New York Rare Plant Status ListNew York Rare Moss Status List MayOctober 2003 2008 Edited by Stephen M. Young and Troy W. Weldy

Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica Lilium michiganense

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Rankings are largely derived from: Cleavitt et al. 2006. Updating the rare moss list for New York State: ecological communities and species-centered approaches. Final BRI report. New York State Museum, Albany, NY.

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Scientific Name Common Name Global State Rank Rank

Acaulon muticumDwarf earth moss G4G5 S2 Amblyodon dealbatusWhitewashed thread moss G3G5 SH Anoectangium aestivumCompact moss G3G5 SH Anomobryum filiformeSlender silver moss G4G5 SH Archidium ohioenseOhio earth moss G4G5 SH Arctoa fulvella Yellow tail moss G3G5 S1 Aulacomnium androgynumNarrow-leaved furrowed moss G5 SH Aulacomnium turgidumTurgid furrowed moss G5 SH Brachythecium digastrumGrass moss G4? S1 Brachythecium erythrorrhizonTaiga grass moss G5 S1 Brachythecium turgidumThick grass moss G4 S1 Bruchia flexuosaBending Bruch's moss G4 S2 Bruchia vogesiacaBruch's moss G3G4 SH Bryum algovicumDrooping thread moss G4G5 S1 Bryum amblyodonBlunt-toothed thread moss G5? SH Bryum cyclophyllumOval-leaved thread moss G4G5 S1 Bryum gemmiparumBud-tipped thread moss G3G5 SH Bryum muehlenbeckiiMuehlenbeck's thread moss G4G5 S2 Bryum tenuisetumYellow-gemmae thread moss G3G5 SH Bryum uliginosumBog thread moss G3G5 SH Bryum weigelii Duval's thread moss G4G5 SH Buxbaumia minakataeElf cap moss G2G3 SH Campylostelium saxicolaSandstone swan moss G3G5 SH Catoscopium nigritumBlack knob moss G4G5 SH Cinclidium stygiumSooty cupola moss G5 S1 Cirriphyllum piliferumHair-pointed moss G5 S2 Conardia compactaCoast creeping moss G3G5 S1 Conostomum tetragonumCone-fringe moss G5 S2 Coscinodon cribrosusSieve-toothed dry rock moss G3G4 S1 Cynodontium alpestreMountain dogtooth moss G3G5 SU Cynodontium polycarponMany-fruited dogtooth moss G3G5 S1 Cynodontium strumiferumSwollen dogtooth moss G3G5 SH Cynodontium tenellumDelicate dogtooth moss G3G5Q S2 Cyrto-hypnum pygmaeumPygmy cedar moss G4G5 S2 Cyrtomnium hymenophylloidesShort-pointed lantern moss G5? S2 Desmatodon obtusifoliusObtuse-leaved chain-teeth moss G5 S1 Desmatodon porteriPorter's chain-teeth moss G3? SH Dichelyma falcatumClaw moss G4G5 S1 Dicranella cerviculataSpur-necked fork moss G5? SH Dicranella subulataAwl-leaved fork moss G5? SH Dicranodontium asperulumOrange bow-moss G4G5 S1 Dicranum acutifoliumSharp-forked broom-moss G5? S1 Dicranum elongatumLong forked broom-moss G5 S1 Dicranum muehlenbeckiiMuehlenberg's broom-moss G3G5 SH Didymodon fallax var. reflexusRusty beard-moss G5T5? S1S2 Didymodon tophaceusDecurrent-leaved tufa moss G5 S1 Distichium inclinatumOblique-fruited flat moss G4G5 S1 Ditrichum flexicauleFlexible hair moss G5 S1

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Scientific Name Common Name Global State Rank Rank

