Conservation Evaluation of Slender Collomia, Collomia tenella, in Canada

Authors

  • George W. Douglas Deceased
  • Jenifer L. Penny Conservation Data Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Ecosystems Branch, PO BOX 9993 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9R7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v120i2.283

Keywords:

Slender Collomia, Collomia tenella, endangered, distribution, population size, British Columbia

Abstract

In Canada, Slender Collomia, Collomia tenella, is restricted to the Princeton area in southwestern British Columbia. The single population represents the northern limits of the species, which ranges from southwestern British Columbia, south in the western United States to Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Oregon. In British Columbia, C. tenella is associated with an eroded section of a steeply sloping, southeast-facing sandy ridge. Population numbers fluctuate and in some years plants fail to appear. The major threats to C. tenella are through drilling for coalbed methane gas, sand removal for road construction, housing development and off-road recreational vehicles.

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