Name: Abronia latifolia Eschsch.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Tillett 1967
Range: Southwestern BC to s CA
BC range: Coastal BC (Tlell, Guise Bay, Victoria, Saanichton, Long Beach,
Ucluelet, Comox, Cadboro Bay, Denman Island, Sidney, Stubb's Island)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal beaches and dunes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Abronia umbellata Lam. subsp. acutalata (Standl.) Tillett
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V, WS, WTU
Map: Tillett 1967
Range: BC to Baja CA
BC range: Estevan Coastal Plain; Nanaimo Lowland (Pachena Bay, Ahousat,
Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal beaches and dunes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Possibly extirpated in WA

Name: Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.
Syn.: Acorus calamus L. var. americanus (Raf.) H.D. Wulff.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brunton 1983a, Taylor 1971
Map: Brunton 1983a, Taylor 1971
Range: Eurasia; FL to TX and CA, north to se BC, UT and SD; VA
BC range: Columbia River Valley (Fairmont Hot Springs)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Near small streams from the hot springs
Rare status: R1; designated as endangered by the Committee on the Status of
Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) in 1984
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in CO

Name: Adiantum pedatum L. var. subpumilum W.H. Wagner & Boydston
Herbaria: MICH, UBC, V
Ref.:  Wagner and Boydston 1978
Range: Coastal BC
BC range: Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula, Lovett Island, Tsusiat Falls)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Wet ocean cliffs just above high-tide line
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Adoxa moschatellina L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Porsild and Crum 1961
Map: Hulten 1968, Hulten 1971, Porsild 1966
Range: Circumpolar, south in North America to BC, NM, SK, IL and NY
BC range: Northern and c BC (Liard Hot Springs, Wells Gray Park, Haines Road,
Stewart-Watson Lake Road, Bennett, Gladys Lake area, Hazelton,
Taylor flats, Klastline Plateau, More Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS, IH
Habitat: Moist mossy places in mountain forests
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK, MB, ON, Continental NT, IL, IA, NY, endangered in
CO, SD, WI

Name: Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze
Rare status: not-included
BC DCD staus: RED

Name: Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southeast BC and w MT to CO and CA
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Highland, Monashee Mtns. (Rossland,
Cascade, Greenwood, Okanagan Falls, Osoyoos area)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Open slopes and draws
Rare status: R1
BC DCD staus: RED

Name: Agoseris grandiflora (Nutt.) Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Agoseris lackschewitzii Henderson & Moseley
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: BC to NF, south to CA, AZ, MO, TN and NC
BC range: Fraser Lowland; Skagit Range; Shuswap Highland,; Thompson Plateau;
Selkirk Mtns.; Purcell Mtns. (Agassiz, Cheam Lake, Niconmen Island,
Tappen, Armstrong, Creston, Hammond)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, CF, CH
Habitat: Thickets, edge of woods, well-drained soil
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Agrimonia striata Michx.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: BC to NF, south to AZ, NM, NE, OH and WV
BC range: Hazelton and s BC valleys (Kelowna, Vernon, Creston, Revelstoke)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Woods, well-drained soil
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Agrostis diegoensis Vasey
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Janszen 1977
Range: BC to CA, east to MT, ID and NV
BC range: Southwestern BC (Woss Lake, Kennedy Lake, Mt. Sabine, Long Beach,
Saturna Island, Garibaldi Park, Mt. Seymour Park)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Dry to moist slopes and meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Agrostis microphylla Steud.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: Along the coast form BC to CA; Columbia River Gorge and NV
BC range: Southwestern BC (Nanaimo, Victoria, Cabbage Island, Saltspring
Island, Burnaby Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF
Habitat: Moist soil in the open
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Agrostis pallens Trin.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: BC and WA to c CA
BC range: Coastal BC (Masset, Victoria, Lulu Island, UBC Campus)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes or adjacent woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Alisma gramineum Gmel.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW [both var. gramineum and var angustissimum (DC.)
Hendricks]

Name: Allium acuminatum Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: BC, WA and OR, south to CA and AZ, east to s WY and W CO
BC range: Southwestern BC (e Vancouver Island from Victoria, to Campbell
River, Gulf Islands, Fraser Valley, north to Lytton and Pemberton)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Dry places, stony or rocky ground
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Allium amplectens Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: BC, nw WA, Columbia River Gorge, through OR to s CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Georgia Lowland (Victoria, Sooke, Shawnigan lake,
Chatham Islands, Bentinck Island, Galiano Island, Powell River)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open fields and hillsides
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Allium crenulatum Weigand
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: Western BC to Olympic Mtns. and sw OR
BC range: Southwestern BC (Cameron Lake, Cowichan Lake, Mt. Arrowsmith,
Forbidden Plateau, North Pender Island)
Biogeocl.: MH, CF
Habitat: Alpine areas, gravelly soils, rocky faces and slides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Allium geyeri S. Wats. var. geyeri
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Allium geyeri S. Wats. var. tenerum M.E. Jones
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: BC to e OR, east to s AB, SK, ID, s MT, WY, south to NV and NM
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Alberni Basin; Nanaimo Lowland; Cascade
Mtns., Thompson Plateau (Victoria, Alberni, Lytton, Pemberton,
Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF
Habitat: Water courses, mountain meadows, rocky ledges and outcrops
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Allium validum S. Wats.
Herbaria: UBC
Map: Southern BC south to sw OR, CA east to w ID, e OR and ne NV
BC range: Okanagan Highland; Rocky Mtn. Trench; Continental Ranges - Fernie
Basin (Okanagan Falls, near Corbin, s border of Kootenay National
Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, PP
Habitat: Alpine meadows, wet places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Allotropa virgata Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: Eastern slope of the Cascades to near the coast, from BC to CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island from Woss Camp to Shawnigan Lake,
Saturna Island, Saltspring Island, Savary Island, Howe Sound,
Sechelt, Garibaldi, east to Chilliwack Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Deep humus of coniferous forest
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Alopecurus alpinus J.S. Smith subsp. alpinus
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Arctic Archipelago, AK to NF, south in the Rocky Mountains to ID, MT,
UT, WY and CO
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (Beatton River crossing)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Moist montane valleys, subalpine and alpine meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB, ON

Name: Alopecurus carolinianus Walt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: Southern BC, WA, OR, ID, MT, CA, east to AK; c and se US
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Pacific Ranges (Victoria, Oak Bay, Cedar Hill,
Mitlenatch Island, Yale)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Waste areas, old fields, roadsides, moist areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ammannia coccinea Rottb.
Syn.: Ammania robusta Heer & Regel
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: Southern BC and WA to ON, MN, IL, OH, NE, TX
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Wet Places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Canada; extirpated in PA

Name: Amsinckia lycopsoides (Lehm.) Lehm.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: BC to w MT, south to CA and NV; sw AK
BC range: Scattered in Province (Cameron Lake, Nanaimo, Parksville, Sidney,
Texada Island, Revelstoke, Trail, Atlin)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, IF, BS
Habitat: Dry open slopes and flats, disturbed soil
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Amsinckia retrorsa Suksdorf
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Meyer
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V.
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Queen Charlotte Islands, BC to n Baja CA
BC range: Western BC; Queen Charlotte Islands, Nanaimo Lowland, Gulf Islands
(Argonaut Plateau, Skidegate Plateau, Massett, Denman Island,
Saturna Island)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Near or along the seashore, sandy beaches
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Anagallis minima (L.) Krause
Syn.: Centunculus minimus L.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC
Map: Hulten 1958
Range: Southern BC to MN, south to IL, CA, TX, FL and MX; South America,
Europe
BC range: Nanaimo, Lowland, Alberni Basin (Alberni, Nanaimo, Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist places, borders of ponds
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, NS, KS

Name: Androsace chamaejasme Wulfen
Syn.: Androsace lehmanniana Spreng.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Ulke 1934
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Arctic America; AK and YT south to MT; Asia
BC range: Liard Plateau, Continental Ranges, Park Ranges (Field)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Rocky slopes on tundra and in mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Androsace occidentalis Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Mississippi Valley west to the west side of the Rockies from NM to BC
in AZ and CA, ON to BC and TX, AR, IN, w MT
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Kamloops, Hosmer, Hedley, Kelowna, Spence's
Bridge, Penticton, Armstrong) Border Ranges (Flathead)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, ES
Habitat: Talus slopes and flats, rocky woods, prairies
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, IA, endangered in IN

Name: Anemone canadensis L.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Range: BC and AB to NM, largely east of Rocky Mountains
BC range: Continental Ranges (Emerald Lake), Bulkley Ranges (Hazelton)
Biogeocl.: CH, ES
Habitat: Damp meadows, thickets, sandy shores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, NS, possible extirpated in TN
Note:  Possibly introduced

Name: Anemone cylindrica Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Anemone drummondii S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. drummondii]

Name: Anemone piperi Britt.
Herbaria: V
Range: Southern BC south to ne OR, c ID and w MT
BC range: Buchanan Mtn., (nw of Kaslo)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Anemone riparia Fern.
Herbaria: V
Range: Central BC and AB east to NF and MD
BC range: Prince George, Quesnel
Biogeocl.: CA
Habitat: Thickets, woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in NS, threatened in PA

Name: Angelica dawsonii S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southeast BC and sw AB to n ID and nw MT
BC range: Southeastern BC (Fernie, Flathead, 64 miles northeast of Cranbrook,
20 miles north of Coleman)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Along streams, moist or wet mountain slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Antennaria luzuloides Torr. & Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Antennaria neglecta Greene var. athabascensis
(Greene) Taylor & MacBryde
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Northeastern BC to OR and PQ
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Peace River area)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Grasslands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Aphanes occidentalis (Nutt.) Rydb.
Syn.: Alchemilla occidentalis Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC to CA, e WA and OR, e North America
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, s Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland
(Queen Charlotte city, Victoria to Nanaimo, Galiano Island,
Vancouver area)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Fields, open places in woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Aphragmus eschscholtzianus Andrz. ex DC.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Apocynum medium Greene
Syn.: Apocynum x medium Greene, Apocynum androsaemifolium L. x Apocynum
cannabinum L.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
Syn.: Apocynum cannabinum L. var. hypericifolium Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: In much of the US and Canada; BC, e WA and OR to s CA, east to MB, MN
and TX
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Alberta Plateau, Cascade Mtns., Monashee Mtns.
(Cameron Lake, Attachie)
Biogeocl.: IH, BS
Habitat: Moist places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. salignum (Greene) Fern.]
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Arabis calderi Mulligan
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis codyi Mulligan
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. hirsuta
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis hoelbellii Hornem. var. collinsii(Fern.) Rollins
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. pinetorum (Tidestrom) Rollins
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis lemmonii S. Wats. var. depauperata (A. Nels. & Kennedy)
Rollins
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis lemmonii S. Wats. var. drepanoloba (Greene) Rollins
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis lignifera A. Nels.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis murrayi Mulligan
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arabis nuttallii B. Rob.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Range: Southern BC and s AB south to NV and WY
BC range: Southern BC (Mile 19 Flathead Hwy., Starvation Peak, Nicola,
Kootenay Park, Stathcona Park - Forbidden Plateau, Keremos)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, PP
Habitat: Alpine rock outcrops, talus slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Arabis sparsiflora Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Arceuthobium americanum Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Arceuthobium douglasii Engelm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Arctophila fulva (Trin.) Anderss.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1962, 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Circumpolar, AK and YT, east to n ON and PQ
BC range: Northwestern BC (Swan Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Tundra, lakeshores, shallow water beside streams
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in ON

Name: Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V, WS
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: West of the Cascades from s BC to CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Southern and se Vancouver, Island, the Gulf
Islands, Vancouver and vicinity, north to 50 N latitude)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Dry exposed rocky outcrops and rocky slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Arenaria longipedunculata Hulten
Syn.: Arenaria humifusa auct., non Wahlenb.
Herbaria: V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK and YT south to BC and AB, east to NF; Greenland, Europe
BC range: Continental Ranges - Park Ranges (Mt. Robson Park)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Gravel, moist places in mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Arctic North America to NF, on the Pacific Coast to s CA; Eurasia
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Sooke, Long Beach, Victoria, Saanich
Spit, Parksville, Pacific Rim Park)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Along beaches and coastal bluffs
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW [both subsp. californica and subsp.
purpurea; in CDC listed separately]

Name: Arnica chamissonis Less. subsp. incana (Gray) Maguire
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978, Maguire 1943
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southern YT to s Ca and east to sw ID and c UT
BC range: Scattered in Province; Interior Plateau (Chilco Ranch, Fiske Creek,
Kleena Kleene), Alberta Plateau (Pouce Coupe), Columbia Mountains
(Wardner)
Biogeocl.: BS, IF, IH
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in continental NT

Name: Arnica longifolia D.C. Eaton
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Arnica louiseana Farr subsp. louiseana
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Maguire 1943, Straley 1980
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Rocky Mountains of sw AB and se BC
BC range: Kootenay National Park
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Scree slopes, alpine ridges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Artemisia alaskana Rydb.
Herbaria: V
Map: Douglas 1974, Hulten 1968
Range: AK and YT south to nw BC
BC range: Haines Road
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Gravelly river terraces
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Artemisia cana Pursh
Herbaria: ACK, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Range: Southern BC to SK south to n CA and NM
BC range: Thompson Highland (Savona, Merritt)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Rocky areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [as subsp. cana]

Name: Artemisia furcata Bieb. var. heterophylla (Besser) Hulten
Syn.: Artemisia trifurcata Steph. ex Spreng., Artemisia
heterophylla Besser, Artemisia hyperborea Rydb.
Herbaria: GD
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Range: Northeastern Asia to NT, YT and coastal BC
BC range: West side of Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Rocky slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Artemisia lindleyana Bess.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Artemisia longifolia Nutt.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC and SK south to NE and OR
BC range: Alberta Plateau
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Sandy beaches, river and lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. incompta (Nutt.) Cronq.
Herbaria: V
Range: BC to MT and CA
BC range: Slocan Lake Valhalla Park ?
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Dry hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Artemisia tripartita Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC east to MT and south to CA and CO
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Oliver, Spotted Lake, Keremeos, Anarchist
Mountain)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry hillsides
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Asclepias ovalifolia Decne.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southeastern BC, AB, to s MB and w ON, south to NE, IA and IL
BC range: Southeastern BC; Selkirk Mtns. (Revelstoke)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Thickets and slopes of valleys, prairies
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in ON, WY, endangered in IL, threatened in MI
Note:  Possibly introduced in BC

Name: Aspidotis densa (Brackenr.) Lellinger
Syn.: Cryptogramma densa (Brackenr.) Diels, Cheilanthes
siliquosa Maxon
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Asplenium adulterinum Milde
Syn.: Asplenium adulterinum Milde susbp. presolanense
Mokry, Rasbach & Reichenbach
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Ogilvie and Ceska (in prep.)
Range: Europe, SW British Columbia
BC range: Vancouver Island Mountains (Zeballos, Tahsis, Gold River)
Biogeocl.: CH, MH
Habitat: Limestone rocks, ledges, sinkholes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Not known from elsewhere in North America

Name: Aster ascendens Lindl.
Herbaria: DAO
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southeastern BC to CO and CA
BC range: Kinbasket lake, Kootenay Lake, Keremeos
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Open mountain slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Aster curtus Cronq.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1955, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southern BC to sw OR
BC range: Southern Vancouver, Island (Victoria, Oak Bay, Maple Mtn., Mt.
Tzuhalem, Port Alberni) and adjacent islands (Trial Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Rocky areas, dry grassy forest of Quercus garryana
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Threatened in WA

Name: Aster frondusus (Nutt.) Gray
Syn.: Brachyactis frondosa (Nutt.) A.G. Jones
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Aster hersperius Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Aster paucicapitatus (B. Rob.) B. Rob.
Herbaria: CAN, GD, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southwestern BC and Olympic Mtns. of WA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Golden Hinde, Mt. Arrowsmith)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Meadows, subalpine talus slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Aster radulinus Gray
Herbaria: CAN, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Dry, wooded slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Aster stenomeres Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southeastern BC to c ID and ne WA
BC range: Columbia Mountains Yahk Mountain, Kimberley, Mt. Craven, Cranbrook,
Creston)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Dry alpine and subalpine meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Astragalus aboriginum Richards.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: AK to NV, UT and CO
BC range: Kimberley, Canal Flats, Field, Ilko, Bailie-Grohman Canal, Fairmont
Hot Springs, AK Hwy. (Peace River Bridge, Mile 297, Summit Pass,
Jct. of Toad and Racing rivers)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, IH, IF
Habitat: Gravelly banks, river flats
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, MB, PQ

Name: Astragalus adsurgens Pallas
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Easter Asia; AK to ON south to WA and NM
BC range: Northeastern BC; Alberta Plateau (Attachie, Ft. Nelson), Liard
River, Toad River, Good Hope Lake, Pine Pass
Biogeocl.: BS, CA
Habitat: Dry, grassy slopes, river terraces
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW [subsp. robustior Hook.]
Status outside: Rare in ON

Name: Astragalus beckwithii Torr. & Gray var. weiserensis M.E. Jones
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Astragalus bourgovii Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southeaster BC and sw AB to MT and ID
BC range: Extreme se BC (Twin Lakes Peak, Mile 19 Flathead Rd., Paradise
Valley, Akamina and Kishinena Creeks)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Talus shale, rocky alpine areas, meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Astragalus collinus Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC to ne OR and w-c ID
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Highland (Fairview, Summerland, Monte
Creek, Vernon, Kamloops, Long Lake, Tranquille Range, Nicola
Valley)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry open hillsides, open woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Astragalus convallarius Greene
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: South-central BC to se ID, WY and UT
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Spences Bridge)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hillsides and grasslands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southeastern BC and MN to NM, IL and AR
BC range: Crowsnest region
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Gravelly areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Astragalus drummondii Dougl. ex Hook.
Rare status: not-included
BC DCD staus: BLUE

Name: Astragalus filipes Torr. ex Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: South-central BC to ID and south to Baja CA
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Highland (Nicola Valley, Merritt,
Columbia Lake, Osoyoos, Anarchist Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry grassy slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Astragalus lentiginosus Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC to Ca, MT and UT
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Merritt, Mara Mtn., Nicola Lake, Spences Bridge,
Ashnola Rd., south of Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry bluffs, sagebrush hills
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Astragalus lotiflorus Hook.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC east to SK and south to NM and TX
BC range: Fraser Highland (Sheep Creek between Williams Lake and Riske
Creek), Okanagan Highland (Bridesville, Penticton, Summerland)
Thompson Plateau (Cache Creek, Kamloops, Nicomen Falls)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Limestone cliffs, dry hills
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, IA, MN, MO

Name: Astragalus microcystis Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964
Range: Southeastern BC to ne WA and w MT
BC range: Kindegootch (?), Pass Creek (north of Castlegar)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Open places in heavy soils
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Astragalus nutzotinensis Rouss.
Herbaria: ALTA, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK to nw BC
BC range: Alsek River, Haines Road
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Sandy soil, gravel bars
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT
Note:  Endemic to AK, YT and BC

Name: Astragalus robbinsii (Oakes) Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: AK to WA, east to c Canada and US
BC range: Southern and w BC (Hedley, Wall Lake, Princeton, Cathedral Lakes,
Flathead, Kimberley, Penticton, Mt. Apex, Chilco Lake, e Manning
Park, Tchaikazan Valley, Ashnola, Relay Creek, Summerland,
Skookumchuck, Mt. Tasu)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Meadows, talus
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in NS, YT, PQ, CO, WY, VT

Name: Astragalus sclerocarpus Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Taylor 1974c
Range: South-central BC to n OR
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Summerland, Kaleden)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Pinus ponderosa parkland
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Astragalus spaldingii Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED [as subsp. spaldingii]

Name: Astragalus umbellatus Bunge
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Barneby 1964, Pojar et al. 1976, Taylor 1974c
Map: Barneby 1964, Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974c
Range: Arctic Asia; AK to NT and south to nw BC
BC range: Yedhe Creek, Good Hope Lake, Haines Rd. (Mile 60, Mile 75, Mile
78), Ewe Mtn. off AK Hwy. Mile 428
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Creek banks, boggy and swampy tundra
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC south to s CA and east to ID
BC range: Southern Vancouver (Nanoose Bay, Victoria, Mt. Blinkhorn, Mt.
Finlayson), Lillooet area (Lizzy Creek), Crawford Bay.
Biogeocl.: CF, IH
Habitat: Wet seepage bluffs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Atriplex alaskensis S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO
Ref.:  Bassett et al. 1983
Map: Bassett and Crompton 1973, Bassett et al. 1983
Range: Southern coast of AK to Nw BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. - Queen Charlotte Ranges (west coast of
Graham Island)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Seashores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Atriplex argentea Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED [as subsp. argentea]

Name: Atriplex gmelinii C.A. Meyer ex Bong.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Atriplex nuttallii S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Atriplex truncata (Torr. ex S. Wats.) Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Avenochloa hookeri (Scribn.) Holub
Syn.: Helictotrichon hookeri (Scribn.) Henr. 
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Range: Southern YT, AB to MB, south to MT, NM and MN
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Beatton River, Pouce Coupe)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Praries and foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, Continental NT, WY, threatened in MN

Name: Azolla mexicana Presl
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brunton 1983b, Taylor 1971
Map: Brunton 1983b, Taylor 1971
Range: Southern BC east to WI and south to Bolivia
BC range: Shuswap Highland (Sicamous, Tappen, Cambie)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Ponds
Rare status: R1; designated as threatened by the Committee on the Status of
Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) in 1984
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Balsamorhiza deltoidea Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Campbell River, Victoria, Thetis Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Rocky bluffs, sandy coastal beaches
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Berula erecta (Huds.) Cov.
Syn.: Siella erecta (Huds.) Pimenov, Berula angustifolia
(L.) Mert. & Koch
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to Baja CA, east to NY and FL; Europe and the
Mediterranean region
BC range: Skagit Range; Purcell Mtns.; Thompson Plateau (Popkum, Kimberley,
Oliver, Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: CA, IF, PP, CH
Habitat: Wet places or shallow water in valleys and plains
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Besseya wyomingensis (Nels.) Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern AB, south through w MT and the e half of ID to n UT, east to
SD, NE and n CO, sw SK
BC range: Continental Ranges (Front Ranges, Mt. Turnbull)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Open slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Bidens amplissima Greene
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Lake District, Port Alberni), Fraser
Lowland (Cloverdale, Lulu Island, Vancouver, Pitt Lake, Ladner)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF
Habitat: Ditches, wet fields, salt marshes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC
       Most probably nothing else than introduced European Bidens
       tripartita L. - AC

Name: Bidens beckii Torr. ex Sprengel
Syn.: Megalodonta beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: PQ south to NJ and west to MN and MO; se BC south to OR
BC range: Columbia River Valley (Windermere Lake, Radium Hot Springs),
Columbia Mountains (Christina Lake, Creston, Duck Lake), Vancouver
Island (Nanaimo)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, CF
Habitat: Marshes and lakes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. beckii]
Status outside: Rare in SK, endangered in IN, NJ, threatened in PA
Note:  Possible introduced in BC

Name: Bidens frondosa L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  NF to BC and south to VA and CA
Range: NF to BC and south to VA and CA
BC range: Fraser and Georgia Lowlands (Cloverdale, New Westminster, North
Vancouver, Horseshoe Bay, Hope)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF
Habitat: Roadsides, ditches, wet meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Bidens vulgata Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: NS to BC and south to GA and CA
BC range: Okanagan Highland and Fraser Plateau (Osoyoos, Tranquille),
Columbia Mountains (Creston)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Ditches, lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Boisduvalia densiflora (Lindl.) S. Wats.
Syn.: Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) P. Hoch & Raven
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Raven and Moore 1965
Map: Raven and Moore 1965
Range: Southwestern BC south to Baja CA, east to w MT, AB, ID and NV
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Nanaimo, Qualicum, Sidney, Wellington,
Goldstream, Saanichton)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist sites
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Boisduvalia glabella (Nutt.) Walp.
Syn.: Epilobium pygmaeum (Speg.) P. Hoch & Raven
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raven and Moore 1965
Map: Raven and Moore 1965
Range: BC and e WA, south to s CA and NV, east to sw SK, ND, SD and UT; South
America
BC range: Pacific Ranges; Thompson Plateau (Botanie
Valley, Douglas Lake)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Moist sites, prairie mud flats
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK

Name: Boisduvalia stricta (Gray) Greene
Syn.: Epilobium torreyi (S. Watson) P. Hoch & Raven
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raven and Moore 1965
Map: Raven and Moore 1965
Range: Southwestern BC and e WA south to c CA, east to ID and NV
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Thetis Lake Park)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist sites
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Boschniakia hookeri Walp.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Coastal from w BC to n CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Bamfield, Long Beach, Parksville), Gulf Islands
(Savary)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Sand dunes, parasitic on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Boschniakia rossica (Cham. & Schlecht.) Fedch.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Porsild and Crum 1961
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: AK and YT, east to Mackenzie and south to n BC
BC range: Icefield Ranges, Teslin Plateau, Liard Plateau (Liard Hot Springs,
Atlin)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS, CH
Habitat: Thickets, woods, tundra, parasitic on roots of Alnus crispus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Botrychium ascendens W.H. Wagner
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Botrychium hesperium (Maxon & Clausen) W.H. Wagner & Lellinger
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to s WA, UT and CO
BC range: Scattered in Province (Garibaldi, Cheakamus and Squamish Rivers,
Revelstoke, Wells, Liard Hot Springs, Haines Road, Terrace, Taku
Plateau, Strathcona Park, Tsitika River area)
Biogeocl.: AT, BS, MH, CH
Habitat: Grassy slopes, talus slopes, subalpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, SK, ON, PQ, NS, WA, UT, WY, MN, RI, WI,
endangered in NC, threatened in OR

Name: Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Doll) A. Braun ex Koch
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Botrychium minganense Victorin
Syn.: Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. var. minganense
(Victorin) Dole
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1970, 1971
Map: Taylor 1970, 1971
Range: YT and BC east to PQ and s Labrador
BC range: Queen Charlotte Island (n Graham Island), Wells Gray Park (Surprise
Lake, Helmcken Falls)
Biogeocl.: CH, CA, IH
Habitat: Woods, fields
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Botrychium montanum W.H. Wagner
Herbaria: DAO
Ref.:  Wagner and Wagner 1981
Range: Southern BC south to c OR and east to nw MT
BC range: Lost Lake (19 mi. east of Enderby)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Hemlock forest
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Botrychium paradoxum W.H. Wagner
Herbaria: V
Range: Flathead area of MT, sw AB and s BC
BC range: Okanagan Range (Juniper Slope).
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Subalpine meadow
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Botrychium pedunculosum W.H. Wagner
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Botrychium pinnatum St. John
Syn.: Botrychium boreale auct. non (Fries) Milde
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Scattered in Europe and North America, south to CA, NM and PA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Sooke Hills, Mt. Benson, Port Alberni),
Nairn Creek, Crevice Mtn.
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernal Pools, seepage areas
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, NS, IL, IA, OR, WY, endangered in IN, WI,
threatened in RI

Name: Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. & Steud.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: East of the Rocky Mountains from BC to MB, south to MT, WI, CA and TX;
MX
BC range: Rocky Mountain Trench (Jaffray, Roosville)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Short-grass prairie
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Braya purpurascens (R. Br.) Bunge
Syn.: Braya americana (Hook.) Fern.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Summit Pass)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine meadows, rocky limestone slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, Continental NT, PQ

Name: Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt. var. oblongifolia
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC east to ND and south to CA and NM
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Hedley, Keremeos, Ashnola)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [as subsp. oblongifolia]

Name: Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Niehaus 1971, Taylor 1974b
Range: Southwestern BC and Puget Sound, south to WA, w OR and CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island north to Comox and Courtenay,
Gulf Islands, mainland south form Powell River, Spences Bridge)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Grassy slopes, rocky bluffs, heavy clay soils
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Bromus canadensis Michx.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, UBC, WTU
Ref.:  Raup 1934, Wagnon 1952
Map: Wagnon 1952
Range: BC south to WA, OR, CA NV, east to Labrador, NF, MA, NJ, TN, MO and
TX; n MX
BC range: (Prince Rupert, Mt. Selwyn)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Riverbanks, lake margins, rocky slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Bromus suksdorfii Vasey
Herbaria: V
Map: Wagnon 1952
Range: s BC to s Sierra Nevada of CA, w NE
BC range: Hozameen Range: (Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Open meadows, rocky slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Bupleurum americanum Coult. & Rose
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK, YT, NT, through BC and AB to n and w-c WY and e ID
BC range: Border Ranges - Clark Range: (South Kootenay Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, Continental NT

Name: Calamagrostis crassiglumis Thurb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Kokiak Island, AK to CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Lowland - Argonaut Plain; Nanimo Lowland; Vancouver
Island Mountains - Estevan Coastal Plain (Masset, Oeanda River,
McCreight Lake, Pacific Rim National Park)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Coastal swampland
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Threatened in WA

Name: Calamagrostis montanensis (Scribn.) Scribn.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, UBC, V, WS
Range: Southeastern BC, east o MB, south to MT, CO, SD, MN and ID
BC range: Southeastern BC (Columbia River Valley, Clayhurst Ecological
Reserve)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Grassland and sagebrush benchland to lower mountains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Calamagrostis sesquiflora (Trin.) Tzvelev
Syn.: Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. subsp. tasuensis Calder & Taylor
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler
Syn.: Calamagrostis neglecta (Ehrh.) Gaertn., Mey., & Scherb. sensu lato
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Map: Hulten 1962, 1968
Range: Circumboreal, AK and YT east to Greenland, south to OR, NV, CO and ne
US; Eurasia
BC range: Scattered throughout BC
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, CH
Habitat: Wet meadows, stream and pond margins, gravel bars, moist slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Map: Thieret 1966
Range: BC to sw ON, south to ID, WY, CO, MN, WI, MI, MO, IL and IN
BC range: Monashee Mountains, Rocky Mountain Trench (Tobacco Plains, Wasa
Lake, Greenwood, Flagstone)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Prairies and foothills, open woods, sandy soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in ON, IA, threatened in WI

Name: Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pavon) DC.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA and AZ; South America
BC range: Vancouver Island and adjacent islands (Victoria, Cadboro Bay,
Metchosin, William Head, Imne Island, Saltspring Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Gravelly to heavy soil where moist in spring
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Callitriche anceps Fern.
Herbaria: UBC, UC, V
Ref.:  Rubtzoff 1969
Range: Greenland to MA and GA; AK to WA and UT
BC range: Scattered in Province (Atlin, Mt. Nowell, Whistler Mountain)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, MH
Habitat: Shallow pools, fresh to brackish water, seepage areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: YT, NH, NY, VT

Name: Callitriche marginata Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, SFUV, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC to CA
BC range: Victoria (Uplands), Gulf Islands (Mitlenatch Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernal pools
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Calochortus apiculatus J. Baker
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Ownbey 1940, Taylor 1974b
Range: Southeastern BC and ne WA to sw AB, nw Mt and ID
BC range: Southeastern BC (Rocky Mtn. Trench south from Windermere)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, PP
Habitat: Dryish meadows to sparse or deep woods, well drained soil
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Calochortus lyallii J. Baker
Herbaria: UBC, WS
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Taylor 1974b
Map: Ownbey 1940
Range: Southern BC to s WA
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Range; Continental Ranges - Fernie
Basin; Border Ranges - Clark Range: (Similkameen River area, Corbin,
Crowsnest Pass)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes to open forest
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Caltha leptosepala DC. var. biflora (DC.) G. Lawson
Syn.: Caltha biflora DC.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: AK to CA; east to ID, UT, CO
BC range: Coastal BC (Queen Charlotte Mountains and Vancouver Island
Mountains)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, CH
Habitat: Wet to boggy soil, lowland to alpine
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Caltha natans Pallas
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  AK, YT east to PQ, s to AB and MI
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson areas, Liard
River)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Ponds and mud banks
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, YT, ON

Name: Caltha palustris L. subsp. asarifolia (DC.) Hulten
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene
Syn.: Spraguea umbellata Torr., Cistanthe umbellata (Torr.)
Hershkovitz
Herbaria: DAO, GD, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Douglas and Ratcliffe 1981, Hinton 1975, McNeill 1973, Pojar 1975
Range: BC south to Baja CA, east to MT, WY and UT
BC range: Okanagan Range: (Cathedral Lakes Park, Placer Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, PP
Habitat: Pinus ponderosa woodland to subalpine sandy flats and knolls
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. caudiciferum (Gray) Jepson]

