BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Somatochlora kennedyi
Kennedy's Emerald
| Scientific Name: | Somatochlora kennedyi Walker, 1918 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Kennedy's Emerald | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Paulson, D.R. and S.W. Dunkle. 1999. A checklist of North American Odonata. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound Occasional Paper, 56: 86 pp. Available: http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | OD-SOMKEN | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (May 2026) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Mar 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2005) | ||||||||||
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Riparian / Riparian Shrub / Facultative - frequent use
Wetland / Bog / Facultative - frequent use Wetland / Fen / Obligate Wetland / Marsh / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Provincial Habitat Comments: | In sedge fens and marshes, where females lay eggs in shallow, open pools underlain by aquatic moss (Cannings 2002b). | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Somatochlora kennedyi in Royal British Columbia Museum and the Spencer Entomological Museum. 2004ab. Odonata distribution maps based on data from the Royal British Columbia Museum and the Spencer Entomological Museum. Produced by Clover Point Cartographics for the Royal British Columbia Museum and Conservation Data Centre, Victoria, BC. |
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Cannings, R.A. 2002b. Introducing the dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon. Royal B.C. Mus., Victoria, BC. 96pp. |
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Lam, E., 2024. Dragonflies of North America (Vol. 167). Princeton University Press. |
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NatureServe. 2026. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. |
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Ramsay, L.R., and R.A. Cannings. 2004. Determining the Status of British Columbia's Dragonflies. In T.D. Hooper, ed. Proc. of the Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conf. March 2-6, 2004, Victoria, B.C. Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conference Organizing Committee, Victoria, BC. 12pp. |
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Ramsay, L.R., and S.G. Cannings. 2000. Dragonflies at Risk in British Columbia. Pp. 89-92 in L.M. Darling, ed. 2000. Proc. Conf. on the Biology and Manage. Species and Habitats at Risk, Kamloops, B.C., 15 - 19 Feb., 1999. Vol. 1; B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC, and Univ. College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC. 490pp. |
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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: Somatochlora kennedyi. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 13, 2026).