02555nas a2200253 4500008004100000245006600041210006600107300001200173490000700185520183600192653001902028653001302047653001402060653002102074653002202095653002402117653001602141653001502157653002102172653002402193653002202217100001902239856004302258 2010 eng d00aAsa Gray and the Development of Bryology in the United States0 aAsa Gray and the Development of Bryology in the United States a287-3040 v153 a
Asa Gray never expanded his knowledge of floristic bryology to the extent he developed expertise in flowering plant taxonomy. Nevertheless, he became experienced in bryological floristics early in his botanical career, and Gray absorbed new bryological information, both floristic and conceptual, throughout his life from wherever it was generated. He had plans to advance bryology in the United States, including an exsiccata and publishing a volume devoted to cryptogams as part two of the second edition of his Manual, but both never happened. His respect for the bryological talent and energy of William S. Sullivant, whose achievements Gray consistently encouraged and fostered, allowed Sullivant, a non-academic in Columbus, Ohio, to become a highly regarded bryologist of international stature and the designated Father of American Bryology. The growth of bryofloristic knowledge in the United States is traced from the earliest colonial period to later workers, including Dillenius, André Michaux, Palisot de Beauvois, Henry Muhlenberg, Lewis Schweinitz, Lewis Beck, and John Torrey, to Asa Gray, and eventually to William Sullivant. The bryological work and accomplishments of each of them show that all participated in a sophisticated international network of information exchange by letter or other conveyance, thereby building important collections of bryophyte specimens and printed references. For some, this happened during the 1800s when improvements in compound light microscopy led to the resolution of morphology not before revealed with certainty in bryophytes and to conceptual advances in understanding the biology of these plants, which in turn allowed the discovery of the mesoscale structural uniqueness of them and continuing advancements in their systematics in the post-Sullivant era.
10aAndré Michaux10aAsa Gray10aDillenius10aHenry Muhlenberg10ahistory of botany10ahistory of bryology10aJohn Torrey10aLewis Beck10aLewis Schweinitz10aPalisot de Beauvois10aWilliam Sullivant1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3100/025.015.020802063nas a2200205 4500008004100000245014000041210006900181300001200250490000700262520134800269653003701617653001401654653004101668653003101709653001901740653002001759100001901779700002101798856003801819 2010 eng d00aIntroduction and recent range expansion in the moss Ptychomitrium serratum (Ptychomitriaceae) in the Southern and Eastern United States0 aIntroduction and recent range expansion in the moss Ptychomitriu a336-3440 v883 aThe moss Ptychomitrium serratum (C. Müll. Hal. ex Schimp.) Besch., is native to Mexico and parts of western Texas and southern New Mexico, and it is a rare adventive in the area from East Texas and Louisiana to Missouri, Tennessee, South Carolina, and northward to locations near the coast in New York State and Massachusetts. In the adventive part of this calcicole’s range, all collections are from the past 50 years. Concrete, mortar, and rarely asphalt shingle are its only known substrata in this region, which contrasts sharply with its common occurrence on limestone in the native portion of its range. These observations indicate recent, perhaps on-going, immigration into the eastern United States and dispersal from established populations in this region. This monoicous moss commonly produces spores, which are its primary means of spread. Given the low density occurrences in the adventive portion of the range of P. serratum, dispersal may be generally northeastward from Mexico – Texas – New Mexico, following northeastward storm tracks in the southern and eastern United States. The apparently recent spread of this moss does not show obvious reliance on any direct human activity.
Field studies on the east side of Mount Katahdin, Maine, from 2001 to 2004, and an appraisal of published and unpublished Katahdin records from previous work documented 203 different bryophytes (131 mosses and 72 liverworts) for subalpine conifer forest, alpine tundra and cirque walls, and krummholz in between. This work represents the only recent investigation of a high altitude bryoflora in the mountains of the northeastern United States. Two mosses (Hygrohypnum smithii, Pohlia tundrae) are new to this region, and six others, including Neckera oligocarpa, are new records for Maine. Investigations of Grimmia (4 spp.), Cynodontium (2 spp.) and Kiaeria (2 spp.) clarified the application of taxonomic concepts for these mosses relative to previous published work. In conjunction with parallel studies of Katahdin lichens, eight habitats were specified for the study area. These habitats were largely the same places as those recognized for lichens. The eight habitats differed in the number of Arctic mosses and in unique occurrences of various mosses and liverworts. Mean Arctic-boreal-cool temperate values, introduced as an analytical tool to evaluate the distributional affinities of Kathadin lichens, were calculated for bryophytes for seven of eight habitats. The mean for each habitat class was well predicted by a multiple regression equation, with altitude, solar gain and snowpack persistence, but not substratum, as independent variables. Upper and lower altitutinal limits of bryophyte species occurrence were determined. The documented presence of Katahdin alpine bryophytes in four other mountain areas in northeastern United States and adjacent Québec, Canada, showed fewer of them in western areas (the high Adirondack Mountains, New York and Mt. Mansfield, Vermont), a possible outcome of increasing oceanic conditions eastward.
