Species Summary

BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary

Frullania nisquallensis

Scientific Name:

Frullania nisquallensis Sull.

Scientific Name Synonyms:

Frullania tamarisci ssp. nisquallensis

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Classification / Taxonomy

Scientific Name - Concept Reference:

Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.

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Species

Taxonomy Comments:

Frullania nisquallensis elevated to species (from F. tamarisci ssp. nisquallensis) (Crandall-Stotler & Stotler 1987).

Species Group:

Bryophyte

Species Code:

FRULNIS

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Plantae	Hepatophyta	Jungermanniopsida	Jungermanniales	Jubulaceae

Conservation Status / Legal Designation

Global Status:

G4 (Mar 2018)

Provincial Status:

S5 (Apr 2023)

BC List:

Yellow

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Global Range Comment:

This species is found along the Pacific Coast in western North America from southeastern Alaska to northern California, and in Siberia, the Russian Far East, and Sakhalin (Stotler and Crandall-Stotler, 2017).

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References and Related Literature

Golinski, K. 2014b. Excel spreadsheet of University of British Columbia Herbarium label data for Liverworts created for BC Conservation Data Centre, BC Ministry of Environment. Vancouver, BC.

New York Botanical Garden. 2003. Virtual herbarium. Online. Available: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/allbryo/index.asp.html

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: Frullania nisquallensis. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 13, 2026).