Drummondia prorepensCommon wood-coat moss G5 S2S3 Encalypta rhaptocarpaRib-fruited extinguisher moss G4G5 S1 Entodon brevisetusShort-stalked shiny moss G4? S1 Ephemerum spinulosumSlender-toothed earth moss G4G5 S1 Fabronia ciliarisFringed Fabronia G5 S1 Fissidens exilis Small pocket moss G3G4 S2 Fissidens fontanusWater pocket moss G5 S2 Fissidens obtusifoliusObtuse-leaved split-toothed moss G5 SH Funaria flavicansPale cord moss G5 SH Grimmia affinisDry rock moss G4G5 SH Grimmia donnianaMountain dry rock moss G4G5 S2 Grimmia laevigataSmooth-capsuled dry rock moss G5 SH Grimmia unicolorDingy dry rock moss G4G5 S2 Heterocladium dimorphumHair-like feather moss G4G5 S1 Homalotheciella subcapillataFew-haired moss G5? SH Hygroamblystegium noterophilumSmall willow moss G4 SH Hygrohypnum closteriCloster's brook moss G3 SH Hygrohypnum micansShiny brook moss G3G5 SH Hygrohypnum montanumMountain brook moss G3G5 S2 Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicumPyrenees woods moss G4G5 S2 Hyophila involutaRolled-leaf wet ground moss G4G5 S2S3 Kiaeria blyttii Dull fork moss G5 S2 Kiaeria starkei Stark's fork moss G5 S1 Lindbergia brachypteraPapillose fine-branch moss G5 S2 Loeskypnum wickesiaeWickes' Loeskypnum moss G3G5 SH Meesia longisetaLong-stalked thread moss G4? SH Meesia triquetraThree-leaved thread moss G5 S2 Meesia uliginosaSwamp thread moss G4 SH Micromitrium austiniiAustin's crown moss G4 SH Micromitrium megalosporumLarge-spored crown moss G4 S1 Mielichhoferia mielichhoferianaCopper moss G4? SH Mnium lycopodioidesClubmoss lantern moss G5? S2 Myurella julaceaSmall mousetail moss G5 S2 Orthotrichum pusillumSmall bristle moss G5 S2 Paludella squarrosaPipe-cleaner moss G3G5 S1 Palustriella commutataChanging tufa moss G4G5 S1 Philonotis capillarisHairy apple moss G4? S1 Philonotis longisetaLong-stalked apple moss G3G4 SH Philonotis muehlenbergiiMushlenberg's apple moss G3G4 SH Philonotis yezoanaYezo's apple moss G2G3 S1 Physcomitrium hookeriHooker's urn moss G2G4 SH Physcomitrium immersumHidden urn moss G4 S1 Platydictya jungermannioidesFalse willow moss G5 S2 Platydictya minutissimaSmall willow moss G3 S1 Pleuridium palustreMarsh pygmy moss G5? SH Pogonatum brachyphyllumShort-leaved hair moss G5 SH Pogonatum dentatumMountain hair moss G3G5 S2 Pohlia atropurpureaDark nodding moss G4G5 SH

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Scientific Name Common Name Global State Rank Rank

Pohlia carnea Red-capsule nodding moss GNR S2 Pohlia elongata Long-necked nodding moss G4G5 SH Pohlia lescurianaPear-capsule nodding moss G4? S2S3 Polytrichum longisetumLong-stalked hair-cap moss G5 S2 Pottia starkeana ssp. minutulaStarke's small pottia moss G5T5 S1 Pottia truncata var. majorTruncate pottia moss G3G5T3 S1 T5 Pseudocalliergon turgescensCurving feather moss G3G5 S1 Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceumTwo-ranked moss G4G5 S2S3 Ptychomitrium drummondiiDrummond's fringe moss G5 S1 Ptychomitrium incurvumCurled-tip fringe moss G4 SH Ptychomitrium serratumSerrate fringe moss G4? S1 Racomitrium canescensHoary woolly moss G5 S1 Rhizomnium pseudopunctatumFelt round moss G5 S1 Sarmenthypnum sarmentosumSpoon moss G4G5 SH Schistidium agassiziiAgassiz's schistidium moss G3G5 S2 Schwetschkeopsis fabroniaFalse hair moss G5 S1 Scorpidium scorpioidesScorpion feather moss G4G5 S2S3 Seligeria calcareaChalk dwarf moss G4? S1 Seligeria campylopodaHooked dwarf moss G3G5 SH Seligeria donnianaDon's dwarf moss G4G5 S2 Seligeria recurvataCurved dwarf moss G4? SH Sematophyllum demissumHanging long beak moss G5 S1 Sematophyllum marylandicumMaryland long beak moss G5 S2 Sphagnum andersonianumAnderson's peat moss G3? S1 Sphagnum angermanicumAngerman's peat moss G3G4 S1 Sphagnum annulatumRinged peat moss GNR S1 Sphagnum carolinianumCarolina peat moss G3 S1 Sphagnum lindbergiiLindberg's peat moss G5? S1 Sphagnum macrophyllumLarge-leaved peat moss G3G5 S1 Sphagnum platyphyllumFlat-leaved peat moss G5 S1 Sphagnum portoricensePuerto Rican peat moss G5 S1 Sphagnum recurvum var. brevifoliumShort recurved peat mosss G5T4T5 S2 Sphagnum subfulvumPale peat mosss GNR S1 Sphagnum tenellumSoft-leaved peat moss G5 S2 Sphagnum trinitenseTrinidad peat moss G4 S1 Splachnum ampullaceumAmpulla dung moss G5 S2 Splachnum pennsylvanicumSouthern dung moss G4? S1 Splachnum rubrumRed parasol moss G3 SH Taxiphyllum taxirameumYew-leaf moss G4G5 S2 Tayloria serrata Tooth-leaved trumpet moss G4 SH Tetraplodon angustatusNarrow-leaved four-tooth moss G4 S2 Tetraplodon mnioidesBrown tapering four-tooth moss G4 S2 Tetrodontium brownianumMr. Brown's four-tooth moss G3G4 SU Thelia lescurii Lesquereux's thelia moss G5 S1S2 Thuidium alleniiAllen's cedar moss G3G5 S1 Tomentypnum nitensGolden moss G5 S2S3 Tortula pagorumLeafy screw moss G5 S1

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Scientific Name Common Name Global State Rank Rank

Trichostomopsis australasiaeShady beard moss G5? S1 Weissia hedwigiiHedwig's beardless moss G5 SH Zygodon viridissimus var. rupestrisGreen rock yoke-moss G5T5? S1

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