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March 1, 2024

Mixed Table for Habitat, Geography, Elevation, Taxonomic accoutrements for BC Bryaceae

Trying to combine data sources from Bryophyte Portal and Flora of North America for Bryaceae.

#	Species	Authority	Publication title	Publication year	Habitat	Elevation	FNA Page	Bryoportal Distribution Map
1	Anomobryum concinnatum	(Spruce) Lindberg	Öfvers Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh.	1861	Acidic seepy or damp soil, soil over rock, ledges	low to high elevations (0-3500 m)	here	here
2	Anomobryum julaceum	(Schrader ex P. Gaertner	Syn. Musc. Eur.,	1860	Acidic seepy or damp soil, soil over rock, ledges	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
3	Bryum blindii	Bruch & Schimper	Bryol. Europ.	1846	Calcareous mineral soil, soil banks, cold-temperate to arctic-alpine regions	low to high elevations (0-3500 m)	here	here
4	Bryum calobryoides	J. R. Spence	Bryologist	1987	Calcareous damp soil, rock	moderate to high elevations (1000-3000 m)	here	here
5	Bryum lanatum	(P. Beauvois) Bridel	Muscol. Recent., suppl.	1817	Soil, soil over rock, rock in dry climates	low to high elevations (0-4200 m)	here	here
6	Bryum oblongum	Lindberg	Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn.	1883	Neutral mineral soil, soil banks, boreal to arctic-alpine regions	low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m)	here	here
7	Gemmabryum barnesii	(J. B. Wood ex Schimper) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2007	Dry to damp soil, sandy disturbed sites	low to moderate elevations (0-1200 m)	here	here
8	Gemmabryum caespiticium	(Hedwig) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2009	Disturbed soil, earth banks, rotten wood, rock, disturbed habitats	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
9	Gemmabryum dichotomum	(Hedwig) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay	Phytologia	2005	Dry to moist soil, soil over rock	low to high elevations (0-2000 m)	here	here
10	Gemmabryum subapiculatum	(Hampe) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay	Phytologia	2005	Disturbed dry to damp soil, soil over siliceous rock, agricultural fields">here	low to high elevations (0-2000 m)	here
11	Gemmabryum tenuisetum	(Limpricht) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay	Phytologia	2005	Damp to drying acidic soil	low to moderate elevations (0-600 m)	here	here
12	Gemmabryum violaceum	(Crundwell & Nyholm) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2007	Damp soil, soil over rock, disturbed sites	low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m)	here	here
13	Imbribryum gemmiparum	(De Notaris) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2007	Damp to wet calcareous soil, soil over rock, associated with springs	low to high elevations (0-1800 m)	here	here
14	Imbribryum miniatum	(Lesquereux) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2007	Damp to wet siliceous rock, soil over rock, associated with waterfalls or springs	low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m)	here	here
15	Imbribryum muehlenbeckii	(Bruch & Schimper) N. Pedersen	Bryologist	2005	Damp shaded siliceous rock, soil in rock crevices, montane	moderate to high elevations (500-3000 m)	here	here
16	Plagiobryum demissum	(Hooker) Lindberg	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh.	1863	Moist, basic cliffs, humus soil in tundra	low to high elevations (0-4200 m)	here	here
17	Plagiobryum zieri	(Dickson ex Hedwig) Lindberg	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh.	1863	Ledges, crevices of moist or wet cliff faces, near waterfalls, substrates including basalt, shale, limestone	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
18	Ptychostomum archangelicum	(Bruch & Schimper) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Dry calcareous soil in arctic tundra, alpine regions to the south	low to high elevations	here	here
19	Ptychostomum arcticum	(R. Brown) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Moist soil banks, wet soil	low to high elevations (0-4500 m)	here	here
20	Ptychostomum bimum	(Schreber) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, soil over rock, rock	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
21	Ptychostomum cernuum	(Hedwig) Hornschuch	Syll. Pl. Nov.	1822	Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, calcareous habitats	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
