Species At Risk In Atlantic Canada

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SPECIES AT RISK IN ATLANTIC CANADA - Identification & Information Guide
Title	Description
Introduction	Introduction, ISBN	4.40 MB
Table of Contents	Table of Contents	440 KB
Status	Status Information for Atlantic Canada	1.90 MB
Species Identification	Species Indentification and Information Card	2.00 MB
Acknowledgements	Groups, Individuals, Organizations & Acronyms	426 KB
Complete Guide	Species At Risk In Atlantic Canada - Identification & Information Guide		Download

MAMMALS
Title	Genus Species
Canada Lynx	Lynx canadensis	2.50 MB
American Marten	Martes americana (NS and NL Populations)	2.83 MB
Little Brown Myotis	Myotis lucifugus	2.16 MB
Northern Myotis	Myotis septentrionalis	3.26 MB
Tri-colored Bat	Perimyotis subflavus	2.32 MB
Woodland Caribou	Rangifer tarandus caribou (Boreal Population)	3.10 MB
Polar Bear	Ursus maritimus (Davis Strait Population)	2.25 MB

BIRDS - Coastal
Title	Genus Species
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	1.38 MB
Barrow's Goldeneye	Bucephala islandica	1.38 MB
Red Knot	Calidris canutus rufa	1.08 MB
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus melodus	1.12 MB
Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis	3.17 MB
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus anatum	1.71 MB
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	2.60 MB
Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis	2.45 MB
Ivory Gull	Pagophila ebumea	1.79 MB
Ipswich Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis princeps	1.59 MB
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	1.54 MB

BIRDS - Inland
Title	Genus Species
Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus vociferus	2.92 MB
Canada Warbler	Cardellina canadensis	1.50 MB
Bicknell's Thrush	Catharus bicknelli	3.00 MB
Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica	1.98 MB
Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	1.40 MB
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	2.93 MB
Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus	1.46 MB
Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra percna	1.40 MB

REPTILES
Title	Genus Species
Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina	2.82 MB
Blanding's turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	3.26 MB
Wood turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	3.22 MB
Eastern Ribbonsnake	Thamnophis sauritus	3.05 MB

FISH
Title	Genus Species
Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	2.90 MB
Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	3.12 MB
Atlantic Whitefish	Coregonus huntsmani	2.88 MB
Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	3.25 MB
Atlantic Salmon	Salmo salar	3.16 MB

LICHENS
Title	Genus Species
Blue Felt Lichen	Degelia plumbea	2.00 MB
Voles Ear Lichen	Erioderma mollissimum	1.89 MB
Boreal Felt Lichen	Erioderma pedicellatum	3.60 MB
Frosted Glass-whiskers	Sclerophora peronella	3.29 MB

MOSSES
Title	Genus Species
Porsilds Bryum	Haplodontium macrocarpum	3.27 MB

INSECTS
Title	Genus Species
Cobblestone Tiger Beetle	Cicindela marginipennis	3.00 MB
Maritime Ringlet	Coenonympha nipisiquit	1.39 MB
Monarch Butterfly	Danaus plexippus	3.00 MB
Pygmy Snaketail	Ophiogomphus howei	3.05 MB

MOLLUSKS
Title	Genus Species
Brook Floater	Alasmidonta varicosa	2.69 MB
Yellow Lampmussel	Lampsilis cariosa	2.77 MB

PLANTS
Title	Genus Species
Prototype Quillwort	Isoetes prototypus	3.21 MB
Butternut	Juglans cinerea	3.18 MB
Beach Pinweed	Lechea maritima var. subcylindrica	1.89 MB
Furbish's Lousewort	Pedicularis furbishiae	2.76 MB
Van Brunt's Jacobs-ladder	Polemonium vanbruntiae	3.26 MB
Anticosti Aster	Symphyotrichum anticostense	1.76 MB
Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster	Symphyotrichum laurentianum	1.78 MB
Bathurst Aster	Symphyotrichum subulatum	1.73 MB

PLANTS - Arctic / Alpine
Title	Genus Species
Fernald's Braya	Braya fernaldii	2.94 MB
Long's Braya	Braya longii	3.09 MB
Eastern Mountain Avens	Geum peckii	2.87 MB
Mountain Holly Fern	Polystichum scopulinum	1.86 MB
Barrens Willow	Salix jejuna	3.05 MB

PLANTS - Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora
Title	Genus Species
Eastern Baccharis	Baccharis halimifolia	2.68 MB
Sweet Pepperbush	Clethra alnifolia	1.72 MB
Pink Coreopsis	Coreopsis rosea	3.09 MB
Thread-leaved Sundew	Drosera filiformis	3.37 MB
Tubercled Spike-rush	Eleocharis tuberculosa	3.20 MB
Water-pennywort	Hydrocotyle umbellata	1.07 MB
New Jersey Rush	Juncus caesariensis	2.65 MB
Redroot	Lachnanthes caroliniana	3.48 MB
Eastern Lilaeopsis	Lilaeopsis chinensis	3.28 MB
Golden Crest	Lophiola aurea	1.10 MB
Spotted Pondweed	Potamogeton pulcher	2.61 MB
Plymouth Gentian	Sabatia kennedyana	3.12 MB
Long's Bulrush	Scirpus longii	3.95 MB