Bolander’s quillwort (Isoetes bolanderi) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 1
COSEWIC
Assessment Summary
Assessment Summary – April 2006
Common name:
Bolander’s quillwort
Scientific name:
Isoetes bolanderi
Status:
Threatened
Reason for designation:
A small aquatic plant currently known in Canada from only one small lake in southwestern Alberta. The population has a large number of plants but is prone to being extirpated by a single, unpredictable event that could affect the entire population in a short period of time. Another population in a nearby lake has already disappeared over the past 50 years.
Occurrence:
Alberta
Status history:
Designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2006. Last assessment based on an update status report.
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