Prof. Wefferling published article highlighting ‘state record’ moss
Dr. Keir Wefferling, Assistant Professor of Biology and Curator of the Fewless Herbarium (Cofrin Center for Biodiversity) recently published an article highlighting a “State record” moss (i.e., a species not previously documented in Wisconsin), the tufted fen moss, Paludella squarrosa. Keir and colleagues found this moss growing in a boreal rich fen in 2021, and documented it’s occurrence along with the other nonvascular and vascular plants of the site in Oconto County, WI.
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Significance of the Report: First collection of Paludella squarrosa in the State of Wisconsin. Previous Knowledge: Paludella squarrosa (Hedw.) Brid. (Meesiaceae) (Tufted fen moss) is a circumboreal species (CBH 2024; Vitt 2014a).In North America it is relatively abundant in the Rocky Mountains and northern Cascades (Alaska south to northern Washington and Colorado, south and east to Yukon …
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