Hygrohypnum styriacum

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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]

[edit] 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.