Species: Bryum schleicheri
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Bryaceae
Genus
Bryum
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Non-Vascular - Mosses
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Bryophyta - Bryopsida - Bryales - Bryaceae - Bryum
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A large striking moss, yellow and soft, with broadly ovate leaves that are erect and not much contorted when dry and end in broad, acute or shortly acuminate tips (Crum et al. 1981).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5?
Global Status Last Reviewed
2000-03-10
Global Status Last Changed
2000-03-10
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
<img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.AB=S1&CA.BC=S2&CA.YT=S4&US.MT=S1&US.WA=SNR" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
Global Range
Boreal-interrupted (Belland 1998). Distribution in western North America: Alberta, British Columbia, Washington (Spence 1988). Montana (Elliott and Moore 1989). Yukon Territorites (Belland 1998).