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Syntrichia caninervis

Mitten

Steppe Screw Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124453

Element CodeNBMUS7L0U0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumBryophyta

ClassBryopsida

OrderPottiales

FamilyPottiaceae

GenusSyntrichia

Synonyms

Tortula bistratosaFlow.Tortula caninervis(Mitt.) Broth.

Other Common Names

tortula moss (EN)

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

FNA (vol. 27) transfers Tortula caninervis to Syntrichia caninervis.

Conservation Status

Review Date2000-10-29

Change Date2000-10-29

Edition Date2000-10-29

Edition AuthorsGries, D. (1999), rev. L. Morse (2000)

Rank Reasons

Widespread in North America; also in Eurasia and northern Africa.

Range Extent Comments

Arctic North America; southern British Columbia south to Mexico; Eurasia; northern Africa (McIntosh 1989).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN3

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S3	Yes
Northwest Territories	SU	Yes
Alberta	S1	Yes
Yukon Territory	S2	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Nevada	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sugarloaf	San Bernardino National Forest	8,206

References (3)

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.
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.
McIntosh, T.T. 1989. Bryophyte records from the semiarid steppe of northwestern North America, including four species new to North America. The Bryologist 92(3):356-362.