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Polytrichum strictum

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Bog Haircap Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125961

Element CodeNBMUS5T0A0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumBryophyta

ClassBryopsida

OrderPolytrichales

FamilyPolytrichaceae

GenusPolytrichum

Other Common Names

Polytric dressé (FR) polytrichum 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.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-01-26

Change Date2015-01-26

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species is found in sedge meadows, on rotten stumps in wet spruce forests, wet heaths and tundra, moist alpine tundra, as well as sphagnum bogs and muskeg, (Smith Merrill, 2020).

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest - ConiferGrassland/herbaceousAlpineTundraBarrens

Palustrine Habitats

FORESTED WETLANDBog/fen

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

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

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Virginia	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S1	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S3	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	S1	Yes
Iowa	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S4	Yes
Washington	S2	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Oregon	S1	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Utah	S1	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Missouri	S1	Yes
Vermont	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Behm Islands	Tongass National Forest	4,777

Michigan (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Government Island	Hiawatha National Forest	225

Minnesota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hegman Lakes	Superior National Forest	675

Wisconsin (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
09012 - Round Lake Study Area	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	3,707

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.
Smith Merrill, G.L. 2020. Flora of North America. <i>Polytrichum strictum</i>. Accessed: September 23, 2022. http://floranorthamerica.org/Polytrichum_strictum