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