Elgin County's Species at Risk

Table 1: Significant Species of Elgin County (E. = Eastern)

National Designation by Committee on the Status of Endangered Species in Canada (COSEWIC) (all tracked by NHIC)

Note: Species in blue have additional opportunities for volunteers to get involved, through specific volunteer programs, or special data collection needs. These details can be found in Appendix 3.

Status	Amphibians & Reptiles	Birds	Plants	Fish	Insects	Mammals
Endangered	Spotted Turtle Butler’s Gartersnake Eastern Foxsnake Gray Ratsnake Five-Lined Skink Fowler’s Toad Jefferson Salamander	Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Henslow’s Sparrow King Rail Northern Bobwhite Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat	American Chestnut American Ginseng Butternut Drooping Trillium E. Flowering Dogwood E. Prickly Pear Cactus False Hop Sedge Large Whorled Pogonia Small White Lady’s Slipper Small Whorled Pogonia Spoon-leaved Moss	Northern Madtom Silver Chub	Laura’s Clubtail Riverine Clubtail Rusty-patched Bumble Bee	American Badger Little Brown Bat Northern Long-eared Bat Tri-coloured Bat
Threatened	Blanding’s Turtle Spiny Softshell E. Hog-nosed Snake	Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Bobolink Canada Warbler Chimney Swift Common Nighthawk E. Meadowlark E. Whip-poor-will Golden-winged Warbler Least Bittern Red-headed Woodpecker Wood Thrush	American Water-willow Colicroot Common Hoptree Dense Blazing-star False Rue-anemone Kentucky Coffee-tree Purple Twayblade Willowleaf Aster	Black Redhorse E. Sand Darter Lake Sturgeon
Special Concern	Snapping Turtle E. Musk Turtle Northern Map Turtle Eastern Ribbonsnake Milksnake	E. Wood-pewee Grasshopper Sparrow Louisiana Waterthrush Short-eared Owl	Blue Ash Broad Beech Fern Crooked-stem Aster Green Dragon Hill’s Pondweed Riddell’s Goldenrod Shumard Oak Swamp Rose Mallow		Monarch	Woodland Vole
Not At Risk	Western Chorus Frog	Bald Eagle Hooded Warbler		Brindled Madtom		Southern Flying- squirrel