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Pleurozia purpurea

Lindb.

a liverwort

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127386

Element CodeNBHEP2P010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryNonvascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumHepatophyta

ClassJungermanniopsida

OrderJungermanniales

FamilyPleuroziaceae

GenusPleurozia

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.

Conservation Status

Review Date1999-12-15

Change Date2000-01-21

Edition Date1999-12-15

Edition AuthorsKaranosky, M.

Rank Reasons

Occurs in blanket bog, wet heath, montane turf, scree and peat-covered rock ledges. Common in western Scotland and western Ireland, Norway, Faroes, Jan Meyen Island, Himalayas, Alaska, Guadeloupe, Hawaii. Absent from northern England and northwestern Wales.

Range Extent Comments

Known from northern Asia (Bhutan, India, Nepal), North America (British Columbia), Europe (Britain, Denmark, Norway), and the West Indies (Guadeloupe); Ireland, Japan, Sikkim, Alaska (Thiers 1993).

According to Smith (1990), Pleurozia purpurea is common in western Scotland and western Ireland, Norway, Faroes, Jan Meyen Island, Himalayas, Alaska, Guadeloupe, Hawaii. Absent from northern England and northwestern Wales.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Terrestrial in bogs or other wet habitats in coastal areas and also at high elevations (above 3000 m) in the Himalayan region (Thiers 1993). Pleurozia purpurea grows in blanket bog, wet heath, montane turf, scree and peat-covered rock ledges (Smith, 1990).

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Alaska (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hoonah Sound	Tongass National Forest	79,764
Port Alexander	Tongass National Forest	120,681
South Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	55,193

References (5)

Frye, T.C., and L. Clark. 1937. Hepaticae of North America. The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 161 pp.
Smith, A.R. 1990. New Thelypteris (Thelypteridaceae) from central America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77:118-124.
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.
Thiers, B.M. 1993. A monograph of Pleurozia (Hepaticae; Pleuroziaceae). The Bryologist 96(4):517-554.