The List of wildlife species at risk is a list maintained by the Government of Canada

Government of Canada

The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...

 that commits the government to protect wildlife

Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....

 species and their habitat

Habitat

* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...

s. Addition of species is done annually by the Minister of the Environment

Minister of the Environment (Canada)

The Minister of the Environment is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment Canada...

, based on a report from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada ; French: Le Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada, is an independent committee of wildlife experts and scientists whose "raison d’être is to identify species at risk" in Canada...

 (COSEWIC), an independent committee of wildlife experts and scientists.

The list contains five categories for species: special concern, threatened

Threatened species

Threatened species are any speciesg animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.The World Conservation Union is the foremost authority on threatened species, and treats threatened species not as a single category, but as a group of three categories,...

, endangered

Endangered species

An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...

, extirpated

Local extinction

Local extinction, also known as extirpation, is the condition of a species which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere...

, and extinct

Extinction

In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...

.

Extirpated Mammals

• Eschrichtius robustus (Atlantic population) — Grey Whale
• Mustela nigripes — Black-footed Ferret
• Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Northwest Atlantic population) — Atlantic Walrus
• Ursus arctos (Prairie population) — Grizzly Bear

Endangered Mammals

• Balaenoptera borealis (Pacific population) — Sei Whale
• Balaenoptera musculus (Atlantic population) — Blue Whale
• Balaenoptera musculus (Pacific population) — Blue Whale
• Dipodomys ordii — Ord's Kangaroo Rat
• Eubalaena glacialis — North Atlantic Right Whale
• Eubalaena japonica — North Pacific Right Whale
• Gulo gulo (Eastern population) — Wolverine
• Hyperoodon ampullatus (Scotian Shelf population) — Northern Bottlenose Whale
• Marmota vancouverensis — Vancouver Island Marmot
• Martes americana atrata (Newfoundland population) — American Marten
• Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) — Killer Whale
• Rangifer tarandus caribou (Atlantic–Gaspéspie population) — Woodland Caribou
• Scapanus townsendii — Townsend's Mole
• Sorex bendirii — Pacific Water Shrew
• Taxidea taxus jacksoni — American Badger, jacksoni subspecies
• Taxidea taxus jeffersonii — American Badger, jeffersonii subspecies
• Vulpes velox — Swift Fox

Threatened Mammals

• Antrozous pallidus — Pallid Bat
• Balaenoptera physalus (Pacific population) — Fin Whale
• Bison bison athabascae — Wood Bison
• Delphinapterus leucas (St. Lawrence Estuary population) — Beluga Whale
• Enhydra lutris — Sea Otter
• Mustela erminea haidarum — Ermine, haidarum subspecies
• Megaptera novaeangliae (North Pacific population) — Humpback Whale
• Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific transient population) — Killer Whale
• Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific northern resident population) — Killer Whale
• Rangifer tarandus caribou (Boreal population) — Woodland Caribou
• Rangifer tarandus caribou (Southern Mountain population) — Woodland Caribou
• Urocyon cinereoargenteus — Grey Fox

Mammals of Special Concern

• Aplodontia rufa — Mountain Beaver
• Balaena mysticetus (Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort population) — Bowhead Whale
• Balaenoptera physalus (Atlantic population) — Fin Whale
• Canis lupus lycaon — Eastern Wolf
• Cynomys ludovicianus — Black-tailed Prairie Dog
• Eschrichtius robustus (Eastern North Pacific population) — Grey Whale
• Euderma maculatum — Spotted Bat
• Eumetopias jubatus — Steller Sea Lion
• Microtus pinetorum — Woodland Vole
• Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific offshore population) — Killer Whale
• Phocoena phocoena (Pacific Ocean population) — Harbour Porpoise
• Rangifer tarandus caribou (Northern Mountain population) — Woodland Caribou
• Scalopus aquaticus — Eastern Mole
• Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii — Nuttall's Cottontail, nuttallii subspecies

Extirpated Birds

• Centrocercus urophasianus phaios — Greater Sage-grouse, phaios subspecies
• Tympanuchus cupido — Greater Prairie-chicken

Endangered Birds

• Ammodramus henslowii — Henslow's Sparrow
• Anodorhynchus leari - Lear's Macaw
• Athene cunicularia — Burrowing Owl
• Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus — Greater Sage-grouse, urophasianus subspecies
• Charadrius melodus circumcinctus — Piping Plover, circumcinctus subspecies
• Charadrius melodus melodus — Piping Plover, melodus subspecies
• Charadrius montanus — Mountain Plover
• Colinus virginianus — Northern Bobwhite
• Dendroica kirtlandii — Kirtland's Warbler
• Empidonax virescens — Acadian Flycatcher
• Eremophila alpestris strigata — Horned Lark, strigata subspecies
• Grus americana — Whooping Crane
• Icteria virens auricollis (British Columbia population) — Yellow-breasted Chat, auricollis subspecies
• Lanius ludovicianus migrans — Loggerhead Shrike, migrans subspecies
• Loxia curvirostra percna — Red Crossbill, percna subspecies
• Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei — Western Screech-Owl, macfarlanei subspecies
• Numenius borealis — Eskimo Curlew
• Oreoscoptes montanus — Sage Thrasher
• Picoides albolarvatus — White-headed Woodpecker
• Pooecetes gramineus affinis — Vesper Sparrow, affinis subspecies
• Protonotaria citrea — Prothonotary Warbler
• Rallus elegans — King Rail
• Sphyrapicus thyroideus — Williamson's Sapsucker
• Sterna dougallii — Roseate Tern
• Strix occidentalis caurina — Spotted Owl, caurina subspecies
• Tyto alba (Eastern population) — Barn Owl

Threatened Birds

• Accipiter gentilis laingi — Northern Goshawk, laingi subspecies
• Aegolius acadicus brooksi — Northern Saw-whet Owl, brooksi subspecies
• Anthus spragueii — Sprague's Pipit
• Brachyramphus marmoratus — Marbled Murrelet
• Falco peregrinus anatum — Peregrine Falcon, anatum subspecies
• Ixobrychus exilis — Least Bittern
• Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides — Loggerhead Shrike, excubitorides subspecies
• Phoebastria albatrus — Short-tailed Albatross
• Puffinus creatopus — Pink-footed Shearwater
• Rhodostethia rosea — Ross' Gull
• Vermivora chrysoptera — Golden-winged Warbler
• Wilsonia citrina — Hooded Warbler

