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PRELIMINARY CRYPTOGAMIC (MOSS, LICHEN AND LIVERWORT) FLORA OF THE
CANADIAN AND AMERICAN GORGE AT NIAGARA
FALLS
1. Mosses
P. M. Eckel, Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box
299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA
Grimmia
alpicola Hedw.
USA:
Eckel below between steps and Whirlpool 422386 BUF
USA:
[var. alpicola] Devil's Hole, near
bottom with Bryum capillare var. flaccidum,
Entodon seductrix, Bryhnia graminicolor, May 21, 1988, Eckel No. 9303181C
(BUF).
USA:
Devil's Hole, upper slopes, Eckel 226386.
USA:
(var. alpicola) Goat
Island on the Niagara River, wooded slope
just N of first 3-Sisters Islds Bridge, on dolomite boulder. Plants to over
7mm, lvs to 2mm, capsules immersed. P. M. Eckel 881003 Sept. 29, 1988 (BUF).
USA: (var. alpicola) Goat Island on the Niagara River, in
depression on dolomite block of first bridge to the Three Sisters
Islands. Plants to over
7mm, lvs to 2mm, capsules immersed. P. M. Eckel 881002 Sept. 29, 1988 (BUF).
USA: (As Schistidium alpicola). Luna Island,
1 Nov. 1988, Buck 16319 (NY).
USA: Green
Island on the Niagara R
just N of Goat Island. Old dolomite ballast on S side, occasionally
submersed, wet to moist river margin. PM Eckel, Marguerite Eckel 9004158
April 15, 1990 (BUF).
USA: (As Schistidium alpicola): Second Sister Island,
east end, 2 Nov. 1988, Buck 16411 (NY).
USA: var. alpicola. Dolomite
bridge, First Sister Island, in depression,
with lichens, Eckel, Sept. 29, 1988 (BUF).
Grimmia
alpicola var. rivularis (Brid.) Wahlenb.
CAN: Niagara Glen, just N of Whirlpool. Moist thin
soil in depressions in limestone boulders. w. Tortella tortuosa, Didymodon
rigidulus. With R.H.Zander. P.M.Eckel NF17 Feb. 19, 1983 (BUF).
Grimmia
apocarpa Hedw. NY CHECK as var. apocarpa
USA:
Zander, Devil's Hole lower area between Devil's and whirlp on USA
side.
CAN: Grimmia apocarpa, Queen Victoria
Niagara Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
As Grimmia
apocarpa var. stricta, Drumm.
Musc. Bor. Am. No. 55 by Macoun & Kindberg:] "... Niagara Falls (Macoun.)," Macoun &
Kindberg, 1892, p. 62‑63.
Grimmia
calyptrata A doubtful record.
A western species collected by Drummond in the Niagara gorge in BUF is misplaced from collections he
probably made out west. It is annotated as a new sp. Herb. No. 56168, . "On stones, Niagara,
rare" annotated as Grimmia
calyptrata Hook. on packet. cf. Wils., Hook.
J. Bot. This specimen is actually Grimmia
calyptrate but misplaced, sec. Zander.
Grimmia
pilifera P. Beauv.
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Grimmia
pennsylvanica Schwaegr. ex Sull. & Lesq.
CAN: "near the Falls of Niagara;
upon rocks (as Grimmia pennsylvanica),
Drummond, Musci Americani No. 56 (NY).
CAN: As Grimmia
pennsylvanica, Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
CAN: Niagara Glen (Foster's Flats) on the Niagara River. Dry, occasional seepage in dolomite
caprock, upper path, with Didymodon rigidulus, Gymnostomum aeruginosum.
With R. Zander. P. M. Eckel 2231185 April 5, 1985 (BUF).
Gymnostomum
aeruginosum Sm. NY CHECK
Gymnostomum
calcareum, Nees, Hornsch. & Sturm
Gymnostomum
rupestre Schleich. ex Schwaegr.
[USA?]
On rocks, Whirlpool, Niagara Falls. G. W.
Clinton (with Seligeria sp., label
indicates S. recurvata, but removed
from packet) (NY).
