New Jersey rush (Juncus caesariensis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Juncus caesariensis was designated in 1992 by COSEWIC (Newell and Newell, 1992) as a species of Special Concern. It has a Canadian national ranking of N1N2, a provincial ranking of S1S2 and is considered to be globally imperiled (G2). State rankings in the United States are as follows: Maryland (S1, critically imperiled), New Jersey (S2, imperiled), North Carolina (S1) and Virginia (S2) (NatureServe, 2003).

This species is listed under the Nova Scotia Endangered Species Act as a vulnerable species. Vulnerable species do not have the same level of protection accorded endangered and threatened species under this act. They receive recognition as species at risk and there is a requirement that within three years of the listing of a vulnerable species, a management plan be prepared for the species. However, it is not illegal to destroy plants or habitat of vulnerable species.

New Jersey Rush has been listed recently in Nova Scotia as a β€œRed” species, i.e., a species known to be, or that is thought to be at risk (Nova Scotia General Status Ranks). 

None of the Nova Scotia populations of New Jersey Rush occur in protected areas.

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