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Species at Risk

Norfolk County is a vibrant hub of biodiversity, attracting visitors to explore its unique ecosystems and thriving species at risk.

This region’s rich geological history and varied terrain have contributed to its high biodiversity

Here is the complete list of 88 species at risk in Norfolk County, Ontario:

Birds

  1. Acadian Flycatcher
  2. Barn Owl
  3. Cerulean Warbler
  4. Chimney Swift
  5. Eastern Meadowlark
  6. Eastern Whip-poor-will
  7. Least Bittern
  8. Loggerhead Shrike
  9. Louisiana Waterthrush
  10. Olive-sided Flycatcher
  11. Piping Plover
  12. Prothonotary Warbler
  13. Red-headed Woodpecker
  14. Wood Thrush

Mammals

  1. American Badger
  2. Little Brown Myotis (Bat)
  3. Northern Myotis (Bat)
  4. Tri-colored Bat

Reptiles

  1. Blanding’s Turtle
  2. Eastern Foxsnake
  3. Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
  4. Spotted Turtle
  5. Wood Turtle

Amphibians

  1. Jefferson Salamander

Insects

  1. Monarch Butterfly
  2. Mottled Duskywing
  3. West Virginia White

Plants

  1. American Chestnut
  2. American Ginseng
  3. Bird’s-foot Violet
  4. Bluehearts
  5. Butternut
  6. Colicroot
  7. Common Hoptree
  8. Cucumber Tree
  9. Dense Blazing Star
  10. Drooping Trillium
  11. Eastern Flowering Dogwood
  12. Few-flowered Club-rush
  13. Forked Three-awned Grass
  14. Goldenseal
  15. Green Dragon
  16. Hoary Mountain-mint
  17. Kentucky Coffee-tree
  18. Large Whorled Pogonia
  19. Long’s Bulrush
  20. Lowland Toothcup
  21. Purple Twayblade
  22. Red Mulberry
  23. Round-leaved Greenbrier
  24. Showy Goldenrod
  25. Shrubby St. John’s-wort
  26. Small White Lady’s-slipper
  27. Southern Twayblade
  28. Spotted Wintergreen
  29. Swamp Rose-mallow
  30. Tall Prairie Buttercup
  31. Virginia Goat’s-rue
  32. White Wood Aster
  33. Willowleaf Aster
  34. Wood-poppy

Molluscs

  1. Eastern Pondmussel
  2. Kidneyshell
  3. Northern Riffleshell
  4. Rainbow Mussel
  5. Round Hickorynut
  6. Snuffbox Mussel
  7. Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Lichens

  1. Blue Felt Lichen
  2. Boreal Felt Lichen
  3. Eastern Waterfan
  4. Frosted Glass-whiskers
  5. Ghost Antler
  6. Green Shield Lichen
  7. Pygmy Felt Lichen
  8. Wrinkled Shingle Lichen

Fishes

  1. Black Redhorse
  2. Grass Pickerel
  3. Lake Chubsucker
  4. Northern Brook Lamprey
  5. Pugnose Shiner
  6. Redside Dace
  7. River Redhorse
  8. Silver Shiner
  9. Spotted Gar
  10. Warmouth

Other

  1. American Eel
  2. Rapids Clubtail (Dragonfly)

Contact info

For more information, please email us at janet@longpointbiosphere.com

We acknowledge that we are living, working, playing and stewarding on the traditional treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the Neutral, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples.

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