Categorized List of Species at Risk (N.S. Reg. 146/2017)

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 2000 Eastern mountain avens Geumpeckii Endangered 2000 Harlequin duck Historonicus historonicus Endangered 2000 Pink coreopsis Coreopsis rosea Endangered 2000 Piping plover Charadrius melodius Endangered 2000 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii Endangered 2000 Thread-leaved sundew Drosera filiformis Endangered 2000 Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia Vulnerable 2000 American marten (Cape Breton population) Martes americana Endangered 2001 Water pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata Endangered 2001 Long’s bulrush Scirpus longii Vulnerable 2001 New Jersey rush Juncus caesariensis Vulnerable 2001 Atlantic whitefish Coregonus huntsmani Endangered 2002 Canada lynx Lynx canadensis Endangered 2002 Boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum Endangered 2003 Moose (mainland Nova Scotia population) Alces alces americana Endangered 2003 Eastern ribbonsnake Thamnophis sauritus Threatened 2003 Eelgrass limpet Lottia alveus alveus Extinct 2006 Great auk Pinguinus impennis Extinct 2006 Labrador duck Camptorynchus labradonius Extinct 2006 Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius Extinct 2006 Sea mink Mustela macrodon Extinct 2006 Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus Extirpated 2006 Eastern wolf Canis lupis Extirpated 2006 Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus Extirpated 2006 Yellow lamp mussel Lampsilis cariosa Threatened 2006 Eastern lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis chinensis Vulnerable 2006 Eastern white cedar Thuja occidentalis Vulnerable 2006 Prototype quillwort lsoetes prototypus Vulnerable 2006 Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica Endangered 2007 Ram’s-head lady slipper Cypripedium arietinum Endangered 2007 Red knot Calidris canutus rufa Endangered 2007 Rockrose (Canada frostweed) Helianthemum canadense Endangered 2007 Common nighthawk Chordeiles minor Threatened 2007 Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Vulnerable 2007 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Endangered 2013 Bicknell’s thrush Catharus bicknelli Endangered 2013 Canada warbler Cardellina canadensis Endangered 2013 Hoary willow Salix candida Endangered 2013 Little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus Endangered 2013 Macropis cuckoo bee Epeoloides pilosulus Endangered 2013 Northern myotis Myotis septentrionalis Endangered 2013 Plymouth gentian Sabatia kennedyana Endangered 2013 Rusty blackbird Euphagus carolinus Endangered 2013 Tri-colored bat Perimyotis subjlavus Endangered 2013 Vole ears Erioderma mollissimum Endangered 2013 Black ash Fraxinus nigra Threatened 2013 Brook floater Alasmidonta varicosa Threatened 2013 Eastern baccharis Baccharis hamilifolia Threatened 2013 Eastern whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Threatened 2013 Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi Threatened 2013 Wood turtle Clemmys insculpta Threatened 2013 Blue felt lichen Degelia plumbea Vulnerable 2013 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Vulnerable 2013 Eastern wood peewee Contopus virens Vulnerable 2013 Golden crest Lophiola aurea Vulnerable 2013 Redroot Lachnanthes caroliana Vulnerable 2013 Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina Vulnerable 2013 Spotted pondweed Potamogeton pulcher Vulnerable 2013 Tubercled spikerush Eleocharis tuberculosa Vulnerable 2013 Bank swallow Riparia riparia Endangered 2017 Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee Bombus bohemicus Endangered 2017 Monarch Danaus plexippus Endangered 2017 Tall beakrush Rhynchospora macrostachya Endangered 2017 Transverse lady beetle Coccinella transversoguttata Endangered 2017 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Special concern 2017 Yellow-banded bumble bee Bombus terricola Special concern 2017 Black foam lichen Anzia colpodes Threatened 2017 Eastern water fan Peltigera hydrothyria Threatened 2017 Sable Island sweat bee Lasioglossum sablense Threatened 2017 Wrinkled shingle lichen Pannaria lurida Threatened 2017