White meconella (Meconella oregana) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Meconella oregana is a red-listed species in British Columbia with a rank of G2S1 (globally imperiled, provincially critically imperiled). However, this conveys no legal protection to the plants.  This species has a National Heritage Rank of N2 in the United States and of N1 in Canada1. In the United States, this species is ranked S1 (critically imperiled) in California and Oregon and S2 (vulnerable to extirpation) in Washington (California Native Plant Society 2003; NatureServe 2003; Rush et al. 1999; Washington Natural Heritage Program 2004). Despite its rankings, Meconella oregana has no legal protection in Washington, Oregon and California. However, it may receive protective management where it occurs in formal conservation areas.

Of the 3355 plants forming the total Canadian population of Meconella oregana only 11% occur on protected land, a highly visited Regional Park close to Victoria, while nearly 85% are on private land and about 4% are on unprotected federal land.

1 Following 2005 rank revision in British Columbia.

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