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Porella bolanderi

(Austin) Pearson

a liverwort

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G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126947
Element CodeNBHEP2Q010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumHepatophyta
ClassJungermanniopsida
OrderJungermanniales
FamilyPorellaceae
GenusPorella
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 Date2004-04-19
Change Date2004-04-19
Edition Date1999-04-02
Edition AuthorsGries, D.
Rank Reasons
Endemic to western North America, Porella bolanderi was known, as of 1983, from nineteen counties in California and one county each in Oregon and Utah. The liverwort grows on rocks and the bark of living trees, occurring frequently with Porella navicularis.
Range Extent Comments
Wasatch Mountains of Utah (Flowers 1945). Also occurs in San Diego County, California (Stark and Whittemore 1992). Endemic to western North America, California (19 counties), Oregon (1 county), Utah (1 county) (Hong 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species is found on the bark of living trees and on rocks (Hong, 1983).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/Woodland
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN2
ProvinceRankNative
OregonS1Yes
UtahSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
Arroyo SecoAngeles National Forest4,703
References (6)
  1. Flowers, S. 1945. Utah Hepatics. The Bryologist 48(1):8-11.
  2. Hong, W.S. 1983. The genus Porella in North America west of the hundredth meridian. The Bryologist 86(2):143-155.
  3. Hong, W. S. 1983. The Genus Porella in North America West of the Hundredth Meridian. The Bryologist, 86(2), 143–155.
  4. Stark, L.R., and A.T. Whittemore. 1992. Additions to the bryoflora of southern California. The Bryologist 95(1):65-67.
  5. Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.
  6. 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.