Hygrohypnum styriacum
Species of moss
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Hygrohypnum styriacum, commonly known as snow brook-moss[1] or hygrohypnum moss[2] is a species of moss found in the Northern Hemisphere.
| Snow brook-moss | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Amblystegiaceae |
| Genus: | Hygrohypnum |
| Species: | H. styriacum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hygrohypnum styriacum (Limpr.) Broth.[1] | |
It is present in Greenland[3] Iceland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Scotland[1][4] and Spain[5] (Andalusia, Sierra Nevada). The Scottish population is restricted to Coire an t-Sneachda in the Cairngorm mountains where it was first discovered in 1989.[6]
The species occupies Arctic and alpine habitats.[1][7] It is classified as "Imperiled" in British Columbia[8] and in Britain is considered to be "Critically Endangered".[9]