22	Ptychostomum creberrimum	(Taylor) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay	Phytologia	2005	Damp to dry soil, soil over rock	low to high elevations (0-3500 m)	here	here
23	Ptychostomum cryophilum	(Mårtensson) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, rock in streams, wetlands, late melting snow beds	low to high elevations (0-2000 m)	here	here
24	Ptychostomum cyclophyllum	(Schwagrichen) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet sandy or organic soil, along streams, wetlands	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
25	Ptychostomum inclinatum	(Swartz ex Bridel) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Capsules mature Jun-Aug. Dry soil, alpine or arctic tundra, circumpolar arctic-alpine,low to high elevations	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
26	Ptychostomum intermedium	(Bridel) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, boreal-temperate areas	moderate elevations (1000-1500 m)	here	here
27	Ptychostomum knowltonii	(Barnes) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil in arctic-alpine	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
28	Ptychostomum lonchocaulon	(Müller Hal.) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Dry to damp soil	low to high elevations (0-3500 m)	here	here
29	Ptychostomum meesioides	(Kindberg) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, often calcareous	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
30	Ptychostomum neodamense	(Itzigsohn) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, soil over rock, often calcareous	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
31	Ptychostomum pallens	(Swartz) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, calcareous	low to high elevations (0-3000 m)	here	here
32	Ptychostomum pallescens	(Schleicher ex Schwagrichen) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Damp to wet soil	low to high elevations (0-3300 m)	here	here
33	Ptychostomum pendulum	Hornschuch	Syll. Pl. Nov.	1822	Dry calcareous soil or rock	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
34	Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum	(Hedwig) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay ex Holyoak & N. Pedersen	J. Bryol.	2007	Wet soil, soil over rock, rock, fens	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
35	Ptychostomum schleicheri	(Schwagrichen) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, along streams, seepy tundra slopes, late snowmelt areas	low to high elevations (0-4000 m)	here	here
36	Ptychostomum turbinatum	(Hedwig) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil in calcareous wetlands	low to high elevations (0-3500 m)	here	here
37	Ptychostomum weigelii	(Sprengel) J. R. Spence	Phytologia	2005	Wet soil, wetlands, along streams	low to high elevations (0-3500 m)	here	here
38	Rhodobryum roseum	(Hedwig) Limpricht	Laubm. Deutschl.	1892	Rich soil, humus, litter, coastal tundra, shrublands, forests	low to moderate elevations (0-300 m)	here	here
39	Rosulabryum canariense	(Bridel) Ochyra	Biodivers. Poland	2003	Moist soil banks, soil over rock	low to high elevations (0-1600 m)	here	here
40	Rosulabryum capillare	(Hedwig) J. R. Spence	Bryologist	1996	Moist shaded soil, soil banks, rotting wood	low to high elevations (0-2500 m)	here	here
41	Rosulabryum elegans	(Nees) Ochyra	Biodivers. Poland	2003	Calcareous rock, soil, mountains	moderate to high elevations (1000-4000 m)	here	here
42	Rosulabryum erythroloma	(Kindberg) J. R. Spence	Novon	2009	Moist shaded soil, soil banks, rotting wood, lowland forests, protected sites near Pacific coast	low to moderate elevations (0-500 m)	here	here
43	Rosulabryum gemmascens	(Kindberg) J. R. Spence	Novon	2009	Exposed to shaded soil, soil over rock, rotting wood	low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m)	here	here
44	Rosulabryum laevifilum	(Syed) Ochyra	Biodivers. Poland	2003	Bark, rotten wood, rock, soil	low to high elevations (0-2500 m)	here	here
45	Rosulabryum rubens	(Mitten) J. R. Spence	Novon	2009	Disturbed soil, concrete	low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m)	here	here
46	Rosulabryum torquescens	(Bruch ex De Notaris) J. R. Spence	Bryologist	1996	Soil, rock, rotting wood	low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m)	here	here

