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Calliergon cordifolium

(Hedw.) Kindb.

Heartleaf Spear Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127707

Element CodeNBMUS1F010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumBryophyta

ClassBryopsida

OrderHypnales

FamilyCalliergonaceae

GenusCalliergon

Other Common Names

Calliergon commun (FR) calliergon moss (EN) Heart-leaved Spear 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 Date2015-03-04

Change Date1991-04-18

Range Extent Comments

Present in Greenland; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask.; Alaska, Colo., Ill., Iowa, Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., Tenn., Vt., Wash., Wis.; Eurasia (FNA vol. 28).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S4	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Virginia	S1	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S3	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Iowa	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S5	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Manitoba	SU	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S4	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Nunavut	S1	Yes
Saskatchewan	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S3	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Labrador	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Wisconsin (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
09154 - St. Peters Dome	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	4,002

References (2)

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). 2014a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 28. Bryophytes: Mosses, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 702 pp.