10aAlpine and subalpine bryofloras10abryophyte ecology and distribution10aKatahdin10aliverworts10aMaine10amosses10anortheastern United States and adjacent Canada10asnow bed1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-112.4.70400880nas a2200157 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123300001000192490000700202520039800209653002600607653000900633653001300642100001900655856004800674 2009 eng d00aThe Moss Grimmia muhlenbeckii (Grimmiaceae) is Widespread in Eastern New York0 aMoss Grimmia muhlenbeckii Grimmiaceae is Widespread in Eastern N a40-440 v263 aGrimmia muehlenbeckii, hitherto unrecorded in the bryoflora of New York State, is documented from eight counties in a large part of eastern New York. In this region G. muehlenbeckii grows at low to middle altitude on calcareous, weakly calcareous, and acidic rock, usually on bedrock outcrops that are weathered. The earliest collection from this area dates to 1955.
10aGrimmia muehlenbeckii10amoss10aNew York1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0747-9859-26.2.4000566nas a2200121 4500008004100000245017400041210006900215300001100284490000700295653001200302100001900314856011100333 2009 eng d00aReview of: Hu Ren-liang, Wang You-fang, & Marshall R. Crobsy, Eds.-in-Chief, Si He, Ed., Moss Flora of China, English Version, Volume 7: Amblystegiaceae-Plagiotheciaceae0 aReview of Hu Renliang Wang Youfang Marshall R Crobsy EdsinChief a87, 880 v1410abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/review-hu-renliang-wang-youfang-marshall-r-crobsy-edsinchief02310nas a2200205 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123300001200192490000800204520170200212653001201914653001501926653001401941653002701955653002301982653002302005653002002028100001902048856003702067 2009 eng d00aStudies of Mosses Adventive and Naturalized in the Northeastern United States0 aStudies of Mosses Adventive and Naturalized in the Northeastern a218-2300 v1113 aField and herbarium research has revealed three newly recognized introduced and naturalized mosses in the northeastern United States. Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, as that name is often applied in eastern North America, consists of a widespread common native species, R. subpinnatus, a carpet-forming moss of wet conifer and conifer-hardwood forest, and R. squarrosus in the strict sense, an introduced and naturalized moss that appears to be infrequent in eastern North America and restricted to weedy habitats such as lawns. Kindbergia praelonga is documented to occur on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, in lawns in Nantucket town, indicating that it is a naturalized member of the bryoflora. There may also be native populations of this moss elsewhere in eastern North America, but this is unconfirmed. A moss of the southeastern and midwestern United States, Funaria flavicans, has been found with mature sporophytes in flower pots at a retail nursery on Nantucket Island in circumstances indicating it is an adventive. It may be a waif, or possibly a member of the naturalized bryoflora of Massachusetts, if in the future populations outside cultivation are found. New occurrences of a European moss, Psuedoscleropodium purum, from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and in other places in eastern North America (Nova Scotia and North Carolina) add substantially to the previously known distribution of this moss. These new collections were in part from residential lawns and similar habitats outside of cemeteries where most of the previously known occurrences were concentrated, which may indicate that this moss is spreading.
10aFunaria10aKindbergia10alawn moss10anaturalized bryophytes10aplant introduction10aPseudoscleropodium10aRhytidiadelphus1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3119/08-7.100482nas a2200145 4500008004100000245003900041210003400080260006200114300001200176653001200188100001900200700001800219700002200237856007700259 2008 eng d00aThe Bryoflora of Martha's Vineyard0 aBryoflora of Marthas Vineyard aWoods Hole, MassachusettsbMarine Biological Laboratories a149-15810abiology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aKeith, A., R.1 aSpongberg, S., A. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/bryoflora-marthas-vineyard00896nas a2200169 4500008004100000245007200041210006900113300001000182490000700192520040200199653001500601653000900616653001700625100001900642700001700661856004800678 2008 eng d00aBryological Results of the 31st A. L. Andrews Foray in Rhode Island0 aBryological Results of the 31st A L Andrews Foray in Rhode Islan a47-520 v253 aA bryological inventory of four natural areas in northeastern and southern Rhode Island documented
the presence of 97 mosses (including 13 peat mosses) and 21 liverworts. While no modern checklist
of Rhode Island bryophytes exists, the list of the species found is a starting point for further exploration
and documentation of the bryoflora of this New England State.
The rhizoid-tuber-bearing mosses, Bryum tenuisetum and B. violaceum, have been found on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, on acidic sandy soil in areas of anthropogenic disturbance. Neither one has evidently been reported before for New England, and they are known only from a few places elsewhere in eastern North America. The plants of B. violaceum had strongly papillose rhizoids (vs. smooth according to descriptions of plants from elsewhere) but agree with other collections in various diagnostic characteristics. Plants in both collections were without sporophytes, which is typical of these dioicous bryums.
