BC Conservation Data Centre: Conservation Status Report
Micranthes hieraciifolia
hawkweed-leaved saxifrage
| Scientific Name: | Micranthes hieraciifolia |
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Saxifraga hieraciifolia
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| English Name: | hawkweed-leaved saxifrage |
| Provincial Status Summary | |
| Status: | S2S3 |
| Date Status Assigned: | April 30, 2019 |
| Date Last Reviewed: | April 30, 2019 |
| Reasons: | Saxifraga hieracifolia var. hieracifolia occurs in remote areas of northern and central BC with extensive apparently suitable habitat. Additional populations are highly probable, but a directed inventory for this species has not yet been completed. The remote locations may mean the populations are unlikely to be threatened by human activity, but there is still a possibility that the taxon may be threatened in other ways, or intrinsically vulnerable due to few, possibly small, populations (only 2 to 3 extant sites known), or other factors. A rank of S1S3 has therefore been assigned, since there is insufficient data to support a more specific rank. |
| Range | |
| Range Extent: | U = Unknown |
| Range Extent Comments: | The 2 to 3 known populations are in nothern and central BC. |
| Area of Occupancy (km2): | U = Unknown |
| Linear Distance of Occupancy: | U = Unknown |
| Area of Occupancy Comments: | Known populations have not been surveyed to determine area of occupancy. |
| Occurrences & Population | |
| Number of Occurrences: | AC = 1 - 80 |
| Comments: | The total number of known occurrences is: 2 to 3. Although collections are few, the taxon occurs in remote areas with extensive appropriate habitat, and additional populations almost certainly occur. |
| Number of Occurrences with Good Viability / Ecological Integrity: | U = Unknown |
| Comments: | Known populations have not been surveyed to determine viability. |
| Number of Occurrences Appropriately Protected & Managed: | U = Unknown |
| Comments: | No populations are known to be protected. |
| Population Size: | U = Unknown |
| Comments: | Known populations have not been surveyed to determine size. |
| Threats (to population, occurrences, or area affected) | |
| Degree of Threat: | Unknown |
| Comments: | Remote locations suggests threats due to human activity are probably low. |
| Trend (in population, range, area occupied, and/or condition of occurrences) | |
| Short-Term Trend: | U = Unknown |
| Comments: | There is insufficient information available to determine short-term trends. |
| Long-Term Trend: | U = Unknown |
| Comments: | There is insufficient information available to determine long-term trends |
| Other Factors | |
| Intrinsic Vulnerability: | U=Unknown |
| Comments: | Saxifraga hieracifolia var. hieracifolia may or may not be intrinsically vulnerable. If it is intrinsically vulnerable in any way, this will undermine the assumption that extensive potential habitat will equate to additional occurrences |
| Environmental Specificity: | U=Unknown |
| Comments: | Two of the populations are in alpine habitat in northern BC; the third is in Ponderosa Pine parkland in central BC. |
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| Information Gaps | |
| Research Needs: | |
| Inventory Needs: | Directed inventory will be necessary to establish range, and number, size and viability of extant populations. |
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| Version | |
| Author: | Hartwell, S. |
| Date: | January 25, 2008 |
| References | |
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British Columbia Conservation Data Centre. Botany Program. 2000. Database containing records of rare plant collections and observations in the province of British Columbia.
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2008. Conservation Status Report: Micranthes hieraciifolia. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).