BC Conservation Data Centre: Ecological Community Summary
Carex sitchensis - Oenanthe sarmentosa
Sitka sedge - Pacific water-parsley
| Scientific Name: | Carex sitchensis - Oenanthe sarmentosa | |
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| English Name: | Sitka sedge - Pacific water-parsley | |
| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | MacKenzie, W.H. and J.R. Moran. 2004. Wetlands of British Columbia: a guide to identification. Res. Br., B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Handb. No. 52. | |
| Ecosystem Group: |
Wetland Realm - Mineral Wetland Group: Marsh Wetland Class (Wm)
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| Conservation Status / Legal Designation | ||
| Global Status: | G3 | |
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Jul 2004) | |
| BC List: | Blue | |
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| Spatial Pattern: |
Small patch
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| Endemic: | Y | |
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| References and Related Literature | ||
B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) Map, WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.BEC_BIOGEOCLIMATIC_POLY [ESRI ArcSDE format]. Version 9. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch, Victoria, B.C. Updated Regularly. |
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Banner, A., W.H. MacKenzie, J. Pojar, A. MacKinnon, S.C. Saunders, and H. Klassen. 2014. A field guide to ecosystem classification and identification for Haida Gwaii. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 68. www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Lmh/Lmh68.htm |
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MacKenzie, W.H. and J.R. Moran. 2004. Wetlands of British Columbia: a guide to identification. Res. Br., B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Handb. No. 52. |
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McPhee, M., P. Ward, J. Kirkby, L. Wolfe, N. Page, K. Dunster, N.K. Dawe, and I. Nykwist. 2000. Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, 1993 - 1997. Volume 2: Conservation Manual. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 345, Can. Wildl. Serv., Pac. and Yukon Reg., BC. |
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Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory [SEI] of East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands: Sensitive Ecosystems Mapping, Disturbance Mapping and Re-evaluation of Major Riparian Corridors. 2004. Prepared by Axys Environ. Consulting Ltd. for Environ. Can., Can. Wildl. Serv., B.C. Minist. Sustainable Resour. Manage., and B.C. Minist. Water, Land and Air Prot., and the Habitat Conserv. Trust Fund. 66 mapsheets, 1:20 000 scale. |
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Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory [SEI] of the Sunshine Coast and Adjacent Islands. 2005. Cadrin, C., C. Erwin, B. Fuller, C. Schaefer and J. Stacey. 1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] (Reconnaissance Level), of the King Island and Ingram-Ellerslie Lake Study Area of the central B.C. coast. March 31, 2006. Prepared for David Byng, Western Forest Products Inc., Campbell River, B.C., by R.N. Green, B.A. Blackwell and Associates Ltd.1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park and Chilliwack River Ecological Reserve. 2002b. Prepared for the Planning, Innovation and Enforcement (P.I.E.) Division of the Ministry of Water, Land and Air, by Atticus Resource Consulting Ltd. 1:20,000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of Princess Royal Island. January, 1997c. Norecol, Dames and Moore, Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia. 1:50 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of Sooke Hills Wilderness and Mount Wells Regional Parks. March, 2000f. Prepared for CRD Parks, Victoria, B.C., by the Wildlife Inventory Section, Resources Inventory Branch, Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks, Victoria, B.C. 1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of TFL 39 - Peel and Security River Study Area. 1998d. Prepared for Weyerhauser, by Shearwater Mapping Ltd. 1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Khutzeymateen River Study Area. 1989. Shearwater Mapping Ltd. 1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Namu (Koeye) Study Area. 2003e. Shearwater Mapping Ltd., Victoria, B.C. 1:20,000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Tulsequah Chief Mine and Access Road Expanded Study Area. October, 2002h. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Smithers, B.C., by Robert Fuller and Forest Information Systems. Victoria, B.C. 1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Tulsequah Chief Study Area. 1996c. JMJ Holdings Inc., Nelson, B.C. 1:50 000 spatial data. |
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Upper Yakoun River. 1996d. Prepared for Weyerhauser, by Shearwater Mapping Ltd. 1:20 000 spatial data. |
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Ward, P., G. Radcliffe, J. Kirkby, J. Illingworth, and C. Cadrin. 1998. Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands 1993-1997. Volume 1: Methodology, Ecological Descriptions and Results. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 320, Can. Wildl. Serv., Pac. and Yukon Reg., BC. |
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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. Ecological Community Summary: Carex sitchensis - Oenanthe sarmentosa. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 9, 2026).