White meconella (Meconella oregana) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 1

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Assessment Summary

Assessment Summary – May 2005

Common name : White Meconella

Scientific name : Meconella oregana

Status : Endangered

Reason for designation : A globally threatened annual plant with a highly restricted Canadian range and area of occupancy present at only five locations within the naturally rare Garry Oak Ecosystem. Its populations, totalling fewer than 3,500 mature plants, fluctuate greatly with varying precipitation patterns and are at imminent risk of major losses from development within the highly urbanized range of the species. Its habitat has also been impacted by the spread of many exotic weedy plants.

Occurrence : British Columbia

Status history : Designated Endangered in May 2005.  Assessment based on a new status report.