BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Geum schofieldii
Haida Gwaii avens
| Scientific Name: | Geum schofieldii Calder & Taylor | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Haida Gwaii avens | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley and D. Meidinger. 1991. The vascular plants of British Columbia. Part 3 - Dicotyledons (Primulaceae through Zygophyllaceae) and Pteridophytes. Forest Science Reserach Branch, Ministry of Forests. Victoria, B.C. 177 | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | GEUMSCH | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G3 (Jan 2019) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Cliff / Facultative - frequent use
Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Talus / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Known from walls in rocky runnels, cliffs, rock outcrops (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2014; NatureServe Network Database as of July 2017). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Habitat Comments: |
Wet rock crevices in the lowland to subalpine zones. |
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | Y | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Endemic to the Queen Charlotte Islands and northern Vancouver Island of British Columbia. | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Douglas, G.W. 1996. Endemic Vascular Plants of British Columbia and Immediately Adjacent Regions. Can. Field-Nat. 110(3):387-391. |
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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., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 1999. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 4, Dicotyledons (Orobanchaceae through Rubiaceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For., Victoria. 427pp. |
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 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. Species Summary: Geum schofieldii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).