Small-flowered lipocarpha (Lipocarpha micrantha) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

EVALUATION

Existing protection or other status

Lipocarpha micrantha is currently listed as Threatened by COSEWIC.  It is Endangered in Connecticut (CDEP1998), Maryland (MWHD 2001, New Jersey(Snyder 2001), New York(Young 2001) and Pennsylvania (PNDI 2001) It is Threatened in Maine (MDCNAD 1999 and Ohio (ODNR 2000).  It is listed as Special Concern in Michigan (MNFI 2000) and outh Carolina (CHP 2000. The Nature Conservancy has listed it as a G4 species, and it is an N1 species in Canada (NatureServe 2001).  Subnational Nature Conservancy rankings are presented in table 1.  It is notable that of the 40 states where Lipocarpha micrantha has been reported, 22 states have not yet assigned a status to the species.  This likely reflects the difficulties associated with locating and identifying this species. (Amoroso 1999, aplow, pers. commun., 2001,NHNHI 2001, ownsend 2001.

Table 1.  Subnational Nature Conservancy Rankings for Lipocarpha micrantha in the United States.
SH New Hampshire
S1 Connecticut, District of Columbia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota (S1?), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia
S2 Ohio, South Carolina
S3 Illinois (S3S4), Michigan
S4 Iowa
SR, S? Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin

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