There are currently three known populations. The previous reported historical locations have most likely been lost to development. This is a plant of wet soils within fire-maintained pine barrens, a rather rare community type. The known populations are large and within protected landscapes, but few to no additional popualtions will likely be encountered.

Short term trends are not clear but at least two of the known extant populations and perhaps the third are good sized populations in intact appropriate pine-barrens habitat. There is no indication that these populations are declining although exact data on this is not available. Overall, short term trends are not clear but appear to indicate theat C. barrattii is stable in New York.

A few populations are believed to have been extirpated within the past century due to urban development. There are three known extant populations that have been known for at least the past half-century. There are at least three more populations which are only known from historical records. Two of these have been searched for without success. It is unclear if these populations are still extant although, the likely hood is small. Overall, long term trends in New York indicate a decline.