Species: Hygrohypnum norvegicum
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Hygrohypnum
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Non-Vascular - Mosses
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Bryophyta - Bryopsida - Hypnales - Amblystegiaceae - Hygrohypnum
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Plants small, in mats, yellow-green to brownish. Stems 1-2 cm long, branched, central strand weak or wanting. Leaves erect-spreading to imbricate, often less than 1 mm long, usually slightly longer than broad, ovate, concave, obtuse to rounded at apex, slightly decurrent; margins entire, plane, or slightly recurved at base; costa short and double. Autoicous (Lawton 1971).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G2
Global Status Last Reviewed
1999-05-19
Global Status Last Changed
1999-05-25
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Washington (Mt. Rainier) and British Columbia (Lawton 1971). Also from Greenland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland (Jamieson 1976).