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Long
Island
Botanical Society
Vol. 20 No. 1 The QuarterlyNewsletter Winter2010
Checklist of the Bryophytes of Long Island
EricC. Morgan1 Jon A. Borysiewicz1 and Jon A. Sperling2
,
BartlettArboretum Herbarium, 151 Brookdale R<±, Stamford, CT 06903
2Queens College Biology Dept., 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367
Thebryophytes,commonlyknownashornworts,liverworts name.Withonlyahandfulofhornwortspeciesintheregion,an
andmosses,arenon-floweringplantsthataredispersedbyspores amateurbryologistcaneasilylearntorecognizetheseplants.
as opposed to seeds, and can be found in a tremendous array Liverworts are alargegroupwhich can be separated from
of habitats, often with impressive diversity and abundance. mosses by their absence of leaves, orif leaves are present, by
Whilemoderncladisticshas separatedthebryophytesintothree the arrangement of those leaves. Leafy liverworts have leaves
groups,theAnthoceratophytaorhornworts, theHepaticophyta arrangedintwo orthreerows, usuallyon creepingstems,while
orliverworts, and the Bryophytaormosses, forthe textof this mosses have theirleaves spirally arrangedwith few exceptions.
paperthe termbryophytewillbeused Amongleafyliverworts, the leaves are
inthebroadsense. never found on the upper side of the
With over 15,000 species stem, which usuallygives the plants a
worldwide, the bryophytes make up a flattenedappearance.Theleavescanbe
sizeable portion of the approximately entire,lobed,ciliateorotherwise,justas
300,000 land plants estimated to be invascularplants.Manyleafyliverworts
living today. There are about 1,500 canberecognized bywhatare known
native vascularplants on LongIsland, as complicate bilobed leaves inwhich
and the bryophytes may potentially thelobes are foldedontooneanother.
haveover400species,bringingtheland Non-leafy or thalloid liverworts have
plant total to nearly2,000. In spite of a flattened rosette or strip-like plant
theirrelativelysmallsize,arequirement bodywhich is not divided into stems
due to their lack of a developed andleaves.
vascular system, the bryophytes playa Mosses are also divided into
majorrolein ourplanet’s ecology. For subcategories. They are regarded
many years the bryophytes, like the as either pleurocarpous, with stems
lichens, have been used as indicators creeping or trailing and branches
of environmental quality such as air numerous,oracrocarpouswithupright
quality (Pott & Turpin 1996; Davis et stems (sometimesinconspicuouslyso),
al. 2001). Evenmoreimpressiveis the andfewtonobranches.Forthecorrect
CALLIERGONELLA
factthatthereismorecarbonstoredin identificationofmossesandliverworts,
asinglegenusofmoss.Sphagnum than CourtesyoftheFloraofNorthAmericaAssociation, aproperunderstandingofthesegroups
,
inanyothergenusofplantsworldwide illustratorPatricia Eckel isessential.
(Clymo&Hayward1982). For over a century, the more familiar and conspicuous
The three main groups of bryophytes are relatively easy vascular flora of Long Island has been well studied and
to distinguish from each other based upon characters visible documented through both local floristic studies and larger
with the naked eye or a hand lens. Hornworts are the least projects documenting entire families and their distributions
encounteredof thesegroups as theytendtohave quite specific acrosstheisland.ThestudyofLongIsland’sbryophyteflorahas
habitat requirements. Our local hornworts tend to have a beenmuchless exhaustive.While severallate 19thandearly20th
distinctly flattened thallus, often in irregular-shaped rosettes, century studies such asJelliffe (1899) and Cain and Penfound
usuallywith sporophytes present. These sporophytes, the spore (1938)includedthedocumentationofbryophytespecies,studies
bearingstructures,resembleananimalhorn,hencetheircommon focused solely on bryophytes are nearly non-existent for the
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(Cont.frompage 1 1936a), and eastern Suffolk County (Biechele 1993), or a
island, the one significantworkhavingincluded the entireNew focus upon vascular plants, with less emphasis upon the
YorkGtyregion(Grout1916). bryophytes (Jelliffe 1899). Other studies such as Grout
The last few decades have seen occasional papers on the (1916) and Ketchledge (1980), included Long Island as a
subject such as Biechele’s (1993) work on the liverworts of part of a larger geographic area. Grout’s work includes the
eastern Suffolk Countyand a statewide checklist of mosses by bryophytes of much of New Jersey, Westchester County,
Ketchledge (1980)which,due to agrid systemformappingthe and even the Delaware Water Gap, regions likely to have
state, lumped species foundin Staten Islandwith species from
westernmostLongIsland,andlumpedcentralLongIslandwith
portions of Westchester and Bronx Counties. Studies such as Table1.Numbersofbryophytetaxa.
