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Sphagnum girgensohnii

Russ.

Girgensohn's Peatmoss

G5Secure Found in 8 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127437
Element CodeNBMUS6Z0E0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassSphagnopsida
OrderSphagnales
FamilySphagnaceae
GenusSphagnum
Other Common Names
Girgensohn's sphagnum (EN) Girgensohn's Sphagnum Moss (EN) Sphaigne de Girgensohn (FR)
Concept Reference
Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of Sphagnum in North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):500-501.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v2.0 (2010 rank factors)
Review Date2015-05-27
Change Date1991-04-29
Threat Impact Comments
Land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, and forest management practices are low-level threats to this species (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
NunavutSUYes
OntarioS5Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
Island of NewfoundlandS4Yes
New BrunswickS5Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
ManitobaSUYes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
QuebecS5Yes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
Prince Edward IslandS5Yes
LabradorS4Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
North DakotaSNRYes
TennesseeS2Yes
West VirginiaSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS4Yes
MassachusettsSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
MontanaS1Yes
OregonSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
MichiganSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
ColoradoS2Yes
VirginiaS1Yes
New HampshireSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
AlaskaSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (8)
Maine (1)
AreaForestAcres
Caribou - Speckled ExtWhite Mountain National Forest5,988
New Hampshire (1)
AreaForestAcres
JobildunkWhite Mountain National Forest3,660
Washington (4)
AreaForestAcres
Eagle RockMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest34,064
Moonlight DomeOlympic National Forest4,919
Mt. Baker Noisy - DiobsudMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest56,039
South QuinaultOlympic National Forest11,081
West Virginia (2)
AreaForestAcres
Cranberry Glades Botanical AreaMonongahela National Forest785
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest8,172
References (5)
  1. Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of <i>Sphagnum </i>in North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):500-501.
  2. Brinda, J.C., and J.J. Atwood. 2026. A Synopsis of <i>Sphagnum</i>. The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Online. Available: https://www.bryonames.org/synonymy?search=Sphagnum (accessed 2026).
  3. Buck, W.R. and B. Goffinet. 2024. A new checklist of the mosses of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 127(4): 484-549.
  4. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.
  5. Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.