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Drepanocladus aduncus

(Hedw.) Warnst.

Knieff's Hook Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.954801
Element CodeNBMUS2J030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderHypnales
FamilyAmblystegiaceae
GenusDrepanocladus
Other Common Names
drepanocladus moss (EN) Faucillette courbée (FR)
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 28, 2014) as presented here includes Drepanocladus simplicissimus in D. aduncus, while Anderson et al. (1990) treat them as distinct. FNA also does not recognize any varieties as distinct.
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-11-18
Change Date2015-11-18
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ConnecticutSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
WyomingS5Yes
IllinoisSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
MissouriSUYes
MontanaSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
ColoradoSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
DelawareS1Yes
WashingtonSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS5Yes
Prince Edward IslandS4Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
OntarioS5Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
LabradorS3Yes
New BrunswickS4Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
NunavutS3Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS3Yes
ManitobaS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
Coyote NorthInyo National Forest11,932
References (2)
  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. 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.