CAN: As Gymnostomum rupestre Schleich. following Crum & Andeson p. 283, Queen Victoria
Niagara Falls Park. Cameron 1895
CAN: As Gymnostomum
calcareum, Nees & Hornsch. [G. tortile, Drummond. Musc. Bor. Am. 23]
CAN: "... on calcareous rocks near the
Whirlpool, Niagara Falls.
(Macoun.)," Macoun & Kindberg, 1892, p. 12.
CAN: As Gymnostomum
rupestre, Schwaegr., "... near the
Whirlpool, Niagara Falls
(Macoun.)," Macoun &
Kindberg, 1892 p. 13.
CAN: Macoun & Kindberg (p. 13, 1892) reported
(as G. rupestre) this species
growing "near the Whirlpool, Niagara
Falls ... (Macoun)."
CAN: As Gymnostomum
calcareum NY CHECK
CAN: Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
USA:
(as Gymnostomum rupestre) Hab. on
ground towards 3 sister islands, Niagara Falls, Aug. 21, 1886, c. fr., Eugene
A. Rau, Bethlehem, Pa. (NY)
USA:
On Three Sisters
Island, Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
Aug. 21, 1886, c. fr., AAAS meeting, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (NY).
A specimen from NY determined as Barbula convoluta was identified by R.
Zander (1996) to be Bryoerythrophyllum
recurvirostrum mixed with Gymnostomum
aeruginosum. The plants were collected at "Niagara Falls" by Wolle in 1873. There
is a packet with Wolle's autograph on it, and the packet was constructed out
of the fragment of a letter, presumably to Wolle, by Eugene A. Rau; the
letter is unreadable due to its fragmentary nature. Crum & Anderson (l981) discuss the
occurrence of this species in North America and believe specimens identified
as G. calcareum in eastern North
America are in fact G. aeruginosum based
on a variety of characters, p. 285.
Zander, Bryologist 80:233‑69, 1977, synonymized G. calcareum with G. aeruginosum. Podpera (1954) reported a specimen of Gymnostomum calcareum from "Niagara." Macoun & Kindberg (p. 12, 1892)
reported Gymnostomum calcareum "on
calcareous rocks near the Whirlpool Niagara Falls. (Macoun).
USA: boulder field, halfway down Whirlpool steps,
with Anomodon viticulosus, Bryum lisae var.
cuspidatum, Tortella tortuosa,
Campylium chrysophyllum, Encalypta procera, Plagiopus oederiana, Mnium thomsonii, Marchantia polymorpha,
May 6, 1987, Eckel 9302092b (BUF); DeVeaux (Whirlpool) stone steps down
calcareous gorge face, moist shaded wooded bottom above Niagara riverbank, on
moist boulders, c. fr., with Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum. Eckel Oct. 4,
1991 (BUF).
USA:
Zander, Devil's Hole waterfall.
USA:
Zander, Ongiara, lower slopes
USA:
Zander, Prospect
Park, lower slopes.
USA:
At Niagara
Falls, base of Goat Island, just
below lower entrance to elevator, about 70 feet above waterline, in vug in
large calcareous boulder. R. Zander, P. Eckel, W. Buck, R. Harris 8811012
Nov. 1, 1988 (BUF).
CAN: Niagara Glen (Foster's Flats) on the Niagara
River. Upper path, dolomite caprock, with Didymodon rigidulus,
Grimmia pilifera. With R. Zander. P. M. Eckel 2131185 April 5, 1985 (BUF).
CAN: Above
Queenston, on the escarpment just S of Brock's Monument on the gorge lip:
Locust" Grove picnic area. Thin soil over moist rock" in stream
bed. P. M. Eckel 232085 April 20, 1985 (BUF).
Haplocladium
microphyllum (Hedw.) Broth. NY CHECK
USA: New York, Erie Co., Grand Island Twp.,
Buckhorn Island State Park; NW tip Grand Island wet Quercus bicolor, Carya, Juglans nigra, Tilia americana woods just
N of marsh. Rotten punky stump, seasonally inundated (spring). P. M. Eckel,
Oct. 22, 1997 with R. Zander (BUF).
