Blunt-lobed woodsia (Woodsia obtusa) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10
Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
NatureServe ranks W. obtusa as G5 (globally secure) and as N5 (nationally secure) in the US. It is ranked "at risk" in the following states: Florida, Maine and Michigan (S1, critically imperiled); Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island (S2, imperiled); and Vermont (S3, vulnerable). In Canada it is ranked as N1, and both S1 in Ontario and Quebec (NatureServe 2005). B lunt-lobed woodsia is listed as endangered and is in Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA); a recovery team is in the process of completing a recovery strategy that should indicate necessary steps to be taken to ensure further protection of the species. In Ontario, the species is listed and protected under the Endangered Species Act. In March 2003, the Ontario status of blunt-lobed woodsia was upgraded from Threatened to Endangered based on a new assessment using more recent provincial criteria adopted by the province. As a listed species, blunt-lobed woodsia is given consideration under Ontario’s Provincial Policy Statement and Provincial Parks Act. In Quebec, the species has recently (August 2005) been legally designated threatened under the Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables.
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