these canprovide abase fromwhichtobegin future studies of ReportsincludeallorpartsofLongIsland.
thebryophytesofLongIsland,howeverwiththenarrowhabitat
requirements of manyspecies, smaller-scale studies and species Source Hornworts Liverworts Mosses
listsofnaturalareasarecurrentlyneededforaproperassessment Biechele (1993) 3 70 NA
of bryophytes in our area. In the past fewyears severalpapers Cain(1936) NA 11 23
havebeguntoaddressthistopicthroughlocalfloras (Morgan& Cain&Penfound(1938) NA 28 48
Sperling2005),individualspecies distributions (Trigoboff2005) NA NA
& Grout(1916) 370
andecologicalassessments (Morgan Sperling2007).
FloristicworksonLongIslandbryophyteswillbecomemore Jelliffe (1899) 2 25 109
NA NA
important as ecological changes occur throughout the region. Ketchledge (1980) 289
Withtheprospectofglobalclimatechange,bryophytesaswellas Currentstudy(2009) 4 78 226
vascularplantscanprovideindicationsastotherealityandextent
ofthesechanges.Slack(1977)pointsoutthatsomecoastalplain
speciesrange onlyas farnorthas LongIsland and are notseen different floras than those of Long Island and likely to be
anywhereelseintheNortheast,apatternquite familiartothose majorfactorsinhis highnumberof taxaforthe area.Within
studying vascular plant distributions. Species such as Telaranea Ketchledge’swork, thebryophytes thatmayhavebeen found
nematodes,whosenorthernmostoccurrenceisintheLongIsland insouthwesternmostLongIslandareplacedinwiththoseof
region, can provide valuable data towards an understanding of Staten Island, a separate entitywith avery differentvascular
climatechange shouldthe abundanceof species suchas thisbe flora,andpossiblybryophyte floraaswell.
alteredoverthecomingyears.Itwillbeimportanttomonitorthe In this contribution from the Long Island Botanical
distributionofmorenorthernspecieswhichoccursparinglyon Society,theauthorsbegintoprovidedataregardingthenumber
LongIsland. For these reasons, documentation of these plants of bryophytes found on Long Island, including both extant
in individual parks and preserves on Long Island will become and historic species. This datais compiled from avariety of
increasinglyimportantoverthenextfewyears. sourcesincludingpublishedliterature,herbariumrecords and
Aside from using particular species as ecological field surveys. Severallocal herbariaincludingbut notlimited
indicators, floristic change can be looked at on alarger scale to the NewYork Botanical Garden (NY), Brooklyn Botanic
in bryophytes to determine larger trends in a given area. In Garden (BKL), Bartlett Arboretum (BART), and Queens
a study of Alley Pond and Cunningham Park, in Queens College Biology Department (no official acronym) were
County,LongIsland, thespeciesrichness,ortotalnumberof searched both online and in person. Each of these herbaria
species present, dropped 36 percent for mosses, 58 percent holds significant collections of Long Island bryophytes
for liverworts, and 50 percent for hornworts from the mid ranging from hundreds to thousands of specimens collected
1980s to the early part of this century (Morgan & Sperling onLongIsland overthe past 100-plusyears. Fieldvisits have
2007). These numbers provide strong evidence of a larger been made from 2002 to the present and have resulted in
ecological shiftinthe area, although notnecessarilynegative. approximatelytwothousandcollectionsofbryophytesbythe
Could this shift be due to forest maturation, increased park authorsandcoworkersonrelatedprojects.Allspecimenshave
traffic,lowerrainfalls, highertemperatures ornone of these? beendepositedattheBartlettArboretumHerbarium(BART)
These are questions thatwill need to be examined furtheras orthe Queens CollegeBiologyDepartment.
