Key Biodiversity Areas I’ve visited so far

Scaly Fringe Lichen

Chimney Swift, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Atlantic Mud-piddock, Big-leaved Marsh-elder, Roland’s Sea-blite

Red Phalarope, Hairy-spined Shield Lichen, Eastern Mountain Avens

Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Spotted Pondweed

Big-leaved Marsh-elder, Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Eastern Baccharis, Eastern Lilaeopsis, Maleberry, Pink Coreopsis, Plymouth Gentian, Saltmarsh False Foxglove, Spotted Pondweed, Water Pennywort

Tubercled Spikerush

Dovekie, Northern Gannet, Piping Plover melodus subspecies, Roseate Tern, Sanderling, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher

Circular-leaf Peatmoss, Thread-leaved Sundew

Piping Plover melodus subspecies, Thread-leaved Sundew

Eastern Lilaeopsis

Eastern Lilaeopsis

Golden-crest

Atlantic Whitefish

Wavy-leaved Aster

Eastern Lilaeopsis

Semipalmated Plover

Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Atlantic population), Roseate Tern

Black-legged Kittiwake, Northern Gannet

Common Eider

Atlantic Puffin, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Murre, Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Atlantic population), Razorbill

Common Eider

Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull

Newfoundland Chickweed

Piping Plover melodus subspecies

Yellow Lampmussel

Yellow Lampmussel

Yellow Lampmussel

Piping Plover melodus subspecies

Double-crested Cormorant, Piping Plover melodus subspecies, Beach Pinweed

Piping Plover melodus subspecies, Beach Pinweed, Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster

Semipalmated Sandpiper, Atlantic Mud-piddock

Eastern Lilaeopsis

Semipalmated Sandpiper, Roland’s Sea-blite

Eastern Waterfan, Roland’s Sea-blite

Roland’s Sea-blite

Roland’s Sea-blite

Northern Gannet, Piping Plover melodus subspecies, Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster

[a species at risk]

[a species at risk]

[a species at risk]

Quebec Rockcress

Brant, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Gannet

Common Eider, Dovekie, Iceland Gull, Little Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Razorbill

Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Bogbean Buckmoth, [a sensitive species]

Bogbean Buckmoth

Rapids Clubtail

Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population)

Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Northern Map Turtle, Cerulean Warbler, Pale-bellied Frost Lichen

Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Pitch Pine

Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population, Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Pugnose Shiner, American Water-willow, Deerberry, Pitch Pine

Toothcup (Great Lakes Plains population)

Quercus meuhlenbergii - Juniperus virginiana Alvar Woodland Alliance*, Loggerhead Shrike Eastern subspecies, Glutinous Rock Licorice Lichen, Peters’ Blackthread Lichen, Juniper Sedge *KBA designation is based on this ecosystem type rather than any one species

Quercus meuhlenbergii - Juniperus virginiana Alvar Woodland Alliance*, Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population, Bonaparte’s Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, White-winged Scoter, Four-leaved Milkweed *KBA designation is based on this ecosystem type rather than any one species

Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Eastern Sand Darter (West Lake population), Pugnose Shiner, Golden-eye Lichen (Great Lakes population)

Pale-bellied Frost Lichen

Rapids Clubtail

Jefferson Salamander, Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)

Rapids Clubtail

Tundra Swan

Black Redhorse, Kidneyshell, Northern Riffleshell, Purple Wartyback, Snuffbox, Wavy-rayed Lampmussel, [a sensitive species]

Swamp Cottonwood

Eastern Sand Darter (Southwestern Ontario population), Fawnsfoot, Kidneyshell, Lilliput, Mapleleaf (Great Lakes Upper St. Lawrence population), Northern Riffleshell, Purple Wartyback, Rayed Bean, Round Pigtoe, Salamander Mussel, Snuffbox, Threehorn Wartyback

Butler’s Gartersnake, Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population), Massasauga (Carolinian population)

Canvasback, Northern Madtom

Canvasback, Chimney Swift

Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population), Fowler’s Toad, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Bank Swallow, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Tundra Swan, Spotted Gar, Warmouth, Carolina Mantleslug, Red Mulberry, [a sensitive species (x4)]

Queensnake, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Eastern Sand Darter (Southwestern Ontario population), Northern Madtom, Fawnsfoot, Mapleleaf (Great Lakes Upper St. Lawrence population), Purple Wartyback, Threehorn Wartyback

