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Fissidens obtusifolius

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Blunt Pocket Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.954220
Element CodeNBMUS2W2C0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderFissidentales
FamilyFissidentaceae
GenusFissidens
Other Common Names
Fissident à feuilles obtuses (FR)
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 27, 2007) here includes Fissidens obtusifolius var. apiculatus material in F. sublimbatus, while Anderson et al. (1990) treat them as distinct. FNA also includes varieties marginatus and kansanus in F. obtusifolius.
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-11-12
Change Date2015-11-12
Range Extent Comments
Known from Ontario; Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgina, West Virgina, Wisconsin (FNA vol. 27, 2007).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MinnesotaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
ColoradoSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSHYes
TennesseeSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
KentuckySNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
WisconsinS3Yes
New YorkSHYes
UtahSNRYes
LouisianaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
CanadaN2
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS2Yes
QuebecS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Missouri (1)
AreaForestAcres
Big Creek Rare II Study AreaMark Twain National Forest9,277
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). 2007b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.