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Climacium americanum

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American Tree Moss

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.955234
Element CodeNBMUS1T040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderLeucodontales
FamilyClimaciaceae
GenusClimacium
Other Common Names
American climacium moss (EN) Climacie d'Amérique (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) here includes Climacium kindbergii in C. americanum, while Anderson et al. (1990) treat them as distinct.
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-11-24
Change Date2015-11-24
Range Extent Comments
Known from Newfoundland Island, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec; Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virgina, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming; Asia (China) (FNA vol. 28, 2014).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN3
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS1Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS2Yes
ManitobaSUYes
SaskatchewanSNRYes
OntarioS3Yes
Nova ScotiaS2Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MarylandSNRYes
DelawareS4Yes
MissouriSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
VermontSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
South CarolinaSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
TennesseeS2Yes
VirginiaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
KentuckySNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
LouisianaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (16)
Arkansas (3)
AreaForestAcres
Brush HeapOuachita National Forest4,205
Devils CanyonOzark-St. Francis National Forest1,877
Dismal CreekOzark-St. Francis National Forest9,160
Kentucky (1)
AreaForestAcres
WolfpenDaniel Boone National Forest2,835
Louisiana (1)
AreaForestAcres
Saline Bayou W & S River CorridorKisatchie National Forest5,355
North Carolina (4)
AreaForestAcres
Cheoah BaldNantahala National Forest7,795
Harper CreekPisgah National Forest7,325
Laurel MountainPisgah National Forest5,683
Lost CovePisgah National Forest5,944
Tennessee (1)
AreaForestAcres
Bald MountainCherokee National Forest11,743
Virginia (3)
AreaForestAcres
Hoop HoleJefferson National Forest4,652
JerkemtightGeorge Washington National Forest16,687
Three RidgesGeorge Washington National Forest4,745
West Virginia (3)
AreaForestAcres
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest8,172
Mcgowan MountainMonongahela National Forest10,504
Middle MountainMonongahela National Forest19,020
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.