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Drepanocladus aduncus

(Hedw.) Warnst.

Knieff's Hook Moss

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.954801
Element CodeNBMUS2J030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderHypnales
FamilyAmblystegiaceae
GenusDrepanocladus
Other Common Names
drepanocladus moss (EN) Faucillette courbée (FR)
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 28, 2014) as presented here includes Drepanocladus simplicissimus in D. aduncus, while Anderson et al. (1990) treat them as distinct. FNA also does not recognize any varieties as distinct.
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-11-18
Change Date2015-11-18
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS5Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
NunavutS3Yes
LabradorS3Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
Prince Edward IslandS4Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS3Yes
ManitobaS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
New BrunswickS4Yes
QuebecS5Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
MissouriSUYes
OregonSNRYes
WyomingS5Yes
ArkansasSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
ConnecticutSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
DelawareS1Yes
South DakotaSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
Coyote NorthInyo National Forest11,932
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). 2014a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 28. Bryophytes: Mosses, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 702 pp.