more reliable species and distribution data are recorded for Nomenclature for this checklist follows that of the
LongIsland. USDA/NRCS,Plants NationalDatabase (2009), ortheFlora
In the past, reports of bryophyte numbers for Long ofNorthAmerica(2007)whenfamilytreatmentsareavailable.
Island have been varied and incomplete (Table 1). This is Field andlaboratoryidentificationswere done usingavariety
due to several factors includinga focus on particular smaller of guides including the Flora of North America (2007),
regions of Long Island such as Cold Spring Harbor (Cain Andrus (1980),Crum(1983) andSchuster(1949; 1953). This
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can be broken down as follows; hornworts, 2 families and Pseudosckropodiumpurum,naturalizedwidelyinNewYork
4 species; liverworts, 26 families and 78 species; mosses, 40 Stateincemeteries.Bryologist104:98-103.
families and 226 taxa. A full list of these taxais included as MorganE. C.andJ.Sperling.2003.Asurveyofthebryophytes
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Appendix 1. Checklist of the bryophytes
of Long Island, NewYork
ANTHOCERATOPHYTA FOSSOMBRONIACEAE
Telaraneanematodes
ANTHOCEROTACEAE FossombroniacristulaAustin (GottscheexAustin)M.Howe
AnthocerosmacouniiM.Howe FossombroniafoveolataLindb.
AnthocerospunctatusL. Fossombroniawondracyekii(Corda)Dumort. LUNULARIACEAE
Phaeoceroslaeiis(L.) Prosk. Funulariacrudata(L.)Dumort.
GEOCALYCACEAE
NOTOTHYLADACEAE Chiloscyphuspallescens MA11C1lANtilACEAE
Notothylasorbicularis(Schwein.) Sull. (Ehrh.exHoffm.)Dumort. MarchantiapolymorphaL.
Chiloscyphuspolyanthos Preissiaquadrata(Scop.)Nees
HEPATICOPHYTA (L.) Cordavar.riiularis(Schrad.)Nees
ANEURACEAE Geocalyxgraveolens(Schrad.)Nees PALLAVICINIACEAE
Aneurapinguis(L.)Dumort. Harpanthusdrummondii(Taylor) Grolle Pallavidnialyellii(Hook.) Carruth.
Riccardialatifrons(Lindb.) Lindb. Fophocoleaheterophylla(Schrad.)Dumort.
Rdccardiamultiflda(L.)A. Gray FophocoleaminorNees PELLIACEAE
Riccardiapalmata(Hedw) Carruth. Pelliaepiphylla(L.) Corda
GYMNOMITRIACEAE PelliamegasporaRM.Schust.
AYTONIACEAE Marsupellaemarginata(Ehrh.)Dumort. Pellianeesiana(Gottsche)Limpr.
Asterellatenella(L.)P.Beauv. Marsupellasphacelata(Gieseke)Dumort.
PLAGIOCHILACEAE
BLASIACEAE JUBULACEAE
Plagiochilaporelloides
BlasiapusillaL. FrullaniaasagrayanaMont. (Torr.exNees)Lindenb.
FrullaniabolanderiAustin
CALYPOGEIACEAE FrullaniaeboracensisGottsche PORELLACEAE
Calypogeiafissa(L.)Raddi Jubulapensylvanica(Steph.)A.Evans PorellapinnataL.
Calypogeiamuelleriana(Schiffn.)Mull.Frib. Porellaplatyphylla(L.)Pfeiff.
CalypogeiasullivantiiAustin JUNGERMANNIACEAE
PSEUDOLEPICOLEACEAE
Barbilophoyiabarbata
CEPHALOZIACEAE (SchmidelexSchreb.)Loeske Bkpharostomatrichophyllum(L.)Dumort.
