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Categorized List of Species at Risk

made under

Section 12 of the

Endangered Species Act

S.N.S. 1998, c. 11

N.S. Reg. 146/2017 (April 12, 2017)

Species Name

Scientific Name

Status

Year

Added

Blanding’s turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Endangered

Eastern mountain avens

Geumpeckii

Endangered

Harlequin duck

Historonicus historonicus

Endangered

Pink coreopsis

Coreopsis rosea

Endangered

Piping plover

Charadrius melodius

Endangered

Roseate tern

Sterna dougallii

Endangered

Thread-leaved sundew

Drosera filiformis

Endangered

Sweet pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

Vulnerable

American marten (Cape

Breton population)

Martes americana

Endangered

Water pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Endangered

Long’s bulrush

Scirpus longii

Vulnerable

New Jersey rush

Juncus caesariensis

Vulnerable

Atlantic whitefish

Coregonus huntsmani

Endangered

Canada lynx

Lynx canadensis

Endangered

Boreal felt lichen

Erioderma pedicellatum

Endangered

Moose (mainland Nova

Scotia population)

Alces alces americana

Endangered

Eastern ribbonsnake

Thamnophis sauritus

Threatened

Eelgrass limpet

Lottia alveus alveus

Extinct

Great auk

Pinguinus impennis

Extinct

Labrador duck

Camptorynchus labradonius

Extinct

Passenger pigeon

Ectopistes migratorius

Extinct

Sea mink

Mustela macrodon

Extinct

Atlantic walrus

Odobenus rosmarus

Extirpated

Eastern wolf

Canis lupis

Extirpated

Woodland caribou

Rangifer tarandus

Extirpated

Yellow lamp mussel

Lampsilis cariosa

Threatened

Eastern lilaeopsis

Lilaeopsis chinensis

Vulnerable

Eastern white cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Vulnerable

Prototype quillwort

lsoetes prototypus

Vulnerable

Chimney swift

Chaetura pelagica

Endangered

Ram’s-head lady slipper

Cypripedium arietinum

Endangered

Red knot

Calidris canutus rufa

Endangered

Rockrose (Canada

frostweed)

Helianthemum canadense

Endangered

Common nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Threatened

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus anatum

Vulnerable

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Endangered

Bicknell’s thrush

Catharus bicknelli

Endangered

Canada warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Endangered

Hoary willow

Salix candida

Endangered

Little brown myotis

Myotis lucifugus

Endangered

Macropis cuckoo bee

Epeoloides pilosulus

Endangered

Northern myotis

Myotis septentrionalis

Endangered

Plymouth gentian

Sabatia kennedyana

Endangered

Rusty blackbird

Euphagus carolinus

Endangered

Tri-colored bat

Perimyotis subjlavus

Endangered

Vole ears

Erioderma mollissimum

Endangered

Black ash

Fraxinus nigra

Threatened

Brook floater

Alasmidonta varicosa

Threatened

Eastern baccharis

Baccharis hamilifolia

Threatened

Eastern whip-poor-will

Antrostomus vociferus

Threatened

Olive-sided flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Threatened

Wood turtle

Clemmys insculpta

Threatened

Blue felt lichen

Degelia plumbea

Vulnerable

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Vulnerable

Eastern wood peewee

Contopus virens

Vulnerable

Golden crest

Lophiola aurea

Vulnerable

Redroot

Lachnanthes caroliana

Vulnerable

Snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Vulnerable

Spotted pondweed

Potamogeton pulcher

Vulnerable

Tubercled spikerush

Eleocharis tuberculosa

Vulnerable

Bank swallow

Riparia riparia

Endangered

Gypsy cuckoo bumble

bee

Bombus bohemicus

Endangered

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Endangered

Tall beakrush

Rhynchospora macrostachya

Endangered

Transverse lady beetle

Coccinella transversoguttata

Endangered

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

Special concern

Yellow-banded bumble

bee

Bombus terricola

Special concern

Black foam lichen

Anzia colpodes

Threatened

Eastern water fan

Peltigera hydrothyria

Threatened

Sable Island sweat bee

Lasioglossum sablense

Threatened

Wrinkled shingle lichen

Pannaria lurida

Threatened