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 and Scotland.[1][4] The Scottish population is restricted to Coire an t-Sneachda in the Cairngorm mountains where it was first discovered in 1989.[5]

The species occupies arctic and alpine habitats.[1][6] It is classified as "Imperiled" in British Columbia[7] and in Britain is considered to be "Critically Endangered".[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Scottish Biodiversity List - Species & Habitat Detail" BiodiversityScotland. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  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. ^ 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 0114973261. p. 200.
  6. ^ It is specifically identified as an "Arctic-Alpine" species by Rothero (2006) p. 209 although the Biodiversity Scotland database describes it as "montane".
  7. ^ "Appendix: Species at risk" (pdf) davidsuzuki.org Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Threatened Bryophyte Database (TBDB)" British Bryophyte Society. Retrieved 17 May 2008.