Name: Calystegia soldanella (L.) R. Br. ex Roemer & Schultes
Syn.: Convolvulus soldanella L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: BC to San Diego County CA; islands of the Pacific; Europe
BC range: Western BC (Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island and Gulf
Islands and adjacent mainland)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal beaches and sand dunes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Camassia leichtlinii (J. Baker) S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: Southern BC south to sw OR and CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (south from Nanaimo) and the gulf Islands
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Meadows, prairies and hillsides where moist
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V, WS
Ref.:  Haber and Soper 1980, Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: BC south to CA, east to sw AB, MT, WY and UT
BC range: Southern BC (Vancouver Island from Victoria to Campbell River,
Brooks Peninsula, the gulf Islands, Edgewood, Castlegar, Robson,
Rossland, Creston, Glacier National Park)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Grassy places and moist areas, where dry by late spring
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW [both var. maxima Gould and var. quamash]

Name: Camissonia andina (Nutt.) Raven
Syn.: Oenothera andina Nutt.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raven 1969
Map: Raven 1969
Range: Southern BC, se AB and sw SK, south to CA, NV, MT, ID, WY and UT
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry fields, sagebrush areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB. SK

Name: Camissonia breviflora (Torr. & Gray) Raven
Syn.: Oenothera breviflora Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, V
Ref.:  Raven 1969
Map: Raven 1969
Range: Central BC and sw SK south to UT and CO
BC range: Fraser Plateau (Chilko Lake, Nechako Plain)
Biogeocl.: CA
Habitat: Dry meadows, streambanks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK

Name: Camissonia contorta (Dougl.) Kearney
Syn.: Oenothera contorta Dougl.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raven 1969
Map: Raven 1969
Range: BC to Baja CA, inland to the Rocky Mtns., east to ID and NV
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Saanichton Bay, Saanich Spit)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Sandy soil along the coast, along rivers
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Campanula alaskana (Gray) Wight ex J.P. Anderson
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Western coastal BC
BC range: Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula), Queen Charlotte Islands
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Coastal bluffs and seashores
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Campanula aurita Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Porsild and Crum 1961
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Central eastern AK, s YT and n BC, east to Mackenzie
BC range: Northeaster BC; Muskwa Ranges, Alberta Plateau, Fort Nelson
Lowland, Liard Plain (Liard Hot Springs, Mile 397 AK Hwy., Muncho
Lake, Kechika River, Summit Pass)
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Rock crevices, open slopes, woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Campanula scouleri Hook. ex DC.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Alaska panhandle to n CA, west of the Cascades
BC range: Southwestern BC; Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open or dense woods, rock outcrops, talus
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Campanula uniflora L.
Herbaria: BAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Circumboreal, south in the Rockies to CO; Eurasia; PQ, MB, AB to BC
BC range: Scattered throughout BC (Garibaldi, Summit Pass, Tundra Mountain,
Mt. Bowman, Chilcotin, Clinton, Alaska Hwy., Liard Plateau, Alberta
Plateau)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, SW, BS
Habitat: Rocky or grassy sites, dry ridges on tundra
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Cardamine angulata Hook.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cardamine cordifolia Gray
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southern BC south to CA and east to WY and NM
BC range: Interior Highlands (Lake Quimscoe, Cathedral Park, Penticton)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Wet ground, streambanks
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Cardamine parviflora L.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex amplifolia Boott
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC to CA and east to ID
BC range: Southern part of Province (Vernon, Nelson, Okanagan Lake, Kootenay
Lake, Vancouver, Cottonwood Falls, Maple Ridge)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, IF
Habitat: Swamps and bogs
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex arenicola Schmidt
Syn.: Carex pansa Bailey
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Calder & Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Western BC to n CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tlell River), Hope Island, Vargas Island,
Numas Island
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal sands and rocky bluffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex bicolor Bellardi ex Allioni
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: Haines road, Mason Creek
Biogeocl.: BS, SW, AT
Habitat: Mossy lake shores, alpine areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, MN, Continental NT

Name: Carex bigelowii Torr.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumpolar, in w North America south to BC, ID, CO and UT
BC range: Northwestern BC (Haines area), Penticton (Mt. Brent), Cathedral
Lakes
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine areas
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK, ON, NB, NH, NY, VT, WY

Name: Carex brevicaulis Mackenzie
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Southwestern BC to c CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Juskatla), Vancouver Island (near Sooke,
Mt. Benso, Elk Lake, Nanaimo), Saltspring Island, lower mainland
(Yale, Pemberton)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Dry soil near the coast
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex circinata C.A. Meyer
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Coastal AK south to WA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula,
Nimpkish area)
Biogeocl.: CH, MH
Habitat: Rock outcrops at higher elevations
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, WA

Name: Carex comosa Boott
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: MI to PQ, south to LA and FL; disjunct in s BC and ID to CA
BC range: Southern BC (Oliver, Vaseaux Lake, Armstrong, Kawkawa Creek, New
Westminster)
Biogeocl.: CH, IF, PP
Habitat: Shallow water, edges of slow streams
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in NB, NS, TN, WA, endangered in SD, possibly extirpated
in TX

Name: Carex crawei Dewey
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: BC east to PQ and south to NJ, TN and MO
BC range: Golden, Yoho Park (Wapta Falls), Kinbasket
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, IF
Habitat: Wet meadows and swamps
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Carex douglasii Boott
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex enanderi Hulten
Syn.: Carex eurystachya F.J. Herm.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: AK to BC and AB
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Hotailuh Range, Lillooet area (Mt.
Sampson), Ilgachuz Range: (Blue Canyon Creek)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES
Habitat: Alpine and subalpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT

Name: Carex engelmannii Bailey
Syn.: incl. Carex breweri Boott
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC to UT and CO
BC range: Cascade Mtns. (between Hope and Princeton, Frosty Mtn.) Big White
Mtn., Cathedral Lakes Park, (Stone City)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Open slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Carex epapillosa Mack.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex feta Bailey
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southwestern BC to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Sproat Lake, Somass), Mayne Island
Biogeocl.: CH, CF
Habitat: Marshes, ditches and meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex franklinii Boott
Herbaria: V
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Northern Asia; AK to BC, PQ
BC range: AK Hwy. Mile 390
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Calcareous alpine slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Contenental NT
Note: Conspecific with C. petricosa. - AC

Name: Carex geyeri Boott
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: BC and AB south to n CA, UT and CO
BC range: Extreme se BC (Flathead, Mt. Rowe, Moyie Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Open forests, alpine meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Carex glacialis Mackenzie
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Mile 451, Summit Lake), Haines Rd. (Mile 75), Cassiar area
(south of Limestone Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Dry, calcareous soil, talus slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK

Name: Carex glareosa Wahl.
Herbaria: DAO, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Disjunctly circumpolar; in North America from AK, YK and NT to
Atlantic Coast, south to nw BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tlell, Masset Inlet, Kootenay Inlet),
Bella Coola
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Saline and brackish marshes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, MB, NB

Name: Carex gmelinii Hook. & Arn.
Herbaria: DAO, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Amphi-Beringian distribution from Kamtchatka and Japan to AK and BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tlell, Lepas Bay, Hotspring Island),
Prince Rupert
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Salt marshes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex haydeniana Olney
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex heleonastes Ehrh.
Syn.: incl. Carex preceptorium Mack. or preceptorum Mack.
[orthographic variant]
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor 1983
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: Spatsizi Plateau (Fire Flats), AK Hwy. Mile 276
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, IH, IF
Habitat: Peat bogs, swamps
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, MB, ON, PQ

Name: Carex hendersonii Bailey
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southwestern BC to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Nanaimo, Nanaimo Lakes, Sayward, Qualicum, Wolfe
Mtn., Ruskin, Saanichton), Fraser Lowland (Chiliwack, Point Grey,
Jericho Beach)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist woods, alluvium
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex hystericina Muhl.
Syn.: = Carex hystricina Muhl. [orthographic variant]
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC east to NB and south to CA, TX and VA
BC range: Lillooet, Cariboo District (Eagle Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Near streams, swamps, wet meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, NS, WA

Name: Carex inops Bailey
Syn.: Carex pensylvanica Lam.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Crins and Ball 1983, Taylor 1983
Map: Crins and Ball 1983, Taylor 1983
Range: Eastern Asia; s BC to n CA and NM, east to NS and SC
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Hudson Hope, Taylor Flats), Vancouver Island
(Victoria, Cowichan River), sw mainland (Hope, Yale)
Biogeocl.: BS, CH, CF
Habitat: Open woods
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex interrupta Boeck.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC south to OR
BC range: Vancouver Island (Duncan), Fraser Lowland (Chilliwack)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Gravelly lake shores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Carex krausei Boeck.
Herbaria: V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Disjunctly circumpolar; in w North America, AK, NT and n BC
BC range: Boundary Ranges (Forrest Kerr Creek)
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Gravel bars
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex lapponica O. Lang
Herbaria: V
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Disjunctly circumpolar; in w North America in AK, YT, NT and ne BC
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Peat bogs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Carex limnophila F.J. Herm.
Herbaria: U.B.C.
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: B.C. to OR, east to AB, WY, CO and NV
BC range: Vancouver Island, Hope, Relay Creek
Biogeocl.: CH, CF
Habitat: Wet meadows and streambanks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Carex luzulina Olney var. ablata (Kukenth.) F.J. Herm.
Syn.: Carex ablata Kukenth.
Herbaria: U.B.C., V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: B.C. south to n CA and east ID and UT
BC range: Vancouver Island (Mt. Mark, Forbidden Plateau, Healy Lake)
Garibaldi, Manning Park, Chilliwack, Skagit, Tulameen
Biogeocl.: MH, ES
Habitat: Bogs and wet meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex macrocephala Willd.
Herbaria: DAO, U.B.C., V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: North Pacific Rim; Coastal China and Japan to AK and south to OR
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tlell, Rose Spit, Lepas Bay), Vancouver
Island (Ahousett, Long Beach, Ucluelet, Brooks Peninsula, Campbell
River, Nanaimo, Saanich Spit, San Josef Bay), Savary
Island, Iona Island, Sea Island, Calvert Island, Hope
Island, Vancouver
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Carex maritima Gunn.
Syn.: incl. Carex incurviformis Mack.
Herbaria: U.B.C., V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to BC
BC range: Windermere (Paradise Mine), Ilgachuz Range: (Tundra Mtn.), Lillooet
area (Big Dog Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, MB, YT

Name: Carex membranacea Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Northeastern Asia to AK and n PQ, south to n BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Summit Pass, 62 mi. from Ft. Nelson, Muncho Lake, Liard
Plateau, Haines Road (Mile 60, 75, 98 Alsek River)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex microglochin Wahlenb.
Herbaria: SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Reid 1978, Taylor 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to s BC and AB; CO
BC range: Yoho National Park (Ross Lake), Nechako River, AK Hwy. (Mile 284,
Liard Hot Springs), near Smithers
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, CA
Habitat: Calcareous fens at high elevations
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in MB, threatened in CO

Name: Carex misandra R. Br.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to BC and sw AB; CO; UT
BC range: AK Hwy. (Mile 392, 428, Summit Pass) Taku River, Rob Lake, Wokkpash
Lake
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Meadows above timberline
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Carex paysonis Clokey
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: Southern BC and AB south to OR, UT, WY, MT and ID
BC range: Dash Plateau, Maroon Mtn., Meager Creek, Ft. Steele, Starvation
Peak
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, IF
Habitat: Talus, subalpine meadows, willow-birch shrublands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Carex peckii Howe
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: AK to NB and south to BC, SD and MI
BC range: Spahats Creek, Cariboo, Wells Gray Park, Peace River District
Biogeocl.: IH, CA, BS
Habitat: Dry slopes, woods
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, VT, IA endangered in CO

Name: Carex pedunculata Muhl.
Herbaria: V
Range: BC to NF, south to SD, IA and GA
BC range: Monashee Mountains (Grandby River)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Alluvial forests
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, NS, IA, TN, endangered in GA, SD

Name: Carex petricosa Dewey
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Porsild and Cody 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: AK and YT to n BC
BC range: Summit Pass
Biogeocl.: AT, BS
Habitat: Alpine slopes, gravel bars
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. petricosa]
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Carex praeceptorum Mackenz.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC south to CA and east ID, WY, UT and CO
BC range: Kleena Kleene, Wells Gray Park (Battle Mtn.), Bridal Lake (west of
Creston), Callagahan Lake
Biogeocl.: MH, ES
Habitat: Wet Meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Carex prairea Dewey
Herbaria: V, W.L.
Ref.:  Roberts 1983, Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: BC to PQ, south to New England, IA, IN, NJ
BC range: Chilcotin-Cariboo area (Anahim Lake, Alexis Creek, Palmer Lake)
Biogeocl.: CA
Habitat: Sedge meadows, willow shrubs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in PQ, CT

Name: Carex raynoldsii Dewey
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: Southern BC and AB to CA and CO
BC range: Marble Mtns., Lytton, Meager Creek, Botanie Valley, Mt. Kobau,
Merritt, Banner Mtn., Akamina and Kishinena Creeks, Mt. Assiniboine
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Meadows and open woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK, WA

Name: Carex rupestris All.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to BC, AB and CO
BC range: AK Hwy. (Muncho Lake, Summit Pass, Liard Plateau)
Biogeocl.: AT, BS
Habitat: Open slopes at high elevations
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. rupestris]
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Carex rupestris All. susbp. drummondiana (Dewey) Holub
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex sartwellii Dewey
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: BC and AB east to ON and NY and south to CO
BC range: Kamloops, Minton Creek, 100 Mile House, Watch Lake, Lac la Hache,
Wasa, Sorenson Lake, Riske Creek, Meldrum Creek, Itcha Mtns.
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Moist meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, PQ, IN, MO, NY, OH, PA

Name: Carex saximontana Mack.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex scopulorum Holm var. bracteosa (Bailey) F.J. Herm.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: Southern BC south to CA and east to AB, UT and CO
BC range: Cathedral Park (Glacier Lake, Scout Lake), Chilkoot Pass
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Wet places at high elevations
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Carex simulata Mackenz.
Herbaria: DAO, V, W.L.
Range: BC to MT and south to CA
BC range: Chilcotin-Cariboo area (70 Mile House, Chilco River)
Biogeocl.: CA
Habitat: Wet calcareous fens
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex sprengelii Dewey
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: BC east to NB and south to NJ, IA and CO
BC range: Fraser Highland (Williams Lake, Prince George), Pender Island
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, IF, CF
Habitat: Woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Note: The Pender Island population is in fact Carex sylvatica L. - AC

Name: Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb. subsp. spaniocarpa (Steud). Hulten
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: Atlin Lake, Tyhee Lake, Gladys Lake
Biogeocl.: BS, SS
Habitat: Steppe grassland
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, ON, PQ

Name: Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackenzie
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Carex sychnocephala Dewey
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: BC to ON, south to WA, MT, CO and SD
BC range: Central BC (Vanderhoof, Kamloops, Botanie Valley)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CA
Habitat: Wet meadows, lake shores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, Continental NT, PQ, MI, WI, WA

Name: Carex tenera Dewey
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: BC to PQ, south to WY, IL and NC
BC range: Prince George
Biogeocl.: CA
Habitat: Woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex tonsa (Fern.) Bickn.
Syn.: Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex. Willd. var. tonsa Fern.,
Carex rugosperma Mack. var. tonsa (Fern.) E.G. Voss
Herbaria: V
Range: BC to NS and south to VA, IN, MN
BC range: Rocky Mountain Trench (Tete Jaune)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Sand dunes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex trisperma Dewey
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Pojar et al. 1976, Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: NT south to BC and east to NF and VA
BC range: Quesnel Lake, Barkerville, N. Thorp River, Blue River, Wells Gray
Park, Babine Lake, Burns Lake, Fort St. John, Vanderhoof, AK Hwy.
mile 173, Hart Hwy.
Biogeocl.: SS, IH
Habitat: Bogs and swampy areas
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, Continental NT, endangered in NC

Name: Carex unilateralis Mack.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor, 1983
Map: Taylor, 1983
Range: BC to NF and south to OR, AZ and FL
BC range: Victoria, Creston
Biogeocl.: CF, IH
Habitat: Sloughs, steam banks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Carex xerantica Bailey
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cassiope lycopodioides (Pallas) D. Don
Syn.: incl. Cassiope lycopodioides (Pallas) D. Don subsp.
cristipilosa Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Calder and Taylor, 1968, Szczawinski 1975b
Range: Aleutian Islands, se AK, BC; east Asia
BC range: Scattered in province (Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island
(Brooks Peninsula), Smithers area, Clearwater)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, SS, CH
Habitat: Alpine rocky slopes and crevices
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castlleja ambigua Hook. & Arn.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Castilleja applegatei Fern.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Northern UT and w WY, across s-c ID to e OR, south to NV and c CA,  se
BC
BC range: Selkirk Mountains (Revelstoke)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Dry mountain slopes and summits
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castilleja cervina Greenm.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor, 1974a
Map: Taylor, 1974a
Range: Southern BC to adjacent n ID and WA
BC range: Valleys of the dry Interior and Kootenays (Thompson Plateau,
Okanagan Highland, Monashee Mountains, Purcell Mountains, Rocky
Mountain Trench, Continental Ranges, Kootenay Ranges)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF, IH
Habitat: Grasslands and open coniferous woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Castilleja cusickii Greenm.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus and White 1978, Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor, 1974a
Range: WY, MT, BC sw AB, WA and ne OR
BC range: South-central and se BC (Nicola and Columbia Valleys, Princeton,
Crawford Bay, Mt. Kobau, Mt. Assiniboine, Garibaldi Park,
Invermere)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Meadows, mountain slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Castilleja elmeri Fern.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor, 1974a
Range: Southern BC to WA
BC range: South-central BC (Penticton, Manning Park, Placer Mtn., Mt. Kobau,
Anvil Mountain)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Mountain slopes and meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castilleja exilis A. Nels.
Syn.: Castilleja minor (Gray) Gray subsp. minor
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Tyalor 1974a
Range: BC to MT, south to OR, NM, AZ and adjacent CA
BC range: Purcell Mountains, (Mount Sabine), Osoyoos Lake
Biogeocl.: ES, PP
Habitat: Moist grassy places, alkaline marshes and meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castilleja fulva Pennell
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Castilleja gracillima Rydb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: WY and adjacent MT to ID and BC
BC range: Eastern BC (Columbia Valley, Pine Pass, Mt. Robson Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Wet meadows and marshes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Castilleja hyetophila Penn.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968
Range: Along the coast from AK to Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland
BC range: Queen Charlotte Lowland, Teslin Plateau, (Atlin Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH, BS
Habitat: Salt marshes, meadows along the sea
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castilleja hyperborea Penn.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: West-central AK to YT and Mackenzie, n BC
BC range: Alsek Ranges (Haines Road area)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Stoney slopes in the mountains, arctic and alpine tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Castilleja levisecta Greenm.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Vancouver Island to c OR
BC range: Southeastern Vancouver Island (Victoria, Trial Island, Wellington,
Sidney, Alpha Islet)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Meadows at low elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Threatened in WA

Name: Castilleja lutescens (Greenm.) Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Castilleja minor (Gray) Gary subspec. minor 
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Castilleja occidentalis Torr.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Rocky Mountains from BC and AB to MT, south to CO and UT
BC range: Eastern BC (in the mountains south from Glacier, Wells Gray Park,
Mt. Robson Park)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Alpine slopes and meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Castilleja pallescens (A. Gray) Greenm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Castilleja raupii Penn.
Herbaria: ALTA, SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Porsil and Crum 1961, Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974a
Range: AK to NT, south to Bc and AB to n ON, PQ
BC range: Extreme ne BC (Liard Hot Springs, Muncho Lake, Fort Nelson)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Moist soil along streams and lakes, in swamps
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in PQ

Name: Castilleja rhexifolia Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Rocky Mountains from AB and BC, south to CO and UT, west through ID,
to OR
BC range: Scattered throughout BC, south from about Lat. 53 N; apparently
absent from Vancouver Island
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES
Habitat: Alpine and subalpine meadows and slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castilleja rupicola Piper
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Cascade Mountains from BC to OR
BC range: Southwestern BC (Skagit Valley, Lytton, Mt. Cheam, Mt. Brunswick)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Cliffs and rocky places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Castilleja sulphurea Rydb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a, Ulke 1934
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern AB and e BC, south to w MT, CO, UT and NM
BC range: Northern and e BC, largely east of the Rocky Mtns., south from Mt.
Robson (Kinbasket, Azouzetta Lake, Mt. Egnell, Yoho National Park,
Kimberley, Flathead, Creston, Pouce Coupe, Telephaph Creek, Moberly
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, IF CA
Habitat: Moist meadows and slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Castilleja thompsonii Penn.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC and WA
BC range: South-central and se BC (Okanagan Valley, Cathedral Lakes,
Cranbrook, Spotted lake, Similkameen River Valley)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry soils
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Fernald 1933
Map: Hulten 1958, 1968
Range: Circumboreal, AK, Labrador, BC to NF, south through ID and e OR to NV,
AZ, CO, IA and Si; Europe north to subarctic regions
BC range: Continental Ranges - Fernie Basin (Fernie)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Wet meadows, streambanks, pond and lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Caucalis microcarpa H. & A.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC trhough WA and ID to Baja CA; MX
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (James Island, Wellington, Nanaimo, Saturna Island,
Mayne Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Along streams, open vernally moist slopes R2
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Centaurium exaltatum (Griseb.) Wight ex Piper
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Range: East of the Cascades, WA to NE, south to CO and e CA, se BC, east to
ID and south through UT and NV to AZ
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos, Oliver)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Moist places, near hot springs and alkaline lakes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Centaurium muhlenbergii (Griseb.) Wight ex Piper
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Range: Easter WA, s to NV through Columbia Gorge to Willamette Valley and to
coastal and c CA, sw BC
BC range: Fraser Lowland, Nanaimo Lowland,; (Chatham Island, Stanley Park)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cephalanthera austiniae (Gray) A. Heller
Syn.: Eburophyton austiniae (Gray) Heller [mispelled
austinae]
Herbaria: UBC, V, B.C.D.A.V.
Ref.:  Long 1979, Luer 1975 Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: BC south to CA and east to ID
BC range: Gulf Islands (Saltspring Island), Fraser River Valley (Chilliwack,
Agassiz, Sardis, Culturs Lake, Mission)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist, dense coniferous forests, forested mountain slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Wa

Name: Cerastium fischerianum Seringe
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968
Range: Coastal and insular s and sw AK, w-c BC; Asia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. - Queen Charlotte Ranges, Skidegate Plateau;
Vancouver Island Mtns. - Estevan Coastal Plan (long Inlet, Mitchell
Inlet, Skidegate, Kyuquot)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Hillsides, lakeshores, gravelly spits
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cerastium nutans Raf. var. nutans
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: Southern AK, s NT, ne BC to sw PQ and NS, south to w OR, ID, UT, AZ
and SC
BC range: Southern BC (Hell's Gate, Armstrong, Kamloops, Trout Lake,
Marysville, Hanceville), Peace River District
Biogeocl.: PP, CH, CA
Habitat: Dry to moist banks and woodlands
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in PQ

Name: Ceratophyllum echinatum Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: Southern BC, east to MI and ME, south to FL and MX
BC range: Vancouver Island (Victoria, Nanaimo, Camapbell River), lower
mainland (Agassiz), Gulf Islands (South Pender, Prevost), AK Hwy.
Mile 282
Biogeocl.: CF, BS
Habitat: Lakes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in MB, PQ, NB, OH, VT

Name: Chaenactis alpina (Gray) M.E. Jones
Herbaria: V
Range: BC south to MT, OR, UT and CO
BC range: Nine Mile Ridge (Yalacoma River)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine scree
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: not listed

Name: Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) H. & A. var. montana M.E. Jones
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC and MT south to CO and UT
BC range: Fraser Plateau (Noaxe Lake, Elizabeth Mine)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Alpine and subalpine talus slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Chamaerhodos erecta (L.) Bunge subsp. nuttallii (Pickering ex Torr. &
Gray) Hulten
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cheilanthes feei T. Moore
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southern BC east to WI and south to n MX
BC range: South-central and e BC (Canal Flats, Fairmont Hot Springs,
Hanceville, Riske Creek, Alkali Lake, Marble Canyon)
Biogeocl.: CA, IF
Habitat: Limestone cliffs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA, OR, IA, endangered in MN

Name: Cheilanthes gracillima D.C. Eaton
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) S. Wats. var. oblongifolium S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Chrysosplenium iowense Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Chrysosplenium wrightii Franch. & Sav.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.)Nutt. subsp. lanceolatus 
(Nutt.) H.M. Hall & Clem.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southern BC east to ND and south to CA and MX
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos, Anarchist Mountain)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Cicuta bulbifera L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Mulligan 1980
Map: Hulten 1968, Mulligan 1980
Range: NT, BC, n AB, n SK, south to s OR east to NF, VA and NE
BC range: Scattered in e and c BC (Prince George area, Smithers area, Procter
Lake, Cranbrook, Burns Lake, Valemont - Albreda area, Fort Nelson)
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, IF, CH
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet meadows, shallow standing water
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT,  YT, WA, endangered in OR

Name: Cicuta mackenzieana Raup
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Mulligan 1980
Map: Hulten 1968, Mulligan 1980
Range: Western AK, c YT and n BC east to Hudson Bay, PQ
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (AK Hwy - near mile 308, Progress)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Mashes, lake and pond margins, along streams
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Cicuta maculata L.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. maculata]

Name: Cicuta virosa L.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cimicifuga elata Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Southern BC to nw OR, west of the Cascades
BC range: Skagit Range: (Mt. Cheam, Mt. Liumchen, Chilliwack River)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Moist woods at lower elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Cirsium drummondii T. & G.
Herbaria: DAO, V
Ref.:  Moore and Franklin 1974
Map: Moore and Franklin 1974, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: NT south to ne BC, east to n ON and south to WY and SD
BC range: Alberta Plateau
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Moist open fields
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, ON, WY

Name: Cirsium scariosum Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Clarkia amoena (Lehm.) Nels. & Macbr.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to c CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Shawnigan Lake, Victoria, Nanaimo), Mayne Island,
Saturna Island
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open or wooded dry, grassy areas
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW [both var. caurina (Abrams) Lewis & Lewis and
var. lindleyi (Dougl.) Lewis & Lewis]

Name: Clarkia pulchella Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC, south to se OR, east to ID and w MT
BC range: Southern BC (Anarchist Mtn., Midway, Grand Forks, Trail, Creston,
Crawford Bay, Wynndel)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, PP
Habitat: Open or wooded dry, grassy areas
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Clarkia rhomboidea Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC south to s CA, east to ID, UT and AZ
BC range: Monashee Mtns.; Selkirk Mtns. (Trail and vicinity)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Open or wooded dry, grassy slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Claytonia cordifolia S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC (Vancouver Island, Kootenay Lake, Nelson, Trail, Salmo,
Sandon, Monashee Park)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF, CH
Habitat: Shaded streams, marshy flats
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Claytonia megarhiza (Gray) S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WTU
Range: Central AK through BC to WA, OR, NV, UT, CO and NM
BC range: Border Ranges (Goat Mountain, near Waterton Lakes National Park)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Gravelley soil, talus slopes, rock crevices
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. megarhiza]
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, WA

Name: Claytonia saxosa Brandeg.
Syn.: Montia saxosa (Brandeg.) Brandeg.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  McNeill 1975
Range: Southern BC through the w US, east to MT, UT and AZ
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Oak Bay)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Rocky places
Rare status: R5  (orig. R1)
BC CDC status: none
Note:  voucher specimen is Claytonia perfoliata

Name: Claytonia spathulata Dougl. ex Hook.
Syn.: Montia spathulata (Dougl. ex Hook.) T.J. Howell,
Claytonia exigua Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  BC to c CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Fraser Lowland; Georgia Lowland; Bulkley Ranges
(Victoria, Saanichton, Hornby Island, Comox, Boundary Bay, Savary
Island, South Hazelton area)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Rocky slopes, snow beds
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Claytonia tuberosa Pallas ex Willd.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V, WTU
Range: Extreme n Canada, e AK, s YT, n BC; Asia
BC range: Liard Plateau; Muskwa Ranges; Continental Ranges - Park Ranges
(Horsey Creek, Liard Plateau, Toad River)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet Places, stoney mountain slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Cnidium cnidiifolium (Turcz.) Schischkin
Syn.: Conioselinum cnidiifolium (Turcz.) Porsild
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cochlearia officinalis L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to nw OR
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tlell River, Sanger River, Juskatla,
Cape St. James, Masset, Claudet Is., Bolkus Is.), Vancouver Island
(Hardy Bay Flats, Grassy Is., Nimpikish River), Prince Rupert,
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Salt marshes, mud flats
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in MB, ON, WA

Name: Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidel
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Collomia heterophylla Hook.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: West of the Cascade summits from WA and adjacent BC to CA, also in  n
ID, AZ, WY
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island and Lower Fraser Valley)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Woods, forest openings, loose stream banks
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. subsp. californica (Eastw. ex Rydb.)
Piehl
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Piehl 1965
Range: West-central YT to BC and AB, south to WA, OR, CA and n AZ; Europe
BC range: North-central and s. BC (Elk Lake, Colwood, Lytton, Keremeos,
Summerland, Ingenika River)
Biogeocl.: CF, IF, PP
Habitat: Sandy, well-drained soil, sagebrush desert
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
pallida)

Name: Coreopsis atkinsoniana Dougl.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC east to SD and south to OR
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos), Columbia River Valley (Waneta Remack)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Sandy beaches by freshwater lakes and rivers
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cornus suecica L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern and w AK, coastal BC, NS, PQ, NF, Labrador; Greenland,
Eurasis
BC range: Boundary Ranges; Kitimat Ranges (Taku River,
Douglas Channel)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS
Habitat: Woods, marshes, bogs, alpine tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, NS

Name: Corydalis scouleri Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Map: Ownbey 1947
Range: BC to n OR, from the coast to the w slope of the Cascades
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. (Nitinat Lake, Big Nitinat River)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist soil, partial to deep shade
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Crassula aquatica (L.) Schoenl.
Syn.: Tillaea aquatica L.
Herbaria: SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brooke et al. 1984
Range: Circumpolar (with large gaps), south in w North America to AK, NT,
south to s BC; MX
BC range: Vancouver Island (Port Alberni, Campbell River), Gulf Islands
(Mitlenatch Is.), lower mainland (Pitt Lake, Hatzic Lake, Harrison
Lake, Stave Lake), Kootenay Mtns. (Crawford Bay, Kootenay River)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF
Habitat: Vernal pools, mud flats
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in NS, Continental NT, YK, CO, WY, CT, endangered in MN

Name: Crassula erecta (H. & A.) Berger
Syn.: Tillaea erecta Hook. & Arn., Crassula connata (Ruitz
Lopez & Pavon) A. Berger ?
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: Southern BC south to AZ and MX (Baja CA); Chile
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands (Victoria, Sidney
Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: grassy bluffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Crataegus columbiana T.J. Howell
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Crepis atrabarba Heller
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED [as subsp. atrabarba]

Name: Crepis modocensis Greene
Herbaria: DAO
Range: Southern BC to MT and south to OR
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Spences Bridge, Tranquille)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Open sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [as subsp. modocensis and subsp. rostrata
(Coville) Babcock & Stebbins]

Name: Crepis occidentalis Nutt. subsp. pumila (Rydb.) Babc.  & Stebb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Range: Southern BC and MT south to CA
BC range: Fraser Plateau (Tchaikazan Valley), Thompson Plateau (Stump Lake),
Cascade Mountains (Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Exposed scree slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Crocidium multicaule Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Eastern and s Vancouver Island (Parksville, Comox, Campbell River,
Duncan, Sooke), Gulf Islands (Saltspring, Galiano)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Sand dunes, sea bluffs
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Cryptantha affinis (Gray) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: WA and s BC, e of the Cascade summits to n MT, sw AB, south to s CA,n
NV and s WY
BC range: Southern BC (Creston, Nelson, Oliver, Penticton, Kimberley, Anahim
Lake, Bella Coola)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF, CH, CA
Habitat: Open or thinly wooded slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Cryptantha ambigua (Gray) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, CAO, UBC, V
Range: Eastern WA and adjacent s BC to MT, south to n CO, w NV and ne CA
BC range: Southern BC; Purcell Mountains, Border Ranges (Flathead Basin),
Thompson Plateau, Monashee Mountains (Kimberley, Flathead, Osoyoos,
Keremeos, Midway)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF, IH
Habitat: Dry open places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: Eastern OR from Grant Country to n WA to s BC, east through n ID to
MT, s AB, ND to NE
BC range: South-central BC; Shuswap Highland, Thompson Plateau, Selkirk
Mountains (Armstrong, Fairview, Osoyoos, Summit of Salmo-Creston
Highway)
Biogeocl.: IF, ES, PP
Habitat: Dry open places in valley, plains and foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cryptantha circumscissa (H. & A.) Johnst.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Central WA to s BC to Baja CA, east through the Snake River plains  of
ID to UT and AZ; Chile, Argentina
BC range: South-central BC; Thompson Plateau (Spences Bridge)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry open, sandy places on lowlands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Cryptantha fendleri (Gray) Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Johnston 1925
Range: Franklin County WA and Umatillo County OR irregularly to SK, NE, NM
and NV, s-c BC, s AB and SK to e NE, n NM and AZ; e WA and w NV
BC range: South-central BC; Thompson Plateau, Monashee Mountains (Osoyoos,
Cascade, Merritt)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Sandy soils, sand dunes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cryptantha intermedia (Gray) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to CA east of the w fringe of ID
BC range: Northeastern BC; Rocky Mountain Foothills  (Nevis Creek), Nanaimo
Lowland (Nanaimo)
Biogeocl.: IF, CF
Habitat: Open dry slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [as var. grandiflora]

