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Drepanocladus aduncus

(Hedw.) Warnst.

Knieff's Hook Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
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)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
New HampshireSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
WyomingS5Yes
MontanaSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
ConnecticutSNRYes
MissouriSUYes
ColoradoSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
North CarolinaSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
DelawareS1Yes
MaineSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS5Yes
OntarioS5Yes
LabradorS3Yes
NunavutS3Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS3Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
ManitobaS4Yes
Prince Edward IslandS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
New BrunswickS4Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
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.