Dwarf sandwort (Minuartia pusilla) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Globally, Minuartia pusilla has been given a rank of "G5" by NatureServe (2002), a ranking that indicates that, on a global scale, it is considered to be "common to very common; demonstrably secure and essentially ineradicable under present conditions".  Nationally, it has been given a rank of “N1.” The British Columbia Conservation Data Centre in the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management has ranked this species as “S1” and placed it on the “Red list “(Douglas et al. 2002a).

There is currently no specific provincial rare species legislation in place for the protection of endangered/threatened vascular plants in British Columbia. Once designated by COSEWIC, Minuartia pusilla could, however, be considered federally protected by the Species at Risk Act.

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