CAN: (Welland Co., Bertie Twp.) Niagara River, Navy Island,
43*03'N, 79*01'W, just S of Niagara Falls; west side, bark base of tree; Oak
woodland. Dicranum montanum, Ceratodon purpureus. P. M. Eckel s.n. Sept. 21, 1998 (BUF).
Hedwigia
ciliata (Hedw.) P.‑Beauv. NY CHECK
CAN: Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron, 1895.
CAN: As Hedwigia
albicans Lindb. "... on rocks, Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara
River, 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1902, p. 225.
USA:
Second Sister Island,
west end, on glacial erratic, 2 Nov. 1988, Buck 16380 (NY).
CAN: (Welland Co., Bertie Twp.), Navy Island
in the Niagara River 43*03'N, 79*01'W, just south of Niagara Falls. With Hypnum pallescens
on granite glacial erratic; Fraxinus-Carya woods P. M. Eckel
s.n. Sept. 21, 1998 (BUF).
Helodium
paludosum (Sull.) Aust.
As Elodium
paludosum Aust. "... Queenston and "roundhouse woods,"
near Niagara Falls,
Ont., 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1902, p. 286.
USA:
Erie Co. Grand Island. Ubiquitous
on Grand Island.
Niagara R. Ann Glowny 1338 3-28-67 (BUF).
CAN: Navy Island
in the Niagara River: 43*03'N, 79*01'W, just south of Niagara
Falls. Forest interior; moist Red Maple
forest. P. M. Eckel with R. Zander s.n. Sept. 14, 1998 (BUF);
Navy Island in the Niagara
River, just south of Niagara Falls, western side of island. Muck soil, with Climacium
americanum P. M. Eckel with R. Zander s.n. May 13, 1998 (BUF).
Herzogiella
striatella (Brid.) Iwats.
Plagiothecium
muehlenbeckii BSG.
CAN: "... on old logs at Foster's Flats, Niagara River, Ont., 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun,
1902, p. 299.
Homalotheciella
cubcapillata (Hedw.) Broth.
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As Homalothecium
subcapillatum Schp. Devil's Hole, Niagara River.
Day 1883.
Homomallium
adnatum (Hedw.) Broth. NY CHECK
USA:
Devil's Hole, upper slopes, Eckel 726386 (BUF); (Eckel, l986b).
CAN: Niagara Glen (Foster's Flats). Boulder field. Base of
dolomite block, shaded woodland, with Didymodon rigidulus Bryum capillare.
P.M.Eckel 229486 April 11, 1985 (BUF)
USA: First Sister
Island, western half, 1
Nov. 1988, Buck 16342 (NY).
USA: Second
Sister Island,
west end, on glacial erratic, 2 Nov. 1988, Buck 16364 (BUF, NY).
Hylocomium
brevirostre (Brid.) Fleisch. NY CHECK
= Hypnum brevirostre (Brid.) Ehrh.
Hylocomium
splendens (Hedw.) BSG
Hypnum
splendens Hedw.
CAN: As Hypnum
splendens, Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
Hymenostylium
recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dix.
= Gymnostomum
recurvirostrum Hedw.
On August 8, 1865, George
Clinton recorded in his journal that this moss was "everywhere common on
wet rocks" below the Biddle Staircase (on Goat Island, west facing face
of the Niagara River gorge)..
[USA?]
Hab. Niagara Falls, July 18, 1874, Coe Finch Austin, leg. with Didymodon tophaceus (NY).
USA:
Three Sisters
Islands, Niagara
River, Aug. 1886. L.M.U.
[Underwood] (NY) with bistratose leaf margins in patches.
USA:
Hab. ad cataractam Niagarae. Musci Alleghanienses, W. S.
Sullivant, 1845, No. 193 (As Gymnostomum
curvirostrum Hedw.), (NY).
USA:
Rocks. Niagara Falls, N.Y., July, 1865, c.fr.,
G. W. Clinton, det. Charles H. Peck (NY).
USA:
Biddle's Stairs, on damp rocks at Niagara Falls
below Biddle's Stairs, Goat Island, Sept.
