260060 PROTECTED SPECIES IN ONTARIO LIST, O. Reg. 60/26 Ont.

made under Species Conservation Act, 2025, S.O. 2025, c. 4, Sched. 10 · Current to 2026-04-01 · last amended 2026-03-30

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s. 1 — Protected Species in Ontario List

(1) The species set out in Columns 3 and 4 of Table 1 according to their common and scientific names and belonging to the species grouping referred to in Column 2 opposite the listed species are classified by COSSARO in the manner set out in Column 5.

s. 1(2)

The following geographic limitations apply in respect of the following classifications:

s. 1(2)(1)

The classification set out in Table 1 in respect of the Kentucky Coffee-tree applies only in the following geographic areas:

s. 1(2)(1)(i)

The County of Elgin.

s. 1(2)(1)(ii)

The County of Essex.

s. 1(2)(1)(iii)

The County of Lambton.

s. 1(2)(1)(iv)

The County of Middlesex.

s. 1(2)(1)(v)

The County of Norfolk.

s. 1(2)(1)(vi)

The County of Oxford.

s. 1(2)(1)(vii)

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Table 1 Protected Species in Ontario List

Table
Column 1 ItemColumn 2 Species groupingColumn 3 Common nameColumn 4 Scientific nameColumn 5 Classification
1.AmphibiansAllegheny Mountain Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus ochrophaeusEndangered
2.AmphibiansBlanchard’s Cricket FrogAcris blanchardiExtirpated
3.AmphibiansEastern Tiger SalamanderAmbystoma tigrinumExtirpated
4.AmphibiansFowler’s ToadAnaxyrus fowleriEndangered
5.AmphibiansJefferson SalamanderAmbystoma jeffersonianumEndangered
6.AmphibiansNorthern Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus fuscusEndangered
7.AmphibiansSmall-mouthed SalamanderAmbystoma texanumEndangered
8.AmphibiansUnisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)Ambystoma laterale – (2) jeffersonianumEndangered
9.AmphibiansUnisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population)Ambystoma laterale – texanumEndangered
10.BirdsBarn OwlTyto albaEndangered
11.BirdsBlack TernChlidonias nigerEndangered
12.BirdsGolden EagleAquila chrysaetosEndangered
13.BirdsGreater Prairie-chickenTympanuchus cupido pinnatusExtirpated
14.BirdsHudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaThreatened
15.BirdsLesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesThreatened
16.BirdsNorthern BobwhiteColinus virginianusEndangered
17.BirdsRed Knot Rufa Subspecies (Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Wintering population)Calidris canutus rufaEndangered
18.BirdsShort-eared OwlAsio flammeusThreatened
19.FishesAmerican EelAnguilla rostrataEndangered
20.FishesCutlip MinnowExoglossum maxillinguaThreatened
21.FishesEastern Sand Darter (West Lake population)Ammocrypta pellucidaEndangered
22.FishesLake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence River populations)Acipenser fulvescensEndangered
23.FishesLake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)Acipenser fulvescensThreatened
24.FishesLake Whitefish (Opeongo Lake Large-bodied population)Coregonus clupeaformisThreatened
25.FishesLake Whitefish (Opeongo Lake Small-bodied population)Coregonus clupeaformisThreatened
26.FishesRiver Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)Percina shumardiEndangered
27.FishesShortjaw CiscoCoregonus zenithicusThreatened
28.FishesWarmouthLepomis gulosusEndangered
29.InsectsAmerican Burying BeetleNicrophorus americanusExtirpated
30.InsectsBogbean BuckmothHemileuca sp.Endangered
31.InsectsDavis’s ShieldbackAtlanticus davisiThreatened
32.InsectsEastern Persius DuskywingErynnis persius persiusExtirpated
33.InsectsFalse-foxglove Sun MothPyrrhia aurantiagoEndangered
34.InsectsFinlayson’s Oakworm MothAnisota finlaysoniThreatened
35.InsectsFrosted ElfinCallophrys irusExtirpated
36.InsectsGypsy Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus bohemicusEndangered
37.InsectsHine’s EmeraldSomatochlora hineanaEndangered
38.InsectsHoptree BorerPrays atomocellaEndangered
39.InsectsHungerford’s Crawling Water BeetleBrychius hungerfordiEndangered
40.InsectsKarner BluePlebejus samuelisExtirpated
41.InsectsLake Huron GrasshopperTrimerotropis huronianaThreatened
42.InsectsLaura’s ClubtailStylurus lauraeEndangered
43.InsectsMottled DuskywingErynnis martialisEndangered