Name: Cryptantha nubigena (Greene) Pays.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cryptantha torreyana (Gray) Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Cryptantha watsonii (Gray) Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cryptogramma cascadensis Alverson
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Haber and Soper 1980, Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Disjunct from Ural Mountains, through Asia and North America; south in
w North America to OR and CO
BC range: Scattered in Province (Taku Plateau, Stikine Plateau, Muskwa
Ranges,Wells Gray Park, Alice Arm, Field, Revelstoke, Pine Valley,
Glacier Park, Fernie, Port Alberni, Gold River)
Biogeocl.: MH, IF, IH, ES, AT
Habitat: Shaded rock crevices, on limestone
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, Continental NT, NS, NF, MI, NH, ME, WV, OR, WA,
PA, IA, endangered in CO, CT, threatened in MA

Name: Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Cynoglossum grande Dougl. ex Lehm.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Clark 1973
Range: West of the Cascades in extreme s BC to San Luis Obispo and Tulare
counties CA
BC range: Southern Kootenays
Biogeocl.: IH, IF
Habitat: Woods at lower elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Cyperus aristatus Rottb.
Herbaria: UBC, V, B.C.D.A.V.
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Cosmopolitan
BC range: Osoyoos Lake, Kamloops, Penticton, Keremeos, Tranquille, Vancouver
Island (Great Central Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, IF
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: Southern BC and s ON south to TX and AZ
BC range: Osoyoos Lake
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Inundated lake shore
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Cypripedium calceolus L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Luer 1975, Porsild and Crum 1961, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Hulten 1958, 1968; Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: AK, YT, NT to NF, south to BC, OR, AZ, CO and NM, through New
England to GA and west to TX; Eurasia
BC range: Southwest and se Interior, scattered in n Interior (Liard Hot
Springs, Windermere, Summerland, Kamloops, Kelowna, Lillooet,
Armstrong, Vernon, Lytton, Sicamous)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, SS, CA, IH, IF
Habitat: Mossy swamps and woods, damp shores, along streams
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in YT,PQ,AL,AZ,IA,LA,OK,WY,IL,IN,MI,PA,ID,MA,MN,DE,RI,KY,
KS,AR,threatened in NS,WA,WI endangered in

Name: Cypripedium montanum Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Hulten 1968, Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: AK, BC to SK, south to CA, MT and ID
BC range: Southwest and se Interior (Telegraph Creek, Victoria, Armstrong,
Quesnel, Spences Bridge, Prince George, Kelowna, Lillooet,
Kamloops,Summerland, Fairmont Hot Springs)
Biogeocl.: BS,SS,CA,IH,IF,PP,CF
Habitat: Moist or dry open woods, subalpine slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, OR, threatened in WA

Name: Cypripedium passerinum Richards
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Luer 1975, Porsild and Crum 1961, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Hulten 1968, Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975
Range: AK, YT, NT, BC to PQ
BC range: Throughout n and se BC (Windermere, Muncho Lake, Atlin, Hudson
Hope,Field, Clearwater Lake, Liard Hot Springs, Pavilion, west of
Yoho   National Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, IH, IF
Habitat: Mossy woods, near lakes and streams, talus slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Cystopteris montana (Lam.) Bernh.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Roemer and Ogilvie 1983, Taylor 1971
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1971
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to s BC, nw MT and CO
BC range: Scattered distribution in Province (Barkerville, Dease Lake, Wells
Gray Park, Kootenay National Park, Pine Pass, Mackenzie, Bennett,
Mile 81 AK Hwy, Creston Lake, Mt. La Perouse)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, SS, IH
Habitat: Damp woods, rocky slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, AB, SK, ON, PQ, endangered in CO

Name: Danthonia sericea Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hitchcock 1951
Range: Eastern MA and NJ to n FL, KY and LA; BC
BC range: Quesnel Highland (Wells Gray Provincial Park)
Biogeocl.: SS
Habitat: Sand barrens
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Daucus pusillus Michx.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to Baja CA, east to MO, SC and FL
BC range: Vancouver Island (Cowichan Lake, Victoria, Nanaimo, Nanoose Hill),
Gulf Islands (Saltspring, Mayne, Saturna, Hornby), Lund
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Dry open places at lower elevations, rock outcrops
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Delphinium bicolor Nutt. Wyeth
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southeastern BC, n-c ID east to AB, SK, w SD
BC range: Continental and Border Ranges (Crowsnest, Wall Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Subalpine scree
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Delphinium burkei Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southeast BC to OR, east to ID and n WY
BC range: Southern Monashee and Selkirk Mountains (Kootenay Ranges to Midway)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Wet meadows to sagebrush desert
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Delphinium depauperatum Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Central OR to CA, east to MT and NV
BC range: Southern Border Ranges (Sage Creek area)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Moist meadowland, dry in summer
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Deschampsia danthonioides (Trin.) Munroe ex Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK to Baja CA, east to w MT, UT and AZ; Chile
BC range: Scattered distribution in s BC (Cabbage Island, Victoria, Nanaimo,
Surrey, Erickson, Kelowna, Armstrong)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, IF, PP
Habitat: Roadsides, dry banks, drying vernal pools, dry mountain meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton l976
Map: Hulten l968
Range: Westernmost Aleutians, AK Panhandle, e North America, BC south to
AR, Eurasia
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Vancouver)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Dry slopes and woods, disturbed sites
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Descurainia sophioides (Fisch.) O.E. Schulz
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Diapensia lapponica L.
Syn.: Diapensia obovata (F. Schmidt) Nakai
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: North-central BC (Horseranch Range)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rocky tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB, Continental NT, NS, ME, NH, NY, threatened in VT

Name: Dicentra uniflora A. Kellogg
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC, WA and south to CA, east to ID, WY and UT
BC range: Hozameen Range; Shuswap Highland; Monashee Mtns. (Manning Park,
Armstrong, Rossland, Phoenix)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Well-drained soil from foothills to subalpine slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Disporum smithii (Hook.) Piper
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Jones l951, Taylor l974b
Map: Jones l951, Taylor l974b
Range: BC to CA, west of the Cascades
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges, Estevan Coastal
Plain; Nanaimo Lowland (Cowichan Lake, Gordon River, Nitinat River,
Port Renfrew, Nootka Sound)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Light to seep woods, where moist; streambanks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Dodecatheon dentatum Hook.
Herbaria: GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor et al. l975
Range: East side of the Cascades from s BC and WA to n OR, c ID, UT
BC range: Southcentral BC (Penticton, Keremeos, Manning Park, Cathedral Lakes
Summerland, Apex Mountain, Princeton)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, PP
Habitat: Waterfalls, streambanks, shaded moist slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Dodecatheon hendersonii Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor et al. l975
Range: Southwestern BC, south on the west side of the Cascades to s OR, in
the Coast Range:and Sierra Nevada to s CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Esquimalt, Victoria, Shawnigan Lake, Gabriola
Island, Saanich Peninsula, Thetis Lake), Lower Fraser Valley to
Yale
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Woods and prairies
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Douglasia alaskana (Coville & Standley ex Hulten) S. Kelso
Syn.: Androsace alaskana Coville & Standley ex Hulten
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Douglasia gormanii Constance
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Pojar et al. l976
Map: Hulten l968, Porsild l966
Range: Northern BC, AK, w YT
BC range: Spatsizi Plateau
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Stony slopes in mountains, alpine tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Douglasia laevigata Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Henderson l981, Kershaw and Morton l976
Map: Calder and Taylor l968, Henderson l981
Range: West of the Cascades in WA and OR and in the Columbia Gorge, Vancouver
Island, sw AB
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH
Habitat: Talus slopes, rocky alpine ledges, moist coastal bluffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Douglasia montana Gray
Herbaria: DAO
Ref.:  Argus and White l978
Range: Northern WY to Waterton Lakes, AB, west to ID
BC range: Extreme se BC
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Foothills, open ridges, scree slopes in mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, ID

Name: Douglasia nivalis Lindl.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: none

Name: Downingia elegans (Dougl. ex Lindl.) Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: OR and n CA to c and e WA, n ID, n NW and sw BC
BC range: Southeastern BC; Selkirk mountains (Creston)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Vernal pools, wet meadows, edges of ponds
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Note:  Possibly exirpated in Province

Name: Draba alpina L.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Draba cinerea J.E. Adams
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Mulligan l971a
Map: Hulten l968, Mulligan l971a, Porsild and Cody l980
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to n BC and n SK
BC range: Pine Pass, Mt. Edziza, Hotoiluk Range, Mt. Selwyn, between Stikine
and Tanzilla Rivers
Biogeocl.: AT, SW, BS
Habitat: Tundra, talus slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, ON, PQ

Name: Draba corymbosa R. Br. ex DC.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Draba densifolia Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: AK and YT south to c CA, east to MT and UT; ne Siberia
BC range: Teresa Island, Summit Lake, Apex Mtd., Green Mtn.
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Rock ledges, talus slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Draba fladnizensis Wulfen
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Mulligan l974
Map: Mulligan l974, Porsild and Cody l980
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to w MT, CO and se UT
BC range: Spatsizi Plateau (Cold Fish Lake, Gladys Lake), Mt. Edziza, Summit
Lake
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Tundra, rocky slopes, lava talus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, WA, CO

Name: Draba glabella Pursh
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Mulligan l970
Map: Mulligan l970, Porsild and Cody l980
Range: Circumpolar south in w North America to n BC
BC range: Cassiar, AK Hwy. (Mile 75, Mile 410)
Biogeocl.: At, ES, SW, BS
Habitat: Talus slopes, rocky areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. glabella]
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, NS, NB, WY, CO, NW

Name: Draba hyperborea (L.) Desv.
Herbaria: Can, UBC, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor l968
Map: Calder and Taylor l968, Hulten l968
Range: Eastern Asia to AK and BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Langara Is., Lepas Bay, Dawson Harbour,
Pillar Bay, Bolkus Is., Gray Bay, Tufts Islets, Gowdas Is.,
Skedans, Tasu, Cape St. James, Dupont Is.), Vancouver Island (Triangle
Island, Cape Scott)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Seacoast cliffs, bird-nesting islets
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Draba Iactea M.F. Adams
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Hulten l968, Mulligan, l974, Porsild and Cody l980
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC and AB
BC range: Northern BC (Atlin, Summit Lake, Chost Mtn., Gladys Lake, Mt.
Edziza)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Rock outcrops, alpine tundra, lava talus
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. var. thompsonii (C.L. Hitchc.) Rollins
Herbaria: GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Mulligan l974
Map: Mulligan l974
Range: BC south to n WA
BC range: Gladys Lake area (Chost Mtn.) Cathedral Provincial Park, Rogers
Pass, Garibaldi
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Scree, rocky slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. var. vestita O. Schulz
Syn.: Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. var. kamtscatica (Ledeb.)
Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Ref.:  Mulligan l974
Map: Mulligan l974
Range: Coastal AK south to coastal BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Slatechuck Mtn., Chumshewa Inlet,
Vancouver Island (Mt. Arrowsmith)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Rock crevices
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Draba longipes Raup
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Mulligan l970
Map: Hulten l968, Mulligan l970, Porsild and Cody l980
Range: AK and YT south to n BC
BC range: Cassiar, Stikine River (Spectrum Mtn.), Haines Road (Mile 68, Mile
75), Hazelton, Gladys Lake, Stuart-Watson Lake Road, Thornhill
Mtn., Mt. Selwyn
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, SW
Habitat: Grassy or rocky slopes, alpine seepage areas
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Draba macounii O. Schulz
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Pojar et al. l976
Map: Porsild and Cody l980
Range: NT south to se BC
BC range: Mt. Edziza, Quartz Ridge, Hart Hwy., Liard Plateau, Chost Mtn.
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Volcanic scree, alpine tundra
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Draba palanderiana Kjellm.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Pojar et al. l976
Range: AK and NT south to n-c BC
BC range: Cassiar (Good Hope Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Rocky tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Draba porsildii Mulligan
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Mulligan l974
Map: Mulligan l974, Porsild and Cody l980
Range: Southern YT and sw NT south to sw AB and se BC
BC range: Liard Plateau
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Limestone talus slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, YT, AK

Name: Draba reptans (Lam.) Fern.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: MA and s ON south to GA and TX, west to s BC and CA
BC range: Interior Highlands (Oliver, Chilcotin (Moon Ranch Bluff), Fraser
River at Sheep Creek)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Dry forest, xeric limestone outcrops
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in ON, IA, NJ, threatened in PA, OH, endangered in NC

Name: Draba ruaxes Rayson & St. John
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Mulligan l971b
Map: Mulligan l971b
Range: AK to nw WA
BC range: Mt. Waddington, Mt. Chris Spencer, Trophy Mtn., Cronin Mtd., Level
Mtn.
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rock crevices, alpine fellfields
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, Wa

Name: Draba stenopetala Trautv.
Herbaria: V
Range: Eastern Asia; AK, YT and n BC
BC range: Mt. Edziza
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rocky ridges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Draba ventosa Gray
Herbaria: DAO, V
Ref.:  Mulligan l971b
Map: Mulligan l971b
Range: AB and BC south to CO
BC range: Quartz Ridge, Mt. Bowman
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine fellfields
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, AB, WA, CO

Name: Dryas drummondii Richards. ex Hook. var. eglandulosa Porsild
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Dryas octopetala L. subsp. alaskensis (Porsild) Hulten
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Dryopteris arguta (Kaulf.) Watt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southern BC south to CA and AZ
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Denman Island, Hornby Island, Nanoose)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Mossy, rocky ledges and open woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Dryopteris cristata (L.) Gray
Herbaria: SFUV, V
Ref.: Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to n ID, MT, AR and NC
BC range: Southeastern and central BC (Revelstoke, Kitchener, Wells Gray
Park, Mabel Lake, Columbia River Valley)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Bogs and swamps
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA, IA, IL, TN, threatened in NC, extirpated in
TX

Name: Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Range: NB to FL, west to SK, MT, s ID, AZ and TX, NS to BC
BC range: Shuswap Highland, Thompson Plateau, Fraser Lowland (Vernon,
Armstrong, Cawstone, Cultus Lake, The "San" (Tranquille)
Biogeocl.: CH, IF, PP
Habitat: Moist bottom lands, thickets
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Note:  Possibly introduced

Name: Elatine rubella Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Elatine triandra Schkuhr
Herbaria: V
Range: Southern BC, east to NB and south to CA, CO, SD and IL; Europe
BC range: Vancouver Island (Alberni), Fraser Lowland (Pitt Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Shallow water, mudflats, edges of ponds, ditches
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) C.B. Presl
Herbaria: V
Range: Pantropical; in w North America, north to WA and BC
BC range: Osoyoos Lake
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Inundated lake shore
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Eleocharis kamtschatica (C.A. Meyer) Kom.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Eastern Asia; AK south to BC, n PQ and n NF
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Massett, Oeanda River), Vancouver Island
(Sayward), Prince Rupert, Stewart
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schultes) Link ex Bluff & Fingerh.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southwestern BC east to NF and wouth to n South America; w Europe;
Mediterranean
BC range: Vancouver Island (Little Qualicum River, Alberni), Port Coquitlam,
Delta
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Wet saline or alkaline places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, PQ, AZ, CA, NH, IL, extirpated in MI

Name: Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartm.) Schw.
Syn.: Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to CA
BC range: Yoho Park, Wells Gray Park, Liard Hot Springs, Muncho Lake
Biogeocl.: BS, IH
Habitat: Wet soil, edges of lakes and ponds
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in NB, NH, NJ, OH, VT, endangered in IL, Threatened in
WI, IN

Name: Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC east to NS and south to MX; Caribbean; South America
BC range: Vancouver Island (Alberni) Ainsworth, Pitt Lake, East Kootenays
Biogeocl.: CA, CH, IF
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes, fresh-water marshes, alkaline lakes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in ON, NS, PA, WA, CO, IL, OH, VA, ME endangered in WI,
threatened in NC, extirpated in FL

Name: Ellisia nyctelea L. 
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Elmera racemosa (S. Wats.) Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN
Range: Southwestern BC and WA
BC range: Skagit Range: (Cheam Peak)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Rock crevices, mountain ridges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. racemosa]

Name: Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H. St. John
Herbaria: V, UBC
Range: BC south to s CA; ON to NB; Atlantic States
BC range: Southern BC (Crawford Bay, Moyie Lake, Langley Slough)
Biogeocl.: IF, CH
Habitat: Submerged in lakes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in PQ, NB

Name: Elymus x saundersii Vasey
Syn.: Agropyron suandersii (Vasey) A.S. Hitchc.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Elymus sibiricus L.
Syn.: Clinelymus sibiricus (L.) Nevski
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Ref.:  Bowden 1964, Kershaw and Morton 1976
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern AK, sw Mackenzie; Asia:  USSR, Kamchatka, Himalayas, China
and Japan
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (Fort Nelson, AK Highway - mile 297)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Roadsides, clearings, cultivated alnd, riverbanks, sandbars
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Elymus yukonensis (Scribner & Merrill) Love
Syn.: Agropyron yukonense Scribner & Merrill
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium ciliatum Raf. subsp. watsonii (Barbey) Hoch & Raven
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium davuricum Fishch. ex Hornem.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK to the Cascades of c WA, south in the Rocky Mtns. to CO, east to
the Atlantic coast; Eurasia
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Wet soil, bogs, wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, continental NT, MB, PQ

Name: Epilobium foliosum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Suksdorf
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium glaberrimum Barbey subsp. fastigiatum (Nutt.)
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, F, NY, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to CA, MT and UT
BC range: Throughout s BC (Vancouver Island, Manning Park, Rossland, Monahsee
Pass)
Biogeocl.: CH, IF, IH
Habitat: Moist places in mountains, streambanks
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Epilobium glareosum  G.N. Jones
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium halleanum Hausskn.
Syn.: Epilobium glandulosum Lehm. var. macounii
(Trealease) C.L. Hitchcock
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Carter and Newcombe 1921
Range: AK to OR and n CA, east to ID, MT and CO
BC range: Scattered (Nanaimo, Mt. Douglas, Glacier, Tod Mtn., Nelson, Wells
Gray area, Saanich, Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: ES, CF, PP, IF
Habitat: Moist ground mostly in the mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Epilobium hornemannii Reichenb. subsp. behringianum (Hausskn.)
Hoch & Raven
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Hoch and Raven 1977
Range: Eastern Asia, coastal AK to coastal BC
BC range: Queen charlotte Islands (Mt. Stapelton, Masset, Queen Charlotte
City)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Wet rocky cliffs, river banks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium leptocarpum Hausskn.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium leptophyllum Raf.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Porsild and Crum 1961
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: AK to Cascades of c WA, e to the Atlantic Coast, s in the Rockies to
CO
BC range: Throughout e and n BC (Windermere, Armstrong, Fort Nelson area AK
Hwy. Mile 285)
Biogeocl.: BS, IF
Habitat: Wet soil, lowlands, bogs, marshes and wet meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Epilobium mirabile Trelease
Herbaria: V
Range: Western WA to sw BC
BC range: Cascade mountains (Manning Park, Allison Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Moist open areas in forest
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Epilobium oregonense Hausskn.
Herbaria: V
Range: Southern BC to CA and ID
BC range: Vancouver Island (Mt. Arrowsmith), Wells Gray Park (Hemp Creek
Falls)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES
Habitat: Seepage areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epilobium saximontanum Hausskn.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brunton 1983c, Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Brunton 1983c, Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: BC south to SD, TX and MX
BC range: Cultus Lake, Enderby, Boswell, Howser (extirpated), Celista,
Fairmont Hot Springs, Naramata, Mara Lake, Osoyoos (extirpated),
Ainsworth Hot Springs, Radium Hot Springs (extirpated), Lower Arrow Lake
(extirpated)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, CF, CH
Habitat: Moist shady places along steams, marshes and swamps, hot springs
Rare status: R1; designated as threatened by the committee on the Status of
Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) in 1984
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in CO, WA

Name: Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Erigeron caespitosus Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984, Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: AK and MN south to CO
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Ft. St. John, Clayhurst Crossing)
Biogeocl.: BS, CA
Habitat: Dry riverbanks, gravelly terraces
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Erigeron compositus Pursh var. discoideus Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Greenland to AK and south to PQ and CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Forbidden Plateau, Paxton Mountain, Mt.
Arrowsmith)
Biogeocl.: MH, CH
Habitat: Alpine meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in PQ, WA

Name: Erigeron flagellaris Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Western WY to SD, south to TX and s NV; disjunct in s BC
BC range: Interior Plateau (Riske Creek, Alkali Lake, Hanceville, Clinton,
Williams Land, Ashrcroft, Upper Hat Creek, Pavilion, Lac la Hache,
Cache Creek, Tranquille)
Biogeocl.: CA, IF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush meadows, grasslands, disturbed grasslands
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Erigeron grandiflorus Hook.
Herbaria: DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: AK east to w NT and south to BC
BC range: Northern and e BC (Nevis Creek, Gladys Lake, North Kootenay Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Dry tundra, alpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Erigeron lanatus Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947
Range: Southwestern AB and se BC to nw MT; CO
BC range: Kootenay National Park (Assiniboine)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Alpine scree slopes, talus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, CO

Name: Erigeron leibergii Piper
Herbaria: GD, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southcentral BC to c WA
BC range: Cathedral Park
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Dry, open montane slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Erigeron poliospermus Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, NY, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: South-central BC to c OR and w ID
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. poliospermus]

Name: Erigeron salishii G.W. Douglas & Packer
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Erigeron trifidus Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, GD, V
Ref.:  Cronquist 1947, Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Eastern BC and adjacent AB
BC range: Rocky Mountains
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine scree
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Erigeron uniflorus L. var. eriocephalus (J. Vahl) Boivin
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Eriogonum flavum Nutt. subsp. piperi (Greene) M.E. Jones
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Eriogonum niveum Dougl. ex Benth.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. nivale (Canby) M.E. Jones
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC, east to AB, south through w OR to CA and NM
BC range: Southern BC (Manning Park, Okanagan, Columbia River Valley)
Biogeocl.: ES, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush desert, Juniperus or Pinus pondersoa woods, alpine ridges
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh var. pauciflorum
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Range: Southeastern BC, sw AB, SK, south to MT, WY, ND, SD, NE and n I
BC range: Border Ranges - Clark Range: (South Kootenay Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Rocky ridges, prairies, foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: GD, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ratcliffe 1981
Range: Southcentral BC to ID, MT and CA
BC range: Cathedral Park
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine scree
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Eriogonum strictum Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: East of the Cascades from WA to n CA, east to ID, MT and NV
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Keremeos Columns)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush desert to Pinus ponderosa forest
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [subsp. proliferum (Torr. & Gray) S. Stokes]

Name: Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Meyer
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980, Taylor 1983
Range: Northeastern Europe and n Asia across North America to NF, south to
CO; e Greenland
BC range: Northern BC (Haines Triangle, Liard Plateau, Spatsizi Plateau)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Wet alpine tundra
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB

Name: Eriophorum vaginatum L. susbp. spissum (Fern.) Hulten
Syn.: Eriophorum spissum Fern.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Erysimum arenicola S. Wats.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southwestern BC south to OR
BC range: Vancouver Island (Mt. Arrowsmith, Kennedy River, Cameron Lake,
Forbidden Plateau)
Biogeocl.: MH, CH
Habitat: Talus, moist rocky slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. torulosum (Piper) C.L. Hitchc.]
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Erysimum pallasii (Pursh) Fern.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Pojar et al. 1976
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to nw BC
BC range: Mt. Edziza
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Volcanic scree
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Erythronium montanum S. Wats.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Applegate 1935, Kershaw and Morton 1976, Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: Southern BC to n OR, west of thge Coast Mtns.
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges; Pacific Ranges
(Port Renfrew, San Juan Ridge, Tahsis Inlet, Mt. Waddington)
Biogeocl.: AT, [MH], CH
Habitat: Subalpine to alpine forests and meadows
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Erythronium oregonum Appleg.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Applegate 1935, Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: Southern BC, through the Willamette Valley to s OR
BC range: Southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and adjacent
mainland, Lower Fraser Valley
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods to open gravelly prairies
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Erythronium revolutum J.E. Smith
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Applegate 1935, Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: Southwestern BC to nw CA, scattered in WA or OR
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island from Victoria to Campbell River
and Fort Rupert, Kingcome Inlet)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Riverbanks and light to fairly thick woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Euonymus occidentalis Nutt. ex Torr.
Syn.: Evonymus occidentalis [orthographic variant]
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: West of Cascades from BC and WA to c CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Courtenay)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Woods and thickets
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Eupatorium maculatum L. var. bruneri (Gray) Breitung
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southern BC east to NF and south to NM, IL and MI
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Huntingdon, Sea Island, Delta, Point Grey)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Wet ground, riverbanks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, KS, endangered in CO

Name: Euphorbia serpyllifolia Pers.
Syn.: Chamaesyce serpyllifolia (Pers.) Small
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Euphrasia arctica Lange ex Rostrup
Herbaria: DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Porsild 1964, Taylor 1974a
Range: Circumpolar, south in the US to ME, MI, MN and MT
BC range: Northeastern BC (Azouzetta Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS, SS
Habitat: Wet places, streambanks, bogs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. disjuncta (Fern. & Wieg.) Cronq.]
Status outside: Rare in SK, Continental NT, threatened in MI

Name: Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cassini
Syn.: Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: NF west to BC and south to VA and NM
BC range: Southern BC (Agassiz, Hollyburn Mtn., Ft. Steele, Kinbasket Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF, IF
Habitat: Swampy ground
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Eutrema edwardsii R. Br.
Herbaria: V
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Mile 428, Summit Pass), Mt. Edziza, Gladys Lake, Liard
Plateau
Biogeocl.: SW, AT
Habitat: Lava talus
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Festuca minutiflora Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Festuca subuliflora Scribn.
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: BC to nw CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Cameron Lake, Shawnigan, Union Bay, Spanish Banks)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Light to heavy woods, moist slopes, meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Floerkea proserpinacoides Willd.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Fraxinus latifolia Benth.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Ceska et al. 1984
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Long Beach, Port Alberni)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Coastal swamps, stream estuaries
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Galium bifolium S. Wats.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC and MT to s CA and CO
BC range: Hecate Lowland, Bulkley Ranges, Selkirk Mountains, Nanaimo Lowland
(Prince Rupert, Smithers, Nelson, Mauis Lake, Manning Park,
Flathead)
Biogeocl.: ES, CH
Habitat: Moist or rather dry places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Galium cymosum Wiegand
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to OR, extending inland to the west slope of the Cascades
BC range: Southwestern and c BC (Nanaimo, Vancouver area, Kitimat)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist places along the coast, sphagnum bogs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Galium labradoricum (Wiegand) Wiegand
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Northeastern BC and c AB east to NF and south to NJ, OH and MN
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Bogs and swamps, wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in NS, Continental NT, CT, IL, endangered in NJ,
threatened in PA

Name: Galium mexicanum H.B.K. subsp. asperulum (Gray) Dempster
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Galium trifidum L. subsp. trifidum
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Gaultheria humifusa (R. Grah.) Rydb.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus and White 1978, Hamet-Ahti 1965, Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: Southern BC and AB, south to CO and n CA
BC range: Scattered throughout s BC, north to 52 degrees N latitude (Wells
Gray Park, Flathead area, Okanagan, Rogers Pass)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, IH
Habitat: Moist banks and meadows, in mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Gaura coccinea Pursh
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Raven and Gregory 1972
Map: Raven and Gregory 1972
Range: Southern BC to s MB, south to s MX
BC range: Columbia River Valley (Windermere), Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos)
Thompson Plateau (Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry, sandy sagebrush slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Gayophytum diffusum Torr. ex Gray subsp. parviflorum Lewis & Szweykowski
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Gayophytum humile Adr. Juss.
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Lewis and Szweykowski 1964
Range: East of the Cascades in WA to s CA, east to sw AB, ID, MT and CO;
Chile
BC range: Hozameen Range: (Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: In mountains, dry places, sandy soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, WY

Name: Gayophytum ramosissimum Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Map: Lewis and Szweykowski 1964
Range: Southern BC and e WA to CA, east to MT, CO, WY, UT and n AZ
BC range: Southern BC (Penticton, 15 miles east of Osoyoos, Coldstream, Lake
Creek, Marysville)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry foothills and valleys to lower mountains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Gentiana affinis Griseb.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V, WS
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Map: Gillett 1963
Range: BC, south on the east side of the Cascades through WA to s-c and sw OR
and CA and AZ, east to AB and MB; Rocky Mountain states to MX
BC range: Southeastern BC (Marysville, Rock Creek, Cranbrook, South Kootenay
Pass, Crowsnest Pass) Vancouver Island (Spectacle Lake -
introduced)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, CH
Habitat: Meadowland, damp soil, valleys and foothills to mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Gentiana calycosa Griseb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Map: Gillett 1963
Range: BC south to CA and east to AB and MT
BC range: Southeastern BC (Wall Lake, King Edward Peak)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Mountain meadows, swamps, streambanks
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Gentiana platypetala Griseb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Map: Calder and Taylor 1958, Gillett 1963, Hulten 1968
Range: Kodiak Island to se AK and adjacent BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula,
Zeballos Peak), coastal mainland (Alice Arm, Bella Coola area)
Biogeocl.: CH, MH, AT
Habitat: Grassy mountain slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Gentiana prostrata Haenke
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1963, Hulten 1968
Map: Gillett 1963, Hulten 1968
Range: AK south to n CA and east to c ID, UT and NV; Eurasia; South America
BC range: Eastern, c and n BC (Gladys Lake, Nevis Creek, Summitt Pass, Haines
Road, Smithers, east Chilcotin area, Mt. Selwyn, Halfway River,
Robb Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Alpine bogs and meadows of high mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Gentianella crinita (Froel.) G. Don
Syn.: Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma, Gentiana crinita
Froel.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1957, 1963
Map: Gillett 1957, 1963
Range: YT east to PQ and south to BC, n IA and GA
BC range: Continental Ranges, Rocky Mtn. Trench, (Field, Wapta Falls)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Wet meadows, shores, calcareous bogs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. macounii !!]
Status outside: Rare in PQ, ME, MD, MA, NH, RI, VT

Name: Gentianella tenella (Rottb.) Borner
Syn.: Gentiana tenella Rottb., Comastoma tenella (Rottb.)
Toyokuni
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Map: Gillett 1963, 1957, Hulten 1968, 1958, Porsild 1966
Range: Rocky Mountains from WY to NM and AZ, Sierra Nevada and Shite
Mountains of CA and NV, Yellowstone National Park, ID, MT; Mountain
ranges of Eurasia, Greenland, AK and Canada; PQ to BC
BC range: Northern and c BC (Tagish Lake, Lillooet district, Tenquille Lake)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CH
Habitat: Mountains, meadows in tundra, sea beaches, rocky places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. tenella]
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, YT, PQ

Name: Geum calthifolium Menzies ex J.E. Smith
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: AK to BC; e Asia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island and coastal mainland
(White Pass, Masset Inlet, Kootenay Inlet, Prince Rupert, Kitimat,
Ocean Falls, Bella Coola, Brooks Peninsula, Tsitika Mtn., The
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, CH
Habitat: Coastal bogs, alpine slopes, meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Geum rossii (R. Br.) Seringe
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1964, Taylor 1973
Range: AK to YT, south to ne WA, OR, NV, AZ and NM east Asia
BC range: Tahltan Highland (Yehiniko Lake)
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Calcareous soil, alplands, arctic tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Geum schofieldii Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Taylor 1973
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: Western BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. - Queen Charlotte Ranges, Skidegate Plateau;
Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges (Kootenay Inlet,
Tasu Mtn., Mt. de la Touche, Dawson Inlet, Brooks Peninsula)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Wet rock crevices
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Gilia capitata Sims
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern Vancouver Island, WA and n ID, south to OR and CA; AK and YT
(escapes from cultivation)
BC range: Southern and ne BC (Vancouver Island, Lower Fraser Valley, Peace
River area, Sicamous, Nelson, Sikanni River)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF, IF, CA
Habitat: Dry slopes, open places at lower elevations
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: RED [var. capitata]

