Taxon Report

Elodium blandowii (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Eckel

Blandow's bog moss

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© 2013 Scot Loring

  Classification
Scientific Name:
 Elodium blandowii (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Eckel
Common Name:
 Blandow's bog moss
Family: Helodiaceae
Element Code: NBMUS3C011
USDA Plants Symbol: HEBL2
Synonyms/Other Names:
  • Helodium blandowii (Web. & Mohr) Warnst.

Ecology and Life History
Lifeform: moss
Blooming Period:
Elevation: 1862-2700 (6110-8860)
General Habitats: Meadows and seeps, Subalpine coniferous forest
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details: Damp soil

Conservation Status
CA Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2
Global Rank: G4
State Rank:
 S2
State List: None
Fed List: None
Other Status: USFS_S
CRPR Changes:
  • changed from 2B.3 to 2B.2 on 2021-05-26

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB
Total Occurrences: 16
Element Occurrence Ranks:
   Excellent (A) 2
   Good (B) 3
   Fair (C) 0
   Poor (D) 0
   None (X) 0
   Unknown (U) 11

Location
California Endemic:  False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
El Dorado (ELD), Fresno (FRE), Mono (MNO), Siskiyou (SIS), Tulare (TUL), Tuolumne (TUO)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Convict Lake (3711857), Freel Peak (3811978), Glass Mountain (3711876), Mt. Morgan (3711846), Mt. Patterson (3811943), North Palisade (3711815), Panther Rock (4112272), Sirretta Peak (3511883), Sonora Pass (3811936), Tennant (4112158)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

Threat List Total: 2
EOs with Threat Listed: Total EOs % of EOs
5 31 %
Grazing 3 18%
Altered flood/tidal/hydrologic regime 2 12%

Notes
Threatened by grazing and trampling. Possibly threatened by hydrological alterations. Very distinctive due to abundant paraphyllia (minute leaf-like structures borne on the stems or branches among the leaves). See Bot. Taschenb. p. 332 (1807) for original description, and Krypt. Fl. Brandenburg 2:692 (1905) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Selected References

Non-Substantive Name Change: Helodium blandowii to Elodium blandowii
USFS Potential Species of Conservation Concern Profile
Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2025. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 4 January 2025].