Cylindrical Blazing-star

Liatris cylindracea

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: Ranked S3 (Vulnerable) in Ontario and N3 nationally in Canada. Not listed under SARA. Ontario populations are concentrated on Manitoulin Island, the Bruce Peninsula, Lake Huron dunes, and scattered prairie remnants in southwestern Ontario. Globally secure (G5). Not native to Quebec.
S22 S3 ON, N3 CA, G5; S26 SARA not listed; S48 specimen localities
Rarity Ranks: QC SNA – Not Applicable, ON S3 – Vulnerable
Migration: Stable
Ecological Context: Occurs in dry prairies, oak savannas, sand barrens, jack pine plains, and open rocky places on well-drained sandy or gravelly soils, often over limestone. In Ontario, confined to scattered sites on Manitoulin Island, the Lake Huron shoreline, and southwestern Ontario. The shortest Liatris species, it favours xeric, low-competition microsites.
S7 dry sandy jack pine, oak, aspen savanna; S4 prairies, dry open places, dry limey soils; S46 black soil prairies, hill prairies, oak savannas, rocky cliffs; S48 ON specimens from Manitoulin, Pinery, Long Point

Roles: Pollinator Attractor
S73/S29/S72 Evidence: Pollinator Attractor: S73 [HIGH]: S64 Xerces listed (source-classified)]

❌ Not Edible