44.InsectsNine-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella novemnotataEndangered
45.InsectsNorthern Barrens Tiger BeetleCicindela patruelaEndangered
46.InsectsNorthern Oak HairstreakSatyrium favonius ontarioThreatened
47.InsectsPygmy SnaketailOphiogomphus howeiEndangered
48.InsectsRapids ClubtailGomphus quadricolorThreatened
49.InsectsReversed Haploa MothHaploa reversaThreatened
50.InsectsRiverine ClubtailStylurus amnicolaThreatened
51.InsectsRusty-patched Bumble BeeBombus affinisEndangered
52.InsectsSkillet ClubtailGomphurus ventricosusThreatened
53.InsectsSuckley’s Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus suckleyiEndangered
54.InsectsTransverse Lady BeetleCoccinella transversoguttataEndangered
55.LichensGolden-eye Lichen (Great Lakes population)Teloschistes chrysophthalmusEndangered
56.LichensPale-bellied Frost LichenPhysconia subpallidaEndangered
57.LichensWhite-rimmed Shingle LichenFuscopannaria leucostictaEndangered
58.MammalsAmerican Badger (Northwestern Ontario population)Taxidea taxus taxusEndangered
59.MammalsAmerican Badger (Southwestern Ontario population)Taxidea taxus jacksoniEndangered
60.MammalsCaribou (Boreal population)Rangifer tarandusThreatened
61.MammalsEastern Red BatLasiurus borealisEndangered
62.MammalsEastern Small-footed MyotisMyotis leibiiEndangered
63.MammalsEastern WolfCanis sp. cf. lycaonThreatened
64.MammalsGray FoxUrocyon cinereoargenteusThreatened
65.MammalsHoary BatLasiurus cinereusEndangered
66.MammalsLittle Brown MyotisMyotis lucifugusEndangered
67.MammalsNorthern MyotisMyotis septentrionalisEndangered
68.MammalsPolar BearUrsus maritimusThreatened
69.MammalsSilver-haired BatLasionycteris noctivagansEndangered
70.MammalsTri-coloured BatPerimyotis subflavusEndangered
71.MammalsWolverineGulo guloThreatened
72.MolluscsBroad-banded ForestsnailAllogona profundaEndangered
73.MolluscsCarolina MantleslugPhilomycus carolinianusThreatened
74.MolluscsDomed DiscDiscus patulusEndangered
75.MolluscsEastern Banded TigersnailAnguispira kochi kochiEndangered
76.MolluscsProud GlobeletPatera pennsylvanicaEndangered
77.MolluscsPurple WartybackCyclonaias tuberculataThreatened
78.MolluscsShagreenInflectarius inflectusEndangered
79.MolluscsStriped WhitelipWebbhelix multilineataEndangered
80.MolluscsToothed GlobeMesodon zaletusEndangered
81.MolluscsWavy-rayed LampmusselLampsilis fasciolaThreatened
82.MossesIncurved Grizzled MossPtychomitrium incurvumExtirpated
83.MossesSpoon-leaved MossBryoandersonia illecebraThreatened
84.ReptilesBlanding’s TurtleEmydoidea blandingiiThreatened
85.ReptilesBlue RacerColuber constrictor foxiiEndangered
86.ReptilesButler’s GartersnakeThamnophis butleriThreatened
87.ReptilesCommon Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)Plestiodon fasciatusEndangered
88.ReptilesEastern Box TurtleTerrapene carolinaExtirpated
89.ReptilesEastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)Pantherophis vulpinusThreatened
90.ReptilesEastern Foxsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)Pantherophis vulpinusThreatened
91.ReptilesEastern Hog-nosed SnakeHeterodon platirhinosThreatened
92.ReptilesEastern MassasaugaSistrurus catenatusThreatened
93.ReptilesGray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)Pantherophis spiloidesEndangered
94.ReptilesGray Ratsnake (Frontenac Axis population)Pantherophis spiloidesThreatened
95.ReptilesQueensnakeRegina septemvittataEndangered
96.ReptilesSpiny SoftshellApalone spiniferaEndangered
97.ReptilesSpotted TurtleClemmys guttataEndangered
98.ReptilesTimber RattlesnakeCrotalus horridusExtirpated
99.ReptilesWood TurtleGlyptemys insculptaEndangered
100.Vascular plantsAmerican ChestnutCastanea dentataEndangered
101.Vascular plantsAmerican ColumboFrasera caroliniensisEndangered
102.Vascular plantsAmerican GinsengPanax quinquefoliusThreatened
103.Vascular plantsAmerican Water-willowJusticia americanaThreatened
104.Vascular plantsBent Spike-rushEleocharis geniculataEndangered
105.Vascular plantsBird’s Foot VioletViola pedataEndangered
106.Vascular plantsBlack AshFraxinus nigraEndangered
107.Vascular plantsBlue AshFraxinus quadrangulataThreatened
108.Vascular plantsBlueheartsBuchnera americanaEndangered
109.Vascular plantsBlunt-lobed WoodsiaWoodsia obtusaEndangered