1853, c. fr., Chapman collection (NY)
USA:
Hab. in rupibus irriguis Niagarae cataractae. Sullivant & Lesquereux,
Musci Bor.‑Amer. ed 1, No. 41 (As Gymnostomum
curvirostrum Hedw.)(NY). This collection has capsules which differ from
the typical variety by the "capsula ovato‑cylindrica fusco‑lutea,"
but is otherwise indistinguishable.
USA:
Hab. in rupibus irriguis Niagarae cataractae. Sullivant & Lesquereux,
Musci Bor. ‑Amer. ed. 2, 1865, No. 53 (NY). The NY specimen from Jaeger's
Herbarium (No. 777) was annotated as var.
ovatum Sull. & Lesq. It is still
"capsula ovato‑cylindrica fusco‑lutea". The specimen
examined above as No. 41 of the first edition represented a population of
medium to small stature. In No 53, two specimens, one tall, relative to the
other, are glued to the card, the lesser probably the var. inferior. [also specimen NYS
with two specimens on a card].
USA:
Niagara Falls,
G. W. Clinton ("3") several specimens glued to cards (NYS).
Canada.
Hab. Falls
of Niagara. Drummond, Musci Americani (Rocky
Mts.) No. 25 (as Gymnostomum
recurvirostrum (NY), a tall stemmed group and a small glued to the card,
the smaller probably representing the var. minor. Crum and Anderson (1981) indicate that No. 26 of this
exsiccat is var. minor. Two other
examples seen of No. 25 (both NY) are single collections of one stature.
Another specimen from the National Herbarium (CANM) in Ottawa
"Falls of Niagara" No. 25.
"Welland Co." in pencil.
USA:
[?] Niagara Falls. legit
G. W. Clinton (label of Charles H. Peck, Albany, NY)
apparently distributed by Peck to Dr. E. C. Howe (NY). Two collections in
fruit representing elongate‑stemmed population and short‑stemmed,
both in fruit. Perhaps this particular mode of preserving specimens of Hymenostylium recurvirostrum was to
demonstrate the variability of the species, as against naming, for example,
short representatives var. inferior, or robust ones with cylindric capsules
distinguished by Sullivant and Lesquereux.
USA:
[?] Niagara Falls,
Rev. Francis Wolle, 1873 (NY, in packet of Funaria hygrometrica).
[USA?]
Niagara Falls, 26 August, 1917, c. fr. A. T.
Beals (NY).
[USA?]
Niagara. c. fr. 1873, Francis Wolle (NY). [ex herb. Eugene A. Rau, Bethlehem, Pa.]
[USA?]
Niagara Falls. Aug. 21 & 22, 1886. c.
fr. Eugene A. Rau, Bethlehem,
Pa. (NY)
[USA?]
Rocks. Niagara. North
America. ex Herb. William Mitten (NY).
[USA?]
On limestone. Niagara. Ruth Schoernhurst,
July 17, 1937, c. fr. (NY).
CAN: Welland Co., limestone cliffs along Niagara
River opposite American Falls, in seepage,
Howard Crum no. 26, October 5, 1964 (CANM).
A specimen at COLO labeled "Falls Niagara C.
W. July 1850", COLO label indicates New York with the possibility of the
collector being T. P. James. Specimen mounted on card and hand labeled.
As Gymnostmum
curvirostrum, "... at Niagara
Falls. (Drummond.)," Macoun & Kindberg,
1892 p. 13.
As Gymnostomum
curvirostrum Hedw. Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
As Gymnostomum
curvirostrum Hedw. Niagara Falls, near
the American staircase, Charles Peck in Day, 1883.
Podpera (1954) reported an occurrence from "Niagara." Macoun (p. 13, 1892) cited a Drummond
specimen from Niagara Falls.
Lesquereux & James (1884. pp.54): "Limestone rocks, and on deposits
of carbonate of lime or tufa, near springs; very abundant at Niagara Falls."
USA: on rock at base of American Falls,
Prospect Point. W. Specht & J. McCandless Oct. 9, 1973 (BUF).