10abryophytes10aBryum tenuisetum10aBryum violaceum10arhizoid-tuber-bearing mosses1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0747-9859-25.3.5700616nas a2200181 4500008004100000245006200041210005800103260002600161300001000187653001700197100001900214700002200233700001700255700001900272700002000291700002200311856010100333 2008 eng d00aThe Cohoes Mastodon and Younger Dryas in Eastern New York0 aCohoes Mastodon and Younger Dryas in Eastern New York aGlens Falls, New York a19-2510apaleontology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aDe Simone, D., J.1 aWall, G., R.1 aMiller, N., G.1 aRayburn, J., A.1 aKozlowski, A., L. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/cohoes-mastodon-and-younger-dryas-eastern-new-york00639nas a2200145 4500008004100000245012400041210006900165260005700234300001200291653002500303100001900328700001900347700001900366856010800385 2008 eng d00aContemporary and Prior Environments of the Hyde Park, New York, Mastodon, on the Basis of Associated Plant Macrofossils0 aContemporary and Prior Environments of the Hyde Park New York Ma aIthaca, New YorkbPaleontological Research Institute a151-18110abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aAllmon, W., D.1 aNester, P., L. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/contemporary-and-prior-environments-hyde-park-new-york-ma00390nas a2200121 4500008004100000245004500041210004200086300000700128490000600135653002000141100001900161856008800180 2008 eng d00aA Look Back: Bryologist Lewis Caleb Beck0 aLook Back Bryologist Lewis Caleb Beck a140 v410abiology history1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/look-back-bryologist-lewis-caleb-beck00393nas a2200121 4500008004100000245004300041210004300084300000800127490000600135653002500141100001900166856008600185 2006 eng d00aMore on Mastodons and Their Extinction0 aMore on Mastodons and Their Extinction a4-50 v210abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/more-mastodons-and-their-extinction02052nas a2200205 4500008004100000245012900041210006900170300001200239490000800251520137700259653002301636653002101659653001301680653001301693653001701706653002301723100001901746700001901765856006201784 2006 eng d00aPaleoecology of a late Pleistocene Wetland and Associated Mastodon Remains in the Hudson Valley, Southeastern New York State0 aPaleoecology of a late Pleistocene Wetland and Associated Mastod a291-3040 v3993 aLate Quaternary history and paleoecology of a small oxbow wetland on glaciated terrain were investigated using sediment lithology (cores, bulk samples, backhoedug trenches), ground-penetrating radar, vascular plant and moss macrofossil stratigraphies, and accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon dating. A nearly complete mastodon skeleton was recovered from late Pleistocene detrital peat and peaty marl near the top of the sediment sequence. Sedimentation in the basin began with silt and clay over dense cobble outwash transported southward from the nearby Hyde Park Moraine. Overbank sediment deposition occurred between ∼13,000 and 12,220 yr B.P. during a period of tundra vegetation, which ended with a sharp rise in spruce needle abundance and a shift to autochthonous marl and finally peat deposition. Fossils of aquatic and wetland plants began to accumulate before the tundra-spruce transition and increased after it. Rich fen wetland began to infill the pond with peat, while the upland supported open white spruce and later white spruce–balsam fir–tamarack forest. The mastodon, 11,480 ± 40 radiocarbon years old, was contemporaneous with spruce–balsam fir–tamarack forest and rich fen wetland. Many mastodon bones were articulated or nearly so, indicating that the animal died in the basin and that postmortem bone dispersal was slight.
10acalcareous wetland10alate Pleistocene10amastodon10aNew York10apaleoecology10aplant macrofossils1 aMiller, N., G.1 aNester, P., L. uhttp://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/399/291.abstract00449nas a2200121 4500008004100000245006700041210006400108300001200172490000800184653001200192100001900204856010400223 2006 eng d00aReview of: Maine Mosses, SphagnaceaeTimmiaceae, by Bruce Allen0 aReview of Maine Mosses SphagnaceaeTimmiaceae by Bruce Allen a184-1870 v10810abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/review-maine-mosses-sphagnaceaetimmiaceae-bruce-allen00486nas a2200121 4500008004100000245009300041210006900134300001300203490000800216653001200224100001900236856010900255 2006 eng d00aReview of: Moosflora, 4. Neubearbietete und erweiterte Auflage, by J-P. Frahm & W. Frey0 aReview of Moosflora 4 Neubearbietete und erweiterte Auflage by J a423, 4240 v10910abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/review-moosflora-4-neubearbietete-und-erweiterte-auflage-j02010nas a2200241 4500008004100000245006700041210006000108300001000168490000800178520136400186653001501550653001501565653001501580653001801595653001101613653001601624653001701640653001701657653001501674653002201689100001901711856003801730 2005 eng d00aThe Bryoflora of Mt. Everett, Taconic Mountains, Massachusetts0 aBryoflora of Mt Everett Taconic Mountains Massachusetts a34-510 v1073 aAn inventory of the bryophyte flora of Mt. Everett and vicinity, southwestern Massachusetts, a 795 m mountain with an unusual dwarf Pinus rigida (pitch pine) summit forest, produced records for 109 mosses and 45 liverworts (153 species and one variety). The summit pine vegetation contained some bryophytes known to occur in lowland pitch pine forest elsewhere in the northeastern United States, but no species unique to this vegetation type. Some species more characteristic of higher elevation mountains with red spruce-balsam fir forest in the northeastern United States were present in the summit and subsummit areas of Mt. Everett, especially the latter. These azonal northern bryophytes may be descendents of populations of species that were more abundant in the past. Species richness on the mountain increased from summit to lowland, and the subsummit area contained more species than the summit forest area. Substantial differences exist between the bryofloras of Mt. Everett and Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts, 70 km to the north, reflecting edaphic and climatic dissimilarities between the two areas. Bryum flaccidum, Plagiomnium medium, Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum, and Sphagnum quinquefarium, on the basis of collections from Mt. Everett and vicinity, are added to the flora of Massachusetts.
