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Ctenidium molluscum

(Hedw.) Mitt.

Chalk Comb Moss

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126291
Element CodeNBMUS20010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderHypnales
FamilyHypnaceae
GenusCtenidium
Other Common Names
Hypne papilleuse (FR)
Concept Reference
Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum, and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):448-499.
Taxonomic Comments
According to Buck and Allen (2004), when Nishimura monographed the genus Ctenidium in 1985, he restricted the use of the name C. molluscum primarily to European material and to material from Alaska; the eastern North America material was C. malacodes. In 1996 a paper by Pedano separated the material in eastern North America and South America into to separate species, the North American material being Hypnum subrectifolium; Buck and Allen, concluding that this author did not make a valid cominbation for the taxon in Ctenidium publish it as Ctenidium subrectifolium (Brid.) G. Pedano ex W.R. Buck & B.H. Allen, comb. nov.
Conservation Status
Review Date1991-04-18
Change Date1991-04-18
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
Island of NewfoundlandS1Yes
Yukon TerritorySUYes
Northwest TerritoriesSUYes
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
Prince Edward IslandSUYes
QuebecSNRYes
OntarioS2Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
South CarolinaSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
LouisianaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS2Yes
OhioSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
DelawareSHYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
KentuckySNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
TennesseeS4Yes
MarylandSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Kentucky (1)
AreaForestAcres
WolfpenDaniel Boone National Forest2,835
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Gum RunGeorge Washington National Forest12,620
References (3)
  1. Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum, and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):448-499.
  2. Buck, W.R. and B.H. Allen. 2004. A new name for the eastern North American species of Ctenidium. Evansia 21:38-39.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 28. Bryophytes: Mosses, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 702 pp.