Biogeoclimatic zones   No. of protection units
  BAFA CMA IMA BG BWBS CDF CWH ESSF ICH IDF MH MS PP SBPS SBS SWB All WP AP PP NP
Conifers  
Pacific silver fir 37 266 24 101 4 4
Grand fir           5 17   9 1+3+0             4 3   1  
Subalpine fir 73 72     49     167 71   81 44     84 43 9 9      
Yellow-cedar 207 84 2 2
Seaside Juniper           0+2+2 0+1+0                   2   1 1  
Rocky Mtn. juniper       6 7     4   17   5 1+5   6   7 7      
Tamarack         19     3             4   3 3      
Subalpine larch     13         25                 2 2      
Western larch               10 27 9   12         4 4      
Engelmann spruce         9     143 40 18   41     15   6 6      
Interior spruce hybrid         32     117 65 57   44   13 88 23 8 8      
White spruce         76     46             58 37 4 4      
Black spruce         71     21           7 45 29 5 5      
Sitka spruce             213       68           2 2      
Whitebark pine 7 12 10         66       9         5 5*      
Jack pine         1+2+0                       1     1  
Lodgepole pine         67   155 135 60 66   50   15 92 34 9 9      
Limber pine               4   0+0+2   0+2+0         3 1   2  
Western white pine             25 14 25 1+5+0 2+8+0           5 3   2  
Ponderosa pine       13         8 39   1+6+0 20       5 4   1  
Douglas-fir           7 195 62 66 97   39 18 9 48   9 9      
Pacific yew             50 5 21   5           4 4      
Western redcedar           18 308 55 97 33 70           6 6      
Western hemlock             359 72 95   115           4 4      
Mountain hemlock   66         183 44 10   121           5 5      
Broadleaves BAFA CMA IMA BG BWBS CDF CWH ESSF ICH IDF MH MS PP SBPS SBS SWB
Vine maple             53     3             2 2      
Douglas maple       6     25 25 45 34   11 8   27   8 8      
Bigleaf maple           9 42     2+2+2             3 2 1    
Mountain alder         56   8 40 32 28   18   60 50 21 9 9      
Red alder           16 181                   2 2      
Arbutus           6 2+5+4                   2 1 1    
Alaska paper birch         13                     9 2 2      
Water birch       4 0+1+0   3   0+0+0 9   1+2 4       7 5   1 1
Paper birch         51   21 14 57 37   11     44   7 7      
West. flowering dogwood           0+0+4 7     1+0+1             3 1 1 1  
Pacific crab apple             35                   1 1      
Balsam Poplar         60                       1 1      
Trembling aspen         73     56 40 54       12 63 30 7 7      
Black cottonwood       10 25   99 24 34 28 15 6 11   35   10 10      
Bitter cherry           0+0+3 1+7   0+2+1 1+3     0+0+1       5 2 2 1  
Garry oak           2+14+4 0+1+0                   2   1 1  
Cascara           0+0+5 12   1+1+2 0+1+0             4 1 2 1  
Pacific willow       3 31   18 7 7 0+6         4   7 7      
Scouler’s Willow 19       43   9 36 12 14   7     30 27 9 9      
209 186 9 12 2
<1% species cumulative cover well protected (WP) 89.0% 4.3% 6.2% 0.5%
adequately protected incl. ex situ (AP) partially protected (PP) not protected (NP)   WP+AP = 93.3%
Please click on a species name in the left panel to view the species distribution and protected areas
 
Note: The 1st number (or the only number) in a cell is the # of protected areas (PAs) with >10 ha cumulative crown cover (CC); the 2nd number is the # of additional PAs with > 2.5 ha CC; and the 3rd number is the # of populations in storage at the BC Tree Seed Centre. The last two numbers are only presented if the first number is <3. The full report "Conservation status of native tree species in British Columbia" published in Global Ecology and Conservation can be downloaded here or accessed online.
* Although whitebark pine (PINUALB) shows well protected based on the number of PAs in the relevant zones, it was designated endangered on the Species at Risk Act in 2012 due to the combined effects of white pine blister rust fungus, mountain pine beetle, and forest fires.
Version 1.5 (ex situ collections, including 2023 data, were updated on Feb 27, 2024).  Contact: Tongli Wang, UBC