Foothill Sedge (Carex tumulicola) wildspecies.ca

May Be At Risk

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Vascular plants

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Common Names

English common name:

Foothill Sedge

French common name:

Carex tumulicole

Year	English common name	French common name
2005	Foothill Sedge	Carex tumulicole
2010	Foothill Sedge	Carex tumulicole
2015	Foothill Sedge	Carex tumulicole
2020	Foothill Sedge	Carex tumulicole

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

PLANTAE

Subkingdom

VIRIDIPLANTAE

Infrakingdom

STREPTOPHYTA

Superphylum

Embryophyta

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Subphylum

Spermatophytina

Superclass

Angiospermae

Class

Magnoliopsida

Superorder

Lilianae

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2005	Carex tumulicola	Cyperaceae	Cyperales
2010	Carex tumulicola	Cyperaceae	Cyperales
2015	Carex tumulicola	Cyperaceae	Poales
2020	Carex tumulicola	Cyperaceae	Poales

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2005	Imperiled
2010	Critically Imperiled	Increased level of risk.	New COSEWIC assessment.	Assessed by COSEWIC in April 2008 as endangered
2015	Imperiled	Reduced level of risk.	Procedural change.
2020	Critically Imperiled	Increased level of risk.	New interpretation of same information.	Assessed by COSEWIC in April 2008 as endangered

Original Ranks:

Canada
2005	May Be At Risk - 2
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Imperiled - N2
2020	Critically Imperiled - N1N2

Yukon
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2005	May Be At Risk - 2
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Imperiled - S2
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1S2

Alberta
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Saskatchewan
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Manitoba
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Ontario
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Quebec
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

New Brunswick
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nova Scotia
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Prince Edward Island
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present