BC Conservation Data Centre: Conservation Status Report
Phyllodoce empetriformis
pink mountain-heather
| Scientific Name: | Phyllodoce empetriformis |
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| English Name: | pink mountain-heather |
| Provincial Status Summary | |
| Status: | S5 |
| Date Status Assigned: | March 31, 2014 |
| Date Last Reviewed: | April 30, 2019 |
| Reasons: | This species is common throughout most of BC, and abundant (often dominant or co-dominant) in montane heaths throughout southern BC. Threats are unknown but unlikely to be severe. |
| Range | |
| Range Extent: | G = 200,000-2,500,000 square km |
| Range Extent Comments: | Common throughout most of BC (except absent from NE BC, the Cariboo-Chilcotin region, and Haida Gwaii)(Fenneman, unpublished). |
| Area of Occupancy (km2): | U = Unknown |
| Occurrences & Population | |
| Number of Occurrences: | E = > 300 |
| Comments: | This species is common throughout most of BC, and abundant (often dominant or co-dominant) in montane heaths throughout southern BC (J. Fenneman pers. comm. 2013) |
| Number of Occurrences with Good Viability / Ecological Integrity: | U = Unknown |
| Number of Occurrences Appropriately Protected & Managed: | U = Unknown |
| Population Size: | U = Unknown |
| Threats (to population, occurrences, or area affected) | |
| Degree of Threat: | Unknown |
| Trend (in population, range, area occupied, and/or condition of occurrences) | |
| Short-Term Trend: | U = Unknown |
| Long-Term Trend: | U = Unknown |
| Other Factors | |
| Intrinsic Vulnerability: | C=Not intrinsically vulnerable |
| Environmental Specificity: | D=Broad. Generalist or community with all key requirements common. |
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| Version | |
| Author: | Penny, J.L. |
| Date: | February 28, 2014 |
| References | |
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Fenneman, J. In prep. Ericaceae In Vascular Flora of British Columbia Editorial Committee, eds. 2013+. Vascular Flora of British Columbia.
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2014. Conservation Status Report: Phyllodoce empetriformis. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 7, 2026).