Climbing prairie rose (Rosa setigera) COSEWIC assessment and status report addendum: chapter 1

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Assessment summary

Assessment Summary – May 2003

Common name:
Climbing prairie rose

Scientific name:
Rosa setigera

Status:
Special Concern

Reason for designation:
This is a shrub of remnant prairie habitats and clearings that is capable of also colonizing a variety of open disturbed sites within a geographically and climatically restricted region where decline in the extent and quality of habitat continues. Threats include factors such as urban expansion and intensive agricultural land use.

Occurrence:
Ontario

Status history:
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2002. Downlisted to Special Concern in May 2003. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

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