10aBerkshires10abryophytes10aliverworts10aMassachusetts10amosses10aMt. Everett10aMt. Greylock10apine barrens10apitch pine10aTaconic Mountains1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3119/04-13.103040nas a2200241 4500008004100000245012000041210006900161300001200230490000800242520233100250653002602581653001502607653001402622653001202636653001002648653001702658653001702675653001302692100001902705700001902724700001802743856003702761 2005 eng d00aBryophytes and Lichens of a Calcium-Rich Spring Seep Isolated on the Granitic Terrain of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, U.S.A0 aBryophytes and Lichens of a CalciumRich Spring Seep Isolated on a339-3580 v1073 aAn unexpected concentration of calcicole mosses and lichens has been discovered at and near a small spring seep on the granite headwall of the North Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Piscataquis County, Maine. Water samples from the spring were circumneutral and high in calcium ion content, whereas other springs, ponds, and streams on the mountain tested acidic and low in calcium. Because the Katahdin granite contains no primary carbonate minerals, it is suggested that the source of calcium enrichment in the North Basin spring water is secondary calcium carbonate (calcite) precipitated in cavities and fractures near the base of the upper Katahdin granite and its subsequent dissolution and mobilization by percolating groundwater. Plagioclase, epidote, and other calcic minerals in the granite supply the primary calcium ions. The moss calcicoles grew in small discontinuous patches on wet humified peaty soil over alpine bedrock ledges in communities having floristics and water chemistry similar to lowland rich fens. Present in or near the seep were mosses previously unrecorded for New England or Maine [Loeskypnum wickesiae (Grout) Tuom., Neckera oligocarpa Bruch in Hartm., Pseudoleskea radicosa (Mitt.) Mac. & Kindb., Tortella tortuosa var. fragilifolia (Jur.) Limpr., Warnstorfia sarmentosa (Wahlenb.) Hedenäs], one lichen [Hymenelia cyanocarpa (Anzi) Lutzoni], reported here for the first time from North America, and another lichen (Thelidium minutulum Körb.) for the first time from the contiguous United States. An area adjacent to the seep, but unaffected by calcareous seep-water, was remarkable for a concentration of rare lichen species of acidic rocks, including Catillaria contristans (Nyl.) Zahlbr. and Lecanora caesiosora Poelt, that have not previously been reported from North America. The bryophyte and lichen flora of the seep area is an example of a Holocene alpine microrefugium. Refugia such as these can serve as a source of propagules that allow new populations to establish elsewhere in mountainous terrain, or beyond, during climatic and other environmental change. Therefore, extant, cryptic microrefugia are important biogeographically and especially worthy of preservation efforts.
10aBase-rich spring seep10abryophytes10acalcicole10alichens10aMaine10amicrorefugia10aMt. Katahdin10arich fen1 aMiller, N., G.1 aFryday, A., M.1 aHinds, J., W. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3119/05-7.100432nas a2200145 4500008004100000245002500041210002500066260004400091300001200135653001200147100001900159700001900178700001800197856007100215 2005 eng d00aFlora and Vegetation0 aFlora and Vegetation aSyracuse, NYbSyracuse University Press a573-57410abiology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aEisenstadt, P.1 aMoss, L., E-. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/flora-and-vegetation00405nas a2200121 4500008004100000245005200041210005200093300001200145490000700157653001200164100001900176856008800195 2004 eng d00aAdditions to the Liverwort Flora of Connecticut0 aAdditions to the Liverwort Flora of Connecticut a141-1440 v2110abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/additions-liverwort-flora-connecticut01959nas a2200205 4500008004100000245011100041210006900152300001400221490000700235520130200242653002501544653001401569653001401583653003201597653002801629653001201657100001901669700002101688856004401709 2004 eng d00aBryophyte Dispersal Inferred from Colonization of an Introduced Substratum on Whiteface Mountain, New York0 aBryophyte Dispersal Inferred from Colonization of an Introduced a1173-11820 v913 aA long-standing debate in bryophyte biogeography concerns the frequency of long-distance spore dispersal. The diversity of bryophytes on mortared rock walls along the Veterans Memorial Highway on Whiteface Mountain, New York, USA, was studied to document the recruitment of species over the 65 years since the highway was constructed. The highway is situated in the Adirondack Mountains, a relatively unpopulated region with a largely acidic flora. The introduction of mortar has increased the bryophyte diversity by 50% above that of native lithic substrata on the mountain. The composition of the native and mortar floras differed greatly, suggesting that the walls were not colonized by locally abundant ruderal species. Many of the species sampled on the walls are typically found only in lower elevation forested sites, distant (∼5 km or more) from the highway, and not on anthropogenic calcium carbonate. These results suggest that a bryophyte community consisting of common and uncommon species assembled from distant sites at the rate of at least one species per year in the last 65 years. These data provide the ecological context for experimental and phylogeographic studies and suggest that some bryophytes may be capable of routine dispersal over distances of at least 5 km.
