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