Name: Gilia sinuata Dougl. ex Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Easter WA to se CA, east through the Snake River plains to WY and NM,
BC
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry, open, sandy places in plains and foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Githopsis specularioides Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Morin 1983
Map: Morin 1983
Range: WA to s CA; sw BC
BC range: Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Lowland (Sooke, Victoria, Horn Lake, Port
Alberni)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open seepage areas in foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Glehnia littoralis Schmidt subsp. leiocarpa (Mathias) Hulten
Syn.: Glehnia leiocarpa Mathias
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968
Range: Kodiak Island AK to nw CA; e Asia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Sandspit, Tlell), Vancouver Island
(Brooks, Peninsula, Ucluelet, Long Beach, Sidney Spit, Sooke,
Saanichton)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Coastal dunes and sandy beaches
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Glyceria leptostachya Buckley
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern AK to c CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Alberni)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Salt marsh
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Glyceria occidentalis (Piper) J.C. Nels.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Glyceria pulchella (Nash) K. Schum.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1975c
Range: Southern BC to ON and south to CA and TX
BC range: Southeastern BC (Wardner, Kootenay Lake, Wasa, Jaffray, Kaslo,
Cranbrook) Fraser highland (Turquoise Lake)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Lake shores and grassy fields
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED [var. lepidota]
Status outside: Rare in ON, threatened in WI

Name: Grammica pentagona (Engelm.) W.A. Weber
Syn.: Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Over most of the US and in many other parts of the world, e OR to s
CA, TX, FL and east, sw BC to SK, MB, ON, PQ, NF, PE and NS; MX
BC range: Vancouver Island Mountains; Alberni Basin; Fraser Lowland (Port
Alberni, Elgin)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Parasitic on legumes in fields or low ground
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in NB, PA, threatened in MI, OH

Name: Grammica salina (Engelm.) Taylor & MacBryde
Syn.: Cuscuta salina Engelm.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Along the coast from BC to MX, inland to UT and AZ
BC range: Southwestern BC (Boundary Bay, Victoria, Saltspring Island, South
Pender Island, Sooke, Parksville, Gabriola Island)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Parasitic on chenopodiaceous and asteraceous plants of saline soils
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Gratiola ebracteata Benth.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC to CA, east to w MT
BC range: Southern BC (Southern Vancouver Island, and some gulf Islands,
Sicamous)
Biogeocl.: CF, IF
Habitat: Muddy and wet places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Gratiola neglecta Torr.
Herbaria: ALTA, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC to PQ, NS south to CA, AZ, TX and GA
BC range: Fraser Lowland, Thompson Plateau, Shuswap Highland, Nanimo Lowland,
Vancouver Island Mountains (Alberni Basin)
Biogeocl.: PP, CH
Habitat: Shallow water, muddy places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in NS, NB

Name: Gymnocarpium jessoense (Koidz.) Koidz. subsp. parvulum Sarvela
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Sarvela et al. 1981, Taylor 1971
Map: Sarvela et al. 1981, Taylor 1971
Range: Circumpolar; in North America, AK to NB, south to ID, IA and PA
BC range: Northern and e BC (AK Hwy. mile 520, Liard River, Wheaton Creek,
Steam boat Mtn., Big Bend Hwy.)
Biogeocl.: BS, IF
Habitat: Rock outcrops, talus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in PQ, NB

Name: Hackelia ciliata (Dougl. ex Lehm.) I.M. Johnst.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Hackelia deflexa (Wahl.) Opiz
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971
Range: Circumboreal; in North America from BC to n AB; to PQ, south to WA,
ID, CO IA, and VT
BC range: South-central and nw BC, (Mt. Chipuin, Summerland, Gladys Lake
area, Kamloops, Keremeos)
Biogeocl.: BS, PP, IF
Habitat: Thickets and open woods
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Hackelia diffusa (Dougl. ex Lehm.) I. Johnst.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Ulke 1934
Range: Along and near the Columbia River in WA and OR, north to thompson and
Fraser rivers in s BC
BC range: Rocky Mountains, Coast Mountains; (Summit lake, Lytton, Botanie
Valley, Manning Park, Cranbrook, Yoho National Park, Wapta Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, SS, IF
Habitat: Clifs and talus slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I. Johnst.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to SK, w ON and MN, s to CA, s NV, n NM, chiefly in the
Rocky Mountain region
BC range: Southern and se BC (Spences Bridge, Merritt, Kimberley, Botanie
Valley, Michel, Fernie, Osoyoos, Kamloops, Penticton, Yoho National
Park, Azouzetta Lake, Invermere)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Thickets, meadows, streambanks, moist places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Hackelia micrantha (Eastw.) Gentry
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Welsh and Rigby 1971
Range: Cascade-Sierran region, east to the Rocky Mountains, BC, WA, ID south
to the North Coast Ranges, sierra Nevada CA and w NV, east to AB, MT,
w WY and UT
BC range: Southern and e-c BC; (Mt. Kobau, Flathead, Taseko Lake, Thutade
Lake, Manning Park, Botanie Valley, Mt. Robson Park, Azouzetta
Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, IH
Habitat: Moist banks or slopes, thickets, meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Halimolobos whitedii (Piper) Rollins
Herbaria: UBC
Range: South-central BC to c WA
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos, Anarchist Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry sagebrush slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze
Syn.: Malaxis paludosa (L.) Sw.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1958, 1968; Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: Southern AK, NT and BC, east to c AB, SK, MB, ON and MN; Eurasia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. -- Skidegate Plateau, Q.C. Ranges; Q.C.
Lowland -- Argonaut Plain; Liard Plateau; Kitimat Ranges; Nechako
Plateau -- McGregor Plateau; Hecate Lowland (Sandspit, Tlell, near Masset,
Aleza Lake, Kitimat, Liard Hot Springs, Prince Rupert)
Biogeocl.: SS, CH
Habitat: Wet sphagnum, turfy bogs and muskegs
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada, endangered in MN

Name: Haplopappus bloomeri Gray
Syn.: Ericameria bloomeri(Gray) J.F. Macbr.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southern BC south to CA
BC range: Kettle River Valley (Westbridge), Okanagan Highland (Keremeos)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Haplopappus carthamoides (Hook.) Gray subsp. carthamoides
Syn.: Pyrrocoma carthamoides Hook. subsp. carthamoides
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southern BC and nw MT south to n CA and nw WY
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Summerland, Keremeos, Twin Lakes)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Dry sagebrush hillsides, grasslands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Hedysarum hedysariodes (L.) Schinz & Thell.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Welsh 1974c
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Eurasia; AK east to NF and south to BC, WY, SD
BC range: Northern BC (Atlin, Tagish highland, AK Hwy. Mile 428)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine tundra and heaths
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Hedysarum occidentale Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: BC to WA and CO
BC range: Vancouver Island (Golden Hinde, Mt. Cain, Zabellos, Victoria Lake,
Nimkish Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Dry scree slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Hedysarum sulphurescens Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Helenium autumnale L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to OR
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Langley, Pitt River, Sumas, Alouette River),
Vancouver Island (Victoria), Thompson Plateau (Kamloops Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Marshy lakesshores and river banks, sloughs, damp ground
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. grandiflorum (Nutt.) Torr & Gray]

Name: Helianthella uniflora (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: CAN UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC and MT south to OR and MN
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Highland (Merrit, Spences Bridge,
Kelowna, Kamloops, Princeton)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hillsides, rockslides
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Helianthus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Long 1966
Map: Long 1966
Range: Eastern BC to SK and south to MN and GA
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Dawson Creek, Hudson's Hope) Columbia River Valley
(Fairmont Hot Springs, Windermere), Cranbrook, s Vancouver Island
Biogeocl.: IF, CA, CF
Habitat: Wet meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
Herbaria: CAN
Range: Eastern BC east to PQ and south to MN and GA
BC range: Revelstoke, Yoho Park (Field, Kicking Horse River)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Waste places
Rare status: R1
Status outside: Rare in SK, NB

Name: Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax
Syn.: Lipocarpha micrantha (M. Vahl) G.C. Tucker
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: Tropical and temperate America, north to WA, BC, ON and PQ
BC range: Osoyoos Lake
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Inundated lake shore
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Canada, CT, ME, NH, PA, VA, WV, endangered in NJ, NC,
OH,threatened in MI, SC

Name: Hemitomes congestum Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: West side of the Cascades in BC and the Olympic Peninsula in WA, south
to CA
BC range: Western and s BC (Kitimat, Vancouver Island form Port Hardy to
Cameron Lake, Powell River, Grouse Mtn., Haney, Garibaldi, New
Denver, Procter)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, CF, CH
Habitat: Deep humus in coniferous forest
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Hesperochiron pumilus (Griseb.) Porter
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Heteranthera dubia (N.J. Jacq.) MacMill.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC east to PQ and south to AR, NM and NC
BC range: Southern BC (Kawkawa Creek near Hope, Kalamalka Lake, Osoyoos Lake,
Christina Lake, Kootenay Lake, East Kootenays, Golden)
Biogeocl.: CH, IF, PP
Habitat: Quiet water
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in MB, NB, ME, NH, endangered in NC

Name: Heterocodon rariflorum Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC and ID to CA, NV and WY
BC range: Selkirk Mountains, Rocky Mountain Trench, Vancouver Island
Mountains (Revelstoke, Nelson, Newgate, Kinnaird, Cedar Hill,
Prospect Lake)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF
Habitat: Moist open places in foothills and valleys
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Heuchera richardsonii R. Br
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Eastern BC to CO, east to MB and IN
BC range: Northeastern BC (Peace River, McBride)
Biogeocl.: BS, IH
Habitat: Moist banks, rock crevices
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Hippuris tetraphylla L. f.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971
Range: Northern YT, coastal AK to BC, disjunctly east to the Atlantic Ocean;
Eurasia
BC range: Western BC (Victoria, Bella Coola)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Brackish water, shallow ponds, mud flats
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in continental NT, YT, MB

Name: Hordeum depressum (Scribn. & Smith) Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Ref.:  Bowden 1962
Range: BC south to s CA, east to w ID
BC range: Nanimo Lowland (Oak bay, Cadboro Bay)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Waste areas, moist saline soil
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. var. miyoshiana (Mak.) Taylor & MacBryde
Syn.: Lycopodium selago L. subsp. miyoshianum (Makino),
Huperzia miyoshiana (Makino) Ching, Huperzia chinensis
(Christ) Czer.
Calder & Taylor,
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Japan, Korea, China to AK and BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (generally distributed)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Rocky slopes, coniferous forests
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. f.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Puget Sound WA to DE, AR and CA, south to tropical America
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Nanaimo, Departure Bay)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Marshes, ponds and wet ground
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southwester BC to s CA, east to UT, OK, MO and the Atlantic States;
MX, Bermuda, Jamaica, West Indies
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Coquitlam)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Streams and low ground
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Hydrophyllum fendleri (Gray) A.A. Heller
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Coastal mountains of s BC, WA, OR to n CA; se WA, ne OR to e ID; s WY
to NM and se UT
BC range: South-central BC (Manning Park, Gibson Pass, Spences Bridge,
Botanie Creek)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, IH
Habitat: Thickets, moist open places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. albifrons (Heller) J.F. Macbr.]

Name: Hydrophyllum tenuipes A.A. Heller
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: West flank of the Cascades to the coast, from WA and s BC to n CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Mt. Finlayson, Victoria, Sooke, Goldstream Park
Milnes Landing); Fraser Lowland (Clayburn)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods at lower elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Hymenolobus procumbens (L.) Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Syn.: Hutchinsia procumbens (L.) Desv.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA and east to WY and CO; NF; Old World
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Spotted Lake)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush Slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schlecht.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: BC to Baja CA, east to MT
BC range: Southwester BC ( Vancouver Island from Shawnigan lake to Port
Alice, Saltspring Island, Texada Island, mainland north to Powell
River and east to Chilliwack)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist ground along the coast or in the mountains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Hypericum formosum HBK
Syn.: incl. Hypericum formosum HBK subsp. scouleri (Hook.) C.L. Hitchc.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: BC to Baja CA, east to MT and WY; c MX
BC range: Southern BC (Vancouver Island from Sooke River to Port Alice,
Texada Island, Pemberton, Powell River, Kamloops, Glacier National
Park, Cranbrook, Terrace)
Biogeocl.: IH, PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Moist places from the coast to the mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW [var. scouleri] and BLUE [var. nortoniae
(M.E. Jones) C.L. Hitchc.]
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Hypericum majus (Gray) Britt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC to PQ, south to PA, NJ and CO
BC range: Vancouver Island (Spider Lake, Sproat Lake), lower mainland (Pitt
River, Harrison), Thompson Highland (Tranquille)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, IF
Habitat: Lake margins, beaches, wet depressions
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, NS, ID, IL, threatened in CO, PA, possible
extirpated in TN

Name: Idahoa scapigera (Hook.) Nels. & Macbr.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Range: Southern BC east to ID and south to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Mt. Douglas, Mt. Finlayson, Observatory Hill,
Mill Hill Jocelyn Hill, Lone Tree Hill, Gulf Islands (Saturna,
Saltspring), Boston Bar, Grand Forks
Biogeocl.: CF, IF, PP
Habitat: Dry hillsides, seepage areas on dry rocky slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Iliamna rivularis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern Bc to OR east to MT and CO
BC range: Scattered distribution in s BC east of Cascades (Salmon Arm,
Nelson, Fernie, Tranquille, Queens Bay, Creston, Slocan Valley,
Kelowna, Osoyoos, Grand Forks, Kootenay Lake, Galloway, Salmo, Penticton,
Lumby)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF
Habitat: Streambanks, mountain slopes and cliffs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, uncommon ion WA

Name: Impatiens aurella Rydb.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: AK to OR, from the coast inland to AB, SK, MB and ID; Eurasia
BC range: Skagit Range; Shuswap Highland; Purcell Mtns. (Bridal Falls, Duck
Lake, Malakawa, Crawford Bay, Eagle River Canyon)
Biogeocl.: CH, IF
Habitat: Moist woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Impatiens capensis Meerb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Impatiens ecalcarata Blank.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant
Syn.: Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Sprengel
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to MT, south to CA and MX
BC range: South-central BC (Princeton, Manning Park, Grand Forks, Keremeos,
Okanaga, Salmo, Rossland, Trail, Hedley, Armstorng, Penticton,
Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, IH
Habitat: Open or lightly wooded rocky banks and slopes dier meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Ipomopsis minutiflora (Benth.) V.E. Grant
Syn.: Gilia minutiflora Benth.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Central and e WA and adjacent BC and n ID, south to n OR, east
throughout the Snake River plains of ID
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Pacific Ranges, Okanagan Highland (Kamloops,
Nicola Valley, Ashnola River, Spences Bridge, Lytton, Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry sandy places in plains and valleys
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Iris missouriensis Nutt.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  deVries 1966, Foster 1937
Map: deVries 1966
Range: Wester BC to s CA, east to se AB, ND, SD and south to n MX
BC range: Bulkley Ranges; Teslin Plateau; Tagish Highland; Nechako Plateau;
Fraser Basin - Nechako Plain (Atlin Lake, Telkwa, Prince George,
Bennett Lake, Fraser Lake, Quick Station)
Biogeocl.: BS, SS, CA, PP, CF
Habitat: Moist meadows and streambanks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, uncommon in WA

Name: Iris setosa Pallas ex Link subsp. setosa
Herbaria: dao, ubc, v
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK, w-c YT, nw BC east to NF; Asia
BC range: Boundary Ranges (Bennett)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Floodplains, tidal flats, meadows, lakeshores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, AK

Name: Isoetes bolanderi Engelm.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southeastern BC, AB, MT  and south to CA, CO and AZ
BC range: Border Ranges (Akamina Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Shallow water
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, AZ

Name: Isoetes howellii Engelm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Isoetes nuttallii A. Br. ex Engelm.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1970
Map: Taylor 1970
Range: Southwestern BC wouth to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands (Victoria, Trial Island,
Saltspring Island, south to Nanaimo, Newcastle Island, Nanoose
Hill, Mitlenatch Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernal pools and seepage areas
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Isoetes occidentalis Henderson
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1970
Map: Taylor 1970
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to CA and CO
BC range: Vanvcouver Island (Cameron Lake), sw Mainland (Marion Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Edges of lakes and ponds
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Isoetes truncata (A.A. Eaton) Clute
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Isopyrum savilei Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1965
Range: Extreme w BC
BC range: Western (coastal) BC, Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island
(Brooks Peninsula)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist shady crevices, wet talus, subalpine
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Iva axillaris Pursh subsp. robustior (Hook.) Bassett
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Bassett et al. 1962
Map: Bassett et al. 1962
Range: Southern BC east to MN and south to CA and OR
BC range: Thompson and Fraser Highlands (Quilchina, Hat Creek, Cache Creek,
Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Waste ground cultivated ground
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Jaumea carnosa (Less.) Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC wouth to s CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Sooke, Saanichton, Sidney)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Tidal beaches, salt marshes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Juncus albescens (Lange) Fern.
Syn.: Juncus triglumis L. subsp. albescens (Lange) Hulten
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Juncus articus Willd. subsp. alaskanus Hulten
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Northeastern Asia to AK and w NT and south to n BC and n AB and east
PQ; Greenland
BC range: Stikine River a Tuaton Lake, Jct. of Toad and Racing rivers
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet places, river flats, alluvium
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Juncus biglumis L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: AK and YT south to n BC and AB; CO; east to n PQ; Eurasia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Island (Upper Victoria Lake), Teresa Island,
Spatsizi Plateau (Maternity Mtn.), Itcha Mtns.
Biogeocl.: AT, BS, ES
Habitat: Wet tundra, mossy edges of ponds and streams
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, CO, WY

Name: Juncus bolanderi Engelm.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Haber and Soper 1980
Range: Southern BC to c CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Victoria, Cowichan lake, Ucluelet, Saanichton),
Burnaby, South Pender Island, Saltspring Island, Lulu Island
Biogeocl.: MH, CF, CH
Habitat: Marshes and river banks at low elevations
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Juncus brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fern.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Juncus breweri Engelm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Juncus bulbosus L.
Syn.: Juncus supinus Moench
Herbaria: V
Range: BC to WA; NS, NF
BC range: Southwestern BC (Pitt Lake, Cowichan Lake, Spectacle Lake, Duncan)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in NS

Name: Juncus covillei Piper
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC to s CA; ID
BC range: Vancouver Island (Sprout Falls, Cameron Lake, Qualicum Falls,
Sooke, Shawnigan Lake, Kennedy River, Nanaimo, Parksville,
Steelhead), Powell River
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Lake Margins
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Juncus kelloggii Engelm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Juncus leseurii Bolander
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Southwestern BC to c CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Oeanda River, Tlell), Vancouver Island
(Guise Bay, Brooks Peninsula), Cox Island
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal marshes and dunes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Juncus oxymeris Engelm.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Alberni, New Westminster, Pitt Lake, Galiano Island, Parksville
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Juncus regelii Buchenau
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC south to CA and east to MT, WY and UT
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, Bare Island, Chilliwack,
Rogers Pass, Field, 20 miles from Mt. Curry
Biogeocl.: MH, CH, ES
Habitat: Wet montane, subalpine or alpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Juncus stygius L. subsp. americanus (Buchenau) Hulten
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to BC
BC range: Wells Gray Park (Murtle Lake), 30 mi. north of Prince George
(Summit Lake,), 13 mi. nw of Prince George (Reid Lake,), Vancouver
Island (Brooks Peninsula, Port Hardy)
Biogeocl.: IH, CH
Habitat: Bogs
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, YT, NB, Continental NT, NS, NY, endangered in ME,
threatened in MI

Name: Juncus torreyi Coville
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC south to s CA east to ON, ME and AL
BC range: Kamloops, Kalamalka Lake, Winfield, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls,
Fairmont Hot Springs, Crawston
Biogeocl.: ES, CA, IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Lake and stream margins
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in PQ

Name: Juncus tracyi Rydb.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: BC to CO, AZ and NV
BC range: Ross Lake, Lussier River at White-Lussier Forest Development Road
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Moist, boggy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK, AZ, CO

Name: Juncus triglumis L.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to c BC, UT and CO
BC range: Headwaters Sikanii Chief River, Gladys Lake, Tuaton lake (Stikine
River)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Streams and bogs at high elevations
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, SK

Name: Kobresia sibirica Turcz.
Herbaria: V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Northern Asia; AK to NT and south to BC
BC range: Northern Rocky Mountains (Liard Plateau, McBride)
Biogeocl.: SW, IH
Habitat: Wet Places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Koenigia islandica L.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Porsild 1964, Schofield 1959
Range: Cirucmpolar; AK, s YT, NT, south to CO, MT, MB, ON, PQ and Labrador;
Greenland, Iceland, Eurasia
BC range: Northwestern and c BC (Haines Road area, Spatsizi Plateau, Anahim
Lake, near the AB border)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, SW
Habitat: Moist bare soil
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, Continental NT, ON, CO

Name: Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. cupulata (Gray) M.E. Jones
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lasthenia minor (DC.) Ornduff subsp. maritima (Gray) Ornduff
Syn.: Lasthenia maritima (A. Gray) Vasey, Baeria maritima
A. Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Ornduff 1966
Map: Ornduff 1966
Range: Southwestern BC south to c CA
BC range: Islands off west coast of Vancouver Island (Triangle Island, Grassy
Island)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Rocky bird-nesting cliffs, rocky islands
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Lathyrus bijugatus White
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lathyrus littoralis (Nutt.) Endl.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1974c
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1974c
Range: Coastal BC to c CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Rose Spit, Tlell River, Masset), Vancouver
Island (Tofino, Saanichton)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lathyrus palustris L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1974c
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to CA and CO
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Masset, Vancouver Island (Jordan River,
Nerthey Lake, Alberni Canal), Ladner, Skeena
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal mudflats
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Ledum palustre L. subsp. decumbens (Ait.) Hulten
Syn.: Ledum decumbens (Ait.) Lodd. ex Steud., Rhododendron
subarcticum Harmaja
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Buttrick 1977, Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Szczawinski 1975b
Range: AK, YT, through NT to Labrador and NF, south to n BC, n MB, n ON and
PQ w Greenland; Eurasia
BC range: Northwestern BC (Haines Cut-off area, Atlin Lake - Teresa Island)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS
Habitat: Cold muskegs and bogs, heaths, dry rocky places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Leersia oryzoides (L.) Swartz
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Map: Hulten 1958
Range: BC east to PQ, south to most of the US
BC range: Southwestern and s-c BC (Ladner, Burnaby Lake, Pitt Meadows,
Rosedale, Sumas, Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: PP, CF
Habitat: Wet places, marshes, riverbanks
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Legousia perfoliata (L.) Britt.
Syn.: Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl., Specularia
perfoliata (L.) DC.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Throughout the US and adjacent parts of Canada and MX, tropical
America; introduced in Europe
BC range: Southern BC; (Victoria, Yale, Shuswap, Kootenay Lake, Osoyoos Lake
south from Armstrong)
Biogeocl.: CF, IF, IH
Habitat: Valleys and plains to mountains, disturbed sites, dry woods, rocky
banks
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.  var. pubicarpum (A. Nels.) Thellung
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lepidium oxycarpum Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: CAN
Ref.:  Mulligan 1961
Range: Southwestern BC; CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Cadboro Bay)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Saline soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Lepidium virginicum L.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Nutt. ex Rydb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: WA east of the Cascades and adjacent s BC to Baja CA, east to MT, w NE
and NM
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Range, Okanagan Highland (Keremeos,
Penticton, Osoyoos, Oliver, Summerland)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry, open, sandy or rocky places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lesquerella arctica (Wormskj. ex. Hornem.) S. Wats.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Northwestern Asia; AK to Greenland, south to n BC
BC range: Summit Pass, Jct. of Toad and Racing River, Good Hope Lake, Haines
Road (Mile 66)
Biogeocl.: AT, SW
Habitat: Clay soils, alluvium
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. arctica]
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, PQ

Name: Leucanthemum arcticum (L.) DC.
Syn.: Chrysanthemum arcticum L.
Herbaria: CAN, GD
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Eastern Asia to coastal AK, south to nw BC
BC range: Observatory Inlet
Biogeocl.: CH
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in YK, Continental NT, MB

Name: Leucanthemum integrifolium (Richards.) DC.
Syn.: Chrysanthemum integrifolium Richards.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Range: Northeastern Asia to e NT and PQ, south to n BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Summit Pass, Muncho Lake, Mile 390)
Biogeocl.: BS, AT
Habitat: Rock outcrops, tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Lewisia columbiana (T.J. Howell) B. Rob.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC to nw CA, also in ne OR and adjacent ID
BC range: Southwestern BC (Mt. Whymper, Mt. Arrowsmith, Manning Park, Skagit
area)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES
Habitat: Exposed gravel banks and rocky slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Lewisia pygmaea (Gray) B. Rob.
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern YT, BC and sw AB to s CA, MT, AZ and NM
BC range: Southern BC (Mt. Arrowsmith, Errington, Botanie Valley, Nicola,
Kamloops, Penticton, Mt. Baldy, Similkameen area, Westbranch area,
Flathead)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES
Habitat: Open, gravelly sites in mountains, alpine tundra
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lewisia rediviva Pursh
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lewisia triphylla (S. Wats.) B. Rob.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  McNeill 1973
Range: Southern BC south to CA, east to MT and CO
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges; Selkirk Mtns.;
Rocky Mtn. Trench (Crest Mtn., Nelson, Fort Steele)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES
Habitat: Open sandy soil where moist in spring
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Lewisia tweedyi (Gray) B. Rob.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Chuang 1974, Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Southern BC and WA
BC range: Hozameen Range: (Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Well-drained talus slopes, rock crevices
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Leymus triticoides (Buckley) Pilger
Syn.: Elymus triticoides Buckley
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ligusticum calderi Mathias & Constance
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Mathias and Constance 1959
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Western BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Victoria Lake, Mt. Moresby, Shrimp Lake,
Chaatl Island), Calvert Island, Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Boggy slopes, rocky habitats, alpine areas
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Ligusticum canbyi Coult. & Rose
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Haber and Soper 1980
Range: BC and WA to ne OR, east to ID and MT
BC range: Southern BC (Kokanee, Trail, Salmo, Moyie, Trout Lake, Rossland,
Nelson, Flathead, Mt. Revelstoke, Creston, Glacier National Park,
Rogers Pass, Spillimacheen)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, IF, CH
Habitat: Moist meadows, streambanks, boggy slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Ligusticum scoticum L. subsp. hultenii (Fern.) Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1958, 1968
Range: Western and s AK, south to BC and e North America; Europe, Asia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Lowland - Argonaut Plain; Queen Charlotte Mtns. -
Skidegate Plateau, Queen Charlotte Ranges; Hecate Lowland (Moresby
Camp, Skincuttle Inlet, Langara Island, Skidegate, Prince Rupert area)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Seashores, salt marshes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Ligusticum verticillatum (Geyer) Coult. &  Rose
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Northern ID and w MT to se BC
BC range: Selkirk Mtns. (Salmo-Creston summit, Canyon Creek)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Streambanks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Lilaea scilloides (Poir.) Haum.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Pojar 1975
Range: BC to AB and s SK, south through WA and OR to CA, s ID, NV and MT;
South America
BC range: Skeena River (Khyex River delta), Pitt River, North Delta, Somass
River
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Shallow water, coastal tidalflats, interior valleys
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Lilaeopsis occidentalis Coult. & Rose
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Southwestern BC to c CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Juskatla, Port Clements), Vancouver Island
(Kyuquot, Nootka, Tofino, Ucluelet, Alberni, Qualicum Beach),
Georgia and Fraser Lowlands (Point Grey, Caufield, Pitt Lake, Gibsons
Landing)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Marshes, salt flats, sandy or muddy beaches, lake margins
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lilium philadelphicum L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: BC south to NM, east to SK, NE, MI, KY, OH, WV and ME
BC range: Eastern BC (Peace River District, Columbia River Valley south from
Kinbasket Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, IH, IF
Habitat: Heavy meadowland to montane forest
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW [var. andinum]

Name: Limnanthes macounii Trelease
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Ornduff 1971
Range: Southern Vancouver Island and adjacent islands
BC range: Metchosin, Victoria, Trial Island, Yellow Point, Saltspring Island
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernal pools, seepage areas on rocky slopes, wet depressions in open
Douglas fir forests
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Limosella aquatica L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Pojar 1975, Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974a
Range: Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere; Greenland, NT and AK, NF, PQ to
BC
BC range: Southern and c BC (New Westminster, Kamloops, Peace River area,
Alberni, Comox, Skeena River, Kootenay Lake)
Biogeocl.: CA, PP, CH
Habitat: Muddy shores of streams and ponds
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in YT, Continental NT, ON, endangered in MO

Name: Linanthus bicolor (Nutt.) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern Vancouver Island to s CA; west of the Cascades, extending
through the Columbia River Gorge to Klickitat County WA
BC range: Nanimo Lowland (Sooke, Curlew Island, east Mayne Island), Victoria,
Nanaimo, Saltspring Island, Duncan, Saturna Island, Hornby Island,
Wellington, Sahtlam, S. Pender Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open places at lower elevations
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Linanthus harknessii (Curran) Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Cascade-Sierra region from Kittitas County WA to CA, occasionally east
to c ID and ne NV, s BC
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Selkirk Mountains (Nelson, Kamloops area, Slocan
Lake, Coldstream River)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Forest openings, dry meadows, open slopes and ridges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Linanthus septentrionalis Mason
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: East of the Cascades from s BC to CA, east to Ab and SK, WY and CO
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Range, Purcell Mountains, Border Ranges
(Galton Range, Clark Range); (Kamloops area, Ashnola River,
Cranbrook, Flathead area, Osoyoos, Spences Bridge)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Forest openings, dry meadows, open places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in SK, endangered in SD

Name: Linaria canadensis (L.) Dum. de Cours. var. texana (Scheele) Penn.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974
Range: Widespread across the US and adjacent Canada and MX
BC range: Southwestern BC, Southern Vancouver Island, adjacent Gulf Islands
and the Lower Mainland
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Sandy places in the open, seepage areas on grassy slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in PQ

Name: Lindernia anagallidea (Michx.) Penn.
Syn.: Lindernia dubia (L.) Penn. var. anagallidea (Michx.) Cooperrider
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974
Range: Widespread in North and South America
BC range: South-central BC (Osoyoos Lake, Kamloops, Sicamous, Langley)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF, CH
Habitat: Wet sandy or muddy places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in MI, WA

Name: Liparis loeselii (L.) L.C. Rich.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Correll 1950, Kershaw and Morton 1976, Luer 1975, Maher et al. 1979,
Revel and Beamish 1972
Map: Hulten 1958, Luer 1975
Range: BC and SK east to NS, NB and PE, south to WA and most of the US east
of the Rocky Mtns.
BC range: Shuswap Highland (Mara, Enderby)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Around springs, in bogs, damp thickets
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, SK, IL, IA, NJ, endangered in MO, NC,
ND, VT, threatened in RI, WA, extirpated in KS

Name: Lithophragma tenellum Nutt.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1965
Map: Taylor 1965
Range: East of Cascades in s BC, WA, OR; east and south to ID and CO
BC range: South-central BC; Okanagan Highland (Anarchist Mtn., Penticton,
Princeton)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Open Pinus ponderosa forests and grasslands R4
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: Plains of c US and adjacent Canada and MX, west to UT, MT and s BC to
s ON
BC range: Southern BC (Merritt, Chilcotin area, Kamloops, Sumerland,
Kimberley, Invermere, Spences Bridge, Lytton, Lillooet, Quesnel,
Radium Hotsprings, Fort Steele, Clinton, Keremeos, Hedley, Oliver,
Penticton, Ashcroft, Lac la Hache)
Biogeocl.: PP, CA, IF
Habitat: Dry open plains and foothills
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in ON, IN

