Wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 4

Distribution

Global Range

This species occurs naturally in the Mississippi Valley and beyond, from western Pennsylvania through Lake Erie and southern Wisconsin in the north to northwestern Georgia to eastern Texas in the south. Maps are given in the status report by Oldham (1988) as well as in White et al. (1982) and reproduced on the ROM/OMNR web site (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Global distribution of Camassia scilloides, (modified from White et al., 1982)

Figure 2. Global distribution of Camassia scilloides, (modified from White et al., 1982)

CanadianRange

In Canada it is limited to the Lake Erie Islands plus a now extirpated population on Bois Blanc Island in the Detroit River. Maps are given in Oldham (1988) and the Environment Canada web site; Figure 3 shows the current distribution.

Figure 3. Distribution of Camassia scilloides in Canada (found only on the Lake Erie Islands of Ontario); all populations, represented by round dots, were extant in 2001, that on East Sister Island (square dot) was recently extirpated.

Figure 3. Distribution of Camassia scilloides in Canada(found only on the Lake Erie Islands of Ontario); all populations, represented by round dots, were extant in 2001, that on East Sister Island (square dot) was recently extirpated.

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