Cephaloyiabicuspidata(L.)Dumort. Gymnocoleainflata(Huds.)Dumort.
Cephaloyiacatenulata(Huebener)Lindb. Jamesoniellaautumnalis(DC.) Steph. PiiLlDlACEAE
Cephaloyiaconnivens(Dicks.)Lindb. Ptilidiumpulcherrimum(Weber)Vain.
Cephaloyialunulifolia(Dumort.)Dumort.
RADULACEAE
CephaloyiamacrostachyaKaal.
Cephaloyiapleniceps(Austin)Lindb. Fophoyiabicrenata Radulacomplanata(L.)Dumort.
Cladopodiellafluitans(Nees)H.Buch (SchmidelexHoffm.)Dumort.
Cladopodiellafrancisci Fophoyiacapitata(Hook.)Macoun RICCIACEAE
(Hook.)H.BuchexJorg. Fophoyiaindsa(Schrad.)Dumort. RicciafluitansL.
Odontoschismadenudatum(Mart.)Dumort. Myliaanomala(Hook.)A. Gray RicciahuebenerianaLindenb. ssp.sullivantii
Odontoschismaprostratum(Sw.)Trevis. Nardiainsectalindb. (Austin) R.M.Schust.
Odontoschismasphagni(Dicks.)Dumort. Rdcdocarposnatans(L.) Corda
LEJEUNEACEAE
CEPHALOZIELLACEAE Fejeuneacaiifolia SCAPANIACEAE
Cephaloyielladivaricata(Sm.) Schiffn. (Ehrh.)Lindb.emend.H.Buch Diplophyllumapiculatum(A.Evans) Steph.
Cephaloyiellahampeana(Nees) Schiffn. Scapanianemorea(L.) Grolle
Cephaloyiellarubella(Nees)Warnst. LEPIDOZJACEAE Scapaniaundulata(L.)Dumort.
Nomlliacurvifolia(Dicks.)Mitt. Bayyaniatrilobata(L.)A. Gray
TRICHOCOLEACEAE
Kuryiapauciphra(Dicks.) Grolle
CONOCEPHALACEAE Kuryiasetacea(Weber) Grolle Trichocokatomentella(Ehrh.)Dumort.
Conocephalumconicum(L.)Dumort. Kuryiasylvatica(A.Evans) Grolle
Fepidoyiareptans(L.)Dumort. (Cont.onpage6)
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BRYOPHYTA BrachythedumrimlareSchimp. DicranumfulvumHook.
AMBLYSTEGIACEAE Brachythedumrutabulum(Hedw.)B.S.G. DicranummontanumHedw.
Amblystegiumserpens(Hedw) Schimp. Brachythedumsalebrosum DicranumontariensePeters.
Amblystegiumserpens\T2£.juratykanum (F.Weber&D.Mohr) Schimp. DicranumpolysetumSw.
(Schimp.)Rau&Herv. Brachythedumvelutinum(Hedw) Schimp. DicranumscopariumHedw
Amblystegiumvarium(Hedw)Lindb. Bryhnianovae-angliae(Sull.&Lesq.) Grout DicranumspuriumHedw
Calliergoncordifolium(Hedw)Kindb. Bryoandersoniaillecebra(Hedw.)H.Rob. DicranumundulatumBrid.
Calliergongiganteum(Schimp.) Kindb. Hurlynchiumhians(Hedw.) SandeLac. Rhabdomisiacrispata(With.)lindb.
Calliergonstramineum(Brid.) Kindb.
Calliergonellacuspidata(Hedw) Loeske Homalothedellasubcapillata(Hedw.) Broth. DITRICHACEAE
Campyliumhispidulum(Brid.)Mitt. Platyhypnidiumriparioides(Hedw.)Dix. Ceratodonpurpureus(Hedw)Brid.
Campyliumradicale(P.Beauv.) Grout Pseudoscleropodiumpurum(Hedw) Fleisch. Ditrichumpallidum(Hedw.)Hampe
Campyliumstedatum(Hedw) GE.O.Jensen Ditrichumpusillum(Hedw.)Hampe
Drepanocladusaduncus(Hedw.)Warnst. (Hedw)Jaeg.&Sauerb.
