Foothill sedge (Carex tumulicola) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 1

COSEWIC Assessment Summary

Assessment Summary – April 2008

Common name : Foothill sedge

Scientific name : Carex tumulicola

Status : Endangered

Reason for designation : This perennial species is known from 10 localized and highly fragmented sites in southwestern British Columbia where it occurs in meadows and shrub thickets within Garry oak ecosystems, a critically imperiled habitat in Canada. The total Canadian population likely consists of fewer than 1000 mature individuals. Factors such as competition and habitat degradation from invasive alien plants, altered fire regimes, urbanization, trampling and mowing place the species at risk.

Occurrence : British Columbia

Status history : Designated Endangered in April 2008. Assessment based on a new status report.

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