BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Sabulina stricta
rock sandwort
| Scientific Name: | Sabulina stricta (Swartz) Reichenbach | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Minuartia stricta
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| English Name: | rock sandwort | ||||||||||
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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: | SABUSTR | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Sep 2024) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Alpine/Tundra / Heath / Facultative - frequent use
Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Facultative - frequent use Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | In North America, this species occurs in "moist, granitic gravels, sedge meadows, heath, [and] alpine or arctic tundra" (FNA 2005). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | This taxon is widespread and circumboreal in subarctic and subalpine biomes (POWO 2024). Specifically, it occurs in northern North America from Alaska, United States and British Columbia across northern Canada to Newfoundland and Labrador, and has disjunct populations in Colorado and California (FNA 2005). This taxon also occurs in Europe and Asia. Range extent was estimated to be over 57 million square kilometers using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data collected between 1993 and 2024 (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024). | ||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | N. Ventrella (2024) | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Sep 13, 2024 | ||||||||||
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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., F. Lomer, and H. Roemer. 1998. New or Rediscovered Native Vascular Plant Species in British Columbia. Can. Field-Nat. 112(2):276-279. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 2, Dicotyledons (Balsaminaceae through Cucurbitaceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 401pp. |
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp. |
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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. 2024. Species Summary: Sabulina stricta. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 13, 2026).