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Sphagnum girgensohnii

Russ.

Girgensohn's Peatmoss

G5Secure Found in 8 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127437

Element CodeNBMUS6Z0E0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumBryophyta

ClassSphagnopsida

OrderSphagnales

FamilySphagnaceae

GenusSphagnum

Other Common Names

Girgensohn's sphagnum (EN) Girgensohn's Sphagnum Moss (EN) Sphaigne de Girgensohn (FR)

Concept Reference

Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of Sphagnum in North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):500-501.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v2.0 (2010 rank factors)

Review Date2015-05-27

Change Date1991-04-29

Threat Impact Comments

Land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, and forest management practices are low-level threats to this species (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S5	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	S2	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S2	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
Virginia	S1	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S4	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Montana	S1	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S4	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Saskatchewan	SU	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Labrador	S4	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (8)

Maine (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Caribou - Speckled Ext	White Mountain National Forest	5,988

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Jobildunk	White Mountain National Forest	3,660

Washington (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Eagle Rock	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	34,064
Moonlight Dome	Olympic National Forest	4,919
Mt. Baker Noisy - Diobsud	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	56,039
South Quinault	Olympic National Forest	11,081

West Virginia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area	Monongahela National Forest	785
Little Mountain	Monongahela National Forest	8,172

References (3)

Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of <i>Sphagnum </i>in North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):500-501.
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.
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.