BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Peltigera gowardii
northwest waterfan
| Scientific Name: | Peltigera gowardii Lendemer & H. O'Brien | ||||||||||
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Hydrothyria venosa
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| English Name: | northwest waterfan | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Lendemer, J.C., and H. O'Brien. 2011. How do you reconcile molecular and non-molecular datasets? A case study where new molecular data prompts a revision of Peltigera hydrothyria s.l. in North America and the recognition of two species. Opuscula Philolichenum, 9: 99-110. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Lichen | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | PELTGOW | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G3G4 (Mar 2025) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S2 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Red | ||||||||||
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| COSEWIC Status: | Special Concern (Nov 2013) | ||||||||||
| SARA Schedule: | 1 - Special Concern (Feb 2018) | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). 2013. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Western Waterfan Peltigera gowardii in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xi + 39 pp. Online. Available: www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/default_e.cfm (accessed 2025). |
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Dean, Ellen A. 2023. Status Review: Peltigera gowardii Lendemer & H. O'Brien, western waterfan lichen. California Native Plant Society and California Natural Diversity Database. 31 October 2023. |
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Glavich, D.A. 2009. Distribution, rarity and habitats of three aquatic lichens on federal land in the US Pacific Northwest. The Bryologist 112(1): 54-72. |
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Poulsen, B. and T. Carlberg, T. 2007. Peltigera hydrothyria, sponsorship for the CALS Conservation Committee. Bulletin of the Californian Lichen Society 14: 15-18. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Peltigera gowardii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Aug 12, 2025).