Nugget moss (Microbryum vlassovii) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 4

Distribution

Global range

Microbryum vlassovii has a disjunct distribution between western North America and western Eurasia, where it is rare.  Eurasian locations include Spain (JimĂ©nez et al. 1990), the Ukraine, Armenia, and central Asia (McIntosh 1997; Zander 1999).  In North America it is extremely rare, having been reported only from southern British Columbia (McIntosh 1997), and California (Zander 1999; Figure 2).

Canadian range

Microbryum vlassovii was first collected In Canada in 1980 and has been reported from two locations in south-central British Columbia (east of Kamloops and on the east side of Penticton: see Figure 4 and also McIntosh 1986). Although the Penticton population was re-located during the recent survey for the species, the Kamloops population was not.

Figure 2. Global distribution of Microbryum vlassovii.

Figure 2.  Global distribution of Microbryum vlassovii.

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