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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
ProvinceRankNative
ConnecticutSNRYes
ColoradoS2Yes
IndianaSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
IllinoisSNRYes
TennesseeS2Yes
PennsylvaniaS4Yes
OregonSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
MontanaS1Yes
OhioSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
VirginiaS1Yes
MichiganSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Prince Edward IslandS5Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
NunavutSUYes
New BrunswickS5Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
OntarioS5Yes
ManitobaSUYes
Island of NewfoundlandS4Yes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
LabradorS4Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
QuebecS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (8)
Maine (1)
AreaForestAcres
Caribou - Speckled ExtWhite Mountain National Forest5,988
New Hampshire (1)
AreaForestAcres
JobildunkWhite Mountain National Forest3,660
Washington (4)
AreaForestAcres
Eagle RockMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest34,064
Moonlight DomeOlympic National Forest4,919
Mt. Baker Noisy - DiobsudMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest56,039
South QuinaultOlympic National Forest11,081
West Virginia (2)
AreaForestAcres
Cranberry Glades Botanical AreaMonongahela National Forest785
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest8,172
References (5)
  1. Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of <i>Sphagnum </i>in North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):500-501.
  2. Brinda, J.C., and J.J. Atwood. 2026. A Synopsis of <i>Sphagnum</i>. The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Online. Available: https://www.bryonames.org/synonymy?search=Sphagnum (accessed 2026).
  3. Buck, W.R. and B. Goffinet. 2024. A new checklist of the mosses of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 127(4): 484-549.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.