The Vermont Bryophyte List has been developed over the last five or so years from private and public collections and the literature. The list contains all bryophytes known from Vermont, although not all species known to the author only from herbarium specimens have been verified. Also included are synonyms (indented names), and global and state conservation ranks. For an explanation of ranks, see Natureserve Ranking Criteria.
Nomenclature follows Flora of North America, Vol. 27 (2007, Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Oxford University Press). For species to be published in Volumes 28 and 29, nomenclature follows Anderson, Crum and Buck 1990 for mosses (The Bryologist 93(4):448-499); Stotler and Crandall-Stotler 1977 (The Bryologist 80(3): 405-425) for liverworts; and Stotler and Crandall-Stotler 2005 (The Bryologist 108) for hornworts. A few names for taxa to be published in Volume 28 have already been adopted.
First posted edition: December 27, 2007.
April 17, 2009 changes: Taxon removed from list: Dicranum gemmilucens. Atrichum oerstedianum removed from synonymy with A. crispulum. State rank changes for Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum, H. fauriei, H. plicatulum, Acaulon muticum var. rufescens, Blepharostoma trichophyllum ssp. trichophyllum, and two varieties of Scapania undulata. Numerous global ranks changed or added to conform with those provided by NatureServe.
February 16, 2009 changes: State rank changes for Brachythecium acuminatum, Grimmia trichophylla, Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum, Orthotrichum speciosum var. elegans, Polytrichum commune var. perigoniale, Schistidium lancifolium, Cephalozia leucantha, Jungermannia pumila, Odontoschisma prostratum, and Porella pinnata.
January 17, 2009 changes: Taxa added to the list: Drepanocladus longifolius, Grimmia muehlenbeckii, Pohlia andalusica, Schistidium papillosum, Sphagnum angermanicum, Sphagnum pulchrum, and Sphagnum tenellum. State rank changes for Brachythecium campestre, Grimmia hartmanii, Homomallium adnatum, Pohlia annotina, Sphagnum fallax, Aneura pinguis, Calypogeia integristipula, Chiloscyphus polyanthos s.l. and its varieties, Frullania brittoniae, Harpanthus scutatus, Jungermannia gracillima, Moerckia hibernica, Odontoschisma denudatum var. denudatum, Pellia neesiana, Plagiochila austinii, and Scapania paludicola var. paludicola. One minor typographical correction.
November 15, 2008 changes: Taxon removed from the list: Frullania squarrosa. State rank changes for Amphidium lapponicum and Fissidens bushii.
May 21 2008 changes: Taxa added to the list: Amblystegium serpens var. serpens, Hypnum plicatulum, and Tortella inclinata var. inclinata (D. Lucas collection confirmed by P. Eckel).
May 5 2008 changes: Taxon removed from list: Tortella inclinata var. inclinata. Taxa added to list: Acaulon muticum var. rufescens, Sphagnum lindbergii. State rank changes for Barbula unguiculata, Lindbergia brachyptera, Fissidens taxifolius, and Dichelyma pallescens.
March 3 2008 changes: state rank changes for Dicranum viride, Oncophorus wahlenbergii, Warnstorfia exannulata, Frullania brittoniae, Geocalyx graveolens, Lejeunea cavifolia, Pallavicinia lyellii.
Feb. 29, 2008 changes: state rank changes for Abietinella abietina, Atrichum angustatum, Barbula unguiculata, Bryum flaccidum, Bryum pallescens, Distichium capillaceum, Fissidens osmundioides, Gymnostomum aeruginosum, Helodium paludosum, Hylocomiastrum umbratum, Leskea polycarpa, Sphagnum wulfianum, and Jubula pennsylvanica. One minor typographical correction.
Preissia quadrata, a thallose liverwort
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