Wedge-leaved Hawkweed (Hieracium cuneifrons)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Vascular plant > flowering plant > Herbaceous plant |
| Red List Status: | Endangered (Not Relevant) [EN(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Hieracium cuneifrons |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Ley ex W.R.Linton) Pugsley |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | in Stroh et al., 2014 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Rare British endemic mostly in South Wales with one recent English site on cliffs at Red Daren, Herefordshire. Mainly a semi-upland cliff species growing out of rocks where sheep cannot reach and nature of its cliff sites means little practical can be done anyway. It probably does not need conservation in its only English site. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Habitat is on rocks and cliffs where threats are minimal and little conservation action is practical - main requirement is reduction in grazing at landscape scale in Hatterel Hills/Black Mountains which could allow spread to less grazed English sites, but not very likely. Seed held in Millennium Seed Bank. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Would benefit from reduction in grazing at landscape scale in Hatterel Hills/Black Mountains. |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
No Key Actions Defined
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.