Special Places: Eco-lessons from the National Parks in Atlantic Canada

Species At Risk List: Atlantic Canada – COSEWIC May, 2002

Endangered

BIRDS

• Piping plover (Charadrius melodus): N.B., Nfld.Lab., N.S., P.E.I.
• Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis)
• Roseate tern (Sterna dougalli): N.B., N.S.

FISH

• Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani): N.S.
• Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): (inner Bay of Fundy) N.B., Nfld.Lab., N.S.

LEPIDOPTERA

• Maritime ringlet butterfly (Coenonympha tullia nipisiguit): N.B.

LICHEN

• Boreal felt lichen (Ereoderma pedicellata): Atlantic population N.B., N.S.

MAMMALS

• Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus): Atlantic population
• Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas): South Baffin Island and Cumberland Sound
• Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
• Wolverine (Gulo gulo): (population eastern Canada)
• American marten (Martes americana atrata): (Nfld.Lab. population)

PLANTS

• Long’s braya (Braya longii): (calcareous barrens species) Nfld.Lab.
• Pink coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea): (coastal plain species) N.S.
• Thread-leaved sundew (Drosera filiformis): (coastal plain species) N.S.
• Eastern mountain avens (Geum peckii): (not coastal plain species) N.S.
• Furbish's lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae): N.B.
• Barrens willow (Salix jejuna): Nfld.Lab.

REPTILES

• Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Threatened

BIRDS

• Anatum peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum): N.B., N.S.
• Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis): N.B.

FISH

• Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)
• Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)
• Lake Utopia dwarf smelt (Osmerus spp.): N.B.

MAMMALS

• Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): (northwest Atlantic population)
• Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou): Nfld.Lab. (Boreal population)

PLANTS

• Anticosti aster (Aster anticostensis): N.B.
• Fernald’s braya (Braya fernaldii): Nfld.Lab.
• Tubercled spike-rush (Eleocharis tuberculosa): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Water-pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Golden crest (Lophiola aurea): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Plymouth gentian (Sabatia kennedyana): N.S. (coastal plain species)

REPTILES

• Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingi): (N.S. population)
• Northern ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus): (Atlantic population)

Special concern

BIRDS

• Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus): N.B., Nfld.Lab., N.S., P.E.I.
• Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica): N.B., Nfld.Lab., N.S., P.E.I.
• Bicknell’s thrush (Catharus bicknelli): N.B., N.S.
• Yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis): N.B.
• Tundra peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus tundrius): Nfld.Lab.
• Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus): (eastern Canadian population) N.B., Nfld.Lab., N.S.
• Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea): Nfld.Lab.
• Ipswich sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps): N.S.

FISH

• Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum): N.B.
• Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
• Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus): (Nfld.Lab. population)
• Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
• Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus): N.B.

LEPIDOPTERA

• Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): N.B., N.S., P.E.I.

LICHEN

• Boreal felt lichen (Ereoderma pedicellata): Nfld.Lab. (Boreal population)

MAMMALS

• Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
• Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans): N.B., N.S.
• Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (northwest Atlantic population)
• Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
• Gaspé shrew (Sorex gaspensis): N.B., N.S.
• Polar bear (Ursus maritimus): Nfld.Lab.

PLANTS

• Bathurst aster (Aster subulatus var obtusifolius): N.B.
• Fernald’s milk-vetch (Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii): Nfld.Lab.
• Sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• New Jersey rush (Juncus caesariensis): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Lilaeopsi (Lilaeopsis chinensis): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Long’s bulrush (Scirpus longii Fern.): N.S. (coastal plain species)
• Gulf of St. Lawrence aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum): N.B., P.E.I.

REPTILES

• Wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta): N.B., N.S.