Birds of Special Concern

• Bucephala islandica (Eastern population) — Barrow's Goldeneye
• Calcarius mccownii — McCown's Longspur
• Coturnicops noveboracensis — Yellow Rail
• Dendroica cerulea — Cerulean Warbler
• Falco peregrinus pealei — Peregrine Falcon, pealei subspecies
• Histrionicus histrionicus (Eastern population) — Harlequin Duck
• Icteria virens virens — Yellow-breasted Chat, virens subspecies
• Megascops kennicottii kennicottii — Western Screech-Owl, kennicottii subspecies
• Melanerpes lewis — Lewis' Woodpecker
• Numenius americanus — Long-billed Curlew
• Otus flammeolus — Flammulated Owl
• Pagophila eburnea — Ivory Gull
• Passerculus sandwichensis princeps — Savannah Sparrow, princeps subspecies
• Seiurus motacilla — Louisiana Waterthrush
• Synthliboramphus antiquus — Ancient Murrelet
• Tyto alba (Western population) — Barn Owl

Extirpated Reptiles

• Actinemys marmorata — Pacific Pond Turtle
• Crotalus horridus
  Crotalus horridus
  Crotalus horridus, the timber rattlesnake, is a species of venomous pitviper found in the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States. No subspecies are currently recognized....
  
  — Timber Rattlesnake
• Phrynosoma douglasii — Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
• Pituophis catenifer catenifer
  Pituophis catenifer
  Pituophis catenifer is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. The specific name catenifer is Latin for 'chain bearing', referring to the dorsal color pattern.-Description:Adults specimens are...
  
  — Pacific Gophersnake

Endangered Reptiles

• Chrysemys picta bellii (Pacific Coast population) — Western Painted Turtle
• Clemmys guttata — Spotted Turtle
• Coluber constrictor foxii
  Coluber constrictor foxii
  The Blue Racer is a subspecies of Coluber constrictor which is a species of nonvenomous, colubrid snakes commonly referred to as the eastern racers. Eastern racers are primarily found throughout the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, but they range north into Canada, and south into...
  
  — Blue Racer
• Contia tenuis — Sharp-tailed Snake
• Dermochelys coriacea — Leatherback Seaturtle
• Emydoidea blandingii (Nova Scotia population) — Blanding's Turtle
• Eumeces septentrionalis — Prairie Skink
• Hypsiglena torquata
  Hypsiglena torquata
  Hypsiglena torquata is a species of rear-fanged, colubrid snake known as the night snake. They are found through the south and western United States, as well as Mexico...
  
  — Nightsnake

Threatened Reptiles

• Apalone spinifera — Spiny Softshell
• Coluber constrictor flaviventris
  Coluber constrictor
  Coluber constrictor is a species of nonvenomous, colubrid snakes commonly referred to as the eastern racers. They are primarily found throughout the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, but they range north into Canada, and south into Mexico, Guatemala and Belize...
  
  — Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
• Crotalus oreganus
  Crotalus oreganus
  Crotalus oreganus is a venomous pitviper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia and northwestern Mexico. Seven subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here....
  
  — Western Rattlesnake
• Elaphe gloydi — Eastern Foxsnake
• Elaphe spiloides — Grey Ratsnake
• Emydoidea blandingii (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) — Blanding's Turtle
• Heterodon platirhinos — Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
• Pituophis catenifer deserticola
  Pituophis catenifer
  Pituophis catenifer is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. The specific name catenifer is Latin for 'chain bearing', referring to the dorsal color pattern.-Description:Adults specimens are...
  
  — Great Basin Gophersnake
• Regina septemvittata — Queen Snake
• Sistrurus catenatus
  Sistrurus catenatus
  Sistrurus catenatus is a venomous pitviper species found primarily in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
  — Massasauga
• Sternotherus odoratus
  Sternotherus odoratus
  Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known as the common musk turtle or stinkpot due to its ability to release a foul musky odor to deter predation...
  
  — Stinkpot
• Thamnophis butleri — Butler's Gartersnake
• Thamnophis sauritus (Atlantic population) — Eastern Ribbonsnake

Reptiles of Special Concern

• Charina bottae — Rubber Boa
• Chrysemys picta bellii (Intermountain–Rocky Mountain population) — Western Painted Turtle
• Coluber constrictor mormon
  Coluber constrictor
  Coluber constrictor is a species of nonvenomous, colubrid snakes commonly referred to as the eastern racers. They are primarily found throughout the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, but they range north into Canada, and south into Mexico, Guatemala and Belize...
  
  — Western Yellow-bellied Racer
• Eumeces skiltonianus — Western Skink
• Graptemys geographica — Northern Map Turtle
• Lampropeltis triangulum — Milksnake
• Thamnophis sauritus (Great Lakes population) — Eastern Ribbonsnake

Extirpated Amphibians

• Ambystoma tigrinum (Great Lakes population) — Tiger Salamander

Endangered Amphibians

• Acris crepitans
  Acris crepitans
  The Northern Cricket Frog is a species of small Hylid frog native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. Despite being members of the tree frog family, they are not arboreal...
  
  — Northern Cricket Frog
• Ambystoma texanum
  Ambystoma texanum
  The Smallmouth Salamander is a species of salamander found in the central United States, from the Great Lakes region in Michigan to Nebraska, south to Texas, and east to Tennessee, with a population in Canada, in Pelee, Ontario. It is sometimes referred to as the Texas Salamander, Porphyry...
  
  — Small-mouthed Salamander
• Ambystoma tigrinum (Southern Mountain population) — Tiger Salamander
• Ascaphus montanus — Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
• Rana pipiens (Southern Mountain population) — Northern Leopard Frog
• Rana pretiosa — Oregon Spotted Frog

Threatened Amphibians

• Ambystoma jeffersonianum — Jefferson Salamander
• Bufo fowleri
  Bufo fowleri
  Fowler's Toad is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family found in North America. It was previously considered a subspecies of Woodhouse's Toad.-Physical Description:...
  
  — Fowler's Toad
• Desmognathus ochrophaeus — Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
• Dicamptodon tenebrosus — Coastal Giant Salamander
• Spea intermontana — Great Basin Spadefoot

Amphibians of Special Concern

• Ascaphus truei — Coast Tailed Frog
• Bufo boreas — Western Toad
• Bufo cognatus
  Bufo cognatus
  The Great Plains Toad is a relatively large species of toad. It ranges from southern Alberta, throughout the midwest United States and the inland western United States into northern Mexico....
  