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March 2, 2024

Brachytheciaceae of British Columbia

#	Taxon	Habitat	Synonyms	Basionyms
1	Brachytheciastrum collinum	Soil, rock, xeric to mesic sunny to moderately shaded habitats	Brachythecium collinum,B. collinum var. idahense,B. idahense,H. hillebrandii	Hypnum collinum
2	Brachytheciastrum leibergii	Soil, humus, litter, decaying logs, stumps, tree bases, rock, conifer forests, shrubs		Brachythecium leibergii
3	Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum	Mineral soil, humus, litter, decaying wood, trunk bases	Brachythecium petrophilum	Hypnum velutinum
4	Brachythecium acutum	Wet soil, peat, fens, swamps, rotten logs in swampy forests	Brachythecium pseudocollinum	Hypnum acutum
5	Brachythecium albicans	Soil, sandy, open and grassy places, rock	Brachythecium albicans var. occidentale,B. beringianum,B. pseudoalbicans,Chamberlainia albicans	Hypnum albicans
6	Brachythecium asperrimum	Soil, rotten logs, trunks, lower branches of trees	Brachythecium columbicorutabulum,B. gemmascens,B. pseudostarkei,B. spuriorutabulum,B. subintricatum,B. villardii	Hypnum asperrimum
7	Brachythecium cirrosum	Wet cliffs, rock outcrops, soil in arctic and mountain tundra, among other mosses	Cirriphyllum cirrosum	Hypnum cirrosum
8	Brachythecium coruscum	Soil, rock, Arctic and alpine environments	Brachythecium albicans var. groenlandicum,B. groenlandicum
9	Brachythecium erythrorrhizon var. erythrorrhizon	Soil, rock, mountains	Chamberlainia
10	Brachythecium frigidum	Soil in wet places, moderate shade to open sun, rock, fallen trunks	Chamberlainia	Hypnum frigidum
11	Brachythecium rivulare	Soil in wet places, wet semiliquid peat in alder and sedge swamps, alluvial sand banks along streams, temporary flooding depressions in xeric areas, wet mountain tundra, rock, logs, affected by temporary flooding	Chamberlainia
12	Brachythecium rotaeanum	Trees, bases and inclined trunks, fresh logs, soil, rock	Brachythecium capillaceum,B. salebrosum var. capillaceum,Chamberlainia rotaeana,Hypnum salebrosum var. capillaceum
13	Brachythecium rutabulum	Tree bases, rotten logs, litter and soil in forests, shaded rock, soil on lawns	Chamberlainia	Hypnum rutabulum
14	Brachythecium turgidum	Soil, rock, exposed mesic to wet habitats	Chamberlainia	Hypnum salebrosum var. turgidum
15	Bryhnia hultenii	Soil, rock, cliff bases, under dense Alnus canopy, bottom of gullies, sides of brooks, moderate to strong shade, wet to mesic places
16	Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum var. barnesii	Soil, rock, decaying logs	E. tayloriae	Eurhynchium strigosum var. barnesii,E. pulchellum var. barnesii
17	Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum var. pulchellum	Soil in forests, rock, decaying logs and stumps, tree bases, shady rock vertical surfaces, wet slopes of forested ravines, open ground in xeric steppe areas, among other mosses in tundra, granite, limestone		Hypnum pulchellum
18	Homalothecium aeneum	Calcareous rock, sandstone, granite, soil, rotten logs, tree trunks, forests, open areas	Homalothecium nevadense var. aeneum	Hypnum aeneum
19	Homalothecium arenarium	Sandy soil, rock, coastal	Camptothecium alsioides,C. arenarium	Hypnum arenarium
20	Homalothecium aureum	Rock, rocky soil, exposed and moderately shaded places	Camptothecium amesiae,Homalothecium pinnatifidum	Isothecium aureum
21	Homalothecium fulgescens	Tree trunks, fallen logs, rock, moderate shade	Camptothecium fulgescens,C. lutescens subsp. fulgescens,C. lutescens var. occidentale,Homalothecium lutescens subsp. fulgescens	Hypnum fulgescens
22	Homalothecium megaptilum	Litter in coniferous forests, among grasses in open sites, logs, rock	Trachybryum megaptilum	Camptothecium megaptilum
23	Homalothecium nevadense	Calcareous rock, quartzite, granite, rotten logs, trunks, soil, forests, open areas	Camptothecium,Camptothecium sect. Trachybryum,Trachybryum	Hypnum nevadense
24	Homalothecium nuttallii	Epiphytic on trunks and branches of hardwood trees and Douglas fir, forests and open stands, especially Quercus garryana, rock, rotten logs	Camptothecium,Camptothecium sect. Trachybryum,Trachybryum	Hypnum nuttallii
25	Kindbergia oregana	Litter, soil rich in humus, rotten logs, forests, mesic, diffusely lighted places		Hypnum oreganum
26	Kindbergia praelonga	Soil, mesic to wet places, in or near forests	Eurhynchium brittoniae,E. praelongum,E. praelongum var. californicum,E. praelongum var. stokesii,Kindbergia brittoniae	Hypnum praelongum
27	Oxyrrhynchium hians	Soil, open humus in forests, rock, rotten logs, tree bases, mesic to wet conditions, deep shade to sunny places	Eurhynchium hians,Oxyrrhynchium hians subsp. rappii,O. rappii	Hypnum hians
28	Pseudoscleropodium purum	Lawns of urban areas, cemeteries, forest edges, discarded lawn clippings	Scleropodium purum	Hypnum purum
29	Rhynchostegium aquaticum	Rock, running water of small streams and springs, beds of waterfalls, seepy cliffs, limestone areas	Platyhypnidium aquaticum,Rhynchostegium obtusifolium,R. subrusciforme	Hypnum aquaticum
30	Sciuro-hypnum hylotapetum	Litter, duff, rotten wood, rock and mineral soil in coniferous forests		Brachythecium hylotapetum
31	Sciuro-hypnum latifolium	Rock, soil, wet, more or less open places, Arctic, alpine or northern boreal habitats, among other mosses, wet tundra, rich fens	B. nelsonii,Sciuro-hypnum nelsonii	Brachythecium latifolium
32	Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium	Duff, decaying wood, humus, mineral soil, thin soil layers over rock	Brachythecium collinum var. holzingeri,B. holzingeri,B. oedipodium	Hypnum oedipodium
33	Sciuro-hypnum plumosum	Rock along creeks, temporarily submerged, wet, shaded rock cliffs and outcrops, wet soil, bark of tree bases	Brachythecium plumosum,Eurhynchium semiasperum	Hypnum plumosum
34	Sciuro-hypnum populeum	Rock, granitic boulders, limestone, concrete, base and trunks of deciduous trees, soil, exposed or moderately shaded, dry habitats	Brachythecium populeum	Hypnum populeum
35	Sciuro-hypnum reflexum	Base of trees, hardwoods, conifers, wood and litter in boreal and hemiboreal forests		Hypnum reflexum
36	Scleropodium cespitans	Tree bases, tree roots, rotten logs, rock	Scleropodium apocladum	Hypnum cespitans
37	Scleropodium obtusifolium	Rock and soil in wet places, temporarily submerged, along streams and small creek banks		Stereodon obtusifolius
38	Scleropodium occidentale	Sub aqua tic habitats
39	Scleropodium touretii var. colpophyllum	Soil banks, soil over rock, concrete, rotten logs	Scleropodium colpophyllum	Eurhynchium colpophyllum
40	Scleropodium touretii var. touretii	Shady grassy soil, shaded rock		Hypnum touretii
Sum

