NEW YORK STATE BRYOPHYTES: STATUS REPORTS AND CHECKLISTS

Description: The biological diversity of New York has been incompletely explored and inventoried for all types of plants. Bryophytes, which are environmentally important in wetlands, mountain forests, and alpine vegetation, are less well known than other plant groups. This project consists of field and laboratory studies to ascertain the occurrence and verify distributions of the approximately 500 kinds of bryophytes thought to occur in New York State. This work is being done in conjunction with studies of museum and university collections, which contain specimens representing over 150 years of collecting. The data are used to document protection recommendations for certain plants under New York State Conservation Law. We are working with DEC Lands and Forests Division as our studies proceed, so that resource managers and policy makers have the best data available.

Principal Investigator: Norton G. Miller

Collaborator:
· Lorinda Leonardi (New York State Museum)
· Andrew D. Miller (Cornell University)
· Stuart F. McDaniel (Duke University)
· Gert Steen Mogensen (Botanical Museum, University of Copenhagen)

Project Year: 1982-ongoing

Project Products (last 5 years):

Miller, N. G. A study of the moss Splachnum pensylvanicum using scanning electron microscopy. Hikobia 13: 471-478. 1994.
Miller, N. G., & R. S. Mitchell. Tracking the mosses and vascular plants of New York State (1836-1994), p. 209, 210. In E. L. LaRoe et al., Eds. Our Living Resources, A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service. 1995.
Miller, N. G. Liverworts, p. 18, 19. In S. C. Gawler, J. J. Albright, P. D. Vickery, & F. C. Smith. Biological Diversity in Maine: An Assessment of Status and Trends in the Terrestrial and Freshwater Landscape. Maine Natural Areas Program. 1996.
Miller, N. G. Liverwort diversity in Maine, p. 72-79. In S. C. Gawler, J. J. Albright, P. D. Vickery, & F. C. Smith. Biological Diversity in Maine: An Assessment of Status and Trends in the Terrestrial and Freshwater Landscape. Maine Natural Areas Program. 1996.
Miller, N. G. On the distributional history of the arctic-alpine moss Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Mniaceae) in North America. Bryologist 99: 187-192. 1996.
Miller, N. G., & D. McKinley. Taxonomic status of the moss Grevilleanum serratum, with notes on the early 18th century American scientists, L. C. Beck and E. Emmons, Senior. Bryologist 100:198-203. 1997.
Miller, N. G., & G. S. Mogensen. Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Bryophyta, Mniaceae) in North America and Greenland: Male plants, sex-differential geographic distribution, and reproductive characteristics. Bryologist 100: 499-506. 1997.
Miller, N. G., & A. D. Miller. Occurrence of the leafy liverwort, Frullania bolanderi, in old-growth forests of northeastern North America. Jour. Torrey Bot. Soc. 125: 109-116. 1998.
Miller, N. G., & G. S. Mogensen. Male plants of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides? The Bryological Times 77: 7. 1994.
Miller, N. G. A case study of two rare New York mosses: Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides and Heterocladium dimorphum. (Abstr.) Program and Abstracts New York Natural History Conference III, p. 34. 1994.
Miller, N. G. Heterocladium dimorphum (Brid.) Schimp. in B.S.G. [Synonym: H. squarrosulum (Voit) Lindb.]. New York Rare Bryophytes Newsletter 3: 1-5. 1994.
Miller. N. G. Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Hüb.) Nyh. ex T. Kop. [Synonym: Mnium hymenophylloides Hüb.]. New York Rare Bryophytes Newsletter 4: 4-7. 1996.
Miller, N. G., & G. S. Mogensen. Male plants, sex-differential geographic distribution, and reproductive characteristics of the moss Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides. (Abstr.) Amer. Jour. Bot. 84(6): 20. 1997.
Miller, N. G. A rare moss, Aulacomnium turgidum, rediscovered in the Adirondacks. NYFA (New York Flora Association) Newsletter 8(3): 2, 3. 1997.
Miller, N. G., & W. R. Buck. Books for beginners in bryology. Evansia 14: 109-122. 1997.
McDaniel, S. F., & N. G. Miller. Elevational differences in winter dispersal of bryophytes in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. (Abstr.) Abstracts New York Natural History Conference V. New York State Museum Circular 60: 23. 1998.
Miller, N. G., & S. F. McDaniel. Recent, construction-mediated establishment of calcicole mosses on Whiteface Mountain, New York. (Abstr.) Abstracts New York Natural History Conference V. New York State Museum Circular 60: 24. 1998.

Geographic Extent: Statewide, and areas in nearby states with floras similar to those in New York

Category: bryophyte, moss, liverwort, hornwort, floristics, plant distribution, bryophyte identification, alpine plants, sex differential distribution