COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Porter's twisted moss, Tortula porteri, in Canada .: CW69-14/740-2016E-PDF

"This species occupies a small proportion of exposed, weathered limestone surfaces in southernmost Ontario on the Niagara Peninsula and on Pelee Island. It is a small pioneer species with poor competitive ability. The highly restricted potential habitat of the species falls within an intensively populated and developed region and is generally subject toongoing threats (quarrying, recreational use, air pollution, climate change). It has been extirpated from Middle Island due to the effects of Double-crested Cormorant. However, it has persisted in some natural areas for over 100 years and the probability that the species risks extinction in the near future is believed to be low"--Reason for designation, p. iii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
Canadian Wildlife Service.
Title COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Porter's twisted moss, Tortula porteri, in Canada .
Variant title Porter's twisted moss, Tortula porteri, in Canada
COSEWIC status report on the Porter's twisted moss, Tortula porteri, in Canada
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Évaluation et rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la tortule méridionale, Tortula porteri, au Canada.
Cover title.
"Not at risk, 2016."
"COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Jennifer Doubt for writing the status report [...]. This report was overseen and edited by René Belland, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Mosses and Lichens Subcommittee"--Cf. (p. ii).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-33).
Publishing information Ottawa : Environment Canada, c2016.
Author / Contributor Doubt, Jennifer.
Belland, René Jean, 1954-
Description x, 37 p. : ill. (some in col.), col. maps
ISBN 978-0-660-05690-6
Catalogue number
  • CW69-14/740-2016E-PDF
Subject terms Endangered species
Wild plants
Nature conservation
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