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Scapania mucronata

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a liverwort

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127396

Element CodeNBHEP330N4

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumHepatophyta

ClassJungermanniopsida

OrderJungermanniales

FamilyScapaniaceae

GenusScapania

Synonyms

Scapania mucronata ssp. mucronata

Concept Reference

Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.

Taxonomic Comments

Stotler and Crandall-Stotler (2017) elevate Scapania mucronata ssp. praetervisa (= S. praetervisa) to full species level. Therefore S. mucronata ssp. mucronata sensu stricto here is equivalent to S. mucronata.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2018-03-26

Change Date1999-11-22

Edition Date1999-07-09

Edition AuthorsGries, D.

Rank Reasons

Scapania mucronata ssp. mucronata is common throughout western North America. The liverwort is also distributed widely in Asia, Europe, and eastern North America.

Range Extent Comments

Throughout western North America; also distributed widely in Asia, Europe, and eastern North America (Hong 1980). This species is found in Greenland to Alaska, south to California and east to Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, New England to Quebec, and in the southern Appalachians; it is also in Europe and Asia (Stotler and Crandall-Stotler 2017).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S2	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S1	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S1	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S2	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	S2	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	SU	Yes
British Columbia	S3	Yes
Yukon Territory	SH	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SU	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hyder	Tongass National Forest	121,723

References (3)

Hong, W.S. 1980. The genus Scapania in western North America. II. Taxonomic treatment. The Bryologist 83(1):40-59.
Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.
Stotler, R.E. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 2017. A synopsis of the liverwort flora of North America north of Mexico. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 102: 574-709.