CAN: Gorge
of the Niagara River, "First Gorge" road into gorge from Queenston,
bottom slope, side of gorge, below Lewiston Bridge, wet clay near waterfall
R. H. Zander 3723 Sept. 29, 1971 (BUF).
CAN: (As Gymnostomum recurvirostrum) Upper Great Gorge of Niagara River,
below Table Rock House, near Horseshoe Falls.
(spray zone) R. H. Zander Sept. 7, 1971 (BUF); Niagara Falls, near Horseshoe
Falls, near bottom of slope, spray zone, on thin soil on rocks with grasses.
R. H. Zander 3686b Sept. 7, 1971 (BUF).
CAN: Foster's Flats, (Niagara Glen) on the Niagara
River, half way down. N-facing, moist, dolomite boulder. RH
Zander 63585 Apr 5 1985 (BUF); Niagara Glen, half way up slope from river, Pot Hole Path,
boulder, thin soil. R. H. Zander 3732a Sept. 29, 1971 (BUF).
USA:
Gorge of Niagara R. at
Devil's Hole, top of gorge, on limestone.
R Zander
4252a 12 Sept 1975 (BUF).
CAN: Niagara
Falls. Forming large tufaceous mass on limestone wall of gorge at the
falls. I Herrnstadt & R Zander Mar 2 1977 (BUF).
USA.: Ongiara Gorge, between steps and
Whirlpool, top of talus slope, base of dolomite caprock in seepage: frozen,
with Didymodon tophaceus, northwest facing wall. P. M. Eckel 222386
March 21, l986 (BUF).
CAN: Niagara Glen (Foster's Flats). Boulder field. Base of
dolomite block, shaded woodland. P.M.Eckel 525086 April 11, 1985 (BUF);
Niagara Glen (Foster's
Flats) on the Niagara River. Moist dolomite
boulder, N-facing, half way up gorge, with Didymodon rigidulus and Desmatodon
porteri. With R. Zander. P. M. Eckel 53585 April 5, 1985 (BUF).
USA:
lower Arch Bridge,
upper path USA:
Eckel between steps and Whirlpool, seeps, path by caprock, Eckel 321386
(BUF).
USA:
Niagara River Gorge,
Sides Of Sheer Dolomite Cliff, Seepage: Abundant Bryophytes, Upper Old Rr
Path Near Top Of Gorge By Schoelkopf
Museum. P. M. Eckel
79386 Sept. 21, L985 (BUF).
USA: (as Hymenostylium
recurvirostre) just outside spray area of Horseshoe Falls, boulder, thin
soil, midslope, with Tortella fragilis, Hyophila involuta,
Trichostomum crispulum, Zander 3484d, Oct. 28, 1979
(BUF), on rubble, talus slope, Zander 3491b, Oct. 28, 1979 (BUF); just
outside spray area of Horseshoe Falls, vertical rock face of gorge, with Preissia
quadrata, Zander 3492a, Oct.28, 1979 (BUF); spray area of
Horseshoe Falls, near river, soil under boulder, Zander 3478, Oct.28, 1979
(BUF); spray zone of American Falls, talus, thin soil, crevices of rock,
Zander 3444a, Oct. 28, 1979 (BUF); base of island, 1 Nov. 1988, Buck 16354
(BUF, NY).
CAN: Niagara Falls gorge, near the Horseshoe
Falls along road to power station. Wet, dripping dolomite walls.
R. H. Zander 3651 Aug. 10, 1971 (BUF); Niagara River Gorge, near Horseshoe Falls, down road to powerhouse, Lockport
Dolomite, crevices R. H. Zander 3648b Aug. 10, 1971 (BUF).
USA: Luna Island,
1 Nov. 1988, Buck 16331 (NY).
Hyophila
involuta (Hook.) Jaeg. & Sauerb. NY CHECK
2005 Rare Plant Bryophyte Status List S1
[No country] Hab. Niagara Falls, 1873, F. Wolle (NY).
USA:
Zander, Devil's Hole, lower slopes.
USA:
Gorge of Niagara River, riverside limestone boulders. R. H.
Zander Sept. 12, 1975 (BUF).
CAN: Gorge of Niagara River at
Niagara Glen, about half way between water and lip of gorge, side of moist,
shady limestone boulder. R. H. Zander April 7, 1984 (BUF) .
