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Schistostega pennata

(Hedw.) Web. & Mohr

Luminous Moss

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

MediumThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125476

Element CodeNBMUS6P010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumBryophyta

ClassBryopsida

OrderSchistostegales

FamilySchistostegaceae

GenusSchistostega

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.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Biotics v1

Review Date2020-04-27

Change Date2020-04-27

Edition Date2002-11-14

Edition AuthorsChristy, John A. and Judith Harpel

Threat ImpactMedium

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences> 300

Rank Reasons

A widespread, circumboreal species, but with a patchy distribution. Estimated more than 300 occurrences worldwide. Estimated 40 occurrences worldwide with good viability. Estimated 2500-10,000 individuals worldwide. Estimated range extent greater than 1,000,000 square miles, but with highly irregular distribution. Estimated area of occupancy 50 acres worldwide. Long-term and short-term trends relatively stable. Widespread, low-severity threat. Estimated 50 sites protected worldwide. Moderately vulnerable. Very narrow environmental specificity.

Range Extent Comments

Estimated range greater than 1,000,000 square miles worldwide. Circumboreal but with highly irregular distribution. North America (northern US, Canada), UK, Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Japan.

Occurrences Comments

Estimated more than 300 occurrences worldwide.

Threat Impact Comments

Widespread, low-severity threat. Logging, road and trail construction, or other activities that increase incident light and decrease humidity may cause the species to disappear. Expanding urban development tends to have more calcareous or nutrient-rich substrates that are unsuitable for this species, although some populations are known to have occurred in old cellar holes and under decaying structures.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	S1	Yes
Massachusetts	S1	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S1	Yes
Idaho	S1	Yes
Washington	S2	Yes
Oregon	S3	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	S1	Yes
Vermont	S3	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	S1	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S2	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S2	Yes
Alberta	S2	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	33,146

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Roaring River	Mt. Hood National Forest	27,316

References (8)

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.
Christy, J.A. and D.H. Wagner. 1996. Guide for the identification of rare, threatened or sensitive bryophytes in the range of the northern spotted owl, western Washington, western Oregon, and northwestern California. USDI Bureau of Land Management. 200 pp.
Crum, H. 1983. Mosses of the Great Lakes forest. Univ. Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor. 417 pp.
Crum, H.A. and L.E. Anderson. 1981. Mosses of Eastern North America. 2 volumes. Columbia University Press, New York.
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.
New York Botanical Garden. 2002. Catalog of American bryophytes database. Online. Available: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/bryo.
University of Alberta. 2002. Devonian Botanic Garden bryophyte database. Edmonton, Alberta. <http://www.devonian.ualberta.ca/devonian/bryosearch.cfm>.
USDA Forest Service, USDI Bureau of Land Management, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002. Interagency Species Management System [ISMS] database. Portland, Oregon.