Name: Lloydia serotina (L.) Richenb.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Porsild 1966, Taylor 1974b
Range: AK to nw OR, east to AB and south to NV, CO and NM; Arctic Eurasia
BC range: Western BC (Haines Rd. area, Smithers, Haxelton, Terrace,
throughout the Queen Charlotte Island, Gladys Lake, Cassiar, Brooks
Peninsula, Manning Park
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES, CH
Habitat: Gravelly ridges, cliffs, rock crevices, alpine tundra
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. flava (Calder & Taylor) Boivin]
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Lobelia dortmanna L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Map: Clader and Taylor 1968
Range: NF to MN, Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland in WA and BC, south
to the Cascades of n OR; nw Europe
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Georgia Lowland, Gulf Islands, Queen Charlotte
Islands (Port Hardy, Sproat Lake, Cameron Lake, Shawnigan Lake,
Wellington, Saltspring Island, Cowichan Lake, Powell River)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Shallow water at margins of lakes and ponds
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, Continental NT, WA, NJ, threatened in PA, RI

Name: Lomatium brandegei (Coult. & Rose) J.F. Macbr.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Southwestern BC and WA
BC range: Hozameen Range; Okanagan Range: (se corner of Manning Park, Ashnola
Range, Hedley area)
Biogeocl.: ES,IF,PP
Habitat: Open or wooded slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Lomatium foeniculaceum (Nutt.) Coult. & Rose
Herbaria: DAO,UBC, V
Ref.:  Theobald 1966
Map: Theobald 1966
Range: BC to MB, MO and TX, west MT, c and s ID, c and se OR, NV and AZ
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Fort St. John, Bear Flat)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Dry open slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. foeniculaceum]

Name: Lomatium grayi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lomatium sandbergii (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southeastern BC, sw AB, nw MT and n ID
BC range: Purcell Mtns; Rocky Mtn. Trench; Border Ranges-Clark Range, (South
Kootenay Pass, Flagstone, Marysville, Sage Pass, Flathead area, N
of Blue R (49 37' and 115 25'), Wall Lake Area)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Open rocky slopes and ridges
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Lomatium urticulatum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lomatogonium rotatum (L) Fries ex Nyman
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Fernald 1970, Gillett 1963
Map: Gillett 1963, Hulten 1971, 1968, Porsild 1966, 1964
Range: Greenland to AK, south to AB and BC, in the Rocky Mountains from ID
and WY to NM; Siberia; PQ, ON, MB, NF and Labrador, Sk, MB and Co;
Circumboreal
BC range: Boundary Ranges, Fort Nelson Lowland, Continental Ranges (Park
Ranges) Rocky Mountain Foothills, Muskwa Ranges
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES
Habitat: Wet, saline soil, turfy or sandy seashores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB, Continental NT, ME

Name: Lonicera caerulea L.var. cauriana (Fern.) Boiv.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor and Taylor 1979b
Map: Hulten 1971
Range: Canada south of 60 N lat., south to CA, NV, Wy, MN, PA; Eurasia
BC range: Southwest BC (S of 52 N); Pacific Ranges
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Streambanks, moist places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lonicera dioca L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: PQ to NC, west Mackenzie, ne BC, SD and OK, se BC
BC range: Georgia Lowland, Rocky Mountains, Columbia Mountains, Alberta
Plateau (Liard Hot Springs, Canal Flats, Mt. Robson Park,
Windermere, Field, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Powell River)
Biogeocl.: ES, SW, BS, IH
Habitat: Woods, wet places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, PQ

Name: Lonicera hispidula (Lindl.)Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southern BC to s CA
BC range: Southwestern BC and ne BC (Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Toad
River)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, BS
Habitat: Woods and thickets
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lotus formosissimus Greene
Herbaria: UBC,UVIC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski and Harrison 1973, Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC to c CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island and adjacent islands (Victoria, Foul Bay,
Rocky Point, Trial Island, Alpha Islet, Bentinck Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lotus micranthus Benth
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC to CA
BC range: Southwestern mainland and s Vancouver Island (Caulfield, Victoria,
Wellington, Nanoose Hill, Sooke, Parksville, Cowichan Lake), Gulf
Islands (Mayne, Galiano, Saltspring, Gabriola, Savary, Doomville)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Grassy places, mossy rocky bluffs
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lotus nevadensis (S. Wats.) Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED [var. douglasii (Greene) Ottley]

Name: Lotus pinnatus Hook
Herbaria: UBC,V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC to CA and ID
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Nanaimo)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Streambanks and wet places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lotus purshianus (Benth.) Clem. & Clem.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski and Harrison 1973, Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC to n MX and east to MN and MO
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Cowichan Lake), Gulf Islands (Saturna,
South Pender)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Open rocky woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: BC, WA, OR, and CA, east to ON, PQ, NB, NS, MN, TX, FL; MX, Africa,
Eurasia
BC range: Southwestern BC (Alberni, Little Campbell River, Somenos Lake,
Chilliwack, Burnaby Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF,CH
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, ponds
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Luina nardosmia (Gray) Cronq. var. glabrata (Piper)
Cronq. in Hitchc. et al.
Syn.: Cacaliopsis nardosmia (Gray) Gray var. glabrata Piper
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Strother 1978
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southern BC south to n CA
BC range: Cascade Mountains; Manning Park (Mt. Frosty)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Grassy ravines, edges of forests
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lupinus arbustus Dougl. ex Lindl. subsp. neolaxiflorus D. Dunn
Herbaria: DAO
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1066, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southeastern BC south to n OR and s ID
BC range: Moyie Lake, Fernie
Biogeocl.: IH, IF
Habitat: Meadows and rocky hills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lupinus arbustus Dougl. ex Lindl. subsp. pseudoparviflorus (Rydb.) Dunn
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lupinus argenteus Pursh
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC to s SK and south to NM
BC range: Skagit Valley (near Ross Lake), s Okanagan Valley
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hills, Pinus ponderosa forests and grasslands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. tenellus (Dougl. ex G. Don) D. Dunn]

Name: Lupinus bicolor Lindl.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC to CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver island (Nanoose Hill, Victoria, Thetis Lake,
Qualicum Falls, Nanimo), Gulf Islands (south Pender, Trail, Savary,
Saturna, Saltspring)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Sandy coastal areas
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lupinus densiflorus Benth.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to Baja CA; Chile
BC range: Victoria (Beacon Hill Park, Dallas Rd., Clover Point)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open, grassy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. scopulorum C.P. Sm.]
Note:  possibly introduced

Name: Lupinus kuschei Eastw.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966,  Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Hulten 1968
Range: Northern BC and s YT to c CA
BC range: Teresa Island, Mt. Edziza
Biogeocl.: AT, BS
Habitat: open woods and river terraces
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Lupinus lepidus Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC to n OR
BC range: Scattered distribution is s part of Province (Victoria, Cathedral
Lakes, Lillooet, Mt. McLean, Bomford Mtn., Noaxe Lake, Cranbrook)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Dry gravelly places, meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. lepidus]

Name: Lupinus leucophyllus Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC to se WY and south to UT and CA
BC range: Lumby, Lone Pine Creek
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Open pine woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lupinus littoralis Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: DAO,UBC, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968, Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Coastal BC to n CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tiell, Masset), Vancouver Island (Sooke,
Jordan River, Comos, n. of Campbell River), Savary Island, Denman
Island, Point Grey
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Sandy beaches and dunes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lupinus minimus Dougl.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC and sw AB south to e WA and MT
BC range: Columbia River drainage, Keremeos (Anvil Mtn)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Open grasslands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Lupinus polycarpus Greene
Herbaria: DAO,UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwester BC south to s CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Victoria, Nanoose Hill, Sidney, Nanaimo, Mt.
Douglas Park, Goldstream)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open sandy and gravelly areas
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lupinus rivularis Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to n CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Sooke), head of Bute Inlet
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Open lowlands, mudflats
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook. subsp. kincaidii (C.P. Smith)
Phillips
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lupinus sulphureus subsp. subsaccatus (Suksd.) Phillips
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Lupinus vallicola A. Heller
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Thetis Lake, Victoria, Comox)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open pastures and fields
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Lupinus wyethii S. Wats.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Map: Dunn and Gillett 1966, Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC and s AB south to CA and CO
BC range: Okanagan Highland and Lower Arrow Lakes area (Penticton, Olalla,
Kaleden, Anarchist Mtn., Oliver, Monashee Mtns.)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Open places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Luzula confusa Lindeb.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to BC and AB
BC range: Summit Pass, Spatsizi Plateau (Maternity Mtn.) Teresa Island, Mt.
Hazel, Liard Plateau, Gladys Lake
Biogeocl.: AT, SW, BS
Habitat: Alpine tundra and heathlands, sandy or gravelly soils
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in SK, endangered in ME

Name: Luzula groenlandica Bocher
Herbaria: SFUV, UBC, V
Range: AK south to BC and east to Greenland
BC range: Northwestern BC (Teresa Island, Level Mountain)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Wet places in alpine tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Luzula nivalis (Laest.) Beurl.
Syn.: Luzula arctica Blytt
Herbaria: V
Range: Circumpolar, south in western North America to Ak, NT and BC
BC range: Northwestern BC (n Rocky Mountains, Liard Plateau, Mt. Edziza)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Cold exposures in alpine tundra
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in PQ

Name: Luzula rufescens Fisch. ex E. Meyer
Syn.: Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. var. rufescens (Fisch. ex Meyer) Boivin
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Eastern Asia, AK to n BC
BC range: Sikanii and Beaton rivers; AK Hwy. Mile 276, Richardson Hwy. (Shaw
Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Lycopus asper Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to CA, east to CO, IA, MN, SK and rarely to MI and ON;  c
AK
BC range: Interior Highlands (Nicola Lake, Okanagan Lake, Spotted Lake,
Kamloops, Williams Lake, Lac la Hache, Spences Bridge, Cache Creek,
Vernon)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Marshes, shores of streams and lakes at lower elevations
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D.Don
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Tomb, 1980
Map: Tomb 1980
Range: Southeastern BC east to MN and south to AR and AZ
BC range: Columbia River Valley (Canal Flats, Invermere, Windermere),
southwest of Princeton
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Grassy fields
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Lythrum alatum Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Range: BC east to s ON and MA, south to SD, TX and GA
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Griffin Lake)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF
Habitat: Swampy to fairly dry soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Lythrum hyssopifolia L.
Rare status: not-included
BC DCD staus: RED

Name: Machaeranthera canescens (Pursh) Gray
Syn.: Aster canescens Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: Southern BC east to SK and south to AZ and s CA
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos, Penticton, Anarchist Mtn. Kelowna,
Summerland), Cranbrook
Biogeocl.: CH, IF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Madia gracilis (Sm.) Keck
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Madia madioides (Nutt.) Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Victoria, Durrance Lake, Saanichton, Cowachan
Lake, Nanaimo, Cameron Lake), Gulf Islands (Mayne, Prevost,
Saltspring, Saturna)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open fields and woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Madia minima (Gray) Keck
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC and n ID south to CA
BC range: Southern Interior (46 mi. north of Grand Forks), Vancouver Island
(Snooke, Mt. Finlayson)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Grassy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Swartz var. brachypoda (Gray) F. Morris & Eames
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Swartz var. diphyllos (Cham.) Luer
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Beese 1983
Map: Beese 1983
Range: Aleutian Islands; Coastal BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Graham Island, Skowkona Creek)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Boggy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Swartz var. monophyllos
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Hulten 1962, 1968; Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: AK, YT, BC to NB, NS, to NF, south to CA and CO, the Great Lakes and
New England states, NJ, ME and PA; Japan
BC range: Kitimat Ranges; Muskwa Ranges; Pacific Ranges; Vancouver Island
Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges (Salvus, AK Hwy - mile 396, North
Nanaimo River, Bute Inlet)
Biogeocl.: BS, CF, CH
Habitat: Shady places, along streams, damp woods, bogs, muskegs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, MB, NS, NB, CA, CT, MA, NJ, endangered in CO,
ME, VT, threatened in WI, extirpated in WI, possible

Name: Marah oreganus (Torr. & Gray) T.J. Howell
Syn.: Echinocystis oregana (Torr. & Gray) Cogn.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Stocking 1955
Range: Southern BC to n CA, rarely extending east as far as the Snake River
along the OR-ID boundary
BC range: Southwest BC (Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Nanaimo Lowlands)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Bottom lands, fields, thickets and open hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southern BC south to s CA and TX
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Shuswap Highland (Kamloops, Vernon, Osoyoos
Lake)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Shallow lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Mecodium wrightii (Bosch) E.B. Copeland
Syn.: Hymenophyllum wrightii Bosch
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1967, 1971
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Taylor 1967, 1971
Range: Japan, Korea, s AK, coastal BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island (Brooks Peninsula), n
coastal islands
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Humid, shaded boulders, cliffs, tree trunks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Meconella oregana Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Janszen 1977
Range: West of the Cascades from BC south to CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Nanaimo, Saturna Island, Tod Inlet, Mt.
Douglas, Mt. Finlayson)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open ground and prairies where wet in spring
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Melica bulbosa Geyer, Porter & Coult.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Melica harfordii Boland
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, WS, V
Ref.:  Boyle 1945, Hubbard 1955
Map: Boyle 1945
Range: BC through WA and OR to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island Mountains - Alberni Basin; Nanaimo Lowlands,
Selkirk Mountains (Alberni, Cameron Lake, Saanich, Trout Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Dry areas in lower mountains, open woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Melica smithii (Porter ex Gray) Vasey
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Melica spectabilis Scribn.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Boyle 1945, Hubbard 1955
Map: Boyle 1945
Range: BC south to n CA, east to AB, MT, WY and CO
BC range: Throughout s BC (Spences Bridge, Okanagan, Kootenays, Flathead)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Moist meadows, open parks in mountain forests
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: BC to s CA, east to MT and NM
BC range: Southern BC (Lytton, Spences Bridge, Osoyoos, Lillooet, Cache
Creek, Keremeos, Savona, Oliver, Summerland)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry sandy soil in desert valleys and foothills
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Mentzelia dispersa S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Mertensia maritima (L.) S.F. Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus and White 1977
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968; Hulten 1958, 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Circumpolar; (Coastal-insular AK, coastal n YT, east to NF, south to
MA)
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Skidegate Plateau, Argonaut Plain, Tiell,
Sandspit, Massett, Skidegate)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Sandy seashores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, MB, Continental NT, ON, MA

Name: Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Range: East side of the Cascades in WA to the edge of plains east  of the
mountains, Shuswap Highland:  Cranbrook, Chase)
BC range: Southern BC (Purcell Mountains, Shuswap Highland:  Cranbrook,
Chase)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, PP
Habitat: Open slopes and drier meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Mertensia paniculata (Ait.) G. Don var. borealis (J.F. Macbr.) Welsh
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Microseris bigelovii (Gray) Sch.-Bip.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, F, GH, MO, NY, UC, V
Ref.:  Chambers 1955
Map: Chambers 1955
Range: Southern BC south to CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Open moist places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Microseris lindleyi (DC.) Gray
Syn.: Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt. Microseris
linearifolia (DC.) Schultz-Bip.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Doughlas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Range: Southwestern BC; e WA south to UT and NV
BC range: Gulf Islands (Saturna Island, Ruxton Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Grassy, open bluffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Mimulus alsinoides Dougl. ex Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southwestern BC to n CA, west of the Cascades
BC range: Southwestern BC, Southern Vancouver Island and adjacent islands and
mainland to Hellsgate
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Wet places, mossy cliffs
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Mimulus breviflorus Piper
Herbaria: DAO, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: WA to c OR, east of the Cascades to e ID
BC range: Southern Interior (Grand Forks, Newgate, Adams Lake)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Damp open places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Mimulus breweri (Greene) Coville
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: In and east of the Cascades from s BC to ID, south to CA, MT and WY
BC range: Monashee Mountains (Near Rossland, Bridesville)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Damp sandy soil at moderate elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Mimulus dentatus Nutt. ex Benth.
Herbaria: V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Port Renfrew, Nitinat River)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Alluvial forests
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Mimulus floribundus Dougl.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Minuartia austromontana S.J. Wolf & Packer
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thellung
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Minuartia dawsonensis (Britt.) House
Syn.: Arenaria dawsonensis Britt.
Herbaria: V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK and n BC, south to AB and MN, east to NF
BC range: Throughout n BC
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Moist places in the lowlands
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Minuartia elegans (Cham. & Schlecht.) Shishkin
Syn.: Minuartia rossii (R. Br.) Graebn. var. elegans (Cham. & Schlecht.)
Hulten, Arenaria rossii R. Br. var. elegans (Cham. & Schlecht.) Welsh
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq.
Syn.: Arenaria nuttallii Pax
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Porter 1972
Range: BC and AB south to WY, UT, NV and CA
BC range: Southern BC (Cheam, Garibaldi, South Kootenay Pass, Sage Pass,
Akamina Ridge, Trophy Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hills, alpine tundra
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Minuartia pusilla (S. Wats.) Mattf.
Syn.: Arenaria pusilla S. Wats.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: Southwestern BC to nw CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Church Mountain)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Depressions in rocks close to the shore
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
Syn.: Allionia hirsuta Pursh
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Mitella caulescens Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Range: Southern BC to nw CA, east to n ID and nw MT
BC range: Vancouver Island Mountains (Alberni Basin, Roger Creek), Skagit
Range:of Cascades (Chilliwack River and Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Deep woods, seacoast to midmontane
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Mitella ovalis Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Mitella trifida Graham
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Mollugo verticillata L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Eastham 1947
Range: BC to Baja CA, east over most of temperate North America
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Agassiz, Mission), Shuswap Highland (Sicamous)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF, IF
Habitat: Swampy to moderately dry soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Monarda menthifolia R. Grah.
Syn.: Monarda fistulosa L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: BC to PQ, south to AZ, n MX and GA
BC range: Southern and ne BC (Williams Lake, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John,
Vernon, Cranbrook, Armstrong, Penticton, Waldo, Elko, Tobacco
Plains, Wardner, Kamloops, Chase, Manning Park, Clayhurst)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, BS
Habitat: Moist open places in valleys and mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Monardella odoratissima Benth.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Montia bostockii (Porsild) Welsh
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  McNeill and Findlay 1971
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southwestern YT and e-c AK
Biogeocl.: SW, AT
Habitat: Wet places in mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada, threatened in AK

Name: Montia chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Greene
Syn.: Claytonia chamissoi Ledeb. ex Spreng.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Montia dichotoma (Nutt.) T. J. Howell
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC and w WA to n CA, east to ID and w MT
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Okanagan Highland; Thompson Plateau (Mayne Island,
Victoria, Nanaimo, Vernon, Oliver)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF
Habitat: Moist areas in lowlands
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Montia diffusa (Nutt.) Greene
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: West side of the Cascades from BC to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges, Alberni Basin
(Cameron Lake, Alberni)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Montia fontana L. subsp. variabilis Walt.
Herbaria: UBC
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968
Range: AK south to CA and ID, east across Canada to ME; Greenland, Iceland,
Eurasia
BC range: Vancouver Island (Somass River, Alberni, Millstream, Victoria)
Trial Island, Triangle Island
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Wet places (sometimes aquatic and floating)
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in YT, ON, Continental NT, MB

Name: Montia howellii S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: West of the Cascades from BC to nw CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Hecate Lowland (Nanoose Bay, Mayne Island, Trial
Island, Triangle Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist lowland areas
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Montia parvifolia (Moc. ex DC.) Greene var. flagellaris (Bong.) C.L.
Hitchc.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Muhlenbergia andina (Nutt.) A.S. Hitchcock
Rare status: not-included
BC DCD staus: RED

Name: Muhlenbergia filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Wats.) Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: BC to AB and SD, south to CA, AZ and NM
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Estevan Coastal Plain; Fraser Lowland;
Alberta Plateau (Ucluelet, Chilliwack Lake, Clayhurst Ecological
Reserve)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, CH
Habitat: Near springs or seepage, moist meadows in mountian valleys,
subalpine slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Hubbard 1955, Mitchell and Pohl 1966
Map: Hulten 1968, Mitchell and Pohl 1966
Range: BC south to ne OR, NV, AZ and n MX, east to NF, SI, IN, ME, OK, TN, VA
and MD
BC range: Throughout e BC (Liard River, Wells Gray Park, Columbia River
Valley)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Moist meadows, streambanks, irrigation ditches, lake margins
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) B. S. P.
Rare status: not-included
BC DCD staus: RED

Name: Myosotis verna Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Eastern US and adjacent Canada, s BC, WA, OR and ID
BC range: Southern BC; Pacific Ranges, Fraser Lowland, Thompson Plateau,
Purcell Mountains, Border Ranges (Clark Range); (Crawford Bay,
Osoyoos, Lake Erroch, Sage Pass, Bella Coola)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF
Habitat: Open wet or dry places in foothills and lowlands
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in MN

Name: Myosurus aristatus Benth. ex Hook.
Syn.: Myosurus apetalus Gay var. borealis Whittemore
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC south to CA east of Cascades; east to MT, WY and UT
BC range: Thompson and southern Fraser Plateau (Merritt, Spences Bridge,
Lytton)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Sagebrush and grassland, moist in spring
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Myosurus minimus L.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC, south to CA east to ON, VA, NC, and TX
BC range: Southwestern and s-c BC (Whipsaw Creek, Merrit, Saanich)
Biogeocl.: CF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrushland grassland, sandy shores
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB, ON

Name: Myrica californica Cham. & Schiecht.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1976
Map: Brayshaw 1976
Range: Southwestern BC to CA
BC range: Estivan Coastal Plain (Clayoquot, Tofino, Ucluelet, Kennedy Lake,
Stubbs Island, Cox Bay)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Forest edges facing ocean beach, sand dunes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Myriophyllum farwellii Morong
Herbaria: CAN,DAO, UBC, UC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Aiken 1981, Ceska and Warrington 1976
Range: NS to NY and MN; BC
BC range: Vancouver Island, Campbell River area (Echo Lake, Mahun Lake,
Brewster Lake), Wells Gray Park
Biogeocl.: CF, IF
Habitat: Lakes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in NS, endangered in WI, threatened in MI, PA

Name: Myriophyllum hippuroides Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Aiken 1981
Range: Southwestern BC to NE and TX
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Queensborough, Mission City, Pitt Lake, Steelhead)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Ponds
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Myriophyllum quitense HBK
Syn.: Myriophyllum elatinoides Gaud.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971
Range: Scattered in North America; BC, WA, OR, PE, MX and South America
BC range: Vancouver Island (Cowichan River, Kennedy Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: exposed beaches with surf
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Myriophyllum ussuriense (Regel) Maximovicz
Herbaria: V
Range: Eastern Asia; w North America (BC)
BC range: Vancouver Island (Kennedy River), lower mainland (Pitt Lake, Hatzic
Lake), Kootenay Lake, Shuswap Lake
Biogeocl.: CH, IH
Habitat: Muddy lake margins or river banks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Navarretia intertexta (Benth.)Hook.
Herbaria: DAO,UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC, WA to CA, eastward to SK, CO and AZ
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Nanaimo Lowland (Anderson Creek, Victoria
Millstream, Langley Prairie, Thetis Lake Park)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open slopes, meadows, margins of pools
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Navarretia squarrosa (Eschscholtz) Hooker & Arnott
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Janszen 1977
Range: West of the Cascades from s Vancouver Island to CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Saanich, Sidney, Victoria, Ganges, Mayne Island,
Cowichan Lake, Gabriola Island, Saturna Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Nemophila breviflora Gray
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Constance 1941
Map: Constance 1941
Range: Marble Mountains, BC and east of the Cascades in WA, OR and n CA, east
to MT, CO, sw AB, ID and n UT
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Highland, Selkirk Mountains, Monashee
Mountains (Okanagan area, Spences Bridge, Penticton, Nelson,
Oliver, Rossland)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Wooded slopes, thickets, open places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Nemophila pedunculata Dougl. ex Benth.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Constance 1941
Map: Constance 1941
Range: OR, and CA, extending into adjacent parts of Baja CA, NV and ID, north
through w WA to s Vancouver Island
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Duncan, Nanoose, Saanichton, Cowichan
River, Saltspring Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist open places, meadows, bottomlands
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC and n ID to Baja CA, Sonora MX and TX, east of the
Cascades
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Cascade Mountains, Nanaimo Lowland (Spences
Bridge, Lytton, Victoria)
Biogeocl.: PP, CF
Habitat: Dry sandy bottom lands, dry open areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Nothocalais troximoides (Gray) Greene
Syn.: Microseris troximoides Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC east to w MT and south to n CA and n UT
BC range: Interior Highlands (Oliver, Penticton, Anarchist Mountain, Osoyoos,
Summerland, Hedley, Kelowna)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Grasslands, open forest of Pinus ponderosa
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Nymphaea tetragona Georgi
Herbaria: UBC
Map: Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n WA and ID
BC range: Scattered distribution; ne of Prince George (Aleza Lake, Hansard
Lake, Eaglet Lake), Spider Island, Wells, Seymour Inlet
Biogeocl.: BS, CA, CH
Habitat: Ponds and quiet waters
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, AB, SK, PQ, WA, ME, MI, MN

Name: Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V, WS
Range: South-central BC, e WA and OR to ID, NM and AZ
BC range: Thompson Plateau; Okanagan Highland (Kelowna, Osoyoos, Keremeos,
Penticton)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Sand or gravelly soil, dunes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Oenothera villosa Thunb.
Syn.: Oenothera depressa Greene, Oenothera strigosa
(Rydb.) Mack. & Bush
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Dietrich and Raven 1976
Range: Southern BC and e WA south to CA, east to MN and KS
BC range: Southern BC (Parksville, Victoria, Saltspring Island, New
Westminster, Agassiz, Yale, Spences Bridge, Pavilion area, Osoyoos,
Nakusp, Tranquille, Nelson, Kingsgate, Monkman Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH, IF, PP, CF
Habitat: Meadows, along streambanks, roads, waste places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
Syn.: Ophioglossum pusillum Raf.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to MX
BC range: Wells Gray park (Ray Farm), Saturna Island, Vancouver Island
(sutton Pass, Kathleene Lake near Port Alice)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF
Habitat: Meadows, open woods, lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in NB, PQ, WA, MD, MN, MS, RI, VA, treatened in MI, WI,
extirpated in DE

Name: Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934
Range: BC south to e OR, east to AB, SK, AZ, MO and TX
BC range: Interior Highlands (13 miles east of Keremeos, Spences Bridge,
Lytton area, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Penticton, Kelowna), Gulf
Islands (Hornby, Saltspring), Alberta Plateau (Taylor Flat)
Biogeocl.: CA, IF, PP, CF
Habitat: Plains and foothills to lower mountains, sandhills, rock crevices
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Orobanche californica Cham. & Schiecht.
Syn.: Orobanche grayana auct., non G. Beck
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V, WS
Ref.:  Heckard 1973
Map: Heckard 1973
Range: WA and adjacent s BC to s CA
BC range: Southern BC (Victoria, Sidney, Parksville, Campbell River, Bowen
Island, Vancouver, Mitlenatch Island, South Pender Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Sandy beaches, parasitic on Grindelia integrifolia or Franseria
chamissonis
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Orobanche corymbosa (Rydb.) Ferris
Herbaria: DAO,V
Range: Southern BC, east of the Cascades in WA and OR, east of the Sierra
Nevada in CA, east to MT, WY and UT
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Highland (Lumby, Ashnola Range, Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes and plains, parasitic on Artemisia spp.
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [subsp. mutabilis Heckard]

Name: Orobanche pinorum Geyer ex Hook.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Southern BC, WA and n ID to nw CA
Range: Southern BC, WA and N ID to nw CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Cowichan River)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Coniferous woods, parasitic on conifers
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Orthocarpus attenuatus Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern Vancouver Island CA west of Cascades
BC range: Southwestern and s-c BC (near Victoria and on some Gulf Islands)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open grassy places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Orthocarpus bracteosus Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC to n CA
BC range: Central BC, Nanaimo Lowland, Okanagan Highland (Victoria, Sidney,
Osoyoos, Bridesville)
Biogeocl.: PP, CF
Habitat: Grassy places at low elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Orthocarpus castillejoides Benth.
Syn.: Castilleja ambigua Hook. & Arn.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern Vancouver Island to c CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Vancouver Island Mountains (Victoria, Alberni,
Alberni Basin, Oak Bay)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Saline soils, salt marshes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Orthocarpus faucibarbatus Gray
Syn.: Triphysaria versicolor Fischer & C. Meyer subsp. faucibarbata
(Gray) Chuang & Heckard
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern OR to c CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Near Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Grassy places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [Orthocarpus faucibarbatus Gray subsp. 
albidus (Keck) J.T. Howell = Triphysaria versicolor Fischer & C.
Meyer subsp. versicolor]

Name: Orthocarpus hispidus Benth.
Syn.: Castilleja tenuis (Heller) Chuang & Heckard
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974a
Range: South-central BC to CA, east to ID and NV
BC range: Chilcotin, Fort Steele
Biogeocl.: CA, IF
Habitat: Moist grassy sites
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Orthocarpus imbricatus Torr. ex S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska, 1980
Range: Olympic Mtns. of WA, Cascade Range: from c OR to n CA, Klamath region
of sw OR and adjacent CA
BC range: Vancouver Island Ranges (Mt. Hooper)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Meadows and open slopes in the mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Orthocarpus pusillus Benth.
Syn.: Triphysaria pusilla (Benth.) Chuang & Heckard
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC to CA, west of Cascades
BC range: Southwestern BC (Southern Vancouver Island and adjacent Gulf
Islands)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Damp places at low altitudes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Orthocarpus tenuifolius (Pursh) Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southeastern BC to OR, east to MT
BC range: Southeastern and s-c BC (South Columbia Valley)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Open places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Oryzopsis canadensis (Poir.) Torr.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hitchcock 1951
Range: BC to Labrador and NF, south to the Great Lake and New England states
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Pouce Coupe)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Woods and thickets
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, NS, NH, NY, endangered in WI, threatened in
MI

Name: Oryzopsis exigua Thurb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Oryzopsis micrantha (Trin. & Rupr.) Thurb.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: BC to AB, MT and ND, south to NV, CA, OK, NM and AZ
BC range: South-central and se BC (Riske Creek, Williams Lake, Alexis Creek,
pavillion Lake, Little Fort, Canal Flats)
Biogeocl.: CA, IF
Habitat: Open woods, rocky ridges or slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, CA, OK, extirpated in TX

Name: Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Constance and Shan 1951
Map: Constance and Shan 1951
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB, south to s CO, nw WA, c CA and w MT
BC range: Southern BC (Manning Park, Garibaldi Park, Mt. Kobau, Nelson,
Kaslo, Rossland, Crawford Bay, Flathead)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Thickets, open slopes, woods in mountains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Oxalis oregana Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Ogilvi et al. 1984
Range: Coastal BC to CA, west of the Cascades
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. - Queen Charlotte Ranges (Slim Inlet),
Vancouver Island (Klanawa River, ne of Pachena Beach)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Oxytropis arctica R. Br.
Herbaria: GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Arctic Asia to NT and nw BC
BC range: AK Hwy, Mile 416. Nevis Creek
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Talus slopes, tundra, riverbanks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, MB, PQ

Name: Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. var jordalii (A.E. Porsild) Welsh
Syn.: Oxytropis jordalii A.E. Porsild
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Northern AK east to NT and south to s AK and nw BC
BC range: Eaglenest Range: (Sheeplick Mtn.), Northwest of Nation Peak, Liard
Hot Springs
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. jordalii]
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Oxytropis columbiana St.John
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Oxytropis huddelsonii A.E. Porsild
Herbaria: GD,UBC,V
Ref.:  Pojar et al. 1976
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK to nw BC
BC range: Atlin, Gladys Lake, Mt. Edziza, Spatsizi Plateau
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, BS
Habitat: Ridgetops, heaths
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Oxytropis jordalii Pors. ssp. davisii (Welsh) Elisens & Packer
Rare status: not-included 
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Oxytropis maydelliana Trautv.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974c, Welsh 1967
Range: Eastern Asia to e NT and south to nw BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Summit Lake), Cassiar area (Eddontenajo Lake), Liard
Plateau
Biogeocl.: AT, BS
Habitat: Tundra, boggy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Oxytropis nigrescens (Pallas) Fischer ex DC.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974c, Welsh 1967
Range: Northeastern Asia to w NT and south to BC
BC range: Mt. Edziza, Gladys Lake, Summit Pass, Nevis Creek, Pine Pass, Good
Hope Lake, Cassiar Carbon Creek
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rocky trundra, unstable alpine ridges
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Oxytropis podocarpa Gray
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974
Map: Taylor 1974
Range: NT and n and e BC east to NF and south to CO
BC range: Marble Mtns, Mt. Assiniboine, 9-Mile Creek at Carbon Creek, Paxton
Mtn., Bullmoose Mtn., Kotuik Mtn., Snowbird Pass
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rocky alpine areas
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in PQ

