Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Leucolepis acanthoneura

Scientific Name:

Leucolepis acanthoneura (Schwagrichen) Lindberg

Scientific Name Synonyms:

Leucolepis menziesii

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Classification / Taxonomy

Scientific Name - 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.

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Species

Species Group:

Bryophyte

Species Code:

LEUCACA

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	Bryales	Mniaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G4G5 (Nov 2015)

Provincial Status:

S5? (Apr 2024)

BC List:

Yellow

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On soil, rotten logs, and tree trunks, from the lowlands to about 1000m (Lawton 1971). In British Columbia, in swampy areas of logs, boulders, and earth, also epiphytic on deciduous trees, particularly Acer macrophylum and Quercus douglasii; common in coastal areas from sear-level to subalpine elevations; very local in humid forests of the British Columbia Mountains (Schofield 1976).

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Leucolepis acanthoneuron is a [North American] Pacific Coast endemic (Koponen 1974; Lawton 1971). Lawton (1971) gives the range as British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, California.

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References and Related Literature

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 28. Bryophytes: Mosses, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 702 pp.

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Leucolepis acanthoneura. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 13, 2026).