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Fontinalis antipyretica

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Common Water Moss

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.954239
Element CodeNBMUS2X070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderLeucodontales
FamilyFontinalaceae
GenusFontinalis
Other Common Names
antifever fontinalis moss (EN) Antifever Fontinalis Moss (EN)
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
Anderson et al. (1990) includes Fontinalis howellii in F. antipyretica var. oreganensis, while FNA (vol. 28, 2014) here treats them as distinct. FNA also does not recognize distinct varieties in F. antipyretica.
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-11-12
Change Date2015-11-12
Range Extent Comments
Known from Greenland; St. Pierre and Miquelon; Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Yukon; Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Idaho, Ill., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.; Europe; Asia; n, s Africa; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) (FNA vol. 28, 2014).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Prince Edward IslandS1Yes
QuebecS5Yes
LabradorS3Yes
AlbertaS3Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS4Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
SaskatchewanSNRYes
OntarioS4Yes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
New BrunswickS5Yes
Yukon TerritorySUYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MichiganSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
MaineSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
WisconsinS4Yes
New JerseySNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
VermontS4Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS4Yes
DelawareSNRYes
ColoradoSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (5)
Alaska (2)
AreaForestAcres
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
Upper SitukTongass National Forest16,789
California (2)
AreaForestAcres
Mill PeakSan Bernardino National Forest7,884
South SierraSequoia National Forest8,008
New Mexico (1)
AreaForestAcres
Sawyers PeakGila National Forest59,743
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.