Rusty cord-moss (Entosthodon rubiginosus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing protection or other status

No legislation, regulations, customs, or conditions protect Canadian populations of Entosthodon rubiginosus. 

In British Columbia, this species is considered imperiled to vulnerable globally (G2G3), and it is Red-listed provincially (S1, referring to any indigenous species or subspecies that have, or are candidates for Extirpated, Endangered, or Threatened status; BC Species and Ecosystem Explorer 2003, Ryan 1996).

The Montana Natural Heritage Program (2002) and NatureServe Explorer (2002) rank this species as G1G3 (ranging between being critically imperiled because of extreme rarity and/or other factors making it highly vulnerable to extinction, and vulnerable because of rarity or restricted range and/or other factors, even though it may be abundant at some of its locations). The Montana Natural Heritage Program (2002) ranks it SH for the state (H = Historical, known only from records over 50 years ago, and it may be rediscovered). Entosthodon rubiginosus is listed as G2G3 in a large scale ecosystem plan for the upper Missouri, Yellowstone, and upper Columbia Rivers (MOYOCO), a conservation effort that covers Montana, northern Wyoming, and part of western North Dakota (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000).

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