Hygrohypnum styriacum

Snow brook-moss
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Campyliaceae
Genus: Hygrohypnum
Species: H. styriacum
Binomial name
Hygrohypnum styriacum
(Limpr.) Broth.[1]

Hygrohypnum styriacum, commonly known as snow brook-moss[1] or hygrohypnum moss[2] is a species of moss found in the Northern Hemisphere.

It is present in Greenland[3] Iceland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Scotland[1][4] and Spain[5] (Andalusia, Sierra Nevada). The Scottish population is restricted to Coire an t-Sneachda in the Cairngorm mountains where it was first discovered in 1989.[6]

The species occupies Arctic and alpine habitats.[1][7] It is classified as "Imperiled" in British Columbia[8] and in Britain is considered to be "Critically Endangered".[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Scottish Biodiversity List - Species & Habitat Detail" BiodiversityScotland. Retrieved 19 May 2008. Archived October 21, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "PLANTS Profile: Hygrohypnum styriacum" US Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  3. Goldberg, Irena (2003) "Mosses of Greenland: List of Species in the Herbarium C" (pdf) Botanical Museum and Library, University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  4. "Hygrohypnum styriacum: (Hygrohypnum Moss)" ZipcodeZoo. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  5. Rams, S. & Oliván, G. (2006) New national and regional bryophyte records: Hygrohypnum styriacum. Journal of Bryology 28(2): 151
  6. Rothero, Gordon "Bryophytes", in Shaw, Philip and Thompson, Des (eds.) (2006) The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a changing environment. Edinburgh. The Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-497326-1. p. 200.
  7. It is specifically identified as an "Arctic–alpine" species by Rothero (2006) p. 209 although the Biodiversity Scotland database describes it as "montane".
  8. "Appendix: Species at risk" (pdf) davidsuzuki.org Retrieved 19 May 2008. Archived May 13, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Threatened Bryophyte Database (TBDB)" British Bryophyte Society. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
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