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Leucolepis acanthoneuros

(Schwägr.) Lindb.

Leucolepis Umbrella Moss

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122266

Element CodeNBMUS4D020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumBryophyta

ClassBryopsida

OrderBryales

FamilyMniaceae

GenusLeucolepis

Synonyms

Leucolepis acanthoneura(Schwagrichen) LindbergLeucolepis acanthoneuron(Schwaegr.) Lindb.Leucolepis menziesii(Hook.) Steere in L. Koch

Other Common Names

leucolepis umbrella moss (EN) Menzies' Tree 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

This species is often referred to as Leucolepis menziesii in the literature. The correct spelling of the epithet is acanthoneuros (Brinda and Atwood 2026).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-11-17

Change Date2015-11-17

Edition Date2001-01-17

Edition AuthorsBelland René J.

Rank Reasons

Leucolepis acanthoneuron is a western North American endemic that is common in coastal areas from sea level to subalpine elevations; but is very local in humid forests of the British Columbia Mountains.

Range Extent Comments

Leucolepis acanthoneuron is a [North American] Pacific Coast endemic (Koponen 1974; Lawton 1971). Lawton (1971) gives the range as British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, California.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

On soil, rotten logs, and tree trunks, from the lowlands to about 1000m (Lawton 1971). In British Columbia, in swampy areas of logs, boulders, and earth, also epiphytic on deciduous trees, particularly Acer macrophylum and Quercus douglasii; common in coastal areas from sear-level to subalpine elevations; very local in humid forests of the British Columbia Mountains (Schofield 1976).

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Montana	S1	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

References (7)

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.
Brinda, J. C., and J. J. Atwood (eds.). 2026. The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Online. Available: https://www.bryonames.org/ (accessed 2026).
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.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 28. Bryophytes: Mosses, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 702 pp.
Koponen, T. 1974. A guide to the Mniaceae in Canada. Lindbergia 2: 160-184.
Lawton, E. 1971. Moss Flora of the Pacific Northwest. The Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan.
Schofield, W.B. 1976. Bryophytes of British Columbia III: habitat and distributional information for selected mosses. Syesis 9: 317-354.