Spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) COSEWIC update and status report: chapter 10
Evaluation and status Recommendation
When the status designation of endangered was assigned in 1987, Spotted Wintergreen was known from two sites in the St. Williams Forestry Station and one site in Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Since that time, it has been found at a new site near Turkey Point and two additional small stands in the St. Williams Forestry Station. The original Wasaga Beach stand may have disappeared but other plants nearby have been found.
Although there have been new finds since designation, all stands are small and very localized – both in terms of colony size and in terms of total Ontario range. The species is still at great risk. Thus, there is little reason to change the designation of endangered status for Spotted Wintergreen.
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