Intersection of Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) and NC route 191 near French Broad River; forest along access road on SW side of its intersection with BRP. Mixed deciduous forest. 633 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Papaveraceae

Genus

Sanguinaria

Specific Epithet

canadensis

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 20.1

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.0

Global rank

#14,918 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →