Columbian carpet moss (Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Columbian Carpet Moss in Canada

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Table of contents

• Assessment Summary
• Executive Summary
• COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
• Lists of Figures and Tables
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status
• Summary of Status Report
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements, Literature Cited, and Biographical Summary of the Report Writer
• Authorities Contacted and Collections Examined

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2004. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Columbian carpet moss Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 19 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)

Production note:

COSEWIC acknowledges Terry T. McIntosh for writing the status report on the Columbian carpet moss Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum in Canada. The report was overseen and edited by René Belland, COSEWIC Co-chair (Mosses and Lichens) Plants and Lichens Species Specialist Subcommittee.

For additional copies contact:

COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3

Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur l’érythrophylle du Columbia (Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum) au Canada.

Cover illustration:
Columbian carpet moss -- P.M. Eckel (copyright 1999) used with permission.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2004
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/380-2004E-PDF
ISBN: 0-662-37300-6
HTML: CW69-14/380-2004E-HTML
0-662-37301-4