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Scapania nemorea

(L.) Grolle.

Grove Earwort

G5Secure Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124427

Element CodeNBHEP330P0

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 nemorosa(Linnaeus) Dum.

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) spell Scapania nemorosa as S. nemorea, saying that since Grolle (1963a) transferred Jungermannia nemorea L. (Linnaeus, 1759) to Scapania, the correct name for this taxon is S. nemorea (L.) Grolle and not S. nemorosa (L.) Dumort.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-03-02

Change Date1994-12-31

Range Extent Comments

Occurs from Newfoundland southward to northern Florida and from Ontario southward to eastern Texas (Zehr 1980). This species is found throughout eastern North America from Labrador to Ontario, Minnesota, and Texas, east to Florida, and in Europe from Finland east to Siberia and south to the Black Sea and the Azores (Stotler and Crandall-Stotler 2017).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nunavut	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Labrador	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Yukon Territory	SH	Yes
Saskatchewan	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wisconsin	S4	Yes
Delaware	S3	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S5	Yes
Florida	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Virginia	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	S5	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S5	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Arkansas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devils Canyon	Ozark-St. Francis National Forest	1,877

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999

North Carolina (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bearwallow	Pisgah National Forest	4,113
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325

References (3)

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.
Zehr, D.R. 1980. An assessment of variation in Scapania nemorosa and selected related species (Hepatophyta). J. Cramer, Germany. 140 pp. With 125 figures and 14 tables.