  — Great Plains Toad
• Gyrinophilus porphyriticus — Spring Salamander
• Plethodon idahoensis — Coeur d'Alene Salamander
• Rana aurora — Red-legged Frog
• Rana pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations) — Northern Leopard Frog

Extirpated Fishes

• Erimystax x-punctatus — Gravel Chub
• Polyodon spathula — Paddlefish

Endangered Fishes

• Acipenser transmontanus — White Sturgeon
• Catostomus catostomus subsp. — Salish Sucker
• Coregonus huntsmani — Atlantic Whitefish
• Coregonus reighardi — Shortnose Cisco
• Gasterosteus sp.
  Gasterosteus
  Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...
  
   — Benthic Enos Lake Stickleback
• Gasterosteus sp.
  Gasterosteus
  Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...
  
   — Benthic Paxton Lake Stickleback
• Gasterosteus sp.
  Gasterosteus
  Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...
  
   — Benthic Vananda Creek Stickleback
• Gasterosteus sp.
  Gasterosteus
  Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...
  
   — Limnetic Enos Lake Stickleback
• Gasterosteus sp.
  Gasterosteus
  Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...
  
   — Limnetic Paxton Lake Stickleback
• Gasterosteus sp.
  Gasterosteus
  Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...
  
   — Limnetic Vananda Creek Stickleback
• Lampetra richardsoni — Morrison Creek Lamprey
• Moxostoma hubbsi — Copper Redhorse
• Notropis anogenus — Pugnose Shiner
• Noturus stigmosus
  Noturus stigmosus
  The common name of Noturus stigmosus is the northern madtom. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
  
  — Northern Madtom
• Rhinichthys cataractae subsp. — Nooksack Dace
• Salmo salar (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) — Atlantic Salmon
• Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis — Aurora Trout

Threatened Fishes

• Ammocrypta pellucida — Eastern Sand Darter
• Anarhichas denticulatus — Northern Wolffish
• Anarhichas minor — Spotted Wolffish
• Cottus confusus — Shorthead Sculpin
• Cottus sp.
  Cottus
  Cottus may mean:*Cottus, one of the Hecatonchires of Greek mythology*Cottus, a genus of sculpin fish....
  
   — Cultus Pygmy Sculpin
• Cottus sp.
  Cottus
  Cottus may mean:*Cottus, one of the Hecatonchires of Greek mythology*Cottus, a genus of sculpin fish....
  
   (St. Mary and Milk River populations) — Eastslope Sculpin
• Erimyzon sucetta
  Erimyzon sucetta
  The common name of Erimyzon sucetta is the lake chubsucker. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.-Introduction:Erimyzon sucetta , also known as the lake chubsucker, is a cypriniform in the family Catostomidae and this paper will discuss both its current ecology and life history, as...
  
  — Lake Chubsucker
• Hybognathus argyritis — Western Silvery Minnow
• Lampetra macrostoma — Vancouver Lamprey
• Lepisosteus oculatus — Spotted Gar
• Notropis percobromus — Carmine Shiner
• Osmerus spectrum — Lake Utopia Dwarf Smelt
• Percina copelandi — Channel Darter

Fishes of Special Concern

• Acipenser medirostris — Green Sturgeon
• Anarhichas lupus — Atlantic Wolffish
• Coregonus kiyi kiyi — Upper Great Lakes Kiyi
• Cottus hubbsi — Columbia Sculpin
• Esox americanus vermiculatus — Grass Pickerel
• Fundulus diaphanus (Newfoundland population) — Banded Killifish
• Fundulus notatus — Blackstripe Topminnow
• Lepomis gulosus — Warmouth
• Macrhybopsis storeriana
  Macrhybopsis storeriana
  The common name of Macrhybopsis storeriana is the silver chub. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
  
  — Silver Chub
• Minytrema melanops — Spotted Sucker
• Moxostoma carinatum — River Redhorse
• Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Great Lakes–Western St. Lawrence populations) — Deepwater Sculpin
• Notropis bifrenatus — Bridle Shiner
• Opsopoeodus emiliae
  Opsopoeodus emiliae
  Opsopoeodus emiliae is a species of cyprinid fish found in the eastern North America. There are two recognized subspecies with the subspecies from Florida recognized as race peninsularis.- Subspecies :...
  
  — Pugnose Minnow

Extirpated Arthropods

• Callophrys (Incisalia) irus
  Callophrys irus
  The Frosted Elfin is a species of Lycaenidae that is native to North America.-Description:The wingspan ranges from , hindwings have one short tail. The top side of the wing is brown, males have long oval dark spots on the leading edge of their forewings...
  
  — Frosted Elfin
• Euchloe ausonides — Island Marble
• Lycaeides melissa samuelis — Karner Blue

Endangered Arthropods

• Apodemia mormo
  Apodemia mormo
  The Mormon Metalmark is a species of Metalmark butterfly . Its upperside is orange-brown to black, checkered with black and white spots. Its caterpillar host is various species of Eriogonum...
  
  (Southern Mountain population) — Mormon Metalmark
• Coenonympha nipisiquit
  Coenonympha nipisiquit
  The rare Maritime Ringlet is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is a "species at risk" in Canada due to water pollution and its limited range. Its range is restricted in Canada from New Brunswick to Quebec.-About:...
  
  — Maritime Ringlet
• Copablepharon fuscum
  Copablepharon fuscum
  The Sand-verbena Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on sandy ocean beaches in British Columbia and Washington.The wingspan is 35–40 mm.The larvae feed on Abronia latifolia.-External links:**...
  
  — Sand-verbena Moth
• Erynnis persius persius
  Erynnis persius
  The Persius Duskywing is a species of Hesperiidae that occurs in North America. It is a threatened species in Michigan and is protected by the law.-Description:...
  
  — Eastern Persius Duskywing
• Euphydryas editha taylori — Taylor's Checkerspot
• Hesperia ottoe
  Hesperia ottoe
  The Ottoe Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.It is found in central U.S. but has been recorded in Canada only in a small area of southern Manitoba.The wingspan is 29–35 mm...
  
