Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Pseudephemerum nitidum

Scientific Name:

Pseudephemerum nitidum (Hedw.) Loeske

English Name:

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.

Classification Level:

Species

Species Group:

Bryophyte

Species Code:

PSEUNIT

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	Dicranales	Ditrichaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G4 (Jun 2004)

Provincial Status:

SU (Apr 2024)

BC List:

Unknown

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Ecology & Life History

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Global Habitat Comments:

Grows on the edge of fields (Belland 1998).

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2nd half of month)

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Distribution

Endemic:

Global Range Comment:

Formerly only known from only one location in North America. This population in British Columbia, Canada is perhaps extinct (Belland 1998). Range elsewhere?

Disjunct, more common elsewhere:

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Authors / Contributors

Global Information Author:

KARANOSKY, M.

Last Updated:

Apr 18, 2000

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References and Related Literature

Backhouse, F. 2000. Extinct and Extirpated Species. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch. 6pp.

Belland, R.J. 1998. The rare mosses of Canada: a review and first listing. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Canada. 91 pp.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 27. Bryophytes: Mosses, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxi + 713 pp.

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2000. Species Summary: Pseudephemerum nitidum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 3, 2026).