CAN:
Niagara Glen (Foster's Flats) on the Niagara River.
Moist dolomite boulder in solution cavity: the smaller plant is Gymnostomum
aeruginosum With R. H. Zander P. M. Eckel 431285 April 5, 1985 (BUF).
CAN. gorge of Niagara River, Niagara Glen, near path, floor of woods
near river, moist rock surface, R. Zander & P. Eckel, Dec. 4, 2004 (MO).
USA: just outside spray area
of Horseshoe Falls, boulder, thin soil, midslope, with Tortella fragilis,
Hymenostylium recurvirostrum, Trichostomum crispulum, Zander 3484c Oct. 28,
1979 (BUF), Zander 3480, Oct. 28, 1970 (BUF); spray area of Horseshoe Falls,
near river, thin soil in crevice of boulder, Zander 3469, Oct. 28, 1970
(BUF).
Hypnum abietinum Hedw. = Thuidium abietinum
(Hedw.) BSG
Hypnum aduncum Hedw. = Drepanocladus aduncus
(Hedw.) Warnst.
Hypnum alleghaniense C.Muell. = Thamnobryum alleghaniense (C. Muell.) Nieuwl.
Hypnum
brevirostre Ehrh. A Clinton
specimen from Devil's Hole (herb no. 41058).
Hypnum
confervoides Schwaeg. Schwaegr.
USA:
On rocks, with Radula complanata,
second sister Goat island (1873 Clinton,
Coll. herb. no. 41072 (BUF).
Hypnum
cupressiforme Hedw. NY CHECK
USA:
Artpark, Eckel 451486 (BUF), (Eckel, l986b).
Hypnum
curvifolium Hedw. NY CHECK
USA: Suspension Bridge (now City of Niagara Falls
by the Lower Arch Bridge) archived letter BUF from Charles Peck to George
Clinton (collector, from Clinton's trip May 11, 1867 noted in Clinton's journal)
CAN: Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
USA: New York, Erie Co., Grand Island Twp.,
Buckhorn Island State Park; NW tip Grand Island wet Quercus bicolor, Carya, Juglans nigra, Tilia americana woods just
N of marsh. Rotten punky stump, seasonally inundated (spring); P. M. Eckel,
Oct. 22, 1997 with R. Zander (BUF).
USA:
Erie Co. Grand Island.
At delta of creek
flowing into Niagara R,
south
tip of Grand Island.
Ann Glowny 1096 3-28-67(BUF).
Hypnum
imponens Hedw. NY CHECK
CAN: Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
CAN: Navy Island
in the Niagara River just S of Niagara Falls, NW end, open gallery,
spring-wet Quercus, Ulmus americana,
Acer rubrum woods.P. M. Eckel s.n. July 2, 1998(BUF); Navy Island in the
Niagara River, just south of Niagara Falls, western side of island. Fallen
log; embankment; with Dicranum fuscescens. Pseudoparaphyllia laciniate. P. M. Eckel
with R. Zander s.n. May 13, 1998 (BUF); Navy Island in the Niagara River
43*03'N, 79*01'W, just south of Niagara Falls. W side; fallen log; with Ptilidium
pulcherrimum, Dicranum flagellare. P. M. Eckel s.n. Sept. 21, 1998 (BUF).
Note
this species has costa short and double, and that its stem cortical cells are
little or not inflated but especially the few thicker‑walled orange
cells at the base of the leaf subtended by a few enlarged thin‑walled
hyaline cells (cf. Drepanocladus,
which has a costa).
Hypnum
lindbergii Mitt. (New to NY CHECK)
USA: Devil's Hole, upper slopes, Eckel 331585
(BUF, NYS), Eckel, l986a; wet calcareous flat at base of gorge in shrubby
river margin, P. M. Eckel Sept. 22, 2004 (BUF); Devil's Hole by the Power Authority,
Niagara River Gorge. Upper slopes, calcareous, with Dryopteris marginalis,
on rock talus, with
With R.
Zander. Dicranella varia. P. M. Eckel 331585 March 16, 1985
(BUF).
CAN: Niagara Glen (Foster's Flats) on the Niagara
River. On punky log in late snow melt - boulder field. Note
there are few rotten log substrates in the flats. With R. Zander P. M. Eckel
531285 April 5, 1985 (BUF).
USA:
Second of the Three Sisters
Islands, east end, on the Niagara River just S of Goat Island. Northern margins
by water. P.M. Eckel 881111 Aug. 8, 1988 (BUF); Second
Sister, Eckel 86121701 (BUF, Bailey)
USA: Erie Co., Grand Island Twp., Buckhorn Island
State Park; NW tip Grand Island wet Quercus
bicolor, Carya, Juglans nigra, Tilia americana woods just N of marsh.
Rotten punky stump, seasonally inundated (spring), P. M. Eckel, Oct. 22, 1997
with R. Zander (BUF).
CAN: Dufferin
Islands, marshy area on
log, Oct. 8, 1989, Eckel
9303175 (BUF).
USA: Second
Sister Island,
west end, 2 Nov. 1988, Buck 16379 (BUF,
NY).
USA: Second Sister Island,
east end, thin soil over dolomite flats, open with Salix, Cornus,
Betula, Lythrum, Carices, Eckel 86121701, Sept. 12, 1986 (BUF); 2 Nov.
1988, Buck 16404 (BUF, NY).
CAN: Navy Island
in the Niagara River just S of Niagara
Falls, northwest and northern river margins; "slump meadow" wet red
clay eroding embankment. P. M. Eckel s.n. July 15, 1998 (BUF);
Navy Island
in the Niagara River: 43*03'N,79*01'W, just south of
Niagara Falls.
Dominant on soil, island west side; Beech-Maple, Carya-Quercus forest;
Atrichum undulatum. P. M. Eckel with R. Zander s.n. Sept. 14, 1998
(BUF); Navy Island
in the Niagara River: 43*03'N, 79*01'W, just south of Niagara Falls. Dominant on logs, interior
of island, with Dicranum flagellare; Red Maple forest, wet. P. M.
Eckel with R. Zander s.n. Sept. 14, 1998(BUF).
Hypnum pallescens (Hedw.) P. Beauv.
USA: Second
Sister Island,
west end, on trunk of Salix, 2 Nov. 1988, Buck 16388 (BUF, NY).
CAN: Navy Island
in the Niagara River 43*03'N, 79*01'W, just south of Niagara Falls. With Hedwigia ciliata
on granite glacial erratic; Fraxinus-Carya woods P. M. Eckel s.n.
Sept. 21, 1998 (BUF).
Hypnum pygmaeum
(BSG) Sull. & Lesq. = Thuidium pygmaeum BSG [note also Hypnum
pygmaeum Vill. ex Brid. = Leskeella nervosa (Brid.) Loesk.
Hypnum rivulare Brid.(BSG) Bruch = Brachythecium rivulare BSG
Hypnum rugosum
Ehrh. ex Hedw. = Rhytidium rugosum (Hedw.)
Kindb.
Hypnum
sprucei (Bruch) Spruc. = Amblystegium
jungermannioides (Brid.)
Giac. fid. Giac.
Hypnum
subcompactum, a doubtful name, not
in Index Muscorum
CAN: Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
CAN: "... on rocks and stones below Queenston Heights, Ont. (Macoun.)," Macoun,
1902, p. 312. CHECK CITATION
Hypnum
schreberi Willd.
[CAN?]: City Niagara Falls.
Wood below the Whirlpool. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y.
(BUF).
A specimen from "wood below the
Whirlpool" which Zander has suggested is the wooded moss-rock house area
associated with Whirlpool (DeVeaux) steps.
Hypnum
sullivantii R. Spruce
A Clinton
specimen from Devil's Hole with fruit (herb no.
38547).
Isopterygium
elegans (Brid.) Lindb. NY CHECK
Kindbergia
praelonga (Hedw.) Ochyra
As Stokesiella
praelonga (Hedw.) Robins.
Found by Macoun in 1891 at Foster's Flats,
Welland Co. (CANM 183141). Note other records in Cook, 1985. (Crum &
Anderson, Ireland
etc.)
