Taxon Report

Bruchia bolanderi Lesq.

Bolander's bruchia

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©2021 Scot Loring

Classification


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

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	moss
Blooming Period:
Elevation:	1700-2800 (5580-9185)
General Habitats:	Lower montane coniferous forest, Meadows and seeps, Upper montane coniferous forest
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:	damp soil

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Global Rank:	G3
State Rank:	S3
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:	USFS_S
CRPR Changes:	changed from 2B.2 to 4.2 on 2014-09-02 changed from 2.2 to 2B.2 on 2013-06-12

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	28
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	1
Good (B)	3
Fair (C)	0
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	24

Location


California Endemic: False
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)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	6
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	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%

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:

Selected References

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 25 December 2024].