T10.12 Rare and Endangered Plants

Rare plants are those which grow, without the aid of cultivation, in only a few locations or are thought to be represented in our flora by only a small number of individuals. Although rarities account for only a tiny percentage of the total plant biomass in Nova Scotia's wildlands, the number of species so designated is surprisingly large (222 of Nova Scotia's approximately 1500 species of vascular plants are considered rare). To date, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has assigned endangered, threatened or vulnerable status to nine native Nova Scotian plants: Eastern Mountain Avens, New Jersey Rush, Pink Coreopsis, Thread-leaved Sundew, Golden Crest, Plymouth Gentian, Sweet Pepperbush, Water-Pennywort, Lilaeopsis.

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T4.2

T10

T11.18

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Juncus caesariensis, Sabatia kennedyana, Hydrocotyle umbellata, Lilaeopsis chinensis, Euthamia galetorum, Eastern Mountain Avens, Carex viridula, Arctic Blueberry, Moonwort Fern, Beach Senecio, Scurvygrass, Plymouth Gentian, Pink Coreopsis, water-pennywort, Goldcrest, Redroot, Netted Chain Fern, Long's Bulrush, Sweet Pepperbush, Thread-leaved Sundew, Toxicodendron vernix, Maidenhair Fern, Wild Leek, Blue Cohosh, Canada Lily, Canada Violet, Ram's-head Lady's-slipper, Hepatica, Isoetes prototypus, Species Places Protection Act 1980, Special Status Sheets.