Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Kurzia pauciflora

Scientific Name:

Kurzia pauciflora (Dicks.) Grolle

Scientific Name Synonyms:

Microlepidozia setacea

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Classification / Taxonomy

Scientific Name - Concept Reference:

Stotler, R.E. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 2017. A synopsis of the liverwort flora of North America north of Mexico. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 102: 574-709.

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Species

Species Group:

Bryophyte

Species Code:

KURZPAU

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Hepatophyta	Jungermanniopsida	Jungermanniales	Lepidoziaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G5 (Dec 2016)

Provincial Status:

S3 (Mar 2021)

BC List:

Blue

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Kurzia pauciflora grows over Sphagnum and in hummocks of bogs (Ley, 1999). Generally, the species occurs as pure patches. But sometimes it has occurred with Bazzania denudata, B. tricrenata, Frullania nisquallensis, Herbertus aduncus, and Scapania bolanderi (Hong 1988).

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Range is circumboreal, disjunct in the arctic, Ontario, rare in North America (Ley, 1999). In western North America, known from Alaska and British Columbia (Hong 1988).

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References and Related Literature

Golinski, K. 2015. Excel spreadsheet of University of British Columbia Herbarium label data for Liverworts created for BC Conservation Data Centre, BC Ministry of Environment. Vancouver, BC.

Hong, W.S. 1988. The family Lepidoziaceae in North America west of the hundredth meridian. The Bryologist 91(4):326-333.

Ley, L.M. and J.M. Crowe. 1999. An enthusiasts guide to the liverworts and hornworts of Ontario. Lakehead University Print Shop, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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