10aAdirondack Mountains10abryophyte10acalcicole10acalcium carbonate substrata10aLong-distance dispersal10aruderal1 aMiller, N., G.1 aMcDaniel, S., F. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.91.8.117300505nas a2200133 4500008004100000245008100041210006900122300001200191490000800203653001200211100001900223700001700242856011200259 2003 eng d00aThe Asian Weed Fatoua villosa (Moraceae) in New York State and Massachusetts0 aAsian Weed Fatoua villosa Moraceae in New York State and Massach a286-2910 v10510abiology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aWood, C., E. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/asian-weed-fatoua-villosa-moraceae-new-york-state-and-massach00587nas a2200133 4500008004100000245015900041210006900200300001000269490000700279653002500286100001900311700001900330856010400349 2003 eng d00aExtending the Paleobotanical Record at the Hiscock Site, New York: Correlations Among Stratigraphic Pollen Assemblages from Nearby Lake and Wetland Basins0 aExtending the Paleobotanical Record at the Hiscock Site New York a43-620 v3710abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aFutyma, R., P. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/extending-paleobotanical-record-hiscock-site-new-york00467nas a2200145 4500008004100000245003400041210003000075260006200105300001100167653001200178100001900190700001700209700001900226856007600245 2003 eng d00aThe Pine Bush Bryophyte Flora0 aPine Bush Bryophyte Flora aAlbany, New YorkbThe University of the State of New York a35- 3610abiology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aLeonardi, L.1 aBarnes, J., K. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/pine-bush-bryophyte-flora00633nas a2200133 4500008004100000245005700041210005100098300001000149490000800159520026000167653001200427100001900439856004100458 2002 eng d00aAneura maxima (Hepaticae:Aneuraceae) in Maine, U.S.A0 aAneura maxima HepaticaeAneuraceae in Maine USA a77-820 v1043 aAneura maxima (Schiffn.) Steph. Maine: Kennebec Co., Mud Pond, ca. 5 km SW of Litchfield along Highway 126, 44°12'N,
69°58'W, bottom of an animal run over wet peat, minerotrophic edge of fen mat near pond, 19 Sep 1987, Miller 9497 (nys).
Plants of Pseudoscleropodium purum, a moss native to central and western Europe, are well established in western, central, and eastern New York State, mainly in lawns of cemeteries, especially those with moist clayey soil, shade provided by conifers (Picea abies, Thuja occidentalis) in small groves, and periodic mowing. Male and female plants occur in Rensselaer County, New York cemeteries, but not in the same ones. Sporophytes have not been found, and reproduction appears to occur vegetatively as plants are cut and spread during lawn maintenance. If spore production is established within the naturalized range of this moss in the northeastern United States, the species may become more widespread, and possibly invasive. While the date and method of introduction into the State of New York are unknown, a 19th century specimen of P. purum from the West Coast of North America indicates that the moss may have reached that region as packing material in the late-1800's.
10amoss10anaturalizing10aNew York1 aMiller, N., G.1 aTrigoboff, N. uhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/324491900417nas a2200121 4500008004100000245009300041210006900134300001200203490000800215653001200223100001900235856004100254 2000 eng d00aFirst Records of the European Moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Naturalized in New England0 aFirst Records of the European Moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Natu a514-5170 v10210abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/2331346001309nas a2200205 4500008004100000245008000041210006900121300000800190490000600198520070100204653001800905653001700923653003200940653002200972653000900994653001201003100001901015700002101034856004801055 2000 eng d00aMale Plants of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Bryophyta: Mniaceae) in Siberia0 aMale Plants of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides Bryophyta Mniaceae in a1-20 v93 aMale plants of the arctic-alpine moss Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides are present in a collection of this species from the unglaciated Lena River Valley, Siberia, Asian Russia. Male plants are otherwise known from near or in unglaciated refugia in arctic Canada and Alaska. Female plants are more widespread in northern regions of glaciated North America and Fennoscandia. The differential distribution of male and female plants, and the apparent absence of sporophytes in the few known places were males and females occur together, indicate that there is limited potential of dispersal by spores throughout the range of this moss, and not only in North America as was previously documented.