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March 16, 2024

Taxonomic Garbage Dumps and the Bryophyte Nomenclator

When ferreting through older literature, you end up having to check to see if the names used then are still used now and if not find the newer name(s) that have since replaced the older ones. There are all sorts of helpful tools for doing this online. I have been partial to the Tropicos plant name database, but increasingly fascinated by the Bryophyte Nomenclator put together by John Atwood and John Brinda. For each taxon you enter, it will spit out the taxonomic heirarchy within said taxon, a list of synonyms and a list of original publications associated with the names given. The site has a synonymy search that gives a topline for the number of valid names and the number of names that have been used. Pasted below are a few examples. Some taxa are extremely bloated due to taxonomic habits grouping most upright mosses, creeping mosses or leafy liverworts under the same genus, while others are bloated due to an unceasing history or revision and reclassification. Whatever the case, it seems like there is a roughly 10:1 ratio of proposed names: currently accepted names. I've been fishing around trying to find a pattern for low ratios-- some verge on 2:1, which is pretty good for 300-ish years since the first bryophyte was assigned a binomial. You can see the 1735 treatment of Bryophytes by Linneaus here (look for "Cryptogamie" and note the OG bryos "Musci").

Bryum•4899 names•272 accepted
Polytrichum•711 names•43 accepted
Sphagnum•3596 names•320 accepted
Didymodon•688 names•91 accepted
Syntrichia•346 names•133 accepted

Hypnum•3679 names•81 accepted
Brachythecium•1060 names•167 accepted

Jungermannia•2454 names•53 accepted
Lophozia•462 names•30 accepted
Scapania•636 names•126 accepted
Lepidozia•487 names•156 accepted
Diplophyllum•83 names•27 accepted
Pleurozia•31 names•14 accepted

Marchantia•318 names•64 accepted
Asterella•122 names•55 accepted
Conocephalum•13 names•6 accepted

Anthoceros•343 names•70 accepted

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March 22, 2024

Flora of North America Mosses of Arizona with Habitat and Elevation

Here is a link to the Mosses of Arizona as listed in the Flora of North America Database with habitat and elevation notes and linked Flora of North America treatments and illustrations.

Here are iNAT Mosses and Liverworts from Santa Rita / Mt. Wrightson Region.