Tundra Swan

Great Lakes Dune*, Blanding’s Turtle (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population), Fowler’s Toad, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Bank Swallow, Bonaparte’s Gull, Canvasback, Chimney Swift, Common Grackle, Common Merganser, Double-crested Cormorant, Greater Scaup, Little Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Redhead, Tundra Swan, Whimbrel, Lake Chubsucker, Pugnose Shiner, Spotted Gar, Warmouth, Bent Spike-rush (Great Lakes Plains population), Black-edged Sedge, Broad-winged Sedge, Horsetail Spike-rush, [a sensitive species (x3)] *KBA designation is based on this ecosystem type rather than any one species

American Columbo, Juniper Sedge

Massasauga (Carolinian population)

Jefferson Salamander, Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population), Lilliput, American Chestnut, American Columbo, Bashful Clubrush, Downy Yellow False Foxglove, Fern-leaved Yellow False Foxglove, Hoary Mountain-mint, Red Mulberry, [a sensitive species]

Double-crested Cormorant, Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Tundra Swan, White-winged Scoter

Contorted-pod Evening-primrose

Coast Microseris, Macoun’s Meadowfoam

Bear’s-foot Sanicle, Bearded Owl’s-clover, Erect Pygmyweed, Tall Woolly-heads

Bearded Owl’s-clover, Coast Microseris, Kellogg’s Rush, Macoun’s Meadowfoam, Muhlenberg’s Centaury, Purple Sanicle, Tall Woolly-heads, Victoria’s Owl-clover, Water-plantain Buttercup, Yellow Montane Violet

Tall Woolly-heads

Chimney Swift, Double-crested Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-billed Gull

Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle

Kiyi, Pygmy Whitefish Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations

Pale Showy Goldenrod, Slick-seed Wild Bean

Carmine Shiner

Carmine Shiner

Carmine Shiner, Northern Brook Lamprey Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations

Mapleleaf Mussel Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers Population, Fascicled Ironweed

Rough Agalinis, Western Silvery Aster

Boreal-Transition Alvar* (*KBA designation is based on this ecosystem type rather than any one species

Common Gartersnake

Rough Agalinis

[a sensitive species]

Rough Agalinis, [A sensitive species]

Bank Swallow, Franklin’s Gull, Hudsonian Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Sandhill Crane, Short-billed Dowitcher, Snow Goose, Tundra Swan, Western Grebe

Buffalograss

Piping Plover circumcinctus subspecies, Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Sandhill Crane, Snow Goose

Dusky Dune Moth, Gibson’s Big Sand Tiger Beetle, Pale Yellow Dune Moth, Hairy Prairie-Clover

Hudsonian Godwit, Ross’s Goose, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Tundra Swan

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Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer, Greater Short-horned Lizard, Burrowing Owl, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Greater Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies, Sprague's Pipit, Plains Minnow, Brain Scale Lichen, Desert Vagabond Lichen, Mormon Metalmark Prairie population, Spotted-Wing Bromeliad Fly, Striped Bromeliad Fly, Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Plains Bison, Bessey’s Locoweed, Opposite-leaved Bahia

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Dusky Dune Moth, Gold-edged Gem Moth, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Smooth Goosefoot

Dusky Dune Moth, Gold-edged Gem Moth, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Slender Mouse-ear-cress, Spiny Milk-vetch

Dusky Dune Moth, Gold-edged Gem Moth, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Spiny Milk-vetch

Dusky Dune Moth, Gold-edged Gem Moth, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Slender Mouse-ear-cress, Spiny Milk-vetch

Dusky Dune Moth, Gold-edged Gem Moth, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Spiny Milk-vetch

Little Brown Myotis, Northern Myotis, Porsild’s Bryum

Castleguard Cave Stygobromid

Banff Springs Snail

Bank Swallow, Franklin’s Gull, Trumpeter Swan

Spalding’s Campion

Lewis’s Woodpecker

Northern Leopard Frog, White Sturgeon

American Wigeon, Barn Owl Western population, Black Swift, Brant, Dunlin, Glaucous-winged Gull, Surf Scoter, Trumpeter Swan, Western Grebe, Western Sandpiper, White-winged Scoter

Marbled Murrelet, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper

Macoun’s Meadowfoam, Deltoid Balsamroot

Victoria’s Owl-clover, Macoun’s Meadowfoam, Bearded Owl’s-clover, Bear’s-foot Sanicle, Coast Microseris

Victoria’s Owl-clover, Macoun’s Meadowfoam

Victoria’s Owl-clover, Macoun’s Meadowfoam, Bearded Owl’s-clover

Sharp-tailed snake, Blue-grey Taildropper