  — Ottoe Skipper
• Papaipema aweme — Aweme Borer
• Plebejus saepiolus insulanus — Island Blue
• Prodoxus quinquepunctellus — Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth
• Satyrium semiluna — Half-moon Hairstreak
• Schinia avemensis
  Schinia avemensis
  The Gold-edged Gem is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in only three colonies in the southern prairie provinces of Canada, the Spirit Dunes at Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba, the Burstall dunes in south-western Saskatchewan, and in a small dune complex in the Red Deer River...
  
  — Gold-edged Gem
• Schinia bimatris
  Schinia bimatris
  White Flower Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the United States and Canada.The larvae most likely feed on Oenothera nuttallii....
  
  — White Flower Moth
• Tegeticula corruptrix — Non-pollinating Yucca Moth
• Tegeticula yuccasella
  Tegeticula yuccasella
  The Yucca Moth is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species can be found in North America from Texas up to Southern Canada.The wingspan is 18-27 mm.The larvae feed on the following yucca species:*Yucca filamentosa...
  
  — Yucca Moth

Threatened Arthropods

• Apodemia mormo
  Apodemia mormo
  The Mormon Metalmark is a species of Metalmark butterfly . Its upperside is orange-brown to black, checkered with black and white spots. Its caterpillar host is various species of Eriogonum...
  
  (Prairie population) — Mormon Metalmark
• Euphyes vestris
  Euphyes vestris
  The Dun Skipper, Sedge Witch or Dun Sedge Skipper is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta, south to Florida, the Gulf Coast and eastern Texas...
  
  (Western population) — Dun Skipper
• Hesperia dacotae — Dakota Skipper
• Oarisma poweshiek
  Oarisma poweshiek
  The Poweshiek Skipperling is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae , subfamily Hesperiinae ....
  
  — Poweshiek Skipperling
• Satyrium behrii columbia — Behr's Hairstreak, columbia subspecies

Arthropods of Special Concern

• Danaus plexippus — Monarch
• Limenitis weidemeyerii
  Limenitis weidemeyerii
  The Weidemeyer's Admiral is a butterfly from the Nymphalinae subfamily, in western North America.-Distribution:...
  
  — Weidemeyer's Admiral
• Polites sonora
  Polites sonora
  The Sonoran Skipper or Western Long Dash is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found along the Pacific coast of the U.S., reaching Canada only in the extreme southern interior of British Columbia....
  
  — Sonora Skipper

Extirpated Molluscs

• Alasmidonta heterodon — Dwarf Wedgemussel
• Cryptomastix devia
  Cryptomastix devia
  Cryptomastix devia, common name the Puget Oregonian snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Puget Oregonian Snail

Endangered Molluscs

• Allogona townsendiana
  Allogona townsendiana
  Allogona townsendiana, common name the Oregon forestsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Oregon Forestsnail
• Epioblasma torulosa rangiana
  Epioblasma torulosa
  Epioblasma torulosa, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Subspecies :* tubercled blossom * green blossom...
  
  — Northern Riffleshell
• Epioblasma triquetra
  Epioblasma triquetra
  Epioblasma triquetra, common name the Snuffbox, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels...
  
  — Snuffbox
• Lampsilis fasciola
  Lampsilis fasciola
  Lampsilis fasciola, common name the Wavy-rayed Lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Wavy-rayed Lampmussel
• Obovaria subrotunda
  Obovaria subrotunda
  Obovaria subrotunda, common name the Round Hickorynut, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Round Hickorynut
• Physella johnsoni — Banff Springs Snail
• Physella wrighti
  Physella wrighti
  Physella wrighti, the Hotwater Physa, is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Physidae family.- Distribution :It lives in British Columbia in Canada and it is endangered species there. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being...
  
  — Hotwater Physa
• Pleurobema sintoxia
  Pleurobema sintoxia
  Pleurobema sintoxia, common name the Round Pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Round Pigtoe
• Prophysaon coelureum — Blue-grey Taildropper Slug
• Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
  Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
  Ptychobranchus fasciolaris, common name the Kidneyshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Kidneyshell
• Simpsonaias ambigua — Mudpuppy Mussel
• Villosa fabalis
  Villosa fabalis
  The Rayed Bean, scientific name Villosa fabalis, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Rayed Bean

Threateaned Molluscs

• Haliotis kamtschatkana — Northern Abalone
• Hemphillia dromedarius
  Hemphillia dromedarius
  The Hemphillia dromedarius, common name the dromedary Jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.-Distribution and conservation status:...
  
  — Dromedary Jumping-slug

Molluscs of Special Concern

• Gonidea angulata
  Gonidea angulata
  Gonidea angulata, Rocky Mountain Ridged mussel or Western Ridged Mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...
  
  — Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel
• Hemphillia glandulosa
  Hemphillia glandulosa
  The Hemphillia glandulosa, common name the warty jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae.Hemphillia glandulosa is the type species of the genus Hemphillia....
  
  — Warty Jumping-slug
• Lampsilis cariosa — Yellow Lampmussel
• Ostrea conchaphila
  Ostrea conchaphila
  Ostrea conchaphila, Olympia Oyster, is a species of bivalve in the Ostreidae family.- Distribution and conservation status :It is found in Canada....
  
  — Olympia Oyster

Extirpated Vascular Plants

• Collinsia verna
  Collinsia verna
  Collinsia verna is an annual wildflower common in eastern North America, where it is known as blue-eyed Mary. The flowers are actually bicolored white and blue. It is a plant of valley bottoms and moist bottom slopes, in areas of moderate light; it is not a shade lover....
  
  — Spring Blue-eyed Mary
• Desmodium illinoense — Illinois Tick-trefoil

Endangered Vascular Plants

• Abronia umbellata
  Abronia umbellata
  Abronia umbellata is a flowering perennial plant native to the western United States. Other common names include Beach Sand Verbena and Purple Sand Verbena.-Distribution:...
  
  — Pink Sand-verbena
• Actaea elata — Tall Bugbane
• Adiantum capillus-veneris
  Adiantum capillus-veneris
  Adiantum capillus-veneris, the Southern maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern, and venus hair fern, is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum with a subcosmopolitan worldwide distribution...
  
  — Southern Maidenhair Fern
• Agalinis aspera
  Agalinis aspera
  Agalinis aspera is a non-poisonous plant of the genus Agalinis, habitating in the dry prairies. It can grow to be about eight to twenty-four inches tall. When the flowers bloom, the colors vary between purple and pink.The tall foxglove is native to some parts of the United States and Canada...
  
