Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Tetrodontium repandum

Scientific Name:

Tetrodontium repandum (Funck. in Sturm) Schwaegr.

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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.

Classification Level:

Species

Species Group:

Bryophyte

Species Code:

TETRREP

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	Tetraphidales	Tetraphidaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G2G3 (May 2009)

Provincial Status:

S3 (Apr 2024)

BC List:

Blue

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Global Habitat Comments:

On moist rocks (Lawton 1971). "Often growing inverted under rock ledges or in crevices, especially in areas of high humidity sometimes mixed in with other bryophytes; in North America it occurs in subalpine areas" (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2007).

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Distribution

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Global Range Comment:

British Columbia, Washington, Alaska, and New England (Lawton 1971). In Europe, the species occurs in the Pyrenees, central Europe, Fennoscandia, Jan Mayen, and Caucasus; also in China and Japan (Hill et al 1994). Crum and Anderson (1981) have no doubt that the New England collection is incorrect; they have seen material from Japan also.

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Authors / Contributors

Global Information Author:

Enns, A.

Last Updated:

Feb 26, 2020

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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.

Lawton, E. 1971. Moss Flora of the Pacific Northwest. The Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan.

Smith, A.J.E. 1978b. The moss flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 706 pp.

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2020. Species Summary: Tetrodontium repandum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 10, 2026).