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Buxbaumia aphylla

Hedw.

Bug-on-a-Stick Moss

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126502
Element CodeNBMUS1B010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryNonvascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderBuxbaumiales
FamilyBuxbaumiaceae
GenusBuxbaumia
Other Common Names
Gnome discret (FR)
Concept Reference
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.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2017-07-25
Change Date2017-07-25
Edition Date2001-01-12
Edition AuthorsBelland René J.
Rank Reasons
Buxbaumia aphylla is a widely distributed species in the northern hemisphere. It is known from 40 vice-counties in Great Britain, at least 76 sites In southeastern Newfoundland, and 13 locations in Ontario. The species is widespread in Fennoscandia.
Range Extent Comments
Buxbaumia aphylla is ". widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere: Greenland; central Alaska and the Yukon to British Columbia and Montana; Michigan and Ontario to Newfoundland, southward along the Coastal Plain and also in the mountains to North Carolina. Also reported from arctic Alaska, Colorado, eastern Iowa, and southern Illinois" (Crum & Anderson 1981). Smith (1980) gives the ranges as Europe, Caucasus, N. Asia, Japan, N. America and New Zealand. Found throughout Fennoscandia (Nyholm 1954-69). Schofield (1974) provides a generalized world map of the species.
Occurrences Comments
Known from 40 vice-counties in Great Britain (Smith 1980). In southeastern Newfoundland, collected from 76 sites (citations given, Hancock & Brassard 1973). In Ontario, map shows 13 locations (Ireland & Ley 1992).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

In North America, a pioneer of disturbed, acid, sandy or clayey soils, often on the banks of roads or woodland trails, sometimes on old logs and stumps, exposed or in partial shade in moist forests and also dry, open woods, often successional to fire (Crum & Anderson 1981). In southeastern Newfoundland it occurs in Kalmia heaths (Hancock & Brassard 1973).
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS4Yes
New BrunswickS2Yes
AlbertaS2Yes
QuebecS3Yes
OntarioS2Yes
Prince Edward IslandS3Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS4Yes
SaskatchewanSUYes
Northwest TerritoriesS1Yes
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
Yukon TerritoryS2Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MontanaSNRYes
WisconsinS1Yes
IllinoisSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
New YorkSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
WashingtonS3Yes
VirginiaSNRYes
OregonS3Yes
MinnesotaS3Yes
ConnecticutSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
IdahoS1Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
DelawareSNRYes
North CarolinaSHYes
IowaSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
OhioS1Yes
TennesseeS1Yes
MaineSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
ColoradoS1Yes
MichiganSNRYes
VermontS2Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Idaho (1)
AreaForestAcres
SeceshPayette National Forest248,088
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
Lick CreekWallowa-Whitman National Forest1,956
References (8)
  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. Crum, H., and L.E. Anderson. 1981. Mosses of Eastern North America. 2 Vols. Columiba University Press. N.Y.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.
  4. Hancock, J.A., and G.R. Brassard. 1973. <i>Buxbaumia aphylla</i> Hedw. in southeastern Newfoundland, Canada. Bryologist 76: 187-191.
  5. Ireland, R.R. and L.M. Ley. 1992. Atlas of Ontario Mosses. Syllogeus No. 70, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. 138 pp.
  6. Nyholm, E. 1954-69. Illustrated moss flora of Fennoscandia. II. Musci. Fascicles1- 4. Gleerups, Lund; Fascicles 5-6, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm.
  7. Schofield, W.B. 1976. Bryophytes of British Columbia III: habitat and distributional information for selected mosses. Syesis 9: 317-354.
  8. Smith, A.J.E. 1980. The moss flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.