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Appendix 1. Conservation Status and Threats to Species Associated with Late-Successional and Old-Growth Forests Within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl in Canada

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Appendix 1. Conservation Status and Threats to Species Associated with Late-Successional and Old-Growth Forests Within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl in Canada Appendix 1. Conservation status and threats to species associated with late-successional and old-growth forests within the range of the Northern Spotted Owl in Canada. Conservation status rankings are reported under the B.C. Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, the Committee on Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), and the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) and are reported as of March 28, 2006. Known threats to these species come from the scientific literature reviewed by NatureServe. Available at: http://www.natureserve.org/ Threats Environmental Contamination Environmental Taxonomic Group & Group Species Taxonomic Disruption ofFire RegimesDisruption Alien Species IntroductionAlien Int. &Accidental. Mortality Indirect effect of Timber Restricted Distribution Human Disturbance Disturbance Human Timber Harvesting Livestock Grazing SARA Schedule1 SARA Schedule2 SARA Schedule3 COSEWIC Listing COSEWIC Mining, Oil&GasMining, Common Name Urbananization Urbananization B.C. Listing Agriculture Unknown Unknown Tourism Tourism Harvest Name Other Other Amphibians Northwestern Ambystoma gracile YELLOW NAR no no no . X . Salamander Coastal Ascaphus truei BLUE SC yes no no X X . Tailed Frog Coastal Dicamptodon Giant RED T yes no no X X . tenebrosus Salamander Rough- not Taricha granulosa skinned YELLOW no no no X . assessed Newt Fish Coast Range not Cottus aleuticus YELLOW no no no . Sculpin assessed Shorthead Cottus confusus BLUE T yes no no . X . Sculpin Torrent not Cottus rhotheus YELLOW no no no . Sculpin assessed Cultus Cottus sp. (Cultus Pygmy RED T yes no no . X . Lake) Sculpin Hybognathus Brassy not YELLOW no no no . hankinsoni Minnow assessed Pacific not Lampetra tridentata YELLOW no no no . 2 . Lamprey assessed Cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarki not Trout, clarkii BLUE no no no X X . 2 . clarki assessed subspecies Oncorhynchus not Pink Salmon YELLOW no no no . gorbuscha assessed Chum not Oncorhynchus keta YELLOW no no no X . X . X . 2 . Salmon assessed Oncorhynchus Coho YELLOW E § no no no X X X . X . X . 2 . kisutch Salmon Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka YELLOW E * no no no X . 2 . Salmon Oncorhynchus Chinook not YELLOW no no no X . X . X . 4 . tshawytscha Salmon assessed Prosopium Mountain not YELLOW no no no . williamsoni Whitefish assessed Rhinichthys Longnose not YELLOW no no no . X . 2 . cataractae Dace assessed not Salvelinus malma Dolly Varden BLUE no no no . X assessed Pygmy data Spirinchus sp. Longfin RED no no no . X . deficient Smelt § Interior Fraser Population only * Cultus Population only Mammals Townsend's Corynorhinus not Big-eared BLUE no no no . X . X . X . townsendii assessed Bat Big Brown not Eptesicus fuscus YELLOW no no no . Bat assessed Northern Glaucomys sabrinus not Flying YELLOW no no no . assessed Squirrel Lasionycteris Silver-haired not YELLOW no no no . noctivagans Bat assessed not Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat YELLOW no no no . assessed not Martes americana Marten YELLOW no no no X . assessed not Martes pennanti Fisher BLUE no no no X X . assessed California not Myotis californicus YELLOW no no no . Myotis assessed Western not Myotis evotis Long-eared YELLOW no no no . X . assessed Myotis Keen's Long- data Myotis keenii RED no no yes X X X . X . eared Myotis deficient Little Brown not Myotis lucifugus YELLOW no no no . X . Myotis assessed Fringed data Myotis thysanodes BLUE no no yes X . X . X . X . Myotis deficient not Myotis yumanensis Yuma Myotis YELLOW no no no . X . assessed not Neurotrichus gibbsii Shrew-mole YELLOW no no no . assessed Peromyscus not Deer Mouse YELLOW no no no . maniculatus assessed Townsend's not Tamias townsendii YELLOW no no no . X . Chipmunk assessed Tamiasciurus Douglas' not YELLOW no no no . douglasii Squirrel assessed Birds Northern Accipiter gentilis Goshawk, RED T yes no no X . laingi laingi subspecies not Aix sponsa Wood Duck YELLOW no no no . X X . assessed Brachyramphus Marbled RED T yes no no X X . X . X X . marmoratus Murrelet not Bucephala albeola Bufflehead YELLOW no no no . assessed Barrow's not Bucephala islandica YELLOW no no no . Goldeneye assessed Hermit not Catharus guttatus YELLOW no no no . X . Thrush assessed Brown not Certhia americana YELLOW no no no X X . Creeper assessed not Chaetura vauxi Vaux's Swift YELLOW no no no X . assessed Northern not Colaptes auratus YELLOW no no no . X Flicker assessed Pileated not Dryocopus pileatus YELLOW no no no X X . X . Woodpecker assessed Pacific-slope not Empidonax difficilis YELLOW no no no . Flycatcher assessed Empidonax Hammond's not YELLOW no no no X X . X . hammondii Flycatcher assessed Empidonax Cordilleran not YELLOW no no no X . X . occidentalis Flycatcher assessed Northern not Glaucidium gnoma YELLOW no no no X . Pygmy-Owl assessed Haliaeetus Bald Eagle YELLOW NAR no no no . X X . leucocephalus Histrionicus Harlequin not YELLOW no no no X X . X . X . histrionicus (western) Duck assessed Varied not Ixoreus naevius YELLOW no no no . Thrush assessed Lophodytes Hooded not YELLOW no no no X . cucullatus Merganser assessed not Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill YELLOW no no no . assessed Common not Mergus merganser YELLOW no no no . Merganser assessed Flammulated Otus flammeolus BLUE SC yes no no X X . X . Owl Western Otus kennicottii Screech- BLUE SC yes no no X . X . X . kennicottii Owl Three-toed not Picoides tridactylus YELLOW no no no X . X . Woodpecker assessed Hairy not Picoides villosus YELLOW no no no . Woodpecker assessed Chestnut- not Poecile rufescens backed YELLOW no no no . assessed Chickadee Golden- not Regulus satrapa crowned YELLOW no no no X . assessed Kinglet Red- not Sitta canadensis breasted YELLOW no no no . assessed Nuthatch Red- not Sphyrapicus ruber breasted YELLOW no no no . assessed Sapsucker Williamson's Sphyrapicus Sapsucker, thyroideus thyroideus RED E no no no . thyroideus subspecies Great Gray Strix nebulosa YELLOW NAR no no no . Owl Strix occidentalis Spotted Owl RED E yes no no X . X . caurina not Strix varia Barred Owl YELLOW no no no . assessed Troglodytes not Winter Wren YELLOW no no no . troglodytes assessed Warbling not Vireo gilvus YELLOW no no no . Vireo assessed Wilson's not Wilsonia pusilla YELLOW no no no . Warbler assessed Vascular Plants not Achlys triphylla Vanilla-leaf YELLOW no no no . assessed not Adenocaulon bicolor Pathfinder YELLOW no no no . assessed Northern not Adiantum aleuticum YELLOW no no no . maiden-hair assessed not Allotropa virgata Candystick YELLOW no no no X . assessed Mountain not Arnica latifolia YELLOW no no no . arnica assessed not Asarum caudatum Wild ginger YELLOW no no no X . assessed Vancouver not Boschniakia hookeri YELLOW no no no . groundcone assessed Chamaecyparis not Yellow-cedar YELLOW no no no . nootkatensis assessed Menzies' not Chimaphila menziesii YELLOW no no no . pipsissewa assessed Chimaphila not Prince’s pine YELLOW no no no X . X . umbellata assessed not Clintonia uniflora Queen’s cup YELLOW no no no . assessed Spleenwort- not Coptis asplenifolia leaved YELLOW no no no X . assessed goldthread Corallorhiza Spotted not YELLOW no no no . X . X . maculata coralroot assessed Corallorhiza Western not YELLOW no no no . mertensiana coralroot assessed Cypripedium Mountain not YELLOW no no no X X . X . X . montanum lady's-slipper assessed Spiny wood not Dryopteris expansa YELLOW no no no . fern assessed Erythronium White glacier not BLUE no no no . X montanum lily assessed Alpine- not Gaultheria humifusa YELLOW no no no . wintergreen assessed Western tea- not Gaultheria ovatifolia YELLOW no no no . berry assessed Goodyera Rattlesnake- not YELLOW no no no . oblongifolia plantain assessed Gymnocarpium not Oak fern YELLOW no no no . dryopteris assessed Hemitomes not Gnome-plant YELLOW no no no X . congestum assessed Western not Hieracium scouleri YELLOW no no no . hawkweed, assessed Northern not Listera borealis YELLOW no no no . twayblade assessed Northwestern not Listera caurina YELLOW no no no . twayblade assessed Listera Broad-leaved not YELLOW no no no . convallarioides twayblade assessed Heart-leaved not Listera cordata YELLOW no no no X . twayblade assessed Hitchcock's not Luzula hitchcockii YELLOW no no no . wood-rush assessed Lysichiton Skunk not YELLOW no no no . americanus cabbage assessed False Maianthemum not Solomon's- YELLOW no no no . racemosum assessed seal Star-flowered Maianthemum false not YELLOW no no no . stellatum Solomon's- assessed seal Alaska not Melica subulata YELLOW no no no . oniongrass assessed not Menziesia ferruginea False azalea YELLOW no no no . assessed Single not Moneses uniflora YELLOW no no no . delight assessed Monotropa not Pinesap YELLOW no no no . hypopythis assessed not Monotropa uniflora Indian-pipe YELLOW no no no . assessed One-sided not Orthilia secunda YELLOW no no no . wintergreen assessed Redwood not Oxalis oregana RED no no no . X sorrel assessed Alaska rein not Piperia unalascensis YELLOW no no no . orchid assessed One-leaved not Platanthera obtusata YELLOW no no no . rein orchid assessed Large round- Platanthera not leaved rein YELLOW no no no . orbiculata assessed orchid Slender rein not Platanthera stricta YELLOW no no no . orchid assessed Narrow- Polystichum not leaved sword YELLOW no no no . imbricans assessed fern Prosartes hookeri Hooker's not YELLOW no no no . oregana fairybells assessed Pterospora not Pinedrops YELLOW no no no . X . andromedea assessed Pink not Pyrola asarifolia YELLOW no no no . wintergreen assessed Green not Pyrola chlorantha YELLOW no no no . wintergreen assessed White-veined not Pyrola picta YELLOW no no no . wintergreen assessed Dwarf not Rubus lasiococcus BLUE no no no . X bramble assessed Snow not Rubus nivalis RED no no no . X bramble assessed Five-leaved not Rubus pedatus YELLOW no no no . bramble assessed Oregon not Selaginella oregana BLUE no no no . X selaginella assessed Streptopus Clasping not YELLOW no no no . amplexifolius twistedstalk assessed Streptopus Rosy not YELLOW no no no . lanceolatus twisted-stalk assessed Streptopus Small not YELLOW no no no . streptopoides twisted-stalk assessed not Taxus brevifolia Western yew YELLOW no no no X .
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