(As Stokesiella
praelonga (Hedw.) Robins. in Crum &
Anderson, l981.
See Crum & Anderson 1981, p. 1077: Canada,
Foster's Flats.
Leptobryum
pyriforme (Hedw.) Wils.
CAN: As "Leptobigum
pyriforma," Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895.
USA:
Luna Island,
Niagara Falls
[cf. handwriting E. G. Britton, A. A. A. S. meeting] Aug. 21, 1886 (NY, in
packet of Funaria hygrometrica).
USA:
Buckhorn Island State Park.
USA: New York, Erie Co., Grand Island Twp., NW
tip Grand Island wet Quercus bicolor,
Carya, Juglans nigra, Tilia americana woods just N of marsh. Rotten punky
stump, seasonally inundated (spring). P. M. Eckel, Oct. 22, 1997 with R.
Zander (BUF), with Pohlia nutans.
CAN: Leptobryum
vulgare, Queen
Victoria Niagara
Falls Park. Cameron 1895..
Doubtful name. Possibly Leucobryum vulgare (= L. glaucum) was meant.
Leptodictium
humile (P.Beauv.) Ochyra
CAN: Ontario,
Regnl. Mun. Niagara, town of Niagara‑on‑the‑Lake, W side Niagara
River on S boundary Fort
George. Spring‑inundated
soil sub Quercus alba, Quercus rubra forest, with Brachythecium campestre and Physcomitrium pyriforme. P. M. Eckel,
Oct. 4, 1997 BUF.
Leptodictium riparium (Hedw.) Warnst.
(As Amblystegium riparium).
USA: Second Sister
Island, west end, tree
roots, wet in high water, Oct. 29, 1988 (BUF).
(As A.
riparium) Goat Island in the Niagara River,
southeast end, wet soil by riverside. Open, in mats. P. M. Eckel June 3, 1987
(BUF); Dolomite ballast, open eastern end of Goat Island,
south side. Barbula unguiculata,Bryum lisae var
cuspidatum P.M. Eckel June 4, 1988 (BUF).
Leptodictyum
trichopodium var. kochii (BSG) Broth.
Amblystegium
kochii, Bruch & Schimp.
Leptodictyum
trichopodium var. curvipes (BSG)
Broth. is reported as excluded from Canada, Ireland et al. mosses of Canada.
Macoun (1902) reported the var. curvipes
at Niagara Falls,
but gave Amblystegium kochii in its
synonymy. What was probably found at Niagara
was the var. kochii
As Amblystegium
curvipes BSG "On old logs, Foster's Flats, Niagara Falls, Ont., May 13th, 1901 ...
(Macoun.)," Macoun, 1902, p. 302.
Lescuraea
patens (Lindb.) H. Arnell & C. Jens.
Pseudoleskea
atrovirens (Brid.) BSG
As Pseudoleskea
atrovirens, "On rocks at Niagara
Falls (Macoun.)," Macoun & Kindberg, 1892,
p. 180.
As Hypnum
atrovirens Dicks. and Hypnum filamentosum, Dicks. l.c.
Pseudoleskea
atrovirens Bruch & Schimp.
"On rocks; Niagara Falls
and Lake Superior (Macoun)..."
(Lesquereux & James, 1884, p. 319), probably in Canada.
Leskea
gracilescens Hedw.
USA:
Erie Co. Grand Island. Marshy oak woods on Love Rd., Niagara R.
Tree base
in swamp. Ann Glowny 1363 4-20-67 (BUF).
Leskea
nervosa (Brid.) Myr. = Leskeella
nervosa (Brid.)
Loeske
Leskea
polycarpa Hedw. var. polycarpa NY CHECK
Hypnum
medium, Drumm. Musc. Bor.‑Am. No. 223.
Leskea
subobtusifolia C. Muell. & Kindb. in Mac.
& Kindb. 1892.
USA:
RR Bridge, Upper path Eckel 33895 (BUF), Eckel l986.
USA: Erie Co., north end of Grand Island, Buckhorn
Island State Park, SW portion of Park, we |