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Pyxidanthera barbulata

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Common Pixie-moss

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158139
Element CodePDDIA03012
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderDiapensiales
FamilyDiapensiaceae
GenusPyxidanthera
Synonyms
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata
Other Common Names
flowering pixiemoss (EN) Flowering Pixie-moss (EN)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
Conservation Status
Review Date2002-10-03
Change Date1988-12-21
Edition Date2002-10-03
Edition AuthorsOlivero, A.
Rank Reasons
In a moderately restricted range along the east coast from Long Island south to New Jersey and from southeast Virginia south to northern South Carolina (Kartesz 1999, Weakley 2000). Pyxidanthera barbulata grows in wet sands and peaty sands in pine barrens, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, and at the edges of sandhill seepage bogs (Hough 1983, Weakley 2000). It is frequent in New Jersey and North Carolina but rare in the rest of its range.
Threat Impact Comments
May be threatened by development and fire suppression.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
New JerseyS4Yes
VirginiaS1Yes
North CarolinaS3Yes
New YorkS1Yes
South CarolinaS2Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
North Carolina (3)
AreaForestAcres
Catfish Lake NorthCroatan National Forest11,299
Pond Pine BCroatan National Forest2,961
Sheep Ridge AdditionCroatan National Forest5,808
References (6)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
  2. Hough, M.Y. 1983. New Jersey wild plants. Harmony Press, Harmony, NJ. 414 pp.
  3. Kartesz, J. T. 1991. Accepted taxon names from 1991 checklist, as extracted by Larry Morse, TNC, June 1991.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  5. NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa for which no reference which describes the circumscription has been recorded; to be used as a placeholder until such a citation is identified.
  6. Weakley, A.S. 2000. Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia: working draft of May 15, 2000. Unpublished draft, The Nature Conservancy, Southern Resource Office.