblade (PDF, 33kB) (Liparis liliifolia)
threatened
 
 
Showy Goldenrod
Showy Goldenrod (PDF, 46kB) (Solidago speciosa)
threatened (Boreal population), endangered (Great Lakes Plains population)
 
 
Skinner's Agalinis
Skinner's Agalinis (Agalinis skinneriana)
endangered
 
 
Timber Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake (PDF, 40kB) (Crotalus horridus)
Extirpated (no longer found in Ontario)
 
 
White Prairie Gentian
White Prairie Gentian (PDF, 35kB) (Gentiana alba)
endangered
 
 
Woodland Vole
Woodland Vole (PDF, 39kB) (Microtus pinetorum)
special concern
 
 

June 2010 COSSARO Meeting

Acadian Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher (PDF, 44kB) (Empidonax virescens)
endangered
 
 
Barn Owl
Barn Owl (PDF, 100kB) (Tyto alba)
endangered
 
 
Bobolink
Bobolink (PDF, 82kB) (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
threatened
 
 
Bogbean Buckmoth
Bogbean Buckmoth (PDF, 75kB) (Hemileuca sp.)
endangered
 
 
Cucumber Tree
Cucumber Tree (PDF, 42kB) (Magnolia acuminata)
endangered
 
 
Dense Blazing Star
Dense Blazing Star (PDF, 40kB) (Liatris spicata)
threatened
 
 
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (PDF, 40kB) (Opuntia humifusa)
endangered
 
 
Eskimo Curlew
Eskimo Curlew (PDF, 80kB) (Numenius borealis)
extirpated
 
 
Four-leaved Milkweed
Four-leaved Milkweed (PDF, 37kB) (Asclepias quadrifolia)
endangered
 
 
Fowler's Toad
Fowler's Toad (PDF, 49kB) (Anaxyrus fowleri)
endangered
 
 
Frosted Elfin
Frosted Elfin (PDF, 28kB) (Callophrys irus)
extirpated
 
 
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Greater Prairie-Chicken (PDF, 73kB) (Tympanuchus cupido)
extirpated
 
 
Karner Blue
Karner Blue (PDF, 23kB) (Castanea dentata)
extirpated
 
 
Laura’s Clubtail
Laura’s Clubtail (PDF, 69kB) (Stylurus laurae)
endangered
 
 
Northern Riffleshell
Northern Riffleshell (PDF, 73kB) (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
endangered
 
 
Queensnake
Queensnake (PDF, 113kB) (Regina septemvittata)
threatened
 
 
Rayed Bean
Rayed Bean (PDF, 71kB) (Villosa fabalis)
endangered
 
 
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (PDF, 29kB) (Bombus affinis)
endangered
 
 
Spring Salamander
Spring Salamander (PDF, 27kB) (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)
extirpated
 
 
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel (PDF, 41kB) (Lampsilis fasciola)
threatened
 
 

November 2009 COSSARO Meeting

Eastern Sand Darter
Eastern Sand Darter (PDF, 0.2MB) (Ammocrypta pellucida)
endangered
 
 
Monarch
Monarch (PDF, 0.2MB) (Danaus plexippus)
special concern
 
 
Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle
Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle (PDF, 0.2MB) (Cicindela patruela)
endangered
 
 
Pale-bellied Frost Lichen
Pale-bellied Frost Lichen (PDF, 0.2MB) (Physconia subpallida)
endangered
 
 
Pink Milkwort
Pink Milkwort (PDF, 0.2MB) (Polygala incarnata)
endangered
 
 
Virginia Goat's-rue
Virginia Goat's-rue (PDF, 0.2MB) (Tephrosia virginiana)
endangered
 
 
Virginia Mallow
Virginia Mallow (PDF, 0.2MB) (Sida hermaphrodita)
endangered
 
 
Yellow Rail
Yellow Rail (PDF, 0.2MB) (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
special concern
 
 

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