Name: Oxytropis scammaniana Hulten
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974, Welsh 1967
Map: Taylor 1974
Range: Eastern AK and w YT to n BC
BC range: Teslin Lake, AK Hwy. Mile 390, Atlin
Biogeocl.: AT, SW
Habitat: Rocky hillsides and heaths
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Oxytropis viscida Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974
Map: Taylor 1974
Range: AK to PQ and south or OR and CO
BC range: Alaska Hwy. (Mile 402, Lower Post, Summit Pass), Cassiar, Stewar-
Watson Lake Rd., Haines Rd. Mile 68, Kootenay National Park (Paint
Pots), Yoho National Park (Johnson's Canyon)
Biogeocl.: AT. ES. OF
Habitat: Alpine areas, talus slopes, dry hillsides
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in ON, PQ, WA, CO, MN

Name: Panicum capillare L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Frankton and Mulligan 1970
Range: BC to PQ, south to most of the US
BC range: Southern BC (Parksville, Sproat Lake, Nanaimo, Agassiz, Spences
Bridge, Keremeos, Okanagan, Kootenays, Fernie)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF
Habitat: Irrigated or moist areas, along streams near ponds, disturbed sites
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Panicum occidentale Scribn.
Syn.: Dichanthelinum lanuginosum (Ell.) Gould., Dichanthelinum acuminatum
(Sw.) Gould & Clark
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Panicum thermale Bolander
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Map: BC to sw AB, south to w MT, CA, WY and AZ
Range: BC to sw AB, south to w MT, CA, WY, and AZ
BC range: Skagit Range; Rocky Mtn. Trench (Hope, Fairmont Hot Springs)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Wet saline soil, near hot springs in mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, endangered in CA

Name: Papaver alboroseum Hulten
Herbaria: CAN
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Porsild 1951, Welsh and Rigby 1971
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern AK, sw YT, n BC; Kamchatka
BC range: Skeena Mtns. (Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Sandy gravelly soil, rock outcrops
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Papaver macounii Greene
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Kiger 1975
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: AK and YT north of 62 N latitude, east to the Mackenzie; Asia
BC range: Rocky Mtn. Foothills; Tahitan Highland; Kawdy Plateau (Mt. Edziza,
Beattie Peak, Metah Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Sandy gravelly soil, tundra, heathlands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Papaver pygmaeum Rydb.
Syn.: Papapver alpinum L., Papaver nudicaule L. subsp. radicatum (Rottb.)
Fedde var. psudocorylalifolium Fedde
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Map: Kiger 1975, Love 1969
Range: BC to se AB and nw MT
BC range: Purcell Mtns.; Continental Ranges-Ferni Basin; Border Ranges-
Macdonald Range, Clark Range: (South Kootenay Pass, Sage Pass,
extreme southeastern BC)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Talus slopes of higher mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada, MT

Name: Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Parrya nudicaulis (L.) Boiss.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Range: AK south to nw BC
BC range: Father Mtn., Log Jam Creek (50 mi. east of Teslin Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Alpine meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Pectocarya linearis (Ruiz-Pavon) DC.
Syn.: Pectocarya penicillata (Hook. & Arn.) A. DC.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to Baja CA, east to ID, sw WY
BC range: South-central BC; Thompson Plateau, e Cascade Mountains (Osoyoos,
Spences Bridge, Lytton)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry sandy soils at lower elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. penicillata (Hook. & Arn.) M.E. Jones]

Name: Pedicularis contorta Benth.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a, Ulke 1934
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southwestern BC and AB, south to n CA, c ID and n and w WY
BC range: Selkirk Mountains, Purcell Mountains, Border Ranges (Clark Range,
Continental Ranges, Park Ranges)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Wooded or dry open sites
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Pedicularis lanata Cham. & Schlecht.
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Thoughout AK and YT, east to Greenland and south to BC and w AB; Asia
BC range: Northern BC (Queen Charlotte Islands, AK Hwy. (Summit Pass), Fort
Nelson, Smithers, Robb Lake, Redfern Lake, Mt. Selwyn)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, SW
Habitat: Wet to dry tundra and heathlands
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Pedicularis macrodonta J. Richards.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Ref.:  Annas 1973
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Boreal America; s AK and sw YT, NT, east to Hudson Bay, south BC, c
AB, SK, PQ and ON
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland, Rocky Mountain, Foothills, Alberta Plateau, AK
Hwy. (Mile 80, Mile 375 Summit Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Swamps, muskeg, marshes, bogs, wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, MB, YT

Name: Pedicularis oederi Vahl
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934, Taylor 1974a
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966 Taylor 1974a
Range: Circumboreal, south in the Rocky Mountains to WY
BC range: Extreme n BC, Queen Charlotte Islands, c and se BC
Biogeocl.: AT, MH
Habitat: Arctic-alpine, tundra and alpine slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Pedicularis parviflora J.E. Smith
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974a
Range: AK to Hudson Bay, south to c BC
BC range: Central and ne BC (Bowron Lake, Prince George and Queen Charlotte
islands, Pouce Coupe, south to Barkerville, Fort Nelson area)
Biogeocl.: MH, SS
Habitat: Muskeg, wet places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in Contintal NT

Name: Pedicularis verticillata L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Taylor 1984a
Range: AK, YT, and n BC; Eurasia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands and extreme n BC
Biogeocl.: AT, CH
Habitat: Tundra, mountain meadows, rocky slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in contintental NT

Name: Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Rigby and Britton 1970, Taylor 1971
Map: Rigby and Britton 1970, Taylor 1971
Range: Southeastern BC east to PQ and VA and south to AZ
BC range: Chilcotin District Columbia River Valley (Fairmont, Golden,
Sicamous)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Limestone cliffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada, CO, IA, LA, MA, MN, RI, WV, threatened in MI,
SC, endangered in WI

Name: Pellaea occidentalis (E. Nels.) Rydb. subsp. simplex (Butters) Gastony
Syn.: Pellaea suksdorfiana Butters, Pelaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn var. simplex
Butters
Rare status: not-included 
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Penstemon albertinus Greene
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB, south to w MT and c ID
BC range: Southeastern BC (Front Ranges, Fernie Basin)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Gravelly slopes, rocky ridges
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Penstemon attenuatus Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southeastern BC and nw MT, south to n-c WY, c WA, e OR and s ID
BC range: Southeastern Kootenays (Fernie Basin)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Pine woods, dry meadows, open hillsides
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Penstemon cusickii Gray
Herbaria: M.O.E.K.
Range: Southwestern BC and w ID to OR
BC range: Selkirk Mountains (Charbonneau Creek)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes and plains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Penstemon eriantherus Pursh
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974a
Range: Southeastern BC to ND and NE, south to OR and CO
BC range: Southeastern BC; from south Columbia Valley and eastward (from
Rossland)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Dry open places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA

Name: Penstemon gormanii Greene
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Porsild and Crum 1961, Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1974a
Range: AK, YK, NT and n BC
BC range: Northern BC (Cassiar District, Liard Hot Springs, Atlin, Kechikan
River)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS
Habitat: Dry mountain slopes and rocky areas
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Penstemon gracilis Nutt.
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern AB and ne BC, south to NM, east to IA, WI and sw ON
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Peace River District, Elkford, Fort St. John)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Moist prairie grasslands, sandy or rocky soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in ON, MN

Name: Penstemon lyallii Gray
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, WS, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southwestern AB and se BC, south to MT and e WA and ID
BC range: Southeastern and c BC (Crow's Nest area, Flathead, Elko, Fernie,
Alexis Creek, Williams Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Open rocky slopes, shale slides, gravel bars along streams
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA

Name: Penstemon montanus Greene
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Park County MT to mtns. of c ID, south through w WY and e ID to c UT,
se BC
BC range: Selkirk Mountains (Kootenay area)
Biogeocl.: IH
Habitat: Shifting talus slopes, rocky crevices
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Penstemon nemorosus (Dougl.) Trautv.
Syn.: Nothochelone nemorosa (Dougl. ex Lindl.) Straw
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southwestern BC south to n CA, west of the Cascades
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Cameron Lake, Mt. Arrowsmith, Maltby
Lake, Port Alberni, Koksilah River and Homathko River)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Woods and moist rocky slopes at mid-altitudes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Penstemon nitidus Dougl. ex Benth.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB, south to ID and w MT, east to ND, WY and MB
BC range: Continental Ranges (Fernie Basin, Front Ranges), Border Ranges
(Macdonald Range), Crowsnest Pass
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Dry hills, disturbed areas and banks, talus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Penstemon ovatus Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC to n OR
BC range: Southwestern BC (Lower Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island)
Biogeocl.: PP, CF
Habitat: Open woods, open mossy ledges
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Penstemon pruinosus Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC and n WA, east of the Cascades
BC range: South-central BC (Manning Park, Princeton, Keremeos, Penticton,
Vaseaux Lake, Creston, Cranbrook, Fort Steele)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Sage brush, open forest, rocky slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Penstemon richardsonii Dougl. ex Lindl.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Extreme s BC to OR, east of the Cascades
BC range: South-central BC (Keremeos and Osoyoos areas, Vaseaux Lake, Spences
Bridge, Penticton, Hedley, Kelowna)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry open rocky sites at low elevations
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. richardsonii]

Name: Perideridia gairdneri (Hook. & Arn.) Mathias
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to s CA, east to SK, SD, CO and NM
BC range: Southern BC (Campbell River n to mouth of Dean River, Parksville,
Victoria, Sprout Falls, Saltspring Island, Mitlenatch Island,
Whytecliff, Point Atkinson, Milner, Flathead, Grand Forks)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Woodlands, dry or wet meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Phacelia franklinii (R. Br.) Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: AK to NT, BC, AB, SK to MB, n-c ON, w MT, n WY and c ID
BC range: Northern and c BC (Tetsa River Valley, AK Hwy. Mile 86, Cameron
River, Anahim Lake, Stewart-Watson Lake Road, 100 mi. nw of Fort
St. John)
Biogeocl.: BS, CA
Habitat: Streambanks, meadows, open slopes, sandy soil
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in ON, WA

Name: Phacelia lyalli (Gray) Rydb.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, UBC, V
Range: Western MT and adjacent AB to se BC, south to ID
BC range: Southeastern BC (Akamina/Kishinena area)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Talus slopes, rock crevices in mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, MT, ID

Name: Phacelia mollis J.F. Macbr.
Herbaria: DAO
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Central eastern AK, YT and adjacent BC
BC range: Northwestern BC
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Dry slopes, roadsides, rock outcrops, open woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Phacelia ramosissima Dougl. ex Lehm.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Phlox alyssifolia Greene
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, V
Ref.:  Clark 1973
Range: Southwest MT to s SK, AB and se BC; w ND, SD, n-c CO
BC range: Border Ranges
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Dry open places in plains, valleys and foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Phlox caespitosa Nutt.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Northern ID and adjacent n MT, s BC and e WA, occasionally west to
Chelan County WA, also in ne OR
BC range: Vancouver Island, se BC (Nelson, Cranbrook, Waldo, Elko, Kimberley)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, IH, IF
Habitat: Open or partly shaded, dry places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Phlox hoodii Richards.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Clark 1973, Porsild 1951
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: East of the continental divide from n CO and w NE to AB, MB and SK,
north to YT and e AK, west through WY to s ID, n UT, ne CA, e OR, c WA
and occasionally to c ID
BC range: Continental Ranges:  Front Ranges (Crowsnest)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Dry open places in foothills, valleys and plains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Phlox longifolia Nutt.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: WA and adjacent BC to CA, east to MT, WY, CO and NM
BC range: South-central BC; Okanagan Highland (Kaleden, Oliver, Osoyoos,
Keremeos, Hedley, Ashnola)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry, open rocky places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Phlox speciosa Pursh
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V WS, D.L.P.P.S.
Range: South-central BC, south to Wasco County OR, irregularly east to ID and
MT, sw OR south to the Sierra Nevada of CA
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Highland (Penticton area north to
Summerland, Olalla)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Sagebrush and Pinus ponderosa areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Syn.: Phragmites communis (L.) Trin.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Ref.:  Braun 1967, Hitchcock 1951, Voss 1972
Range: BC to NS, south to MD, NC, IL, LA, CA and FL; MX and the West Indies
Chile, Argentina, Eurasia, Africa and Australia
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Georgia Lowland; Fraser Lowland; Fraser Basin;
Thompson Plateau; Rocky Mtn. Trench (Swan Lake, Texada Island,
Ladner, Spences Bridge, Summit Lake, Invermere, Fairmont Hot Springs,
Osoyoos, Nelway, Columbia Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, IF, PP
Habitat: Marshes, wet shores, ditches, tamarack bogs
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Phyllospadix torreyi S. Wats.
Herbaria: V
Range: Southwestern BC south to nw MX
BC range: Vancouver Island (Ucluelet, Clayoquot, Triangle Island, Bamfield),
Calvert Island
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Coastal waters
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Physaria didymocarpa (Hook.) Gray
Rare status: not-included 
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. didymocarpa]

Name: Physocarpus malvaceus (Greene) Kuntze
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus and White, 1978, Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC to e OR, east to s AB, MT, WY and UT
BC range: Southeastern BC (Okanagan Valley, Columbia Valley)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Dry situations, rocky hillsides, canyons
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray
Herbaria: SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Reid 1978
Range: Southern BC and WA through the Columbia gorge to near Portland, OR
east through ID to s SK, ND, s Continental NT, w MN and w New England
BC range: Scattered in Province (Kaslo, Canoe, Pitt Meadows, Kamloops,
Kimberley, Prince George, Crawford Bay, Salmon Arm, Liard Hot
Springs, Nakusp)
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, IF, PP, CH
Habitat: Shores of streams and lakes, marshes, moist low places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Pinguicula villosa L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Maher et al. 1979
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, 1971
Range: Through most of AK and the YT to NT; Eurasia; BC to PQ, Labrador
BC range: Northwestern BC, Queen Charlotte Islands (Port Clements, Tlell)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Peat bogs around creeks and pools
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK

Name: Pinguicula vulgaris L. subsp. macroceras (Link) Calder & Taylor
Syn.: Pinguicula macroceras Link
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Casper 1962, Hulten 1958, 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Circumboreal, south to sw OR, MT, MI and NY
BC range: West-central BC (Masset, Mt. Arrowsmith, Brooks Peninsula, Dewdney
Island, Dupont Island)
Biogeocl.: MH, CF, CH
Habitat: Bogs, wet soil in mountains, moist places, beaches, meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK, NS, NB, NH, NY, VT, threatened in MI, WI

Name: Pinus banksiana Lamb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Fowells 1965, Hosie 1969
Map: Critchfield and Little 1966, Fowells 1965, Hosie 1969, Hulten 1968,
Little 1971
Range: BC and NT east to NS, ME, NY and WI
BC range: Liard Plain
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Boreal forest, rocky, sandy soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Pinus flexilis James
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Critchfield and Little 1966, Hosie 1969, Ulke 1934
Map: Critchfield and Little 1966, Hosie 1969, Little 1971
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB to ND and SD, south to ID, MT, NM and CA
BC range: Selkirk Mountains, Park Ranges, Purcell Mountains (Marysville,
Nelson, Golden, Canal Flats, Columbia Valley, Yoho National Park -
Mt. Stephen)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Dry, rocky exposed slopes near timber line
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Piperia elegans (Lindl.) Rydb.
Syn.: Platanthera elegans Lindl., Habenaria elegans (Lindl.) Boland., Piperia
transversa Suksd.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Pityrogramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Maxon
Syn.: Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatskievych,
Windham & Wollenweber
Herbaria: BD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southwestern BC to w ID and south to MX
BC range: Vancouver Island (Nanaimo, Cowichan Lake, Mt. Finlayson, Victoria,
Duncan, Cowichan Bay), Gulf Islands (Saturna, North Pender, Mayne,
Bowen, Texada, Galiano, Gabriola, lower mainland (Gibsons, Horshoe Bay,
Sumas Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Rock crevices
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Plagiobothrys figuratus (Piper) I. Johnst. ex M.E. Peck
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern Vancouver Island to sw OR, west of the Cascades extending
through the Columbia Gorge to Klickitat County WA; sw AK
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Nanaimo, Wellington, Lost Lake, Hornby Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist fields, vernal pools, seepage areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Plagiobothrys tenellus (Nutt. ex Hook.) Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: WA and adjacent s BC and w ID, south to Baja CA, NV and UT
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Saturna Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Dry open places at lower elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Plantago bigelovii Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Bassett 1973
Map: Bassett 1973
Range: Along the coast from sw BC to Monterey County CA
BC range: Central and sw BC (Kamloops area, s Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Salt marshes along the coast, inland alkaline flats
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Plantago canescens Adams
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Bassett 1967, 1973
Map: Bassett 1967, 1973, Hulten 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Eastern AK, YT, NT, south to sw AB, e BC and nw MT; Asia
BC range: Border Ranges; Front Ranges (ne of Crowsnest Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Grassy slopes, open soil, riverbanks, roadsides, rock outcrops
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Plantago elongata Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Bassett 1973
Map: Bassett 1973
Range: BC, AB, SK and MB, south through ND and WA to TX and CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Victoria, Sidney, Gordon Head, Otter Point,
harrison and Deadman River)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF
Habitat: Vernal pools, marshy areas, beaches, alkaline regions
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in MB, MN

Name: Plantago eriopoda Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Bassett 1973
Map: Bassett 1967, 1973, Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: From CO and NE north to s Mackenzie and YT, west to c ID and through
the Great Basin to CA and the s OR coast, along the lower St. Lawrence
River in PQ; n MX
BC range: Southeastern and nw BC (Tagish, Windermere, Kimberley)
Biogeocl.: BS, IF
Habitat: Alkaline meadows in plains and valleys, salt marshes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schlecht.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Bassett 1973
Map: Bassett 1973, Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968
Range: Subcoastal from Grays Harbor County WA to the Aleutian Islands;
Lincoln County OR
BC range: Western BC (Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, along the
coast, near Williams Lake, north to Stewart)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Sphagnum bogs, lake shores, cold wet places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Plantago tweedyi Gray
Herbaria: DAO, V, WTU
Ref.:  Bassett 1967
Map: Bassett 1967
Range: AB and SK to ID, UT and CO, se BC
BC range: Columbia River Valley (Athalmer)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Non-alkaline meadows in mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Platanthera chorisiana (Cham.) Reichen. f.
Syn.: Habenaria chorisiana Cham.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Correl 1943, Luer 1975, Szczawinski 1975a
Map: Hulten 1968, Luer 1974, Szczawinski 1975a
Range: AK, BC; Japan
BC range: Coastal BC (throughout the Queen Charlotte Islands, Prince Rupert,
Kitimat, Brooks Peninsula, Woss Lake, Ucluelet, Tofino)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Swamps near the sea, sphagnum bogs
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Threatened in WA

Name: Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex Beck var. albiflora (Cham.)
Ledeb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Platanthera unalascensis (Spreng.) F.Kurtz subsp. maritima (Rydb.)
Defillips
Syn.: Piperia maritima Rydb., Habenaria greenei Jepson
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Luer 1975
Map: Luer 1975
Range: Islands of Puget Sound, along the Pacific Coast from BC to CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Lowland, Georgia
Lowland (Shushartie Bay, Haida Point near Skidegate, Texada Island,
Trial Island, Faliano Island, South Pender Island, Victoria, Courtenay)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Cliffs and dry hills, where moist in early spring
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA, threatened in MI

Name: Plectritis macrocera Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor and Taylor 1979a
Range: Southern BC to s CA, east to MT and UT
BC range: Southern BC (Creston, Vernon, Lytton, Botanie Valley, Kelowna,
Summerland, Oliver, Kootenay Lake, Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Stream banks and vernally moist, open places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Pleuricospora fimbriolata Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Pleuropogon refractus (Gray) Benth.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: BC south through WA and OR to CA
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges; Fraser Lowland;
Pacific Ranges (Cowichan Lake, Coquitlam, Callaghan Lake,
Garibaldi, Hollyburn)
Biogeocl.: MH, CF
Habitat: Bogs, streambanks, swampy meadows, shaded woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Poa abbreviata R. Br.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Pojar et al. 1976
Map: Hulten 1958, 1968; Porsild 1964
Range: Circumpolar; westernmost Aleutians, AK, n YT, east through the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
BC range: Tahltan Highland; Rocky Mtn. Foothills (Mt. Edziza, Mt. Selwyn)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Arctic tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [subsp. pattersonii (Vasey) Love, Love & Kapoor]
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Poa confinis Vasey
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: BC south to CA
BC range: Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, Squamish
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes and meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Poa douglasii Nees subsp. macrantha (Vasey) Keck
Syn.: Poa macrantha Vasey
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: Coastal BC south to n CA
BC range: Coast of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Sand dunes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Poa eminens Presl
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED [subsp. fendleriana]

Name: Poa howellii Vasey & Scribn.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: Southwestern BC south to WA and OR and s CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Fraser Lowland; Hozameen Range:
(Goldstream,
Saturna Island, Mayne Island, Crescent Beach, Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Prairies and lightly wooded area where moist, rocky banks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Poa kelloggii Vasey
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC
Ref.:  Jamieson 1979
Range: Coastal c CA to sw OR; coastal BC
BC range: Vancouver Island (Pachena Bay)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Open areas in forest
Rare status: R5  (orig. R1)
BC CDC status: none
Note:  voucher specimen is Poa laxiflora or P. marcida

Name: Poa laxa Haenke susbp. banffiana Soreng
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Poa laxiflora Buckley
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern AK, south to the Olympic Peninsula and nw OR
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. - Queen Charlotte Ranges; Hozameen Range;
Fraser Plateau; Thompson Plateau (Kootenay Inlet, Cumshewa Inlet,
Kaisun, Manning Park, Festuca Pass, Tunkwa Lake, Langara Island, Mt.
Morsbey, Tow Hill, Masset Inlet)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist woods to rocky open slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Poa marcida A. Hitchc.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Southwestern BC south to nw OR
BC range: Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland (Pachena Bay, 4th Nanaimo
Lake, Tsitika River, Stanley Park, Lulu Island)
Biogeocl.: MH, CF
Habitat: Moist areas in coastal mountains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Poa nervosa Presl
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Poa pattersonii Vasey
Syn: Poa abbreviata R. Br. subsp. pattersonii (Vasey) Love, Love & Kapoor
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern AB to c ID and s-c MT, south to CO, UT and NV
BC range: Scattered (Kostuik Mtn., Crowsnest Pass)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Alpine meadows, open slopes and talus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Poa pseudoabbreviata Rosh.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Poa suksdorfii (Beal) Vasey
Herbaria: CAN, GD, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ratcliffe 1981
Range: Southcentral BC south to CA
BC range: Cathedral Park
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine sedge meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Poa tracyi Vasey
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Hitchcock 1951, Kershaw and Morton 1976, Porter 1964
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK, to OR, CA and CO, east to WY and adjacent ID, UT and NM
BC range: Liard Plateau (Liard Hot Springs Park)
Biogeocl.: MH, IH
Habitat: Open woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Polemonium boreale J.E. Adams
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Polemonium caeruleum subsp. amygdalinum
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Polemonium elegans Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Polemonium micranthum Benth.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GH, NY, UBC, UC, US, V
Ref.:  Davidson 1950
Map: Davidson 1950
Range: Southern BC and WA to CA, UT and MT, east of the Cascades; Argentina
and Chile
BC range: South-central BC (Spence's Bridge, Lytton, Boston Bar, Penticton,
Vernon, Kelowna, Kamloops, Nicola, Merritt, Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, PP
Habitat: Open, dry or vernally moist places in plains and foothills
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Polygala senega L.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1968, Scoggan 1957
Map: Gillett 1968
Range: AB to PQ and NB, south to SD, AR, TN, GA and NC
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Pouce Coupe, north side of the Peace River)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Open woods, moist prairies, meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in PQ, NB, CT, ME, MA, DE, NJ

Name: Polygonum achoreum Blake
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Polygonum austiniae Greene
Syn.: Polygonum douglasii Greene subsp. austiniae (Greene) M.E. Jones
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN
Range: Southern BC, sw AB, south to c OR and ne CA, east across s ID to c MT
and WY
BC range: Border Ranges - Clark Range: (South Kootenay Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Dry flats or banks, sagebrush plains, Pinus ponderosa forest
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA

Name: Polygonum engelmannii Greene
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, WS
Ref.:  Argus and White 1978
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB, south to ID, WY and CO
BC range: Continental Ranges - Park Ranges (Southeast Kootenays, Field)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Dry to moist sandy soil in sagebrush desert to lower mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada

Name: Polygonum erectum L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: AK, YT, BC, AB, SK to NF and NB, south to ID, CO, MN, MO and ne US,
KS, TN, GA
BC range: Nahwittf Lowland; Nanaimo Lowland; Fraser Plateau - Marble Range;
Thompson Plateau (Port McNeill, Victoria, Ballingall Islets,
Clinton, Nicola)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Dry semi-waste ground, roadsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in ON

Name: Polygonum fowleri B.L. Robbins.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. hydropiperoides]

Name: Polygonum kelloggii Greene
Syn.: Polygonum polygaloides Meisn. subsp. kelloggii (Greene) Hickman
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: BC and sw AB, south to n CA, MT, WY, CO and AZ
BC range: Pacific Ranges, Hozameen Range; Thompson Plateau; Selkirk Mtns.
(Lytton, Nelson, Mt. Kobau, Whipsaw Creek)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Meadows and vernal pools to dry subalpine slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Polygonum majus (Meisn.) Piper
Syn.: Polygonum douglasii Greene subsp. majus (Meisn.) Hickman
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Range: East of the Cascades from BC and n WA to n CA, east to ID and w MT
BC range: Clear Range; Thompson Plateau; Okanagan Highland; Purcell Mtns.;
Monashee Mtns.; Okanagan Range: (Manning Park, Lytton, Spences
Bridge, Osoyoos, Kamloops, Cascade, Marysville)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry gravelly soil, sagebrush desert to mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Polygonum nuttallii Small
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V WS
Range: West of the Cascades from BC to nw OR
BC range: Western BC (Cowichan Lake, Strathcona Provincial Park Salvus,
Kimsquit, Mt. Waddington, Harrison Lake, North Vancouver, Hope,
Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, CH
Habitat: Dry prairies, open sites in lower mountains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Polygonum paronychia Cham. & Schlecht.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Victoria, Sooke, Comox, Long Beach, Saanichton,
Trial Island, Lighthouse Park)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes and beaches
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Polygonum polygaloides Meisn. subsp. confertiflorum (Nutt. ex
Piper) Hickman
Rare status: not-included
BC DCD staus: RED

Name: Polygonum prolificum (Small) B.L. Robins.
Syn.: Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Polygonum punctatum Ell.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: AK, YT, s Canada from BC to NS, south to e WA, OR CA and ne US
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Shuswap Highland (Cache Creek, Kamloops,
Armstrong)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Moist to dry soil, wasteland, shores
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in NB, NH

Name: Polypodium amorphum Suksd.
Herbaria: UBC, UC, V, WTU
Ref.:  Lang 1971
Map: Taylor 1970
Range: Central BC south to n CA and AZ
BC range: Vancouver Island (Forbidden Plateau, Gold River, Tahsis Peak),
Coast Mountains (Cheekeye, Garibaldi, Mt. Seymour, Hazelton),
Fraser Canyon (Hells Gate, Yale, Stein River)
Biogeocl.: MH, CF, CH
Habitat: Rocks and rock crevices
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Lloyd and Lang 1964, Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Coastal BC south to s CA
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands, west coast of Vancouver Island
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: On trees and rocks near coast
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Polypodium virginianum L.
Syn.: Polypodium sibiricum Schischk. 
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Lang 1971, Lloyd and Lang 1964
Map: Taylor 1970
Range: Eastern Asia; NT south to ne BC and east to GA
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Pouce Coupe, Beaton River, Ft. Nelson)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: On rocks and in rock crevices
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, AK

Name: Polypogon interruptus HBK.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: BC to CA, east across the s US to LA; MX to South America; Europe
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Sidney, James Bay)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Moist ground at lower elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Polystichum californicum (D.C. Eat.) Diels
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Wagner 1979
Map: Wagner 1979
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA
BC range: Texada Island
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Rocky areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eat.) D.H. Wagner
Herbaria: UBC, UC, WS, V
Ref.:  Wagner 1979
Map: Wagner 1979
Range: West-central BC south to s CA
BC range: Powell River, Nanoose Bay, Shawnigan Lake, Kitimat, Cowichan Lake,
Victoria, near Yale
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Rocky hillsides, woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Polystichum kruckebergii W.H. Wagner
Herbaria: UBC, UC, WTU, V
Ref.:  Kruckeberg 1982, Kruckeberg 1979, Wagner 1979
Map: Wagner 1979
Range: Central BC and nw WA south to n CA and n UT
BC range: Cassiar Mountains (W. Kwanika Creek), Interior Plateau (Lillooet
area, Chilcotin, Coquihalla)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, PP, SS, [MH?]
Habitat: Serpentine soils among rocks, meadows, open areas in forests
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Polystichum lemmonii Underw.
Syn.: Polystichum mohroides  auct., non (Bory) Presl
Herbaria: DAO, V
Ref.:  Cody and Britton 1984
Range: Southern Bc to OR and CA
BC range: Okanagan Highland (ne of Baldy Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Serpentine rock outcrops
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Polystichum scopulinum (D.C. Eat.) Maxon
Herbaria: UC, V, WTU
Ref.:  Taylor 1971, Wagner 1979
Map: Taylor 1971, Wagner 1979
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA, east to nw WY and se AZ; Gaspe
Peninsula
BC range: Tulameen River at Britton Creek
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Rock outcrops, serpentine soils
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Polystichum setigerum (K. Presl) K. Presl
Herbaria: DAO, NY, UC, WS
Ref.:  Wagner 1979
Map: Wagner 1979
Range: Southern AK to sw BC; Attu Island, AK
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Mt. Moresby, Blackwater Creek, Dawson
Inlet), Alice Arm, Port Simpson, Squamish, Strathcona Park, Nootka
Sound
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Lowland forest
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Potamogeton illinoensis Morong
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC south to s CA and east to ON and FL
BC range: Scattered in s BC (Tachis River, Creston, Mirror Lake, Okanagan
Lake, Christina Lake, Skaha Lake, Sumas Lake, Chilliwack Lake,
McLeese lake)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, IH
Habitat: Lakes and river edges
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in MB, PQ, continental NT, KS, IN, endangered in NC

Name: Potamogeton nodosus Poir.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Potamogeton oakesianus Robbins
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: BC to NF, ME and NJ
BC range: Steelhead (McCoomb's Rd.)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Lake
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in ON

Name: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mertens & Koch
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Haynes 1974
Map: Haynes 1974, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: NS to ON, south to WI and NJ; BC
BC range: Scattered distribution in Province (Beaver Lake near Victoria,
Manning Park, sw of Pouce Coupe, Lumby, Hazelton, Cowichan Lake,
lake at 59 degrees 50' and 122 degrees 03', Saltspring Island, 30 w of
Prince George)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, BS, PP, IF
Habitat: Open lakes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, MB, YT, NS, WY, KS, PA

Name: Potamogeton perfoliatus L.
Herbaria: V
Range: Circumpolar, in North America disjunctly distributed in n regions
BC range: Cassiar Mtns. (Swan Lake at Swift Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Lakes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Potamogeton strictifolius A. Bennett
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: PQ to NY and west to NT and BC
BC range: Hope, Windermere Lake, Columbia Lake
Biogeocl.: CH, IF
Habitat: Lakes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, CT, IL, MA, probably extirpated in OH

Name: Potentilla biennis Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: BC to Baja CA, east to SK, ND, SD, CO and AZ
BC range: Interior Highlands (Clinton, Keremeos, Kamloops, Princeton, Tupper,
Swan Lake, Mulki Lake)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Open, damp situations, waste places, sandy soil
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Potentilla biflora Willd. ex Schlecht.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966, Taylor 1973
Range: NT to n BC; east Asia
BC range: Northern BC (Liard Plateau, Summit Pass, Mt. St. George, Fort
Nelson area)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Stony alpine regions, tundra, hillsides
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Potentilla diversifolia Lehm. var. perdissecta (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Potentilla elegans Cham. & Schlecht.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976, Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: AK, YT, NT and n BC; east Asia
BC range: Stikine Ranges; Rocky Mtn. Trench; Alsek Ranges (Mt. McDame near
Cassiar, AK Hwy - mile 391, Haines Road area)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rocky slopes and crevices at high altitudes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in continental NT

Name: Potentilla flabellifolia Hook. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC and sw AB, south to c CA, MT and ID
BC range: Coastal mtns. from Garibaldi south, Lillooet area, Manning Park
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES
Habitat: Alpine meadows and slopes, talus slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Potentilla hippiana Lehm.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1973, Ulke 1934
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: AK, BC to NM and AZ, east to SK, MB, ON, ND, SD and NE
BC range: Central and e BC (Lillooet area, 4 miles west of Kleena Kleene
Lodge, Clinton, Quesnel, Cranbrook, Pine Pass, Telegraph Creek,
Yoho National Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, SS, CA, IH, IF,PP
Habitat: Plains, dry slopes, grassland, pine forest
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in ON, MN, threatened in MI