  — Rough Agalinis
• Agalinis gattingeri — Gattinger's Agalinis
• Agalinis skinneriana — Skinner's Agalinis
• Ammannia robusta
  Ammannia robusta
  Ammannia robusta is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name grand redstem. It is native to most of western and central North America, where it grows in moist places, such as ditches and pond margins. It is an annual herb reaching about a meter in maximum...
  
  — Scarlet Ammannia
• Antennaria flagellaris
  Antennaria flagellaris
  Antennaria flagellaris is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names whip pussytoes and stoloniferous pussytoes...
  
  — Stoloniferous Pussytoes
• Aristida basiramea — Forked Three-awned Grass
• Balsamorhiza deltoidea
  Balsamorhiza deltoidea
  Balsamorhiza deltoidea is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe of the plant family Asteraceae known by the common name deltoid balsamroot...
  
  — Deltoid Balsamroot
• Betula lenta — Cherry Birch
• Braya longii — Long's Braya
• Buchnera americana — Bluehearts
• Camissonia contorta
  Camissonia contorta
  Camissonia contorta is a species of evening primrose known by the common name plains evening primrose. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Idaho, where it grows in many habitat types. It is an annual herb producing a slender, bending to curling red or green...
  
  — Contorted-pod Evening-primrose
• Carex lupuliformis — False Hop Sedge
• Carex juniperorum — Juniper Sedge
• Castanea dentata — American Chestnut
• Castilleja levisecta
  Castilleja levisecta
  Castilleja levisecta is a rare species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name golden paintbrush, or golden Indian paintbrush. It is native to British Columbia and Washington, where it is known from eleven remaining populations. It occurred in Oregon but all natural...
  
  — Golden Paintbrush
• Chimaphila maculata
  Chimaphila maculata
  Chimaphila maculata is a small , perennial evergreen herb native to eastern North America and Central America, from southern Quebec west to Illinois, and south to Florida and Panama.It has dark green, variegated leaves 2-7 cm in length, and 6-26 mm in...
  
  — Spotted Wintergreen
• Cirsium pitcheri — Pitcher's Thistle
• Collomia tenella — Slender Collomia
• Coreopsis rosea
  Coreopsis rosea
  Coreopsis rosea is a plant species of the genus Coreopsis in Asteraceae. Coreopsis species are commonly called tickseeds. It is native to eastern North America, in a number of Atlantic states and Nova Scotia, Canada. It grows in wet areas such as marsh edges. Unlike most Coreopsis species, the...
  
  — Pink Coreopsis
• Cryptantha minima — Tiny Cryptanthe
• Cypripedium candidum
  Cypripedium candidum
  Cypripedium candidum, also known as Small White Lady's Slipper or White Lady's Slipper, is a rare orchid of the Cypripedium genus. It is found in wet prairies and fens, in rich, highly calcareous soils, sedge meadow edges, calcareous roadside and railway ditches. Cypripedium candidum grows to a...
  
  — Small White Lady's-slipper
• Drosera filiformis
  Drosera filiformis
  Drosera filiformis, commonly known as the Thread-leaved sundew, is a small, insectivorous, rosette forming species of perennial herb. A species of sundew, it is unusual within its genus in that the long, erect, filiform leaves of this plant unroll in spirals - an arrangement similar to the...
  
  — Thread-leaved Sundew
• Eleocharis equisetoides — Horsetail Spike-rush
• Epilobium densiflorum
  Epilobium densiflorum
  Epilobium densiflorum is a species of willowherb known by the common names Denseflower Willowherb, Dense Spike-primrose or Dense Boisduvalia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it is found in a variety of habitats. This is an erect annual often...
  
  — Dense Spike-primrose
• Epilobium torreyi
  Epilobium torreyi
  Epilobium torreyi is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names Torrey's Willowherb and Brook Spike-primrose. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat, often in moist areas...
  
  — Brook Spike-primrose
• Frasera caroliniensis — American Columbo
• Gentiana alba
  Gentiana alba
  Gentiana alba is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the Gentian family Gentianaceae, producing yellowish-white colored flowers from thick white taproots...
  
  — White Prairie Gentian
• Geum peckii — Eastern Mountain Avens
• Isoetes engelmannii
  Isoetes engelmannii
  Isoetes engelmannii, commonly known as Engelmann's quillwort or Appalachian quillwort , is an aquatic pteridophyte and is the most widely distributed species of its genus in eastern North America...
  
  — Engelmann's Quillwort
• Isotria medeoloides
  Isotria medeoloides
  Isotria medeoloides is a terrestrial orchid found in temperate Eastern North America. Its range is from southern Maine south to Georgia and west to southern Ontario, Michigan, and Tennessee. A population was found in Missouri in 1897, but the plant is no longer believed extant there...
  
  — Small Whorled Pogonia
• Isotria verticillata — Large Whorled Pogonia
• Juglans cinerea — Butternut
• Juncus kelloggii
  Juncus kelloggii
  Juncus kelloggii is a species of rush known by the common name Kellogg's dwarf rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in low, wet spots in meadows and other grassy areas, for example, vernal pools. It is a tiny annual herb forming small,...
  
  — Kellogg's Rush
• Lespedeza virginica — Slender Bush-clover
• Liparis liliifolia — Purple Twayblade
• Lipocarpha micrantha — Small-flowered Lipocarpha
• Lotus formosissimus
  Lotus formosissimus
  Lotus formosissimus is a species of legume known by the common name seaside bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in moist spots in the coastal mountains and down to the oceanside bluffs. It is a perennial herb growing upright...
  
  — Seaside Bird's-foot Lotus
• Lotus pinnatus
  Lotus pinnatus
  Lotus pinnatus is a species of legume known by the common names meadow bird's-foot trefoil and bog bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to western North America from California into the Pacific Northwest, its distribution extending into British Columbia in just a few rare occurrences near Nanaimo. It...
  
  — Bog Bird's-foot Trefoil
• Lupinus densiflorus — Dense-flowered Lupine
• Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus — Prairie Lupine
• Lupinus rivularis
  Lupinus rivularis
  Lupinus rivularis is a species of lupine known by the common name riverbank lupine. It is native to western North America from southern British Columbia to northern California, where it is known mainly from coastal habitat. This is a robust, erect perennial herb or subshrub growing up to about a...
  