Hygroamblystegiumflmiatile(Hedw.)Loeske (Bruch&Schimp.) Bruch&Schimp.
Ilygroamblystegiumtenax (Hedw.)Jenn. BRYACEAE Pleuridium subulatum(Hedw)Rabenh.
Hygrohypnumeugyrium(Schimp.) Loeske
Hygrohypnumochraceum BryumcaespitidumHedw. ENTODONTACEAE
(TurnerexWilson) Loeske BryumcapillareHedw. lintodoncladorrhiyans(Hedw.)Mull.Hal.
Feptodictyumhurnile(P.Beauv.) Ochyra BryumflacddumBrid. lintodonseductrix(Hedw)Mull.Hal.
Feptodictyumriparium(Hedw)Warnst.
Platylomellakscurii(Sull.)Andrews (Hedw) G.Gaertn.,B.Mey.&Scherb. EPHEMERACEAE
Scorpidiumscorpioides(Hedw.) Iimpr. Feptobryumpyriforme(Hedw.)Wilson Ephemerumcrassinermm(Schwagr.)Hampe
Warnstorfiaexannulata(Schimp.) Loeske Pohliaannotina(Hedw)Lindb. Ephemerumserratum(Hedw)Hampe
Warnstorfiafluitans(Hedw)Loeske Pohlialescuriana(Sull.) Grout EphemerumspinulosumBruch&Schimp.
Pohlianutans (Hedw)Lindb.
ANDREAEACEAE FABRONIACEAE
AndreaearothiiF.Weber&D.Mohr (F.Weber&D.Mohr)Andrews Anacamptodonsplachnoides
RJjodobryumroseum(Hedw)Limpr. (Froel.exBrid.)Brid.
ANOMODONTACEAE
Anomodonattenuatus(Hedw)Huebener BRUCHIACEAE FISSIDENTACEAE
Anomodonrostratus(Hedw.) Schimp. Bruchiaflexuosa(Sw.exSchwagr.)Mull.Hal. FissidensadianthoidesHedw
Anomodonrugelii(Mull.Hal.)Keissl. Trematodonambiguus(Hedw)Hornsch. FissidensbryoidesHedw.
Haplohymeniumtriste(Ces.) Kindb. Fissidensbushii
BUXBAUMIACEAE (Cardot&Ther.) Cardot&Ther.
AULACOMNIACEAE BuxbaumiaaphyllaHedw. Fissidensfontanus(B.Pyl.) Steud.
Aulacomniumheterostichum Diphysdumfoliosum(Hedw.)D.Mohr FissidensosmundioidesHedw.
(Hedw)Bruch&Schimp. FissidenstaxifoliusHedw.
Aulacomniumpalustre(Hedw) Schwagr. CALYMPERACEAE
SyrrhopodonincompletusSchwagr. FONTINALACEAE
BARTRAMIACEAE SyrrhopodontexanusSull. Dichelymacapillaceum(With.)Myrin
BartramiapomiformisHedw. Dichelymapallescens Schimp.
Philonotisfontana(Hedw.)Brid. CLIMACIACEAE FontinalisantipyreticaHedw.
Plagiopusoederiana ClimadumamericanumBrid. FontinalisdalecarlicaSchimp.
(Sw)H.A.Crum&L.E.Anderson Climadumdendroides Fontinalisnovae-angliaeSull.
(Hedw)F.Weber&D.Mohr Fontinalissullivantiilindb.
BRACHYTHECIACEAE
Brachythedumacuminatum(Hedw)Austin (Renauld&Cardot) Grout FUNARIACEAE
Brachythedumacutum(Mitt.) Sull. FunariahygrometricaHedw.var. hygrometrica
BrachythedumcalcareumKindb. DICRANACEAE Physcomitriumpyriforme(Hedw.)Hampe
Brachythedumcampestre(Mull.Hal.) Schimp. Dicranellaceriiculata(Hedw) Schimp.