110.Vascular plantsBranched BartoniaBartonia paniculataThreatened
111.Vascular plantsButternutJuglans cinereaEndangered
112.Vascular plantsCherry BirchBetula lentaEndangered
113.Vascular plantsCleland’s Evening PrimroseOenothera clelandiiEndangered
114.Vascular plantsColicrootAletris farinosaEndangered
115.Vascular plantsCucumber TreeMagnolia acuminataEndangered
116.Vascular plantsDeerberryVaccinium stamineumThreatened
117.Vascular plantsDense Blazing StarLiatris spicataThreatened
118.Vascular plantsDowny Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria virginicaEndangered
119.Vascular plantsDrooping TrilliumTrillium flexipesEndangered
120.Vascular plantsDwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifoliaThreatened
121.Vascular plantsEastern Flowering DogwoodCornus floridaEndangered
122.Vascular plantsEastern Prairie Fringed-orchidPlatanthera leucophaeaEndangered
123.Vascular plantsEastern Prickly-pear CactusOpuntia cespitosaEndangered
124.Vascular plantsEngelmann’s QuillwortIsoetes engelmanniiEndangered
125.Vascular plantsFalse Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformisEndangered
126.Vascular plantsFern-leaved Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria pediculariaThreatened
127.Vascular plantsFew-flowered Club-rushTrichophorum planifoliumEndangered
128.Vascular plantsForked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomumEndangered
129.Vascular plantsForked Three-awned GrassAristida basirameaEndangered
130.Vascular plantsFour-leaved MilkweedAsclepias quadrifoliaEndangered
131.Vascular plantsGattinger’s AgalinisAgalinis gattingeriEndangered
132.Vascular plantsGillman’s GoldenrodSolidago gillmaniiEndangered
133.Vascular plantsHairy ValerianValeriana edulis ssp. ciliataThreatened
134.Vascular plantsHeart-leaved PlantainPlantago cordataEndangered
135.Vascular plantsHill’s ThistleCirsium hilliiThreatened
136.Vascular plantsHoary Mountain-mintPycnanthemum incanumEndangered
137.Vascular plantsHorsetail Spike-rushEleocharis equisetoidesEndangered
138.Vascular plantsHoughton’s GoldenrodSolidago houghtoniiThreatened
139.Vascular plantsIllinois Tick-trefoilDesmodium illinoenseExtirpated
140.Vascular plantsJuniper SedgeCarex juniperorumEndangered
141.Vascular plantsKentucky Coffee-treeGymnocladus dioicusThreatened
142.Vascular plantsLarge Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillataEndangered
143.Vascular plantsLowland ToothcupRotala ramosiorEndangered
144.Vascular plantsNodding PogoniaTriphora trianthophorosEndangered
145.Vascular plantsOgden’s PondweedPotamogeton x ogdeniiEndangered
146.Vascular plantsPale Showy GoldenrodSolidago pallidaThreatened
147.Vascular plantsPink MilkwortPolygala incarnataEndangered
148.Vascular plantsPitcher’s ThistleCirsium pitcheriThreatened
149.Vascular plantsPumpkin AshFraxinus profundaEndangered
150.Vascular plantsPurple TwaybladeLiparis liliifoliaThreatened
151.Vascular plantsRed MulberryMorus rubraEndangered
152.Vascular plantsRound-leaved GreenbrierSmilax rotundifoliaThreatened
153.Vascular plantsScarlet AmmanniaAmmannia robustaEndangered
154.Vascular plantsSkinner’s AgalinisAgalinis skinnerianaEndangered
155.Vascular plantsSlender Bush-cloverLespedeza virginicaEndangered
156.Vascular plantsSmall-flowered LipocarphaCyperus subsquarrosusThreatened
157.Vascular plantsSmall White Lady’s-slipperCypripedium candidumEndangered
158.Vascular plantsSmall Whorled PogoniaIsotria medeoloidesEndangered
159.Vascular plantsSmooth Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria flavaThreatened
160.Vascular plantsSpotted WintergreenChimaphila maculataThreatened
161.Vascular plantsSpring Blue-eyed MaryCollinsia vernaExtirpated
162.Vascular plantsStiff-leaved Showy GoldenrodSolidago rigidiusculaEndangered
163.Vascular plantsVirginia Goat’s-rueTephrosia virginianaEndangered
164.Vascular plantsVirginia MallowRipariosida hermaphroditaEndangered
165.Vascular plantsWestern Silvery AsterSymphyotrichum sericeumThreatened
166.Vascular plantsWhite Prairie GentianGentiana albaEndangered
167.Vascular plantsWild HyacinthCamassia scilloidesThreatened
168.Vascular plantsWood-poppyStylophorum diphyllumEndangered
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Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).