  — Streambank Lupine
• Magnolia acuminata — Cucumber Tree
• Meconella oregana — White Meconella
• Microseris bigelovii
  Microseris bigelovii
  Microseris bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name coastal silverpuffs. It is native to the west coast of North America, where its range extends from the southern tip of Vancouver Island to the northern coast of California.-Distribution:Its...
  
  — Coast Microseris
• Minuartia pusilla
  Minuartia pusilla
  Minuartia pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names annual sandwort and dwarf stitchwort. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in mountain forests, chaparral, and other habitat. It is a petite...
  
  — Dwarf Sandwort
• Morus rubra — Red Mulberry
• Opuntia humifusa — Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
• Orthocarpus barbatus — Grand Coulee Owl-clover
• Orthocarpus bracteosus
  Orthocarpus bracteosus
  Orthocarpus bracteosus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name rosy owl's clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as meadows.-Description:Orthocarpus...
  
  — Rosy Owl-clover
• Panax quinquefolius — American Ginseng
• Pedicularis furbishiae
  Pedicularis furbishiae
  Furbish's lousewort is a perennial herb found only on the shores of the upper St. John River in Maine and New Brunswick. Furbish's lousewort was first recognized as a new species by Maine naturalist and botanical artist Kate Furbish in 1880...
  
  — Furbish's Lousewort
• Phacelia ramosissima
  Phacelia ramosissima
  Phacelia ramosissima is a species of phacelia known by the common name branching phacelia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and the Southwestern United States, where it can be found in many types of habitat....
  
  — Branched Phacelia
• Plantago cordata — Heart-leaved Plantain
• Platanthera leucophaea — Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid
• Platanthera praeclara — Western Prairie Fringed-orchid
• Polygala incarnata — Pink Milkwort
• Psilocarphus brevissimus
  Psilocarphus brevissimus
  Psilocarphus brevissimus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name short woollyheads. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada, California, to northwestern Mexico, as well as southern South America, where it grows in moist flats, such as...
  
  (Southern Mountain population) — Dwarf Woolly-heads
• Psilocarphus elatior
  Psilocarphus elatior
  Psilocarphus elatior is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names tall woollyheads and meadow woollyheads. It is native to the Pacific Northwest in western North America from Vancouver Island, where it is known from just a few occurrences, to northern California...
  
  — Tall Woolly-heads
• Pycnanthemum incanum
  Pycnanthemum incanum
  Pycnanthemum incanum is a herbaceous perennial in the mint family, native to North America. It is listed as an endangered species in Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as in Ontario, where there are only two remaining populations located within a single stretch of oak savanna in Burlington...
  
  — Hoary Mountain-mint
• Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius
  Ranunculus alismifolius
  Ranunculus alismifolius is a species of buttercup known by the common name plantainleaf buttercup. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows, streambanks, and bogs, becoming common to abundant in...
  
   — Water-plantain Buttercup
• Rotala ramosior
  Rotala ramosior
  Rotala ramosior is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name lowland rotala. This aquatic or semi-aquatic plant is native to North America, where it grows in water bodies such as lakes, streams, and irrigation ditches. The branching stems of the plant grow up...
  
  — Toothcup
• Salix jejuna — Barrens Willow
• Sanicula arctopoides
  Sanicula arctopoides
  Sanicula arctopoides is a species of sanicle known commonly as footsteps of spring or bear's foot sanicle. It is a perennial herb found on the west coast of the United States, especially near the ocean. The branches are short and thick and may be prostrate or slightly erect...
  
  — Bear's-foot Sanicle
• Silene scouleri grandis
  Silene scouleri
  Silene scouleri is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name simple campion. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado. There are at least three subspecies which all vary in size, shape, habitat preference, and distribution....
  
  — Coastal Scouler's Catchfly
• Silene spaldingii
  Silene spaldingii
  Silene spaldingii is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Spalding's catchfly and Spalding's campion. It is native to eastern Washington, and eastern Oregon in the United States, as well as northern Idaho and northern Montana, where its distribution extends...
  
  — Spalding's Campion
• Solidago speciosa
  Solidago speciosa
  Solidago speciosa, or Showy Goldenrod, is a flowering plant in the United States....
  
  — Showy Goldenrod
• Stylophorum diphyllum — Wood-poppy
• Symphyotrichum frondosum
  Symphyotrichum frondosum
  Symphyotrichum frondosum is a species of aster known by the common name short-rayed alkali aster.-Distribution:...
  
  — Short-rayed Alkali Aster
• Tephrosia virginiana
  Tephrosia virginiana
  Tephrosia virginiana, also known as Goat's Rue, is a perennial dicot in Fabaceae. This subshrub has alternate compound leaves. All parts of the plant are pubescent giving it a silvery, hoary appearance. The terminal, compact racemes of cream and deep pink flowers bloom May to August. This plant...
  
  — Virginia Goat's-rue
• Tonella tenella
  Tonella tenella
  Tonella tenella is one of two herbaceous plant species in genus Tonella, which has been recently reclassified as a member of Plantaginaceae. This species is known by the common names small-flowered tonella and lesser baby innocence. The plant is a small annual herb with an erect stem up to 30...
  
  — Small-flowered Tonella
• Trichophorum planifolium — Bashful Bulrush
• Trillium flexipes
  Trillium flexipes
  Trillium flexipes, the Bent Trillium or Drooping Trillium, is a spring-flowering perennial which is most common in the midwestern United States. Scattered populations are found as far east as Philadelphia and as far south as Alabama. However, it is an endangered plant species in Canada and is rare...
  
  — Drooping Trillium
• Triphora trianthophora — Nodding Pogonia
• Triphysaria versicolor versicolor
  Triphysaria versicolor
  Triphysaria versicolor is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name yellowbeak owl's clover. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, where it grows in grassland habitat. It an annual herb producing a green or...
  
  — Bearded Owl-clover
• Tripterocalyx micranthus
  Tripterocalyx micranthus
  Tripterocalyx micranthus is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common name smallflower sand-verbena. It is native to North America, where it is known from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan through a section of the central United States toward the desert southwest...
  
  — Small-flowered Sand-verbena
• Triteleia howellii — Howell's Triteleia
• Viola pedata
  Viola pedata
  Viola pedata is an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family. Monophyletic in stature, this violet, also known as the "mountain pansy" is endemic to eastern North America, where it favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments...
  