And pasted below is a list of bryophyte taxa (with updated names but possibly anomalous records) known from the Santa Rita Range based on herbarium records from the Bryophyte Portal

Mosses
Amblystegium serpens
Anacolia menziesii
Anoectangium euchloron
Bartramia laevisphaera
Bartramia microstoma
Bartramia potosica
Bartramia robusta
Brachytheciastrum collinum
Brachytheciastrum fendleri
Brachytheciastrum velutinum
Brachythecium salebrosum
Braunia andrieuxii
Braunia secunda
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Bryum argenteum
Bryum lanatum
Campylium chrysophyllum
Campylopus savannarum
Campylopus tallulensis
Ceratodon purpureus
Claopodium rostratum
Claopodium whippleanum
Coscinodon calyptratus
Coscinodon cribrosus
Crossidium crassinervium
Dichodontium pellucidum
Dicranoweisia cirrata
Dicranum bonjeanii
Dicranum rhabdocarpum
Didymodon acutus
Didymodon icmadophilus
Didymodon rigidulus
Drepanocladus aduncus
Drepanocladus polygamus
Encalypta ciliata
Entosthodon bolanderi
Entosthodon muhlenbergii
Eucladium verticillatum
Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum
Fabronia ciliaris
Fabronia pusilla
Fissidens crispus
Fissidens fontanus
Fissidens sublimbatus
Funaria calvescens
Funaria hygrometrica
Geheebia fallax
Geheebia tophacea
Gemmabryum caespiticium
Gemmabryum exile
Gemmabryum valparaisense
Grimmia arizonae
Grimmia donniana
Grimmia longirostris
Grimmia montana
Grimmia ovalis
Grimmia pilifera
Gymnostomum aeruginosum
Gymnostomum calcareum
Haplocladium angustifolium
Haplocladium microphyllum
Hedwigia ciliata
Hedwigia emodica
Hedwigia nivalis
Homomallium mexicanum
Husnotiella revoluta
Hygroamblystegium tenax
Hygroamblystegium varium
Hymenostylium recurvirostrum
Hyophila involuta
Imbribryum gemmiparum
Imbribryum muehlenbeckii
Jaffueliobryum wrightii
Jochenia pallescens
Leptodontium flexifolium
Leptostomopsis systylia
Lescuraea arizonae
Lewinskya rupestris
Lindbergia mexicana
Mironia ehrenbergiana
Mnium marginatum
Molendoa sendtneriana
Oncophorus virens
Orthotrichum bartramii
Orthotrichum cylindrocarpum
Orthotrichum diaphanum
Orthotrichum pallens
Orthotrichum pumilum
Othotrichum anomalum
Philonotis capillaris
Philonotis fontana
Philonotis marchica
Plagiobryoides incrassatolimbata
Plagiobryoides vinosula
Plagiomnium rostratum
Platygyriella densa
Platygyrium fuscoluteum
Platyhypnum duriusculum
Pohlia cruda
Pohlia drummondii
Pohlia elongata
Pohlia nutans
Pohlia wahlenbergii
Polytrichum juniperinum
Pseudocrossidium replicatum
Pseudoleskeella tectorum
Ptychomitrium sinense
Ptychostomum creberrimum
Ptychostomum cyclophyllum
Ptychostomum intermedium
Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum
Ptychostomum schleicheri
Ptychostomum turbinatum
Pylaisia polyantha
Pylaisia selwynii
Rhexophyllum subnigrum
Rhynchostegium riparioides
Rhynchostegium serrulatum
Rhytidium rugosum
Roaldia revolutum
Rosulabryum andicola
Rosulabryum billarderii
Rosulabryum billardierei
Schistidium ambiguum
Schistidium apocarpum
Schistidium rivulare
Scopelophila cataractae
Scopelophila ligulata
Sematophyllum demissum
Splachnobryum obtusum
Streblotrichum convolutum
Syntrichia bartramii
Syntrichia fragilis
Syntrichia lacerifolia
Syntrichia laevipila
Syntrichia montana
Syntrichia norvegica
Syntrichia pagorum
Syntrichia ruralis
Thuidium delicatulum
Timia anomala
Timmiella anomala
Timmiella crassinervis
Timmiella flexiseta
Tortella tortuosa
Tortula atrovirens
Tortula inermis
Tortula mucronifolia
Weissia controversa
Weissia ligulifolia
Zygodon viridissimus

Liverworts
Cephaloziella divaricata
Chiloscyphus polyanthos
Jungermannia cordifolia
Frullania eboracensis
Frullania inflata
Mannia californica
Mannia fragrans
Plagiochasma wrightii
Reboulia hemisphaerica
Solenostoma hyalinum

Hornwort
Phaeoceros laevis

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