Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Aulacomnium acuminatum

Scientific Name:

Aulacomnium acuminatum (Lindb. & Arnell) Kindb.

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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:

AULAACU

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	Bryales	Aulacomniaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G4G5 (Jul 2012)

Provincial Status:

S2S3 (Apr 2024)

BC List:

Blue

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Characteristically grows at the margins of late snow patches (Crum and Anderson 1981).

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Global Range Comment:

Greenland, across the Canadian Arctic to arctic and subarctic Alaska, south to British Columbia, Baker Lake, Keewatin District, Northwest Territories, and presumably northern Manitoba; Siberia. In Ontario known from the Thunder Bay District on the north shore of Lake Superior (Crum and Anderson 1981). Also reported from Alberta. Vitt & Horton (1979) mapped the species for North America.

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References and Related Literature

Crum, H.A., and L.E. Anderson. 1981. Mosses of eastern North America. 2 Volumes. Columbia Univ. Press, New York. 1328 pp.

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: Aulacomnium acuminatum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).