BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Packera macounii
Macoun's groundsel
| Scientific Name: | Packera macounii (Greene) W.A. Weber & A. Love | ||||||||||
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Senecio macounii
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| English Name: | Macoun's groundsel | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | PACKMAC | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4? (Oct 2021) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3S4 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2010) | ||||||||||
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Forest / Conifer Forest - Dry / Facultative - frequent use
Grassland/Shrub / Grassland / Facultative - occasional use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - occasional use |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Occasional in meadows and along the coast. Open woods and dry open places. | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Packera macounii is known from southern British Columbia, western Washington, western Oregon, and northern California (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2006, NatureServe 2021). | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, and D. Meidinger, eds. 1998b. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 1, Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Aceraceae through Asteraceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 436pp. |
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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: Packera macounii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).