Categorized List of Species at Risk (N.S. Reg. 21/2015)

Categorized List of Species at Risk made under Section 12 of the Endangered Species Act S.N.S. 1998, c. 11 N.S. Reg. 21/2015 (March 26, 2013) Species Name Status American marten (Cape Breton population) Martes americana Endangered Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Extirpated Atlantic whitefish Coregonus huntsmani Endangered Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Endangered Black ash Fraxinus nigra Threatened Bicknell’s thrush Catharus bicknelli Endangered Blanding’s turtle Emydoidea blandingii Endangered Blue felt lichen Degelia plumbea Vulnerable Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Vulnerable Boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum Endangered Brook floater Alasmidonta varicosa Threatened Canada lynx Lynx canadensis Endangered Canada warbler Cardellina canadensis Endangered Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica Endangered Common nighthawk Chordeiles minor Threatened Eastern baccharis Baccharis hamilifolia Threatened Eastern lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis chinensis Vulnerable Eastern mountain avens Geum peckii Endangered Eastern ribbonsnake Thamnophis sauritus Threatened Eastern whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Threatened Eastern white cedar Thuja occidentalis Vulnerable Eastern wolf Canis lupis Extirpated Eastern wood peewee Contopus virens Vulnerable Eelgrass limpet Lottia alveus alveus Extinct Golden crest Lophiola aurea Vulnerable Great auk Pinguinus impennis Extinct Harlequin duck Historonicus historonicus Endangered Hoary willow Salix candida Endangered Labrador duck Camptorynchus labradonius Extinct Little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus Endangered Long’s bulrush Scirpus longii Vulnerable Macropis cuckoo bee Epeoloides pilosulus Endangered Moose (mainland Nova Scotia population) Alces alces americana Endangered New Jersey rush Juncus caesariensis Vulnerable Northern myotis Myotis septentrionalis Endangered Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi Threatened Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius Extinct Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Vulnerable Pink coreopsis Coreopsis rosea Endangered Piping plover Charadrius melodius Endangered Plymouth gentian Sabatia kennedyana Endangered Prototype quillwort Isoetes prototypus Vulnerable Ram’s-head lady slipper Cypripedium arietinum Endangered Red knot Calidris canutus rufa Endangered Redroot Lachnanthes caroliana Vulnerable Rockrose (Canada frostweed) Helianthemum canadense Endangered Roseate tern Sterna dougallii Endangered Rusty blackbird Euphagus carolinus Endangered Sea mink Mustela macrodon Extinct Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina Vulnerable Spotted pondweed Potamogeton pulcher Vulnerable Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia Vulnerable Thread-leaved sundew Drosera filiformis Endangered Tri-colored bat Perimyotis subflavus Endangered Tubercled spikerush Eleocharis tuberculosa Vulnerable Vole ears Erioderma mollissimum Endangered Water pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata Endangered Wood turtle Clemmys insculpta Threatened Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus Extirpated Yellow lamp mussel Lampsilis cariosa Threatened