  — Bird's-foot Violet
• Woodsia obtusa
  Woodsia obtusa
  Woodsia obtusa is a common rock fern of Appalachia and eastern North America. It prefers a calcareous substrate, but also grows in neutral soils. It may grow on rock faces or in scree....
  
  — Blunt-lobed Woodsia

Threatened Vascular Plants

• Aletris farinosa — Colicroot
• Azolla mexicana — Mexican Mosquito-fern
• Bartonia paniculata paniculata — Branched Bartonia
• Braya fernaldii — Fernald's Braya
• Buchloe dactyloides — Buffalograss
• Calochortus lyallii — Lyall's Mariposa Lily
• Camassia scilloides
  Camassia scilloides
  Camassia scilloides is a perennial herb also known as the Atlantic camas and Southern Wild Hyacinth. It is native to the eastern half of North America...
  
  — Wild Hyacinth
• Carex sabulosa — Baikal Sedge
• Castilleja rupicola — Cliff Paintbrush
• Celtis tenuifolia
  Celtis tenuifolia
  Celtis tenuifolia, the Dwarf Hackberry or Georgia Hackberry is a shrub or small tree 2 to 12 meters high. It is native to eastern North America, but is very uncommon north of the Ohio River...
  
  — Dwarf Hackberry
• Cephalanthera austiniae
  Cephalanthera austiniae
  Cephalanthera austiniae is a species of orchid known by the common names phantom orchid and snow orchid because the entire plant is white. Native to the western United States and Canada, it is the only species of genus Cephalanthera found outside of Europe and Asia, and the only one entirely...
  
  — Phantom Orchid
• Chenopodium subglabrum — Smooth Goosefoot
• Cirsium hillii
  Cirsium hillii
  Cirsium pumilum var. hillii is a type of thistle endemic to North America. The common name for this plant is Hill’s thistle . Alternate names for this plant include Cirsium hillii and Cirsium pumilum subsp...
  
  — Hill's Thistle
• Corydalis scouleri — Scouler's Corydalis
• Dalea villosa var. villosa — Hairy Prairie-clover
• Eleocharis tuberculosa — Tubercled Spike-rush
• Enemion biternatum
  Enemion biternatum
  Enemion biternatum , commonly known as the False Rue-anemone, is a spring ephemeral native to moist deciduous woodland in the eastern United States and extreme southern Ontario....
  
  — False Rue-anemone
• Eurybia divaricata
  Eurybia divaricata
  Eurybia divaricata , commonly known as the white wood aster, is an herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. It occurs in the eastern United States, primarily in the Appalachian mountains, though it is also present in southeastern Canada, but only in about 25 populations in the provinces of...
  
  — White Wood Aster
• Gentianopsis virgata subsp. victorinii — Victorin's Gentian
• Gymnocladus dioicus — Kentucky Coffee-tree
• Halimolobos virgata — Slender Mouse-ear-cress
• Hydrastis canadensis — Goldenseal
• Hydrocotyle umbellata
  Hydrocotyle umbellata
  Hydrocotyle umbellata, is an aquatic plant that thrives in wet, sandy habitat. Its English common name is manyflower marsh pennywort or dollarweed. It is native to North America and parts of South America. It can also be found growing as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed on other...
  
  — Water-pennywort
• Hymenoxys herbacea — Lakeside Daisy
• Iris lacustris — Dwarf Lake Iris
• Iris missouriensis
  Iris missouriensis
  Iris missouriensis is a species of iris found in western North America. Its distribution is varied; it grows at high elevations in mountains and alpine meadows and all the way down to sea level in coastal hills. Its common names include western blue flag and Rocky Mountain iris...
  
  — Western Blue Flag
• Isoetes bolanderi
  Isoetes bolanderi
  Isoetes bolanderi is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Bolander's quillwort. This is a "primitive" aquatic plant native to western North America which grows almost entirely underwater in lakes and other water bodies...
  
  — Bolander's Quillwort
• Justicia americana
  Justicia americana
  American Water-willow is a herbaceous, aquatic flowering plant in the Acanthus family native to North America. It is the hardiest species in the genus Justicia, the other members of which being largely tropical and subtropical, and it is able to survive as far north as USDA zone 4...
  
  — American Water-willow
• Lachnanthes caroliana — Redroot
• Liatris spicata
  Liatris spicata
  Liatris spicata, the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather, is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America....
  
  — Dense Blazing Star
• Limnanthes macounii
  Limnanthes macounii
  Limnanthes macounii is an endangered meadowfoam. It is a narrow endemic of south-western British Columbia, Canada. It was discovered in 1875 in the vicinity of the city of Victoria...
  
  — Macoun's Meadowfoam
• Lophiola aurea — Golden Crest
• Phlox speciosa subsp. occidentalis
  Phlox speciosa
  Phlox speciosa is a species of phlox known by the common name showy phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico, where it occurs in sagebrush, pine woodlands, and mountain forests. It is an erect perennial herb with a shrubby base growing up to about...
  
   — Showy Phlox
• Polemonium vanbruntiae — van Brunt's Jacob's-ladder
• Polystichum lemmonii
  Polystichum lemmonii
  Polystichum lemmonii is a species of fern known by the common names Lemmon's holly fern and Shasta fern. It is native to western North America from the Sierra Nevada of California north to Washington...
  
  — Lemmon's Holly Fern
• Polystichum scopulinum
  Polystichum scopulinum
  Polystichum scopulinum is a species of fern known by the common names mountain holly fern and rock sword fern. It is native to much of western North America, and it is known from disjunct occurrences in eastern Canada, as well. It grows in rocky habitat, often in full sun...
  
  — Mountain Holly Fern
• Ptelea trifoliata — Common Hoptree
• Sabatia kennedyana — Plymouth Gentian
• Salix chlorolepis — Green-scaled Willow
• Sanicula bipinnatifida
  Sanicula bipinnatifida
  Sanicula bipinnatifida is a species of flowering plant in the parsley family known by the common names purple sanicle, purple blacksnakeroot, and shoe buttons...
  
  — Purple Sanicle
• Sericocarpus rigidus — White-top Aster
• Smilax rotundifolia (Great Lakes Plains population) — Round-leaved Greenbrier
• Symphyotrichum anticostense — Anticosti Aster
• Symphyotrichum laurentianum — Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster
• Symphyotrichum praealtum — Willowleaf Aster
• Symphyotrichum prenanthoides — Crooked-stem Aster
• Symphyotrichum sericeum
  Symphyotrichum sericeum
  Symphyotrichum sericeum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by several common names, including western silver aster and silky aster. It is native to the central plains of North America.-Distribution:...
  
