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Drepanocladus aduncus

(Hedw.) Warnst.

Knieff's Hook Moss

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
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)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS5Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS3Yes
QuebecS5Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
NunavutS3Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
ManitobaS4Yes
LabradorS3Yes
Prince Edward IslandS4Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
New BrunswickS4Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
IowaSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
MichiganSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
DelawareS1Yes
MassachusettsSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
MissouriSUYes
UtahSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
WyomingS5Yes
KansasSNRYes
VermontS5Yes
OregonSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
ColoradoSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
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.