Appendix 1. Vascular Plants of Larose Forest- Species of Significance 
All species in this table are considered regionally and provincially significant. 
Regionally significant plants and their definition follow Brunton 1998, and are noted 
as either Rare or Sparse. Provincial ranking and definition follows the Ontario 
Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) list. 
Regional Status: 
Regionally Rare: 5 or fewer contemporary populations (post-1969). 
Regionally Sparse: 6-10 contemporary populations (post-1969). 
Provincial status: 
51 - Extremely rare in Ontario; usually 5 or fewer occurrences. 
52 - Very rare in Ontario; usually between 6-20 occurrences. 
53 - Rare in Ontario; between 21-100 occurrences. 
S3-S4 - Rare to Uncommon in Ontario. 
54 - Uncommon to locally common in Ontario, usually between 101 - 1000 
occurrences. 
Athyrium thelypterioides 
Silvery Spleenwort S4 
Dryopleris clintoniana 
Clinton’s Wood Fern S4 
Lycopodiella inundata 
Bog Clubmoss Reg. Sparse 
Lycopodium obscurum 
Ground Pine S4, Reg. Sparse 
Lycopodium selago 
Fir Clubmoss S3S4, Reg. Sparse 
Juglans cinerea 
Butternut S4 
Rubus setosus 
Bristly Blackberry S4? 
Vaccinium corymbosum 
Highbush Blueberry S4 
Carex albicans 
Sedge S2 
Carex aquatilis 
Aquatic Sedge, Reg. Sparse 
Carex debit is 
Weak Sedge, Reg. Sparse 
Carex haydenii 
Hayden’s Sedge S2, Reg. Rare 
Carex lurida 
Sallow Sedge, Reg. Sparse 
Carex normalis 
Spreading Oval Sedge S4 
Carex novae-angliae 
New England Sedge S3 
Carex prasina 
Drooping Sedge S4. Reg. Sparse 
Carex tuckermanii 
Tuckerman’s Sedge S4 
Carex utriculata 
Bottle-shaped Sedge, Reg. Sparse 
Cyperus diandrus 
Galingale S4, Reg. Rare 
Echinochloa microstachya 
Small-spiked Barnyard Grass S4, Reg. Rare 
Eragrostis frankii 
Frank’s Love Grass S4, Reg. Sparse 
Glyceria melicaria 
Long Manna Grass S4, Reg. Rare 
Hierochloe odorata 
Sweet Grass S4, Reg. Rare 
Juncus articulatus 
Jointed Rush, Reg. Sparse 
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