Species Details

Bruchia bolanderi

Bolander's bruchia

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Classification

Scientific Name: Bruchia bolanderi Lesq.
Common Name: Bolander's bruchia
Family:	Bruchianceae
Element Code:	NBMUS13010
USDA Plants Symbol:	BRBO2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G3
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:	USFS_S
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	2001-01-01
Date Edited:	2022-04-05

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: moss

Blooming Period:

Elevation:
1700 - 2800 meters
5580 - 9185 feet

General Habitats:

Lower montane coniferous forest
Meadows and seeps
Upper montane coniferous forest

Microhabitat Details: damp soil

Microhabitat:

Notes

Notes: Possibly threatened by fuel reduction projects, trampling, and recreational activities. In vegetative state similar in appearance to Leptobryum pyriforme. Sporophytes distinctive. See Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 1:5 (1868) for original description.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	6
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	6	21 %
Other	2	7%
Recreational use (non-ORV)	2	7%
Road/trail construction/maint.	1	3%
Foot traffic/trampling	1	3%
Improper burning regime	1	3%
Logging	1	3%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					28
A	B	C	D	X	U
1	3	0	0	0	24

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	22
Recent <=20 Years	6

Presence:
Presumed Extant	28
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA), Nevada (NV), Oregon (OR), Utah (UT)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
El Dorado (ELD), Fresno (FRE), Madera (MAD), Mariposa (MPA), Mendocino (MEN), Modoc (MOD), Mono (MNO), Nevada (NEV), Placer (PLA), Plumas (PLU), Sierra (SIE), Siskiyou (SIS), Tulare (TUL), Tuolumne (TUO)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Mt. Rose (3911938), American House (3912161), Bucks Lake (3912182), Camp Nelson (3611825), Condrey Mtn. (4112288), Cooper Peak (3811927), Dogwood Peak (3912171), Dunderberg Peak (3811913), Echo Lake (3812071), El Capitan (3711966), Emigrant Lake (3811926), Freel Peak (3811978), Homewood (3912012), Hull Creek (3812011), Huntington Lake (3711922), Kern Peak (3611833), Little Shuteye Peak (3711944), Lodgepole (3611856), Mammoth Mtn. (3711961), Mariposa Grove (3711955), Meadow Valley (3912181), Mt. Bidwell (4112082), Mt. Fillmore (3912067), Mt. Harkness (4012143), Mt. Ingalls (3912086), Nelson Mtn. (3711911), Norden (3912033), North Palisade (3711815), Onion Valley (3912078), Pinecrest (3811928), Pyramid Peak (3812072), Reading Peak (4012144), Rockbound Valley (3812082), Shuteye Peak (3711934), Soda Springs (3912034), South Lake Tahoe (3811988), Squaw Dome (3711943), Tenaya Lake (3711974), Timber Knob (3711953), Tioga Pass (3711983), Tobias Peak (3511875), Willits (3912343)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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