Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Bryobrittonia longipes

Scientific Name:

Bryobrittonia longipes (Williams) Horton

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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:

BRYOLON

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	Pottiales	Encalyptaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G4G5 (Aug 2017)

Provincial Status:

S3S4 (Apr 2024)

BC List:

Yellow

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Horton (1978) gives the habitat as "... sandy of silty soil along streams or rivers just above the water level where the substrate is constantly moist. Populations rarely occur in the tundra on disturbed soil." and "Bryobrittonia longipes generally has been reported to be associated with calcareous or, more specifically, limestone substrates." (Horton 1983).

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Circumpolar: Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, British Columbia, Alberta, scattered localities in the Canadian Arctic, Svalbard, Greenland (Peary Land), northern Russia (Horton 1983).

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References and Related Literature

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. Species Summary: Bryobrittonia longipes. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 12, 2026).