Name: Potentilla hookeriana Lehm.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Buttrick 1977, Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Taylor 1973
Range: AK, south to BC, AD and SK; Siberia
BC range: Scattered throughout BC (Atlin Lake, Liard Platau, Cassiar, Mt.
Edziza, Clinton, Ross Lake, Pavilion Lake)
Biogeocl.: SE, BS, SS, CA, PP
Habitat: Gravelly places in alpine regions, rocky outcrops
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Potentilla hyparctica Malte
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Buttrick 1977, Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Porsild 1964, Taylor 1973
Range: AK, south to BC, east to Greenland; arctic Eurasia
BC range: Scattered throughout BC (Teresa Island, Summit Pass, Mt. Robson
Park, Wells Gray Park)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES, SW
Habitat: Alpine meadows and screes, tundra, coastal beaches
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Potentilla multifida L.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Maher et al. 1979, Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966, Taylor 1973
Range: AK, YT, NT, BC to n SK, east to PQ; Eurasia and e Artic
BC range: Fraser Plateau (Chezacut area, Tweedsmuir Park)
Biogeocl.: CA
Habitat: Dry situations in open ground, rock crevices
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, PQ

Name: Potentilla ovina J.M. Macoun
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southeastern BC to n CA, east to SK, ID, MT, WY, UT, CO and NM
BC range: Rocky Mtn. Trench; Border Ranges - Flathead Basin (Sheep Mtn.,
Flathead)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Damp ground in high montane regions, open ridges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC to ON, south to WA, ID, NM, MO DS, OH, PA and w NY; east
Asia
BC range: Thompson and Okanagan Highlands (Spences Bridge, Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Damp places, meadows, streambanks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, ON, NY, PA, threatened in OH

Name: Potentilla quinquefolia Rydb.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Maher et al. 1979, Porsild and Crum 1961, Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: YT, BC to c SK and MB, south in the Rocky Mtns. to MT, OR, SO and UT
BC range: Scattered in Interior mtns. (Liard Hot Springs, Cassiar)
Biogeocl.: BS, SW
Habitat: Gravelly soil in high montane regions
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Potentilla rivalis Nutt.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: BC to s CA, east to SK, w ON, MN, IL, MO and NM; n MX
BC range: Okanagan Valley, Kootenay Valley, Columbia Valley
Biogeocl.: CA, IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Damp bottom lands, near water
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in ON, endangered in IL

Name: Prenanthes racemosa A. Michx.
Herbaria: DAO, V
Range: Eastern BC east to NS and south to CO and OH
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Pouce Coupe, Dawson Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [subsp. multiflora Cronq.]
Status outside: Rare in NS, CO, WY, threatened in PA, endangered in ME, MO

Name: Primula cuneifolia Ledeb. subsp. saxifragifolia (Lehm.) Smith & Forrest
Herbaria: GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Western BC, AK; Asia
BC range: Boundary Ranges (White Pass, Mt. Rapho, Haines Road), n Vancouver
Island (Zeballos Peak)
Biogeocl.: MH, AT
Habitat: Wet meadows, tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Primula egaliksensis Wormsk.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934
Map: Hulten 1971, 1968
Range: AK, YT, NT, n BC, e North America; Greenland, w AB, n MB to PQ, NF to
Labrador, CO
BC range: Alsek Ranges, Teslin Plateau, Muskwa Ranges, Rocky Mountain
Foothills, Hart Ranges, Continental Ranges, Selkirk Mountains,
Vancouver Island Mountains, (Haines Rd. mi 75, Liard Hot Springs, Atlin
Lake, Mt. Kenny, Graham River, Cariboo Pass)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, AT
Habitat: Wet meadows, along streams, marshes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, endangered in CO

Name: Primula incana M.E. Jones
Herbaria: ALTA, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Ulke 1934
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Rocky Mountains from CO and UT to AK and n Canada; YT, MB, SK and PQ
BC range: Eastern and n BC (Moberly, Peace River area, Tupper Creek, Boya
Lake, Hudson Hope, Leanchoil, Yoho National Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Streambanks, moist meadows, ledges
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, Continental NT, ND, threatened in UT

Name: Primula mistassinica A. Michx.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Maher et al. 1979, Porsild and Crum 1961
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Central-eastern AK to se YT and NT, east of NF and south to BC and New
England
BC range: Continental Ranges, Muskwa Ranges, Thompson Plateau (Liard Hot
Springs, Keremeos, Kootenay Park)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, PP
Habitat: Meadows, along streams
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in SK, YT, NS, IL, ME, threatened in NY, WI, possibly
extirpated in VT

Name: Primula sibirica Jacq.
Syn.: Primula clusiana Tausch
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Primula stricta Hornem.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1958, 1968, Porsild 1964
Range: Northern North America, from AK to NT, BC w AB, MB to PQ, NF,
Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and Europe
BC range: Alsek Ranges (Haines Rd.)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Moist places, saline soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB

Name: Psilocarphus elatior Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC east to ID and south to OR
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernally moist places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Psilocarphus tenellus Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC east to ID and south to n MX
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernally moist places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Psoralea physodes Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski and Harrison 1973, Taylor 1974
Map: Taylor 1974
Range: Southwestern BC to CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Shawnigan, Sahtlam, Wolf Mtn., Blackjack
Ridge, Albernie), Fraser Lowland (Langley)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Open woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Puccinellia interior Sorensen
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: Most of contnental AK and YT, widespread in North America; Europe
BC range: Boundary Ranges; Tagish Highland (Bennett and vicinity)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS
Habitat: Wet places, ponds, streambanks, sloughs, roadsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT

Name: Puccinellia lemmonii (Vasey) Scribn.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC, to s SK, south to se WA, e OR, ne CA, w NV, w WY and
UT
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Sidney, Oak Bay, Saltspring Island)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF
Habitat: Moist alkaline places, sagebrush desert
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK, CA

Name: Pyrola dentata J.E. Smith
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: BC south to Sierran CA, east to ID, MT and WY
BC range: Vancouver Island (Milne's Landing Station, Nootka, Esquimalt
Nanoose, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Alberni) and the mainland south from
Lytton
Biogeocl.: IF, CF, CH
Habitat: Coniferous woods, dry slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Pyrola elliptica Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: BC and AB east to NS and ne US, south to w MT, ID, NM, SD, OH, NV and
PA; Japan
BC range: Scattered throughout BC (Vancouver, Haney, Macalister, Quesnel,
Dawson Creek)
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, IF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Pyrola grandiflora Radius
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Buttrick 1977, Porsild and Crum 1961, Szczawinski
Map: Hulten 1958, Porsild & Crum 1961, Szczawinski 1975b
Range: Circumpolar; AK, YT and NT south to n BC, AB, SK, MB, n ON, PQ, NF and
Labrador; Greenland, Iceland, Eurasia
BC range: Northern BC (Atlin, Liard Hot Springs, Telegraph Creek, Dawson
Creek, Dease Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, SW, BS
Habitat: Dry places on tundra and in mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Ranunculus alismifolius Geyer ex Benth.
Syn.: Ranunculus alismaefolius [orthographic variant]
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Range: Southwestern BC, w US
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria area); southern
Okanagan Range:of Cascade
Mountains (Paul Creek)
Biogeocl.: CF, ES
Habitat: Mudflats to alpine meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ranunculus californicus Benth.
Herbaria: V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Trial Island, Alpha Islet, Chatham Island)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Grassy coastal bluffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ranunculus cardiophyllus Hook.
Herbaria: V
Range: BC to AB and SK; south to ne WA, sporadically farther south
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (Dawson Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Meadows, lowland to mountains
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ranunculus eschscholtzii Schlecht. var. suksdorfii (Gray) L. Benson
Syn.: Ranunculus suksdorfii Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Ranunculus eximus Greene
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB
BC range: Park Ranges (Yoho Park, Burgess Pass) Border Ranges (Akamina and
Kishinena Creeks, Wall Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine meadows, rock slides and lake shores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ranunculus grayi Britt.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: AK, YT south to BC, AB, MT and CO
BC range: Northwestern to se BC (Mt. Edziza, Relay Mountain, Ilgachuz Mtns.
Pine Pass)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Talus slopes and alpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Ranunculus inamoenus Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to AB, south to WA, ID, UT, AZ and CO
BC range: Chilcotin Ranges of Coast Mountains (Relay Mountain area); Nechako
Plateau (Angus Lake); Border Ranges of Rocky Mtns. (Flathead, Wall
Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, CH
Habitat: Mountain meadows and moist slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in SK

Name: Ranunculus lobbii (Hiern) Gray
Herbaria: DAO, V
Range: Pacific Coast (Vancouver Island), OR, CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Vernal pools
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ranunculus macounii Britt. var. oreganus (Gray) Davis
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Ranunculus pedatifidus J.E. Smith
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Circumpolar, sporadically south to MT, WY, CO, NM and AZ
BC range: Okanagan Range:of Cascade Mountains (Lakesview Mountain)
Biogeocl.: ES, AT
Habitat: Meadows, arctic or alpine tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in ON, MB

Name: Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahl.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: AK to Greenland, south to WY and CO
BC range: Western BC (St. Elias Mountains, Cassiar, Ilgachuz Mountains,
Traughton Lake; Vancouver Island - Zeballos Peak)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Alpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Ranunculus rhomboideus Goldie
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: BC east to ON, south to NE and MA
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (Hudson's Hope, Dawson Creek, Rose Prairie)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Prairie rock outcrops, open woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Ranunculus sulphureus Solander ex Phipps
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Pojar et al. 1976
Range: AK to Labrador; Eurasia, including Arctic Islands
BC range: Spatsizi Plateau (Maternity Mtn.); Liard Plateau (ca. 59 degrees N
125 degrees W)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Moist tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Ranunculus verecundus B. Rob.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC and AB to WA, ID and MT
BC range: Coast Mountains, Border Ranges (Garibaldi, Tenquille Lake, Flathead
area)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, ES, IH
Habitat: Wet slopes, sea level to alpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Rhamnus alnifolia L'Her.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: BC to PQ, NF, NB, PE and NS, south to CA, ID, MT, WY, ME and PA
BC range: Southeastern BC (Flathead, Cranbrook, Waldo, Kimberley, Hosmer,
Jaffray)
Biogeocl.: IH, IF
Habitat: Moist ground, near streams
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahlenb.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, SFUV, UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934
Map: Hulten 1958, 1968, Porsild 1964, Szczawinski 1975b
Range: AK, YT, NT and BC east to PQ, Labrador, NF and NY; Eurasia
BC range: Northeast and Northern Interior (Summit Pass, Muncho Lake, Cassiar
Mountains, Atlin, Redfern Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES, SW
Habitat: Rocky alpine slopes and cliffs, alpine barrens
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, endangered in ME, WI

Name: Rhododendron macrophyllum D. Don ex G. Don
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b, Taylor and Taylor 1973
Range: In the Cascades, from BC through WA to OR and n CA
BC range: Southwestern BC:  Skagit Range, Hozameen Range, Nanaimo Lowland
(Chilliwack Valley, Hope, Skagit Valley, Manning Park, two
localities on Vancouver Island:  Rhododendron Lake - Nanaimo, Weeks Lake
between Shawnigan and Port Renfrew)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods in shade, ravines, openings in shady forests
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ribes howellii Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to OR and ID
BC range: Southwestern BC (Mt. Cheam, Elk Mtn., Manning Park, Yale, Grouse
Mtn., n Vancouver Island (Gibson Rd.)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, CH
Habitat: Alpine meadows, subalpine streambanks
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Ribes irriguum Dougl.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Ribes lobbii Gray
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC to nw CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Esquimalt, Bowser, First Nanaimo Lake, Parkville,
Nanoose Hill, Victoria, Duncan, Mt. Arrowsmith, Sooke), Gulf
Islands (Saltspring, Denman, Galiano)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open woods and streambanks
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Ribes montigenum McClat.
Herbaria: CAN
Range: BC to s CA and NM
BC range: South-central BC (Midway)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Alpine slopes, ridges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Ribes oxycanthoides L. subsp. congnatum (Greene) Sinnott
Herbaria: UBC
Range: BC south to OR and east to ID
BC range: South-central BC (Grand Forks, Anarchist Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Rocky hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Romanzoffia tracyi Jeps.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Humboldt County CA and north at widely scattered sites to the Olympic
Peninsula of WA, sw BC
BC range: Western and s Vancouver Island (Ucluelet, Tofino, Sooke, Long
Beach, Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal bluffs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Rosa arkansana T.C. Porter
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Harms 1974, Taylor and Taylor 1978
Map: Taylor and Taylor 1978
Range: East of the Rocky Mtns. from BC to NY, south to NM, TX, KS, MO, IN and
DC
BC range: Northeastern BC from Fort Nelson to Pine Pass and from Chetwynd to
the AB border
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Prairies, open sandy plains
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WTU
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: BC to MX, east to NH, FL and West Indies
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos), Thompson Plateau (Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Inundated lake shores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in ON

Name: Rubus arcticus L. subsp. stellatus (J.E. Smith) Boivin
Syn.: Rubus stellatus J.E. Smith
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Taylor 1973
Range: AK to Labrador, BC, SK, MB, PQ, south to MT, Eurasia
BC range: Alsek Ranges; Tanzilla Plateau; Muskwa Ranges; Fort Nelson Lowland
(Dease Lake, Haines Road, Liard Hot Springs, Sikanni River),
Vancouver Island (Paradise Meadows)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS, CH, MH
Habitat: Tundra and cold bogs, heath, woodlands
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Rubus lasiococcus Gray
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC to nw CA
BC range: Hozameen Range; Okanagan Range; Cascade Mtns.; Nanaimo Lowland
(Ladysmith, Mt. Brenton, Hope, Yale, Skagit Valley, Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Open montane situations, moist to dry woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Rubus nivalis Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC to OR, east to ID
BC range: Vancouver Island Mtns. - Vancouver Island Ranges; Fraser Lowland;
Monashee Mtns.; Selkirk Mtns. (Strathcona Provincial Park, Nanaimo
river Valley, Victoria, Alouette Mtn., Nakusp, Seymour Arm)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, IH, CF
Habitat: Open to shaded montane areas at high altitudes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Rumex arcticus Trautv.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Rumex paucifolius Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Cascade Mtns. from s BC to s CA, east to the east side of the Rocky
Mtns. from AB to CO
BC range: Scattered through BC (Nakusp, Edgewood, Ootsa Lake, Little Tuya
Lake)
Biogeocl.: MH, ES, SS
Habitat: Wet meadows, moist mountain slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray subsp. occidentalis (S. Wats.) Crow
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sagina intermedia Fenzl
Syn.: Sagina nivalis (Lindbl.) Fries
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Porsild 1964
Range: Throughout coastal AK and n YT, east to Labrador; Greenland; Eurasia
BC range: Hart Ranges - Misinchinka Ranges (Morfee Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS
Habitat: Moist rock outcrops, beaches, spits, hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT, PQ

Name: Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC to NS and south to CA, MX and FL; West Indies; n South America
BC range: Scattered in southern part of Province (Williams Lake, Lac La
Hache, Windermere Lake, Steveston, South Vancouver, Kamloops, Pitt
Meadows, Tranquille, Ladner)
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, IH, IF, PP CF, CH
Habitat: Swamps, ponds and streams
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Salix amygdaloides Anderss.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1976
Map: Brayshaw 1976
Range: Southern BC (east of Cascades) east to NY and PQ, south to AZ, TX and
KY
BC range: Okanagan Highland and Thompson Plateau (Spences Bridge, Osoyoos,
Penticton), Alberta Plateau
Biogeocl.: IH, IF, PP
Habitat: Riverbanks and lakeshores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Salix athabascensis Raup
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus 1973, Brayshaw 1976, Porsild and Crum 1961, Raup 1959
Map: Argus 1973, Brayshaw 1976
Range: AK, YT, NT, BC TO MB
BC range: Northeastern BC (Liard Hot Springs, Taylor, Tadyah Lake, Albreda,
100 Mile House, Valemont, Tete Jaune Cache, Morfee Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet meadows, muskegs and bogs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Salix boothii Dorn
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Salix farriae Ball
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Salix geyeriana Anderss.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1976
Map: Brayshaw 1976
Range: Southern BC south to CA and CO, east to MT, UT and SD
BC range: Southern BC (Vancouver Island south from Nanaimo, Vancouver, Logan
Lake, Cranbrook)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Streamside and lakeshore thickets
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Salix lemmonii Bebb
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Salix petiolaris J.E. Smith
Syn.: Salix gracilis Anderss.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1976
Map: Brayshaw 1976
Range: Northern BC and YT east to NB, NJ and south to MT, CO, VA and OK
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Dawson Creek, Sundance Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Stream-side thickets
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Salix planifolia Pursh subsp. pulchra (Cham.) Argus
Herbaria: CAN, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1976
Map: Brayshaw 1976
Range: Eastern Asia; AK to nw NT and n BC
BC range: Northern BC (White Pass, Haines Road Mile 56, 66, 72, Atlin, Mt.
Edziza, Mt. Hazel, AK Hwy. Mile 88, 392)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS
Habitat: Wet meadows and tundra, dry rocky slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Salix raupii Argus
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus 1974, Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Northern BC, NT and AB
BC range: Muskwa Ranges; Skeena Mtns. (MacDonald Creek, Fern Lake, Gladys
Lake)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: White spruce woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Salix reticulata L. subsp. glabellicarpa Argus
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus 1973, Brayshaw 1976
Map: Argus 1973, Brayshaw 1976
Range: Queen Charlotte Islands, AK
BC range: Graham Island (Masset Inlet, Tan Mtn.), Moresby Island (Lake
Takakia, Tasu Mtn., Mosquito Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH
Habitat: Alpine tundra, wet seepage areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Salix serissima (Bailey) Fern.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1976
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: NT, BC, AB to ON, PQ, labrador, NF, south to CO, ND, PA and NJ
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Dawson Creek)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Swamps, riverbanks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in PQ, CT, IN, MA, ME

Name: Salix sessilifolia Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Brayshaw 1973
Map: Brayshaw 1973, 1976
Range: BC to OR, west of the Cascades
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island south from Cowichan Lake, Lower
Fraser River Valley east to Hope, Rock Creek)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Sandbars and gravel bars in river
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Salix setchelliana C.R. Ball
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Argus 1973
Map: Argus 1973, Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: AK, YT, BC
BC range: Icefield Ranges; Alsek Ranges (Alsek River)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Gravel bars, sandbars and beaches
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Salix tweedyi (Bebb ex Rose) Ball
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. leucocarpa (Torr.
& Gray) Cronq. 
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Samolus valerandi L.
Syn.: Samolus parviflorus Raf. ?
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Range: BC and NB to MX; South America
BC range: Agassiz
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Swamps and streams
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in NB, WA

Name: Sanguisorba menziesii Rydb.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Sanguisorba occidentalis Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Sanicula arctopoides Hook. & Arn.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC to WA and CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Trial Island, Cadboro Bay, Saxe Point,
Equimalt, Beacon Hill)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Coastal bluffs and headlands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Threatened in WA

Name: Sanicula bipinnatifida Dougl. ex Hook.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC and w WA, OR and CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria north to Nanaimo, Oak Bay)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Open or sparsely wooded slopes and drier meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sarracenia purpurea L.
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Cody and TAlbot 1973, Krajina 1968, Taylor 1979
Map: Cody and Talbot 1973
Range: NT, n BC east to Labrador and NF, south to the Great Lake states and e
US
BC range: Fort Nelson Lowland (Fort Nelson area)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Peat bogs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. purpurea]
Status outside: Rare in AB, Continental NT, IL, endangered in GA, SC,
threatened in MI, LA

Name: Satureja douglasii (Benth.) Briq.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Southern BC south to s CA and east to n ID
BC range: Southern BC (Ainsworth, Lasqueti Island, Gulf Islands, Nanaimo,
Cowichan Lake, Kaslo, Sidney, Nanoose, Armstorng, Crawford Bay,
Victoria)
Biogeocl.: IH, CF
Habitat: Coniferous woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Saussurea americana D.C. Eat.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Range: Southern AK south to n ID and ne OR
BC range: Scattered; Selkirk Mountains (Crutch Creek), Haines Hwy. (Mile 47),
Queen Charlotte Islands (Tasu mtn.), Lower Mt. Hooper, mtn. west of
Green Mtn., Port Alberni area)
Biogeocl.: MH, SW, BS
Habitat: Open forests
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, CA

Name: Saussurea angustifolia (Willd.) DC. var. yukonensis A.E. Porsild
Syn.: Saussurea viscida Hulten var. yukonensis (A.E.
Porsild) Hulten
Herbaria: V (photo)
Range: AK and w NT south to nw BC
BC range: Atlin
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Saussurea angustifolia (Willd.) DC. var. angustifolia
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Saussurea nuda Ledebour var. densa (Hook.) Hulten
Syn.: Saussurea densa (Hook.) Rydb.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Eastern Asia; AK south to s BC
BC range: Yoho Park, Kootenay Park (Ball Pass, Mt. Assiniboine, Kicking Horse
lake), Flathead River
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Rock crevices, alpine meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Saxifraga davurica Willd. subsp. grandipetala (Engl. & Irmsch.) Hulten
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Saxifraga flagellaris Sternb. & Willd.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC
Range: Circumboreal, south in W North America to BC and CO
BC range: Northern to w-c BC (Itcha Mtns., Nevis Creek, Mt. Edziza, Sheep
Lick Mtn., Cullivan Creek, Summit Pass, Good Hope Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Open tundra, rock scree
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Saxifraga hieracifolia Waldst. & Kit.
Syn.: Saxifraga hieraciifolia Waldst. & Kit. [orthographic variant]
Herbaria: V
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: Liard Plateau (59 degrees 45 N, 125 degrees 30 W)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet tundra, solifluction soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Saxifraga hirculus L.
Herbaria: V
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC Rocky Mountains of CO
and UT
BC range: Maklin Platea of Stikine Plateau (Ketchum Lake, Level Mtn.), Liard
Plateau (59 degrees 45 N 125 degrees 30 W)
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Bogs and wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Saxifraga nelsoniana D. Don ssp. carlottae (Calder & Savile) Hult.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Saxifraga nidifica Greene
Syn.: Saxifraga integrifolia Hook. var. columbiana (Piper) C.L. Hitchc.,
Saxifraga columbiana Piper
Rare status: not-included 
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Saxifraga reflexa Hook.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: AK, n YT, w NT
BC range: Northwestern BC (Mile 81, Haines Road, Cassiar, Atlin Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Dry, rocky ground
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Saxifraga serpyllifolia Pursh
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Pojar et al. 1976
Range: Asia, AK, YT, n BC
BC range: Tahltan Highland (Mt. Edziza); Teslin Plateau (Gladys Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Alpine or artic tundra, rock outcrops, soilifluction soil
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Saxifraga taylori Calder & Savile
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Mountains of Queen Charlotte Islands and Vancouver Island
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mountains, Vancouver Island Mountains (Brook
Peninusla, Snowsaddle Mtn., Zeballos Peak, Merry Widow Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Alpine and subalpine cliffs and slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
Syn.: Andropogon scoparius Michx.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southeastern BC to PQ, south to ID, MT, UT and AZ, east to most of the
US; MX
BC range: Rocky Mtn. Trench (Bull River, Fairmont Hot Springs)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Prairies and foothills
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Scirpus cernuus Vahl
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Southwestern BC to n MX; South Amreica; Europe; Africa, Australia, New
Zealand
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Port Clements, Juskatla), Vancouver Island
(Parksville, Point-no-Point, Qualicum River, Nanaimo, Tofino,
Brooks Peninsula, Alberni), Port Moody
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Fresh or brachish marshes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) Gray
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Southern BC east to PQ, south to CA, MO and VA
BC range: West coast of Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Osoyoos
Biogeocl.: CH, PP
Habitat: Stream and lake margins
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, NB, MA, PA

Name: Scirpus nevadensis S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Scirpus olneyi Gray
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Dawe and White 1982
Range: BC and NS, south to FI and MX
BC range: Qualicum Beach, Pemberton (Meager Creek Hot Springs)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Brackish marshes, wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Canada, KS, WA, endangered in NC, threatened in MI

Name: Scirpus pallidus (Britt.) Fern.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Taylor 1983
Range: Western North America from BC to OR, UT, NM, TX and MN
BC range: Columbia Valley (Fairmont Hot Springs), Arrow Lake (Needles)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: River banks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Scirpus supinus L. var. saximontanus (Fern.) T. Koyama
Syn.: Schoenoplectus saximontanus (Fern.) J. Raynal
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Scrophularia californica Cham. & Schlecht.
Herbaria: UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southwestern BC to CA and adjacent NV, west of the Cascades
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Low moist ground, along steams
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Map: Epling 1939
Range: Southeastern BC south to s CA and east to w and n ID
BC range: Southeastern BC (Trail)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Open moist or dry, rocky areas in foothills and lowlands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Scutellaria lateriflora L.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Epling 1939, Maher et al. 1979
Range: Southern BC to NF, south to GA and CA and TX
BC range: Vancouver Island, New Westminster, Burnaby, Okanagan, Vancouver,
Quesnel)
Biogeocl.: SS, CF, CH, PP
Habitat: Moist bottom lands
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in SK, CO

Name: Selaginella oregana D.C. Eat.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Coastal BC south to nw CA
BC range: West coast of Vancouver Island (Power River, Barkley Sound)
Biogeocl.: SS, CF, CH, PP
Habitat: On rock outcrops and tree trunks
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Selaginella sibirica (Milde) Hieron.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Senecio atropurpureus (Ledeb.) Fedch.
Herbaria: GD, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Douglas 1982, Hulten 1968
Range: Northern Asia to AK and w NT, south to n BC
BC range: Northern BC (Chilkat Pass area, Blanchard River, Liard Plateau)
Biogeocl.: BS, AT
Habitat: Tundra and boggy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Senecio congestus (R. Br.) DC.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas
Map: Douglas 1982, Hulten 1968
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC
BC range: Northern BC (White Pass, AK Hwy, Mile 581)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Senecio conterminus Greenm.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Packer 1972
Map: Douglas 1982, Hulten 1968
Range: Southwestern AB and se BC to nw MT
BC range: Flathead area (Mile 19 Flathead Road)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Rocky alpine areas
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, MT

Name: Senecio elmeri Piper
Herbaria: GD, NY, UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Barkley 1978
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southern BC south to c WA
BC range: Scattered distribution in s BC (Chilliwack Valley, Relay Mountain,
Cinnabar Basin, Noaxe Lake, Pemberton, Cathedral Lake, Mt. Matier,
Big Dog Mountain)
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Gravel and talus subalpine slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Senecio foetidus J.T. Howell var. foetidus
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southern BC east to w ID and south to c CA
BC range: South of Rossland (Sheep Creek), Flathead River area
Biogeocl.: IH, IF
Habitat: Wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Senecio foetidus J.T. Howell var. hydrophiloides (Rydb.) Barkley ex
HerbarCronq. in FerrisDAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barkley 1978, Douglas 1982
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB south to MT and e OR
BC range: West of Yahk, Flathead area, Grand Forks
Biogeocl.: IH, ES
Habitat: Wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Canada and CO

Name: Senecio hydrophylus Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN
Ref.:  Barkley 1978, Douglas 1982
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southern BC south to c CO and c CA
BC range: Southeastern BC (Kootenay Flats, Salmon River)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Alkali marshes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Senecio integerrimus Nutt.  var. ochroleucus (Gray) Cronq.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Senecio macounii Greene
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barkley 1978, 1980, Douglas 1982
Map: Barkley 1980, Douglas 1982
Range: Southwestern BC south to nw CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Victoria, Shawnigan Lake, Bald Mountain,
Duncan, Durrace Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Grassy open areas, edges of salt marshes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Senecio megacephalus Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barkley 1978, Douglas 1982
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southeastern BC and s AB south to w-c MT and ID
BC range: Southeastern BC (Mile 19 Flathead Rd., Crevice Mtn., Pollock Mtn.,
Grizzly Mtn., King Edward Peak)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Talus and rocky slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, WY

Name: Senecio moresbiensis (Calder & Taylor) G.W. Douglas
& G. Ruyle-Douglas
Syn.: Senecio Cymbalarioides Bueck subsp. moresbiensis
Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968, Douglas 1982
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Douglas 1982
Range: Southeastern AK to sw BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Louscoone Inlet, Mine Mtn, Moresby Mtn.,
Chaatl Island, Shrimp Creek), nw Vancouver Island (Port Hardy,
Brooks Peninsula)
Biogeocl.: CF, MH
Habitat: Rocky, boggy slopes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC and s AK

Name: Senecio newcombei Greene
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barkley 1978, Calder and Taylor 1968, Douglas 1982
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Douglas 1982
Range: Queen Charlotte Islands
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Slate Chuck Mtn., Cumshewa Inlet, Peel,
Runnell Sound, Bigsby Inlet, Atlow Bay, Mine Mtn., Shrimp Creek)
Biogeocl.: MH, CF
Habitat: Wet hillsides, boggy slopes, alpine meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Senecio ogotorukensis Packer
Herbaria: GD, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Packer 1972
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: AK to NT and south to nw BC
BC range: Northwestern BC (Alsek River)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Rocky alpine and subalpine slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Senecio plattensis Nutt.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: NT east to MB and south to BC, VA and TX
BC range: Interior Highlands (Ft. Fraser, Kamloops, Nulki Lake, Prince
George, Chilcotin, Ft. Steel, Lac la Hache, Alexis Creek)
Biogeocl.: PP, IF
Habitat: Open forests
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, threatened in PA

Name: Senecio pseudo-arnica Less.
Syn.: Senecio pseudoarnica, S. pseudarnica [orthogr. variants]
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barkley 1978, Douglas 1982
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Douglas 1982
Range: Eastern Asia; AK east to NF and south to BC
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Rose Spit, between Masset and Tow Hill)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Beaches
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in NS, NB

Name: Senecio serra Hook.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: BC south to CA and UT
BC range: Pine Pass
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Senecio sheldonensis A.E. Porsild
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982
Map: Douglas 1982, Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: Central YT and sw NT south to n BC
BC range: Northern BC (Muncho Lake, Teresa Island, Mile 98 Haines Road, Mt.
Will, between Tanzilla River and Dease Lake)
Biogeocl.: SW
Habitat: Subalpine meadows and bogs
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Senecio tundricola Tolmie
Syn.: Senecio fuscatus (Jordan & Fourreau) Hayek
Herbaria: GD, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1982, Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Circumboreal, south in w North America to n BC; MT and WY
BC range: Northern BC (Chilcat Pass, Swan Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, SW
Habitat: Dry rocky tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Senecio yukonensis Porsild
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Clark 1973, Daup 1934
Range: BC to MB, south to se OR, e and s CA and MN
BC range: Alberta Plateau (Hudson's Hope), Interior Highlands
Biogeocl.: BS, PP
Habitat: Along watercourses, open woods, thickets
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sidalcea hendersonii S. Wats.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC to OR
BC range: Vancouver Island ( Victoria, Alberni, Campbell River), Fraser
Lowland (Pt. Grey, Ladner, Langley), Alta Lake, Gabriola Is.
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Meadows, wet places, tidal flats
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Sidalcea oregana (Nutt.) Gray
Herbaria: UBC
Range: South-central BC south to CA and east to WY and UT
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. procera C.L. Hitchc.]
Status outside: Threatened in WA

Name: Silene drummondii Hook
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC to SK, south to MT, ID, CO and AZ
BC range: Central BC (Smithers area, Peace River area, Mt. Kobau, White Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, CH, BS
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes to alpne ridges
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. drummondii]

Name: Silene involucrata (Cham. & Schlecht.) Bocq.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971; Porsild 1964
Range: Circumpolar; most of AK, YT, NT, east to Labrador, south to BC, w AB,
MB to PQ
BC range: Rocky Mtn. Foothills (Nevis Creek)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Alpine meadows, gravel bluffs, tundra
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. involucrata]
Status outside: Rare in AB, MB, ON

