Green-scaled willow (Salix chlorolepis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

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Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Green-scaled willow is now protected in Quebec under the Act Respecting Threatened or Vulnerable Species and has been designated threatened since 1995. At present, the only occurrence of the green-scaled willow is located within a protected area: Gaspésie Provincial Park, Quebec.

NatureServe has assigned the green-scaled willow a global rank of G1, a Canadian rank of N1 and a provincial rank of S1 in Quebec. All of these imply that the species is critically imperiled. Argus and Pryer (1990) consider it rare in Canada and assign it, on the basis of another evaluation system, a Canadian priority rating of 2.