Brachythedumoxycladon Dicranellaheteromalla(Hedw) Schimp. GR1MM1ACEAE
&
(Brid.)Jaeg. Sauerb.var. oxycladon Dicranellarufescens(With.) Schimp. GrimmiapiliferaP.Beauv.
Brachythedumplumosum(Hedw.) Schimp. DicranumcondensatumHedw. Racomitriumadculare(Hedw)Brid.
Brachythedumpopuleum(Hedw) Schimp. DicranumflagellareHedw Schislidiumapocarpum(Hedw)Bruch&Schimp.
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HEDWIGIACEAE NECKERACEAE SPHAGNACEAE
Hedndgiadliata(Hedw) P.Beauv. NeckerapennataHedw SphagnumaffineRenauld&Cardot
HELODIACEAE ORTHOTRICHACEAE Sphagnumangustfolium(C.E.O.Jensenex
Helodiumpaludosum(Sull.)Austin OrthotrichumcupulatumBrid. Russow) C.E.O.Jensen
&
OrthotrichumohioenseSull. Lesq. SphagnumaustiniiSull.
HYLOCOMIACEAE OrthotrichumpumilumSw SphagnumcompactumDC.
Hylocomiastrumumbratum(Hedw)Fleisch. OrthotrichumpusillumMitt. SphagnumcuspidatumEhrh.exHoffm.
Ilylocomiumspkndens(Hedw.) Schimp. OrthotrichumstellatumBrid. Sphagnumfallax(Klinggr.)Klinggr.
Tkuroyiumschreberi(Brid.)Mitt. OrthotrichumstrangulatumP.Beauv.
Biotacrispa(Hedw) Brid. Sphagnumflancomans(Cardot)Warnst.
HYPNACEAE Biotahutchinsiae(Sm.)Hammar SphagnumfkxuosumDozy&Molk.
Callicladiumhaldanianum(Grev.)H.A. Crum Sphagnumfuscum(Schimp.)Klinggr.
Ctenidiummolluscum(Hedw.)Mitt. PLAGIOIHECIACEAE SphagnumgirgensohniiRussow
Heryogiellastriatella(Brid.) Z.Iwats. Plagiotheciumcavifolium(Brid.) Z.Iwats. SphagnumhenryenseWarnst.
Heryogiellaturfacea(Lindb.) Z.Iwats. Plagiothedumdenticulatum(Hedw.) Schimp. SphagnumlescuriiSull.
I\omomalliumadnatum(Hedw) Broth. PlagiothedumlatebricolaSchimp. SphagnummacrophyllumBrid.
HypnumcupressiformeHedw SphagnummagellanicumBrid.
HypnumcurvfoliumHedw. POLYTRICHACEAE SphagnummolkSull.
HypnumfertileSendtn. Atrichumangustatum(Brid.)Bruch&Schimp. SphagnumpalustreL.
HypnumimponensHedw Atrichumcrispum(James) Sull. Sphagnumpapillosumlindb.
HypnumlindbergiiMitt. Atrichumundulatum(Hedw.)P.Beauv. Sphagnumplatyphyllum
Hypnumpallescens(Hedw)P.Beauv. PolytrichumcommuneHedw. (Lindb.exBraithw) Sull.exWarnst.
Hypnumpratense(Rabenh.) KochexSpruce PolytrichumformosumHedw SphagnumportoricenseHampe
&
Isopterygiumekgans(Brid.)Lindb. PolytrichumohioenseRenauld Cardot SphagnumrecurmmP.Beauv.
Isopterygiumtenerum(Sw)Mitt. PolytrichumjuniperinumHedw SphagnumrubellumWilson
Tlatydictyasubtilis(Hedw)H.A.Crum PolytrichumpiliferumHedw SphagnumrussowiiWarnst.
Platygyriumrepens(Brid.)B.S.G. Pogonatumbrachyphyllum(Michx.)P.Beauv. SphagnumsquamosumCrome
Ptiliumcrista-castrensis(Hedw.)DeNot. Pogonatumpensilvanicum(Hedw)P.Beauv. SphagnumstrictumSull.