10aarctic-alpine10aAsian Russia10aCyrtomnium hymenophylloides10aLena River Valley10amoss10aSiberia1 aMiller, N., G.1 aMogensen, G., S. uhttp://arctoa.ru/ru/Archive-ru/9/miller.pdf00471nas a2200121 4500008004100000245008300041210006900124300000800193490000700201653001200208100001900220856011000239 2000 eng d00aPseudoscleropodium purum, A European Moss Widely Naturalized in New York State0 aPseudoscleropodium purum A European Moss Widely Naturalized in N a1-20 v1110abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/pseudoscleropodium-purum-european-moss-widely-naturalized-n00482nas a2200133 4500008004100000245006600041210006600107300001000173490000700183653001200190100001900202700002300221856010400244 2000 eng d00aWeb Site and Unpublished Data Sets for the Southeastern Flora0 aWeb Site and Unpublished Data Sets for the Southeastern Flora a83-960 v1810abiology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aArriagada., J., E. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/web-site-and-unpublished-data-sets-southeastern-flora00451nas a2200133 4500008004100000245003900041210003800080260003900118300001300157653002500170100001900195700001900214856008400233 1999 eng d00aLamb Site Pollen and Macro-fossils0 aLamb Site Pollen and Macrofossils aBuffalo, New YorkbPersimmon Press a107, 10810aanthropology biology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aGramly, R., M. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/lamb-site-pollen-and-macrofossils02481nas a2200265 4500008004100000245008500041210006900126300001200195490000700207520170400214653001801918653001601936653001501952653002401967653003401991653002202025653001802047653002302065653001102088653002002099653002002119100001902139700001802158856003902176 1999 eng d00aLate-Quaternary History of the Alpine Flora of the New Hampshire White Mountains0 aLateQuaternary History of the Alpine Flora of the New Hampshire a137-1570 v533 aA distinctive flora of 73 species of vascular plants and numerous bryophytes occurs in the ca. 20 km 2 of alpine tundra in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. The late- Quaternary distribution of these plants, many of which are disjuncts, was investigated by studies of pollen and plant macrofossils from lower Lakes of the Clouds (1 542 m) in the alpine zone of Mount Washington. Results were compared with pollen and macrofossils from lowland late-glacial deposits in western New England. Lowland paleofloras contained fossils of 43 species of vascular plants, 13 of which occur in the contemporary alpine flora of the White Mountains. A majority of species in the paleoflora has geographic affinities to Labrador, northern Québec, and Greenland, a pattern also apparent for mosses in the lowland deposits. The first macrofossils in lower Lakes of the Clouds were arctic-alpine mosses of acid soils. Although open-ground mosses and vascular plants continued to occur throughout the Holocene, indicating that alpine tundra persisted, fossils of a low-elevation moss Hylocomiastrum umbratum are evidence that forest (perhaps as krummholz) covered a greater area near the basin from 7 500 to 3 500 yBP. No calcicolous plants were recovered from sediments at lower Lakes of the Clouds. Climatic constraints on the alpine flora during the Younger Dryas oscillation and perhaps during other cold-climate events and intervening periods of higher temperature may have led to the loss of plant species in the White Mountain alpine zone. Late-glacial floras of lowland western New England were much richer than floras of areas above treeline during late-glacial time and at the present.
10aalpine tundra10aalpine zone10abryophytes10aLakes of the Clouds10alate- Quaternary distribution10aMount Washington.10aNew Hampshire10aplant macrofossils10apollen10avascular plants10aWhite Mountains1 aMiller, N., G.1 aSpear, R., W. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7202/004854ar00520nas a2200121 4500008004100000245012400041210006900165300001200234490000600246653002500252100001900277856010200296 1999 eng d00aPleurocladula albescens in the Late-Pleistocene of Vermont, U.S.A., and on the Rarity of Hepaticae in Glacial Sediments0 aPleurocladula albescens in the LatePleistocene of Vermont USA an a251-2570 v910abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/pleurocladula-albescens-latepleistocene-vermont-usa00360nas a2200121 4500008004100000245003700041210003600078300000800114490000600122653001200128100001900140856007900159 1998 eng d00aMore on Pyrola minor (Pyrolaceae0 aMore on Pyrola minor Pyrolaceae a2-40 v910abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/more-pyrola-minor-pyrolaceae01931nas a2200193 4500008004100000245011200041210006900153300001200222490000800234520133900242653002401581653001401605653001001619653001301629653002301642100001901665700001901684856003401703 1998 eng d00aOccurrence of the Leafy Liverwort, Frullania bolanderi, in Old-growth Forests of Northeastern North America0 aOccurrence of the Leafy Liverwort Frullania bolanderi in Oldgrow a109-1160 v1253 aMale plants of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides are described in detail for the first time. They difer from female plants only in gametangial features, particularly in having a splashcup perigonium similar to that of male plants in most dioicous species of Mniaceae. The isomorphic paraphyses of male and female plants are unique within the Mniaceae. Male plants producing
perigonia were found in nine herbarium specimens from parts of northeastern Alaska and arctic Canada that may have served as refugia during the Wisconsinan (Pleistocene) ice-sheet maximum. Female plants are much more common, occurring in arctic Alaska and Canada, Greenland, and southward in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and in parts of eastern Canada to the Catskill Mountains of New York. No sporophytes have been found in North America and Greenland, and outside this area only one sporophyte is known. Stems of this moss are shown to fragment into leafy pieces of variable size, and the subsequent dispersal of these, and the initiation of new growth from axillary and apical buds, appear to be the principal means of reproduction. We assume that wind is the major dispersal agent in the Arctic, but water and gravity may play a role in local dispersal in forested regions of the northeastern United States where the species displays a relictual distribution.
From various lines of evidence, including handwriting, contemporary correspondence, and study of herbarium specimens, the holotype of Grevilleanum serratum, the name of a moss that dates from 1826, is shown to be a specimen in the Bryophyte Herbarium of the New York State Museum. The holotype of G. serratum is identical taxonomically to Timmia megapolitana Hedwig (1801), making the former name a taxonomic synonym of the latter. The bryological contributions of the authors of G. serratum, L. C. Beck and E. Emmons, are discussed. Beck's bryophyte herbarium, mentioned as the foundation of an evidently completed but unpublished early moss flora of the United States, has been located largely intact but unrecognized as such in the collections of the New York State Museum. Ebenezer Emmons, remembered today mainly for his significant contributions to stratigraphic geology, had only a passing interest in mosses; Lewis Beck, in contrast, worked extensively on mosses between about 1825 and the 1830s, although the results of his studies were largely unpublished.
