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Fissidens bryoides

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Lesser Pocket Moss

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.817231
Element CodeNBMUS2W2B0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderFissidentales
FamilyFissidentaceae
GenusFissidens
Synonyms
Fissidens viridulus(Sw.) Wahlenb.
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Anderson et al. (1990) includes Fissidens minutulus material in F. bryoides, while FNA (vol. 27, 2007) here treats them as distinct.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-06-23
Change Date2008-07-25
Range Extent Comments
Known from Greenland; Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Yukon; Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., N.H., N. J., N. Mex., N.Y., N.C., N. Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.D., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W. Va., Wis., Wyo.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America; Europe; Asia (FNA vol. 27, 2007).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
ManitobaSUYes
QuebecS3Yes
AlbertaS3Yes
OntarioS5Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS2Yes
New BrunswickS3Yes
Yukon TerritoryS3Yes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesSUYes
NunavutSUYes
Prince Edward IslandS2Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
LabradorS2Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WisconsinS4Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
DelawareS4Yes
MontanaSNRYes
South CarolinaSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
ColoradoSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
LouisianaSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
KentuckySNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
TexasSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
ArkansasSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
VermontS4Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
CottonwoodDixie National Forest6,754
References (2)
  1. 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.
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.