Yellow montane violet (Viola praemorsa) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Yellow Montane Violet, praemorsa subspecies, in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Yellow Montane Violet Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa  praemorsa subspecies in Canada 

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Table of contents

• COSEWIC Assessment Summary
• COSEWIC Executive Summary
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Specie
• Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
• Technical Summary
• Information Sources
• Biographical Summary of Report Writer
• Collections Examined

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC. 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the yellow montane violet, praemorsa subspecies, Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 24 pp.

Previous reports:

COSEWIC. 2000. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the yellow montane violet, praemorsa subspecies, Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 23 pp.

Ryan, M. and G.W. Douglas. 1995. COSEWIC status report on the yellow montane violet, praemorsa subspecies, Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-23 pp.

Production note:

COSEWIC would like to acknowledge  Matt Fairbarns for writing the update status report on yellow montane violet,praemorsa subspecies, Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa, prepared under contract with Environment Canada. This report was overseen and edited by by Erich Haber, Co-chair, COSEWIC Species Plants and Lichens Specialist Subcommittee.

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la violette jaune des monts de la sous-espèce praemorsa (Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa) au Canada ─ Mise à jour.

Cover illustration:

Yellow montane violet -- by L.M. Richards in Douglas et al. 2000.

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2008.

Catalogue No. CW69-14/53-2008E-PDF

ISBN978-0-662-48453-0