10abiology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aMcKinley, D. uhttp:/doi.org/10.2307/324404900453nas a2200121 4500008004100000245007100041210006700112300000900179490000600188653001200194100001900206856010600225 1997 eng d00aA Rare Moss, Aulacomnium turgidum, Rediscovered in the Adirondacks0 aRare Moss Aulacomnium turgidum Rediscovered in the Adirondacks a2, 30 v810abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/rare-moss-aulacomnium-turgidum-rediscovered-adirondacks00472nas a2200121 4500008004100000245008000041210006900121300001300190490000700203653001200210100001900222856010900241 1997 eng d00aReview of: H.-D. Behnke et al. Progress in Botany/Fortschritte der Botanik0 aReview of HD Behnke et al Progress in BotanyFortschritte der Bot a406, 4070 v2010abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/review-hd-behnke-et-al-progress-botanyfortschritte-der-bot00494nas a2200121 4500008004100000245009600041210007000137300000800207490000600215653001200221100001900233856012000252 1996 eng d00aCyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Hüb.) Nyh. ex T. Kop. [Synonym: Mnium hymenophylloides Hüb.]0 aCyrtomnium hymenophylloides Hüb Nyh ex T Kop Synonym Mnium hymen a4-70 v410abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/cyrtomnium-hymenophylloides-h%C3%BCb-nyh-ex-t-kop-synonym-mnium-hymen01601nas a2200133 4500008004100000245011700041210006900158300001200227490000700239520115000246653001201396100001901408856004001427 1996 eng d00aOn the Distributional History of the Arctic-alpine Moss Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Mniaceae) in North America.0 aDistributional History of the Arcticalpine Moss Cyrtomnium hymen a187-1920 v993 aHerbarium specimens of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides document that this calcicole moss is widespread at lowland stations across the North American Arctic, largely north of treeline. It is found southward in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada, often in high elevation vegetation, and in New York-New England-eastern Canada in mountainous areas, but at lower altitudes beneath deciduous or conifer-deciduous forest. Its southeasternmost disjunct stations, which occur north of the glacial boundary, are interpreted as relicts on the basis of a late-Pleistocene fossil recovered from sediment of glacial Lake Hitchcock, southeastern Vermont. Extant
populations occur near where the fossil was found. Spore production is unknown in North America in this dioicous moss, but its fragile stems may allow local dispersal at edaphically favorable sites and over longer distances in treeless vegetation. The southeasternmost disjunct populations may be clones, the persistence of which is favored by vegetative spread through the proliferation of new leafy branches from portions of the plants growing at or below the surface of the soil.
Collection and research activities in biology at the New York State Museum (NYSM) are centered in the Biological Survey. Its operating funds are set by the governor, the state legislature, and the state education department. Additional funding is provided from grants and the New York State Museum Institute. Operating budgets and staff size between 1973 and 1994 were rather constant or rose somewhat during the first three-fourths of this period, then increased dramatically as a result of special appropriations by the legislature. In recent fiscal years, there were major cuts in the NYSM's operating budget, and the Biological and Geological Surveys were especially targeted for “downsizing.” The museum embarked on a campaign to have the proposed cuts more broadly assigned or the funding restored. The methods used included testimonials to legislators by survey clients and visits by museum staff to explain the benefits of the surveys. The Museum Visiting Committee and the Business and Industry Advisory Council were formed to further ensure support of the surveys. This advocacy emphasized the importance of a clear focus on actual and potential client needs in research and other programs of the surveys, constantly advertising what we do, and broadly-based collaborative projects that make good use of expertise existing in the state. The Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) was created by legislation in 1993 and placed within the NYSM.
Fresh, liquid-preserved, air-dried, and critical-point dried materials of Splachnum pensylvanicum from New York State, U.S.A., examined by light and scanning electron microscopy, revealed the following. The plants are autoicous; the spores are minutely reticulate; the apophysis is translucent, yellow-green, and wider than the urn when fresh and green but more opaque when dry; the operculum is blunt and rounded when fresh but mamillate when dry; the inner surfaces of peristome teeth are papillose, while the sculpturing of the outer faces is in parallel sinuose rows; the spore sac seems to participate in spore presentation at the mouth of the urn; setae grow about three times in length during spore release; and polysety. Distinctions between this moss and Tetraplodon angustatus in the shape of the capsule and operculuin are clarified. In S. pensylvanicum the apophysis is wider than the urn when fresh but narrower when dry; in T. angustatus it is wider in fresh and dry plants. In S. pensylvanicum the operculum apex is broad and rounded when fresh (and similar to that of T. angustatus) but mamillate when dry. Vegetative leaves of S. pensylvanicum and S. ampullaceum, which are found at the base of the plants often among the rhizoids, are similar in shape and dentation but differ somewhat in areolation and in the degree of tapering toward the leaf base.
10abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/study-moss-splachnum-pensylvanicum-using-scanning-electro01840nas a2200181 4500008004100000245004900041210004800090300000900138490000700147520133200154653002401486653002301510653002301533653002601556653001501582100001901597856004201616 1993 eng d00aModern Research with Bryophytes: An Overview0 aModern Research with Bryophytes An Overview a1-100 v253 aDescriptions are given of the family and the 2 genera with representatives in the SE USA: Melia (the introduced M. azedarach) and Swietenia (S. mahagoni, native at the southern end of Florida).
10abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/genera-meliaceae-southeastern-united-states00480nas a2200121 4500008004100000245009600041210006900137300001000206490000600216653001200222100001900234856010500253 1990 eng d00aLate-Pleistocene cones of jack pine (Pinus banksiana) at the Hiscock Site, western New York0 aLatePleistocene cones of jack pine Pinus banksiana at the Hiscoc a95-980 v710abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/latepleistocene-cones-jack-pine-pinus-banksiana-hiscoc00665nas a2200157 4500008004100000245011100041210006900152260006200221300001200283653002500295100001900320700002100339700002000360700002000380856010700400 1990 eng d00aThe management of rare plants: Suggestions derived from paleoecological studies of late-Pleistocene floras0 amanagement of rare plants Suggestions derived from paleoecologic aAlbany, New YorkbThe University of the State of New York a159-16210abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aMitchell, R., S.1 aSheviak, C., J.1 aLeopold, D., J. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/management-rare-plants-suggestions-derived-paleoecologic00432nas a2200133 4500008004100000245002300041210002300064260006900087300001000156653002500166100001900191700001900210856006900229 1990 eng d00aPlant macrofossils0 aPlant macrofossils aOntario,bQuaternary Sciences Institute. University of Waterloo a30-7210abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G.1 aMorgan, A., V. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/plant-macrofossils00406nas a2200121 4500008004100000245005600041210005200097300000700149490000600156653001200162100001900174856009100193 1989 eng d00aThe Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States0 aGeneric Flora of the Southeastern United States a490 v310abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/generic-flora-southeastern-united-states01455nas a2200133 4500008004100000245012900041210006900170300001200239490000700251520097100258653002501229100001901254856004801273 1989 eng d00aLate-Pleistocene Anthelia (Hepaticae), an arctic-alpine, snow-bed indicator at a low elevation site in Massachusetts, U.S.A.0 aLatePleistocene Anthelia Hepaticae an arcticalpine snowbed indic a583-5880 v153 aA fossil of Anthelia from late-Pleistocene sediments at Tom Swamp, Massachusetts, consisted of a portion of a plant bearing the characteristic three rows of isomorphic, deeply bifid leaves. The fossil Anthelia indicates the existence of areas of late-lying snow in an essentially treeless, late-Pleistocene landscape. Associated bryophyte (mainly moss) and tracheophyte fossils establish the presence of additional hygric and mesic habitat types.
The occurrence of Anthelia and other leafy liverwort fossils in the basal inorganic sediments at Tom Swamp is unusual. Features of these fossils suggest that the translucent quality of some of the fragments and their small size (1 mm or smaller), which relates to fragmentation during transport, diagenesis and extraction (the breakage resulting from a weak middle lamella between the cells), may be reasons for the rarity of Pleistocene and Holocene fossils of liverworts.
10abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1989.15.3.58302358nas a2200133 4500008004100000245010700041210006900148300001000217490000700227520190500234653002502139100001902164856004102183 1989 eng d00aPleistocene and Holocene floras of New England as a framework for interpreting aspects of plant rarity0 aPleistocene and Holocene floras of New England as a framework fo a49-690 v913 aThe type specimens of Drepanocladus minnesotensis Williams and Neocalliergon integrifolium Williams are shown to be D. aduncus var.kneiffii (B.S.G.) Monk. and Scorpidium scorpioides (Hedw.) Limpr., respectively. These fossils, which were originally obtained from late glacial sediments in Minneapolis, Minnesota, together with other mosses identified from the deposit, indicate that deposition probably took place in a shallow depression filled with calcareous water. Pleistocene mosses from near Bronson, Minnesota, originally namedD. minnesotensis are reidentified as D. aduncus (Hedw.) Warnst. and Calliergon giganteum (Schimp.) Kindb.
10abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.2307/280605700363nas a2200121 4500008004100000245005300041210004900094300001200143490000700155653001200162100001900174856004800193 1982 eng d00aThe Caricaceae in the Southeastern United States0 aCaricaceae in the Southeastern United States a411-4270 v6310abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/925305200467nas a2200121 4500008004100000245007500041210006900116300001300185490000700198653001200205100001900217856010900236 1982 eng d00aExtent of exploration in temperate North America; summarizing comments0 aExtent of exploration in temperate North America summarizing com a467, 4680 v7110abiology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttps://www.nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/extent-exploration-temperate-north-america-summarizing-com00446nam a2200109 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123260006200192653002500254100001900279856003800298 1973 eng d00aLate-glacial and Postglacial Vegetation Change in Southwestern New York State0 aLateglacial and Postglacial Vegetation Change in Southwestern Ne aAlbany, New YorkbThe University of the State of New York10abiology paleontology1 aMiller, N., G. uhttp://purl.nysed.gov/nysl/883477