Taxiphyllumdeplanatum SphagnumsubsecundumNees
(Bruch&Schimp.exSull.)Fleisch. POTTIACEAE Sphagnumsubtik(Russow)Warnst.
Astomummuhlenbergianum(Sw) Grout SphagnumtenerumSull.&Lesq.
LESKEACEAE BarbulaunguiculataHedw Sphagnumteres(Schimp.)Angstr.
Bryohaplocladiummicrophyllum Desmatodonobtusifolius(Schwagr.) Schimp.
(Hedw)R.Watan.&Z.Iwats. Hymenostyliumrecurmrostre(Hedw)Dix. SphagnumtrinitenseMull.Hal.
Bryohaplocladiumlirginianum PhascumcuspidatumHedw
(Brid.) R.Watan.&Z.Iwats. Pottiatruncata(Hedw.) Fiirnr. TETRAPHIDACEAE
BeskeagracilescensHedw Tortellafragilis(Hook.&Wilson)Iimpr. TetraphispelluddaHedw
LeskeaobscuraHedw Tortellahumilis(Hedw.)Jenn.
BeskeapolycarpaHedw BortulamucronifoliaSchwagr. 1HELIACEAE
Bortulapagorum(Milde)DeNot. ThedaasprellaSull.
LEUCOBRYACEAE BortulapapillosaWilson Theliahirtella(Hedw) Sull.
Beucobryumglaucum(Hedw)Angstr. WeissiacontroversaHedw ThedakscuriiSull.
LEUCODONTACEAE PTYCHOMITRIACEAE T1IUTD1ACEAE
Beucodonjulaceus(Hedw.) Sull. Ptychomitriumincurvum(Schwagr.) Spruce Haphcladiummicrophyllum(Hedw)Broth.
Helodiumpaludulosum(Sull.)Austin
MNIACEAE SEMATOPHYLLACEAE Rauiellasdta(P.Beauv.) Reim.
MniumhornumHedw Brotherellarecurvans(Michx.) Fleisch. Thuidiumdelicatulum(Hedw.) Schimp.
Tlagiomniumdliare(Mull.Hal.)T.Kop. Sematophyllumadnatum(Michx.) E.Britton Thuidiumrecognitum(Hedw.) lindb.
Tlagiomniumcuspidatum(Hedw)T.Kop.
Tlagiomniumellipticum(Brid.)T.Kop. T1MM1ACEAE
Rhfomniumpunctatum(Hedw)T.Kop.
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Upcoming Programs April 13, 2010* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Meg McGrath: “Determining the Impact
January and February: No meeting! on Plants of Ground-level Ozone on
Long Island.” Dr. McGrath will talk about her
March 9, 2010* Tuesday, 7:30 PM work investigating the impact of ambient ozone on
Bill Titus: “Biology Today - Beyond agricultural plants growing on Long Island. Each
Darwin” This talk will be about biology and summer this ozone reaches concentrations which
are high enough to require the issuance of health
evolution with a botanical slant. Bill is a retired
Coordinator of Cornell Cooperative Extension in advisories for people. Meg is an Associate Professor
Nassau County. He has an interest in the natural with a research/extension appointment in the
Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe
sciences and, specifically, evolution and its evidence
in ourworld today. He recently attended a shipboard/ Biology at Cornell University. She is stationed at the
Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension
cruise course entitled “Evolution Emanations”
Center where she has been working since 1988
which consisted of about twenty-four hours of
on optimizing management of diseases affecting
presentations by researchers working on evolution.
Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center, vegetable cropswithin organicaswell asconventional
production systems, and also on determining impact
Muttontown Preserve, EastNorwich
ofambient ozone on plant productivity.
Location: Museum ofLong IslandNatural Sciences,
Earth andSpace Science Building, GilHanson Room
(Room 123), SUNYat StonyBrook, StonyBrook
* Refreshments and informal talk begin at 7:30 p.m.
Formal meeting starts at 8:00 p.m.
Directionsto MuttontownorStonyBrook: 516-354-6506