Name: Silene repens Patrin ex Pers.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: AK and YT, east to Mackenzie, south to BC, ID, WY and MT; Eurasia
BC range: Eastern and s BC (Eldorado Creek, Nevis Creek, Cathedral Lakes
Provincial Park)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Dry grassy slopes, open woods, rock outcrops, meadows, scree slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Silene scouleri (Eastw.) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire ssp. grandis (Eastw.)
C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Silene scouleri (Eastw.) C.L. Hitchc. subsp. scouleri
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Silene spaldingii S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Silene taimyrensis (Tolmatchev) Bocq.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Raup 1934
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1966
Range: Central AK, YT, NT and n BC
BC range: Northern BC (Dease Lake, north of Cassiar junction)
Biogeocl.: AT, SW
Habitat: Calcareous clays and gravels, stony barrens in mountains
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Silene uralensis (Rupr.) Bocq. subsp. attenuata (Farr) McNeil
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Raup 1934, Ulke 1934
Map: Hulten 1968, 1971
Range: Circumpolar; AK and YT east to the Atlantic, south in the Rocky Mtns.
to s BC, MT, ID, UT and CO
BC range: Northern and c BC (Liard Plateau, Gladys Lake, Spatsizi Plateau,
Summit Pass, Revelstoke, Yoho Park, Mt. Selwyn, Mt. Kenney, Mt.
Assiniboine, Mt. Robson Park)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Alpine tundra, talus slopes, riverbanks, meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT

Name: Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker-Gawler) Dryand.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA, west of the Cascade Mtns.
BC range: Southwestern BC (Vancouver Island from Tofino and Comox south to
Sooe, the Gulf Islands, Texada Island, Powell River)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Edge of bogs or lakes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Sisyrinchium douglasii A.G. Dietrich
Syn.: Olsynium douglasii (A. Dietr.) Bickn.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Range: Southwestern BC through WA and OR to CA
BC range: Southwestern BC (Saanich, Nootka, Gulf Islands)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Rocky slopes where moist in early spring
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Sisyrinchium idahoense Bickn. var. macounii (Bickn.) Henderson
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Sisyrinchium inflatum (Suksd.) St. John
Syn.: Olsynium inflatum Suksd., Sisyrinchium douglasii (A. Dietr.) Bricknell
var. inflatum (Suksdorf) P. Holmgren
Herbaria: CAN, V
Range: Southern BC to CA, east of the Cascades, east to ID and n UT
BC range: Shuswap Highland (Adams Lake, Chase)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Grassy areas where moist in spring and dry in summer
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sisyrinchium littorale Greene
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Sysirinchium septentrionale Bickn.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Smelowskia calycina (Stephan) C.A. Meyer
Herbaria: DAO, GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Drury and Rollins 1952
Map: Drury and Rollins 1952, Hulten 1968
Range: Northern Asia; n AK to AB, south to w WA and CO
BC range: Extreme se BC (Flathead area, Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Cautly, Akamina
and Kishinena Creeks)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Talus slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, YT

Name: Smelowskia ovalis M.E. Jones
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Drury and Rollins 1952
Map: Drury and Rollins 1952
Range: Southern BC to n CA
BC range: Cascade Mtns. (Mt. Cheam, Mt. McFarlane), Cathedral Prov. Park
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Rock crevices on ridgetops
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Solanum triflorum Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V, WS
Range: Great Plains to the Cascades, WA and OR east of the Cascades to AB,
ND, KS, NM, AZ and in CA, PQ to BC
BC range: Southeastern BC (Kootenay area-Michel, Fort Steele, Kimberley)
Biogeocl.: CA, IF
Habitat: Along roads, disturbed sites, dry areas
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Solidago gigantea W. Ait. var. serotina (Kuntze) Cronq.
Herbaria: CAN, V
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: BC and AB to PQ, south to OR, NM and GA
BC range: Trail, Golden
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Moist sites
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Solidago nemoralis W. Ait. var. logipetiolata (Mackenz. & Bush) Palmer
& Steyermark
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC
Ref.:  Douglas 1984
Map: Douglas 1984
Range: NS west to BC and south to FL and TX
BC range: Eastern BC (Golden, Wapta Falls, Columbia River Valley, Tete Jaune
Cache)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Flood plains, riverbanks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Sparganium fluctuans (Morong) B. Rob.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Ceska et al. 1976
Range: BC to NF and south to NM and PA
BC range: Scattered distribution in Province:  Shadow Lake (Garibaldi Park),
McCreight Lake (north of Campbell River), Wells Gray Park
Biogeocl.: IF, CH
Habitat: Shallow water
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, threatened in PA

Name: Sparganium glomeratum Laest. ex Beurl.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: BC, AB, PQ, MN; n Eurasia
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Buck Channel opposite Chaatl Island)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Boggy pools
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, endangered in MN

Name: Sparganium hyperboreum Laest. ex Beurl.
Herbaria: TRT, UBC, V
Ref.:  Harms 1973
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Hulten 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: AK to Greenland, south to n BC and NS; Eurasia
BC range: Scattered distribution in Province:  Queen Charlotte Islands, AK
Hwy. mile 366, north of Cache Creek (Kliqeguh Creek), ne Vancouver
Island (Tsitika watershed), Calvert Island (Mt. Buxton), Haines Road mile
75
Biogeocl.: CH, SW, BS, IF
Habitat: Cold still water
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, NS

Name: Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: BC south to Baja CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Victoria, Gordon Head, Saanich, Sidney, Mayne
Island, Chain Islands, Trial Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Salt marshes, along seashores
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southern BC to AB and s MN, south to OR, UT, TX and IA
BC range: Southern BC (Kamloops, Kimberley, Windermere)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Dry hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sphaeralcea munroana (Dougl. ex Linl.) Spach ex Gray
Herbaria: CAN, V
Range: South-central BC and w MT south to CA and UT
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Osoyoos, south to Penticton, Fairview, between
Oliver and Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Dry hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sphenopholis obtusata (A.Michx.) Scribn.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Erdman 1965, Hubbard 1955
Map: Erdman 1965
Range: BC and YT, south to CA and MX, east to ON, ME and FL; West Indies
BC range: Southern BC (Lillooet, Kamloops, Gray Creek, Fairmont Hotsprings,
Jaffray)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Stream and lake margins, moist grassland
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: RED [var. obtusata], RED [var. major (Torr.) K.S. Erdman]
Status outside: Rare in Canada, CA, CO, ME, NH, threatened in OH

Name: Spiraea densiflora Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973
Map: Taylor 1973
Range: Southern BC to CA, east to sw AB, MT, ID and e OR
BC range: Southern BC (Strathcona Provincial Park, Cowichan Lake, mainland
north to Pemberton, Revelstoke and Glacier)
Biogeocl.: MH, IF, IH
Habitat: Montane areas, moist areas, open rocky slopes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB, WA

Name: Spiraea stevenii (C.K. Schneid.) Rydb.
Syn.: Spiraea beauverdiana C.K. Schneid. var. stevenii
C.K. Schneid.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1973, Uttal 1973
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1973
Range: AK, YT, NT, nw BC; Asia and ne Siberia
BC range: Icefield Ranges; Alsek Ranges; Boundary Ranges (Haines Road region)
Biogeocl.: SW, BS
Habitat: Muskeg, tundra, heathlands, woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: South-central BC and e WA to SD, south to CA, TX and MX
BC range: Okanagan Highland (Keremeos)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Prairies, deserts and mountian foothills, where moist and somewhat
alkaline
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Stachys mexicana Benth.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Extreme se AK, south to CA, inland to Portland OR
BC range: Western BC (Fraser R. Valley, Cowichan Lake, Alouette Lake, Skeena
R. Valley, Ucluelet, Kyuquot, Kitimat)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods, swamps, near the coast
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Stachys palustris L. subsp. pilosa (Nutt.) Epling
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Stellaria americana (Porter ex B. Rob.) Standley
Herbaria: DAO, V
Range: Waterton Lakes National Park AB to s-c MT; s-c BC
BC range: Okanagan Range: (Ashnola River Valley)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Talus slopes at higher elevations
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Stellaria longipes Goldi var. edwardsii (R. Br.) Gray
Herbaria: ALTA, CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Buttrick 1977, Raup 1934
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1963
Range: AK to NF, south to CA, AZ, NM, MN and NY; Eurasia
BC range: Alsek Ranges; Tagish Highland; Muskwa Ranges; Stikine Ranges; Hart
Ranges - Misinchinka Ranges (Haines Road area, Atlin Lake, Toad
River, Peace River area)
Biogeocl.: AT
Habitat: Moist soil, streambanks, rocky slopes, mountain meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in NB, MI

Name: Stellaria nitens Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC, V, WS
Range: BC and sw AB, south to Baja CA, ID, w MT and UT
BC range: Southern and c BC (Vancouver Island from Parksville to Sooke,
Saltspring Island, Pemberton, Lower Fraser Valley, Okanagan from
Osoyoos to Armstrong, Bridge Lake, Morfee Mtn.)
Biogeocl.: PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Gravelly prairies, streambanks to grassy hillsides
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Stellaria obtusa Engelm.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southern AK, BC south through WA and OR to CA, east to AB, CO and UT
BC range: Southern BC (Lillooet, Mt. Robson Provincial Park, Nelson, Crawford
Bay)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Damp meadows, along streams
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, CO

Name: Stellaria umbellata Turcz. ex Karel. & Kir.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Western AB, south to OR, CA, MT and CO; AK; Siberia, Asia
BC range: Hozameen Range; Fraser Basin - Nechako Plain (Hope, Manning Park,
Prince George)
Biogeocl.: ES, CH
Habitat: Moist soil of montane forest or meadowland, in shade, alpine tundra
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, Continental NT

Name: Stipa lemmonnii (Vasey) Scribn.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Barkworth and Linman 1984, Hubbard 1955
Map: Barkworth and Linman 1984
Range: BC south through WA and OR to CA, east to sw MT, n ID, w NV and AZ
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. - Skidegate Plateau; Nanaimo Lowland;
Hozameen Range: (Sandspit, Comox, Victoria, Nanoose Bay, Mt.
Douglas, Saturna Island, Manning Park)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Valleys, Pinus ponderosa forest
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Stipa spartea Trin.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hubbard 1955
Range: BC to ON, south to MT, WY, CO and NM, east through most of the central
states to PA
BC range: Throughout e and s-c BC
Biogeocl.: CA, IF, PP
Habitat: Along river, prairies, grassy benchlands in foothills
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, ON, CO, OK, PA, WY, endangered in OH

Name: Suksdorfia ranunculifolia (Hook.) Engl.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Suksdorfia violacea Gray
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Swertia perennis L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Gillett 1963
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Gillett 1963, Hulten 1968
Range: AK to CA and NM, east through the Rockies; MT, WY, CO; Eurasia
BC range: Alsek Ranges, Queen Charlotte Lowland, Queen Charlotte Mountains,
Fraser Plateau, Haines area, Lac la Hache
Biogeocl.: MH
Habitat: Montane to subalpine meadows, streambanks and other moist places
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Symphoricarpus mollis var. hesperius
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southern BC to MT, south to CA, NM and n MX
BC range: Central southern BC
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Open slopes, dry meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW [var. utahensis]

Name: Talinum okanoganense C.S. English
Syn.: Talinum sediforme v. Poellnitz
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: Lower mountains of s BC and WA
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Kamloops area:  Savona Mtn., Stump Lake, Mt.
Baldy, Tranquille Range)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Rocky exposed slopes and ledges
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Threatened in WA
Note:  proper name should be T. sediforme

Name: Talinum spinescens Torr.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Range: BC, c WA and n-c OR
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Stump Lake)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Rocky basaltic outcrops and badlands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Tanacetum bipinnatum (L.) Sch.-Bip. subsp. huronense (Nutt.) Breit.
Syn.: Tanacetum douglasii DC.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Calder and Taylor 1968
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968, Porsild and Cody 1980
Range: AK east to NF and south to n CA and NY
BC range: Queen Charlotte Islands (Tlell, Massett, Rose Spit), Vancouver
Island (Guise Bay, Long Beach)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Sand dunes
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, MB, Continental NT, endangered in WI,
endangered in ME, MI

Name: Tetradymia canescens DC.
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Douglas 1982
Map: Douglas 1982
Range: Southern BC east to MT and south to CA
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Highland (Penticton, Summerland,
Nicola Lake, Tranquille, Kamloops)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP 
Habitat: Sagebrush hills
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Teucrium canadense L. susbp. viscidum (Piper) Taylor & MacBryde
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Ave-Lall.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: BC to PQ, south to WA, AZ, NM, TX, LA and OH
BC range: Between Selkirk and Purcell Mtns. (Crawford Bay, Creston
Reclamation area); Rocky Mountain Trench (Golden)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Meadows, swampy grassland
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, PQ, WA

Name: Thellungiella salsuginea (Pall.) O. Schultz
Herbaria: V
Range: YT and NT east to MB and south to BC and CO; Eurasia
BC range: Windermere, Columbia Lake
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Dry lakes, grassy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB, Continental NT, YT, CO

Name: Thelypodium laciniatum (Hook.) Endl.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC south to se CA and east to sw ID and w NV
BC range: Thompson Plateau and Okanagan Highland (Ashnola Creek, Penticton,
Hedley, Summerland, Osoyoos)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Open, dry, rocky areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE [var. laciniatum]

Name: Thelypodium milleflorum A. Nels.
Syn.: Thelypodium laciniatum (Hook.) Endl. var. milleflorum
(A. Nels.) Payson
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southern BC south to NV and ID
BC range: Thompson Plateau (Vaseaux Lake), Olalla)
Biogeocl.: PP
Habitat: Dry sagebrush hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Thelypteris limbosperma (All.) Fuchs
Syn.: Thelypteris quelpaertensis (Christ.) Ching, Oreopteris limbosperma
(All.) Holub s.l., Oreopteris quelpaertensis (Christ) Holub
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Eurasia; coastal AK south to s BC and c WA
BC range: Coast Mountains (Prince Rupert, Alice Arm), Queen Charlotte
Islands, Vancouver Island (Tofino, Brooks Peninsula, Sproat Lake),
Williams Lake, Selkirk Mtns.
Biogeocl.: MH, CH, CA, ES
Habitat: Rocky woods and subalpine meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Thelypteris nevadensis (J.G. Baker) Clute ex Manton
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southwestern BC south to c CA
BC range: Vancouver Island (Sooke River)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Edges of streams, woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Thermopsis montana Nutt.
Herbaria: UBC
Range: Southeastern BC south to NV, UT and CO
BC range: Ingenika River, Marysville (Bear Creek)
Biogeocl.: IF, IH
Habitat: Gravel river benches
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex J. Richards.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southeastern BC and AB to CO and ND
BC range: Erickson
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Sandy grasslands
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Thysanocarpus curvipes Hook.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA and east to ID
BC range: Vancouver Island (Mt. Finlayson, Mt. Douglas, Thetis Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Rocky, grassy slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Tofieldia coccinea J. Richards.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Hulten 1968, Porsild 1964, Taylor 1974b
Range: AK and YT east to Greenland, south to n BC and n AB; Arctic Eurasia
BC range: Northeastern and c BC (Fort Nelson, Muncho Lake, McBride, Eutsuk
Lake)
Biogeocl.: ES, BS, SS, CA
Habitat: Tundra and heathland, stony dry places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, PQ

Name: Tonella tenella (Benth.) Heller
Herbaria: GD, UBC, WTU
Ref.:  Douglas and Ruyle-Douglas 1978
Range: Along the Columbia R. from east end of the gorge to near the coast,
south in the Puget trough to central CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland (Saltspring Island)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Steep, dry, rocky slope
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) Church
Syn.: Glyceria pallida (Torr.) Trin., Puccinellia pallida
(Torr.) Clausen
Herbaria: DAO
Ref.:  Hitchcock 1951, Kershaw and Morton 1976, Maher et al. 1979, Voss 1972
Map: Koyama and Kawano 1964
Range: NT, BC, n SK, ON to NF, south to MO, OH, NC, and ME
BC range: Muskwa Ranges, Fraser Basin - Nechako Plain (Peace River area,
Vanderhoof)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Pond borders, bogs, marshes, wet hollows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in SK, MB, ON, PQ, PH, MO, RI endangered in BA, MN,
threatened in NC

Name: Townsendia exscapa (J. Richards.) T.C. Porter
Herbaria: UBC, UC
Ref.:  Beaman 1957, Douglas 1984
Map: Beaman 1957, Douglas 1984
Range: Southeastern BC east to MN and south to TX and AZ
BC range: Southeastern BC (Athalmer)
Biogeocl.: IF
Habitat: Meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in MB

Name: Townsendia hookeri Beaman
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Beaman 1957, Douglas 1984
Map: Beaman 1957, Douglas 1984
Range: Northeastern BC south to s CA and c UT
BC range: Eastern BC (Ft. Mcleod, Marysville, Windermere, between Windermere
and Fairmont Hot Springs, Canal Flats, Radium Hot Springs)
Biogeocl.: IF, BS
Habitat: Prairies, dry hillsides
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in SK, YT

Name: Townsendia parryi D.C. Eat.
Herbaria: DAO, GH, UBC, V
Ref.:  Beaman 1957, Douglas 1984
Map: Beaman 1957, Douglas 1984
Range: Southeastern BC east to AB and south to OR and CO
BC range: Southeastern BC (Crowsnest Pass, Pollock, Mt. Turnbull)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Talus slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Toxicodendron diversilobium (Torr. & Gray) Greene
Syn.: Rhus diversiloba Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: West of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada from Puget Sound to MX, inland
along the Columbia River in WA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Georgia Lowland (Victoria, Saanich Arm, Nanaimo,
Texada Island, Bowen Island, Howe Sound)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Boulders of streams, thickets, wooded slopes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Trichophorum pumilum (Vahl) Schinz & Tell.
Syn.: Scirpus pumilus Vahl, Scirpus rollandii Fern.,
Baeothryon pumilum (Vahl) A. & D. Love
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1983
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1983
Range: Circumboreal south in w North America to n BC
BC range: AK Hwy. (Muncho Lake, Mile 397)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Wet places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in SK, YT, PQ

Name: Trifolium bifidum Gray
Herbaria: CAN, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to Baja CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Victoria), Savary Island
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Grassy places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Trifolium cyathiferum Lindl.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC south to Ca and ID
BC range: Victoria, Duncan, Alberni, Revelstoke, Rossland
Biogeocl.: IH, CF
Habitat: Sandy areas, mossy rock faces
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Trifolium depauperatum Desvx.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to s CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Victoria)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Wet places, grassy areas
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Trifolium macraei Hook. & Arn.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to Baja CA; Chile
BC range: Southeastern Vancouver Island (Nanaimo), Gulf Islands (Galiano,
Saltspring)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open grassy places
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. dichotomum (Hook. & Arn.) Brewer ex S.
Watson]

Name: Trifolium microcephalum Pursh
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southern BC south to Baja CA and east to MT and AZ
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Nanoose Hill, Nanaimo, Victoria, Sooke,
Saanichton, Cameron Lake, Cowichan Lake,), Gulf Islands (Saturna,
Thormanby, Savary, Saltspring, Mayne), Okanagan Highland
(Lund, Summerland, Naramata, Grand Forks)
Biogeocl.: CH, CF, PP
Habitat: Grassy places
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA; South America
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Sooke, Bear Hill, Campbell River,
Langford, Victoria, Thetis Lake), Gulf Islands (Saturna), Georgia
Lowland (Powell River)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open sandy places, meadows
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Trifolium oliganthum Steud.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: Southern Vancouver Island (Cowichan, Sooke, Mt. Tolmie, Cameron
Lake, Nanoose Hill, Parksville), Gulf Islands (Saltspring, Saturna,
Savary), Georgia Lowland (Powell River, Egmont, Deeks
Creek, West Vancouver)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Open woods, rocky places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Trifolium tridentatum Lindl.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA
BC range: S. Vanc. Isl. (Thetis Lk., Sooke, Victoria, Langford, Cowichan Lk.,
Sprout Falls, Nanaimo, Comos, Parksville) Gulf Isl. (Savary, N
Pender, Saturna, Saltsprng, Texada, Anniversary,
Mitlenatch), Georgie and Fraser Lowlands (Agassiz, West
Vancouver, Harrison Mills, Egmont, Lund)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Grassy places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Trifolium variegatum Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974c
Map: Taylor 1974c
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA and east to MT and UT
BC range: S. Vancouver Island (Sprout Falls, Nanaimo, Nanoose Hill, Cowichan,
Victoria, Sooke), Gulf Islands (Saltspring, Baliano, Mitlenatch,
Danman, Savary), Georgia & Fraser Lowlands (Chilliwack, Van., Lions Bay,
Gibson, Egmont) southern interior (Trail, Lake Okanagan)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, PP
Habitat: Moist places
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Triglochin concinnum Davy
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC, south to CA, east to ND, SD, WY, CO and AZ
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Queen Charlotte Plateau (Sidney, South Pender
Island, Queen Charlotte City, Lina Island, Hanna River)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Dry meadows and marshes
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED [var. concinnum]

Name: Trillium ovatum Pursh f. hibbersonii Taylor & Szczawinski
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Mitchell 1970, Taylor 1974b, Taylor and Taylor 1977a
Map: Fukudo 1975, Mitchell 1970
Range: Southwestern BC
BC range: Vancouver Island (Kyuqyuot, Boat Basin)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Streambanks to open or thick woods, damp woods
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Trisetum wolfii Vasey
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Triteleia grandiflora Lindl.
Syn.: Brodiaea grandiflora (Lindl.) J.F. Macbr., Brodiaea
douglasii (Lindl.) S. Wats.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V, WS
Range: Southern BC, south to se OR and n CA, east to ID, w MT
BC range: Dry Interior valleys east of the Coast Mtns. (Spences Bridge,
Princeton, Oliver to Enderby, Trail, Fort Steele, Tobacco Plains)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Grassland and sagebrush deserts to pine woodlands
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: none

Name: Triteleia howellii (S. Wats.) Greene
Syn.: Brodiaea howelli S. Wats.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Range: Southwestern BC through WA to OR
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Fraser Lowland; Pacific Ranges (Victoria, Saanich
Arm, Thetis Lake, West Vancouver, Caulfeild)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Grassy coastal Bluffs
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene
Syn.: Brodiaea hyacinthina (Lindl.) J. Baker
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Taylor 1974b
Range: Southwestern BC, through WA and OR to c CA, east to NV and ID
BC range: Southeastern Vancouver Island south from Campbell River, the Gulf
Islands, and adjacent mainland south from Powell River and Lund
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Open grassy flats to midmontane meadows
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Utricularia gibba L.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Ceska and Bell 1973, Maher et al. 1978
Map: Ceska and Bell 1973
Range: CA, through the e states; south to FL and TX, MX, Central America,
South America, Africa; also OR, WA, BC; NS, NB to PQ and ON
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Fraser Lowland (Lakes near Victoria, Port Alberni,
Vancouver, Teanook Lake)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH
Habitat: Shallow water
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in PQ, NB, NS, IA, endangered in GA, MN, threatened in
OH

Name: Vaccinium globulare Rydb.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: Eastern WA and OR, east through ID to MT and WY, se BC and AB
BC range: Southeast Interior:  Continental Ranges (Park Ranges), Purcell
Mountains, Border Ranges (Clark Range, Macdonald Range), Selkirk
Mountains, Fraser Lowland, Nechako Plateau; (Flathead Valley,
Biogeocl.: ES, IF
Habitat: Coniferous open forests, in mountains at lower elevations
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none

Name: Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Szczawinski 1975b
Map: Szczawinski 1975b
Range: AB to NM, west to BC on east side of Cascades to WA; Eurasia;
Greenland
BC range: Restricted to se Interior; Flathead area, Cranbrook, Nelson,
Continental Ranges (Park Ranges, Fernie Basin), Monashee Mountains,
Selkirk Mountains, Purcell Mountains
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Moist areas at high altitudes
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT

Name: Valeriana edulis Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Herbaria: DAO, US, NY, UBC, V
Map: Meyer 1951
Range: Southern BC, e WA, MT, south to MX, also from MN and IA to ON and OH
BC range: Alberta Plateau, Okanagan Range, Okanagan Highland (Peace River
area, Cathedral Park, Bridesville, Midway)
Biogeocl.: ES, IF, BS
Habitat: Moist, saline meadows, open habitats
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE [subsp. edulis]

Name: Valeriana scouleri Rydb.
Syn.: Valeriana sitchensis Bong. var. scouleri (Rydb.)
Piper
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Meyer 1951
Map: Meyer 1951
Range: Southern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland of BC to nw CA, and sw
AB
BC range: Southern BC (Wells Gray Park, Craig, Gibson Pass, Youbou, Manning
Park, Mt. Revelstoke National Park, Yale, Chilliwack, Nanaimo,
Ucluelet, Sooke)
Biogeocl.: CF, CH, IF, ES, CA
Habitat: Moist woods, wet meadows and cliffs
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodrig.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Range: BC to ME, south to CA, MX and east to s ON and FL
BC range: Peace River area, s BC (Kamloops, Osoyoos, Kimberley, Spences
Bridge, Grand Forks, Savona, Penticton, Westbank, Oliver, Newgate,
Roosville, Princeton)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed sites
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in ON

Name: Verbena hastata L.
Herbaria: DAO, TRT, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC, SK to NB, NS, south to CA, AZ and FL
BC range: Southern BC (Alberni area, Vancouver, Okanagan Lake, Vernon,
Kelowna, Oliver Cawston)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Ditch banks, moist low ground, alluvial soils
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in SK, NS

Name: Veronica catenata Penn.
Herbaria: V, WS
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Hulten 1971, Taylor 1974a
Range: Widespread in the US and s Canada; Europe
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Purcell Mountains (Esquimalt, Cranbrook)
Biogeocl.: IF, CF
Habitat: Slowly flowing water, wet shores
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Veronica cusickii Gray
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974a
Map: Taylor 1974a
Range: Southern BC and WA, east to ID and MT and OR
BC range: Thompson Plateau, Okanagan Range, Hozameen Range, (se corner of
Manning Park; south side of Quiniscoe Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, ES
Habitat: Rocky soil in open forests, alpine meadows
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none

Name: Viburnum opulus L. subsp. trilobum (Marsh.) R.T. Clausen
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Hamet-Ahti 1965, Taylor and Taylor 1977a
Map: Hulten 1958
Range: NF to s BC, south to PA, IL, SD, WY, n ID, WA; Eurasia
BC range: Interior Plateau; Fraser Basin, Thompson Plateau (Wells Gray Park,
Quesnel, Shuswap Lake, Armstrong, Matsqui, Prince George)
Biogeocl.: CA, IH, IF, CH
Habitat: Moist woods, along brooks
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Viola biflora L. subsp. carlottae Calder & Taylor
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Kershaw and Morton 1976
Map: Calder and Taylor 1968
Range: Western BC (Queen Charlotte Islands)
BC range: Queen Charlotte Mtns. (Skidegate Plateau); Queen Charlotte Lowland
(3 miles southwest of Jalun Lake, Long Inlet south of Upper
Victoria Lake)
Biogeocl.: AT, MH, CH
Habitat: Alpine meadows, scree slopes, moist tundra and woods
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Viola epipsila Ledeb. subsp. repens (Turcz.) W. Becker
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V
Ref.:  Buttrick 1977, Hamet-Ahti 1965
Map: Hulten 1958, 1968
Range: AK, YT, NT, BC to MB, n-c ON and labrador, south to CA; Eurasia
BC range: Northern BC (Langara Island, Atlin Lake, Haines Road area, Fort St.
John, Liard Hotsprings, Terrace, Murtle Lake, Anahim Lake, Ilgachuz
Mtns.)
Biogeocl.: ES
Habitat: Wet meadows, peaty soil, brooksides, swamps
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in Continental NT, ON

Name: Viola howellii Gray
Herbaria: UBC, V
Range: Southern BC to CA
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland; Vanc. Island Mtns. - Vanc. Island Ranges; Fraser
Lowland; Skagit Range; Bulkley Ranges (Victoria, Sooke, Saanichton,
Saltspring Island, Skagit River, Caulfield, South Hazelton)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Moist woods, prairies
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Viola maccabeiana M.S. Baker
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, UC, V
Ref.:  Baker 1940, Hamet-Ahti 1965
Range: Central to se BC
BC range: Bugaboo Mtns.; Quesnel Highland; Shuswap Highland; Thompson
Plateau; Rocky Mtn. Trench (Wells Gray Park, Mara Meadows, Canal
Flats, Kinbaket Lake, Vaseaux Lake, Kelowna, Inadianpoint Lake)
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, IF
Habitat: Moist Places, meadows, along streams
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: none
Note:  Endemic to BC

Name: Viola praemorsa Dougl. ex Lindl. susbp. praemorsa
Syn.: Viola nuttallii Pursh var. praemorsa (Dougl. ex Lindl.) S. Wats.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Viola purpurea Kellogg var. venosa (S. Wats.) Brainerd
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Viola selkirkii  Pursh ex Goldie
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: YELLOW

Name: Viola septentrionalis Greene
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, V
Range: Southern BC east to ON and south to PA
BC range: Southern BC (Vancouver, Cascade, Pend'Oreille River, Kootenay
Valley, Thetis Lake, Prospect Lake)
Biogeocl.: IF, CF
Habitat: Moist open woods
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: BLUE

Name: Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munroe ex Benth.
Syn.: Vulpia pacifica (Piper) Rydb., Festuca microstachys
Nutt., Festuca pacifica Piper, Festuca reflexa Buckl.,
Vulpia reflexa (Buckl.) Rydb.
Herbaria: CAN, DAO, UBC, V, WS
Ref.:  Janszen 1977
Range: BC to Baja CA, east to MT, UT and NM; South America
BC range: Nanaimo Lowland, Fraser Lowland, Georgia Lowland, Monashee
Mountains (Victoria to Nanaimo, Saturna Island, West Vancouver,
Gibsons Landing, Kettle River)
Biogeocl.: PP, CF
Habitat: Coastal strand to inland valleys, deserts, woodland, lower montane
forest, embankments, wasteland
Rare status: R2
BC CDC status: none

Name: Wolffia borealis (Engelm.) Land.
Syn.: Wolffia punctata auct., non Griseb.
Herbaria: V
Ref.:  Ceska and Ceska 1980
Range: BC east to ON and south to the Bulf States
BC range: Fraser Lowland (Hatzic), Creston (Duck Lake)
Biogeocl.: CH
Habitat: Stagnant ponds
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in PQ, IN, MO, VT

Name: Wolffia columbiana Karst.
Rare status: not-included
BC CDC status: RED

Name: Woodsia alpina (Bolton) S.F. Gray
Herbaria: UBC
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1971
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to nw BC
BC range: Northwestern BC (Haines Road)
Biogeocl.: BS
Habitat: Rockcrevices and talus
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in MB, Continental NT, ON, PQ, NS, NB, ME, VT,
threatened in MI, NY

Name: Woodsia glabella R. Br.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1971
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to c BC
BC range: Park Ranges (Mt. Robson), Fraser Basin (Ft. St. James), Cassiar
Mountains (Cassiar), Muskwa Ranges (Summit Lake)
Biogeocl.: SS, BS, ES
Habitat: Limestone ledges
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, SK, MB, NS, ME, MN, NH, NY, VT

Name: Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R. Br.
Herbaria: UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Hulten 1968, Taylor 1971
Range: Circumpolar, south in w North America to c BC
BC range: Scattered distribution in Province (150 Mile House, Prince George,
Stone Mtn., Cassiar)
Biogeocl.: SS, CA, AT
Habitat: Rock crevices and talus slopes
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: BLUE
Status outside: Rare in AB, YT, IL, IA, endangered in NC, possibly extirpated
in RI

Name: Woodwardia fimbriata J.E. Smith ex Rees
Herbaria: GD, UBC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1971
Map: Taylor 1971
Range: Southwestern BC south to CA and AZ
BC range: Vancouver Island (Saanich Peninsula, Malahat) Gulf Islands (Texada
and Lasqueti)
Biogeocl.: CF
Habitat: Shaded ravines
Rare status: R1
BC CDC status: RED
Status outside: Rare in WA

Name: Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.
Herbaria: CAN, UBC, UVIC, V
Ref.:  Taylor 1974b
Map: Maule 1959, Taylor 1974b
Range: Southeastern BC and sw AB, south to nw WA and c CA, east to ID, M
BC range: Southeastern BC (Kelowna, Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Salmo, Crawford Bay,
Kimberley, Flathead, Akamina Pass)
Biogeocl.: ES, IH
Habitat: Open woods and clearings, dry or peaty soil
Rare status: R4
BC CDC status: YELLOW
Status outside: Rare in AB

Name: Zannichellia palustris L.
Herbaria: DAO, UBC, V
Map: Hulten 1968
Range: Throughout North America and Eurasia; Africa; South America
BC range: Scattered distribution in Province (Vanderhoof, Delta, Hat Lake,
Woodward Island, Osoyoos Lake, Enderby)
Biogeocl.: IF, PP, CF, CH
Habitat: Fresh or brackish water
Rare status: R3
BC CDC status: none
Status outside: Rare in YT, IN