Conservation of Britain’s biodiversity: Distribution and status of the Welsh endemic Hieracium breconicola, Beacons Hawkweed (Asteraceae)

Authors

  • Sarah J. Lee
  • Timothy C.G. Rich BSBI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33928/bib.2021.03.052

Keywords:

IUCN threat status, Wales, critically endangered, extinction

Abstract

Hieracium breconicola P.D. Sell, Beacons Hawkweed, is a Welsh endemic plant confined to the Brecon Beacons. Field surveys 2009-2020 indicate only one plant survives in one of its three sites. The IUCN threat status is ‘Critically Endangered’; unless conservation action is undertaken soon, this species will soon be extinct in the wild.

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Published

2021-02-16