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Marsupella sphacelata

(Gieseke) Dum.

Speckled Rustwort

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123597

Element CodeNBHEP220D0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumHepatophyta

ClassJungermanniopsida

OrderJungermanniales

FamilyGymnomitriaceae

GenusMarsupella

Synonyms

Marsupella sullivantii(Denot) Evans

Concept Reference

Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.

Conservation Status

Review Date1994-12-31

Change Date1994-12-31

Range Extent Comments

This species is widespread from Alaska to British Columbia and Alberta to Idaho and California, and in the east from Greenland to Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario, through New England and south to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. It is widespread in both Europe and Japan (Stotler and Crandall-Stotler 2017).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	S2	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Labrador	S2	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Vermont	S1	Yes
Pennsylvania	S1	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S1	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Missouri	S2	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Georgia	S3	Yes
Tennessee	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hebo 1a	Siuslaw National Forest	13,930

References (2)

Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.
Stotler, R.E. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 2017. A synopsis of the liverwort flora of North America north of Mexico. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 102: 574-709.