  — Western Silvery Aster
• Tradescantia occidentalis
  Tradescantia occidentalis
  Tradescantia occidentalis is a plant in the dayflower family, Commelinaceae. It is listed as a threatened species in Canada....
  
  — Western Spiderwort
• Vaccinium stamineum
  Vaccinium stamineum
  Vaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, squaw huckleberry or gooseberry, is a flowering shrub in the heath family. The plant is native to eastern North America from Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Texas...
  
  — Deerberry
• Viola praemorsa subsp. praemorsa
  Viola praemorsa
  Viola praemorsa is a species of violet known by the common names canary violet and Astoria violet.-Description:This rhizomatous perennial herb grows up to 30 centimeters in maximum height...
  
   — Yellow Montane Violet, praemorsa subspecies
• Yucca glauca
  Yucca glauca
  Yucca glauca , known as soapweed yucca, narrowleaf yucca, plains yucca, and beargrass...
  
  — Soapweed

Vascular Plants of Special Concern

• Achillea millefolium var. megacephalum — Large-headed Woolly Yarrow
• Armeria maritima subsp. interior
  Armeria maritima
  Armeria maritima is the botanical name for a species of flowering plant.It is a popular garden flower, known by several common names, including thrift, sea thrift, and sea pink. The plant has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower...
  
   — Athabasca Thrift
• Arnoglossum plantagineum
  Arnoglossum plantagineum
  Arnoglossum plantagineum also known as groovestem Indian plantain is a species of Arnoglossum and the family Asteraceae....
  
  — Tuberous Indian-plantain
• Asplenium scolopendrium — American Hart's-tongue Fern
• Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii
  Astragalus robbinsii
  Astragalus robbinsii is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Robbins' milkvetch. It is native to North America, where it is widespread with several varieties originating from different regions....
  
   — Fernald's Milk-vetch
• Bidens amplissima — Vancouver Island Beggarticks
• Cicuta maculata var. victorinii
  Cicuta maculata
  Cicuta maculata is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, and the suicide root by the Iroquois. It is native to nearly all of North America, from northern Canada to southern Mexico...
  
   — Victorin's Water-hemlock
• Clethra alnifolia
  Clethra alnifolia
  Clethra alnifolia , is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra, native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida, and west to eastern Texas....
  
  — Sweet Pepperbush
• Deschampsia mackenzieana — Mackenzie Hairgrass
• Dryopteris arguta
  Dryopteris arguta
  Dryopteris arguta, with the common name coastal woodfern, is a species of wood fern. It is native to the west coast of North America, where it grows in oak woodlands and shady low elevation slopes in Southern California and north.-Description:...
  
  — Coastal Wood Fern
• Fraxinus quadrangulata — Blue Ash
• Hibiscus moscheutos
  Hibiscus moscheutos
  Hibiscus moscheutos is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant that can grow in large colonies. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes having up to three lobes...
  
  — Swamp Rose-mallow
• Isoetes prototypus — Prototype Quillwort
• Juncus caesariensis — New Jersey Rush
• Lilaeopsis chinensis — Eastern Lilaeopsis
• Potamogeton hillii — Hill's Pondweed
• Psilocarphus brevissimus
  Psilocarphus brevissimus
  Psilocarphus brevissimus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name short woollyheads. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada, California, to northwestern Mexico, as well as southern South America, where it grows in moist flats, such as...
  
  (Prairie population) — Dwarf Woolly-heads
• Psilocarphus elatior
  Psilocarphus elatior
  Psilocarphus elatior is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names tall woollyheads and meadow woollyheads. It is native to the Pacific Northwest in western North America from Vancouver Island, where it is known from just a few occurrences, to northern California...
  
  (Prairie population) — Tall Woolly-heads
• Rosa setigera — Climbing Prairie Rose
• Salix brachycarpa var. psammophila — Sand Dune Short-capsuled Willow
• Salix silicicola — Felt-leaf Willow
• Salix turnorii — Turnor's Willow
• Solidago houghtonii — Houghton's Goldenrod
• Solidago riddellii — Riddell's Goldenrod
• Tanacetum huronense var. floccosum — Floccose Tansy

Endangered Mosses

• Bartramia stricta — Rigid Apple Moss
• Bryoandersonia illecebra — Spoon-leaved Moss
• Entosthodon rubiginosus — Rusty Cord-moss
• Fabronia pusilla — Silver Hair Moss
• Fissidens pauperculus — Poor Pocket Moss
• Scouleria marginata — Margined Streamside Moss

Threatened Mosses

• Bartramia halleriana
  Bartramia halleriana
  Bartramia halleriana is a species of moss in the Bartramiaceae family.-External links:***...
  
  — Haller's Apple Moss
• Pterygoneurum kozlovii — Alkaline Wing-nerved Moss

Mosses of Special Concern

• Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum — Columbian Carpet Moss
• Entosthodon fascicularis — Banded Cord-moss
• Fissidens exilis — Pygmy Pocket Moss
• Syntrichia laevipila — Twisted Oak Moss

Endangered Lichens

• Erioderma pedicellatum
  Erioderma pedicellatum
  Erioderma pedicellatum is a medium-sized, foliose lichen in the family Pannariaceae, commonly called boreal felt lichen because of its fuzzy appearance. It grows on trees in damp boreal forests along the Atlantic coast, as well as on the Pacific coast of Alaska...
  
  (Atlantic population) — Boreal Felt Lichen
• Heterodermia sitchensis — Seaside Centipede Lichen

Lichens of Special Concern

• Erioderma pedicellatum
  Erioderma pedicellatum
  Erioderma pedicellatum is a medium-sized, foliose lichen in the family Pannariaceae, commonly called boreal felt lichen because of its fuzzy appearance. It grows on trees in damp boreal forests along the Atlantic coast, as well as on the Pacific coast of Alaska...
  
  (Boreal population) — Boreal Felt Lichen
• Nephroma occultum — Cryptic Paw
• Sclerophora peronella (Nova Scotia population) — Frosted Glass-whiskers

External links

• Species at Risk website
• List of Wildlife Species at Risk, by category