BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Fontinalis antipyretica
| Scientific Name: | Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. | ||||||||||
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Fontinalis patula
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | 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. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Varieties gigantea, oregonensis no longer recognized; intergrade with the typical form across the range (B. Allen, BFNA 2010). Anderson et al. (1990) include Fontinalis patula in F. antipyretica var. antipyretica. Ireland et al. (1987) recognize F. patula as distinct, but list its only report for Canada as a literature report from British Columbia. |
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| Species Group: | Bryophyte | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | FONTANT | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Nov 2015) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4S5 (Apr 2024) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Known from Greenland; St. Pierre and Miquelon; Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Yukon; Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Idaho, Ill., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.; Europe; Asia; n, s Africa; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) (FNA vol. 28, 2014). | ||||||||||
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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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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Fontinalis antipyretica. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 14, 2026).