BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Streptopus amplexifolius
clasping twistedstalk
| Scientific Name: | Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | clasping twistedstalk | ||||||||||
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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: | STREAMP | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Apr 2024) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Streptopus amplexifolius occurs in rich moist coniferous and deciduous forests and seepages at high elevations (FNA 2002, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Global Range Comment: | Streptopus amplexifolius occurs in the Temperate Northern Hemisphere, including Greenland and Labrador, Canada west to Minnesota in the United States, south in the mountains and disjunctly to North Carolina and in the west from Alaska and Kamchatka, Russia south to New Mexico and Arizona, in Japan, and in the Alps in Europe (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023). | ||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | Soteropoulos (2024) | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Apr 08, 2024 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp. |
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Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2023. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of April 14, 2023. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2105 pp. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2024. Species Summary: Streptopus amplexifolius. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Mar 10, 2026).