Pink Corydalis

Capnoides sempervirens

Ecology & Conservation

Proximity Score: 0
Native Status: ✅ Outaouais ❌ Ottawa ✅ QC ✅ ON
Closest Direction: Local
CEC Eco-Regions: 5 – Northern Forests, 5.2 – Mixed Wood Shield, 5.2.3 – Algonquin/Southern Laurentians
Rarity Notes: Globally secure (G5) and secure in both Ontario and Quebec (S5/S5). Not listed under SARA or COSEWIC. Widespread across northern and eastern North America from Yukon to the Maritimes.
S22 G5, N5 Canada; S26 not SARA-listed
Rarity Ranks: QC S5 – Secure, ON S5 – Secure
Migration: Stable
Ecological Context: Pioneer of rock ledges, summits, gravelly shores, and recently burned or cleared sites. Appears 1-2 years after fire or mechanical disturbance, then dies out as canopy closes, persisting as a soil seedbank until the next disturbance event. In the Outaouais, found on rocky outcrops in red oak forests and along the Gatineau Parkway escarpment, growing in crevices of exposed granite and thin acidic soils over Shield bedrock.
S7 pioneer ecology; S48 Gatineau specimens on rocky summits in red oak stands

Roles: Fortress/Barrier, Pollinator Attractor
S73/S29/S72 Evidence: Fortress/Barrier: S61 keyword match: spines? (supporting signal only)] | Pollinator Attractor: S73 [MEDIUM]: S68 3 bee associations (threshold=3)]

❌ Not Edible