Golden Glade-moss
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Golden Glade-moss

Rhytidium rugosum

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Photo: (c) Daniel Buczkiewicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Daniel Buczkiewicz

Overview

A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.

Wrinkle-leaved Moss faces severe threats from climate change, particularly warming temperatures and altered precipitation patterns that disrupt the cool, moist conditions essential for its survival. Habitat degradation from human activities, air pollution, and increased UV radiation due to ozone depletion further compromise this sensitive species' ability to persist in its specialized environments.

Threat summary

Habitat

This moss species typically inhabits cool, moist environments including boreal and subarctic regions, often growing on soil, rocks, and decaying organic matter in open woodlands, tundra, and alpine areas. It requires stable moisture conditions and is particularly sensitive to temperature fluctuations and environmental changes.

Frequently asked questions

Why is Golden Glade-moss classified as Critically Endangered?
Golden Glade-moss is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range. Wrinkle-leaved Moss faces severe threats from climate change, particularly warming temperatures and altered precipitation patterns that disrupt the cool, moist conditions essential for its survival. Habitat degradation from human activities, air pollution, and increased UV radiation due to ozone depletion further compromise this sensitive species' ability to persist in its specialized environments.
Where does Golden Glade-moss live?
Golden Glade-moss occurs in across multiple regions. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.
What are the main threats to Golden Glade-moss?
The main threats to Golden Glade-moss are ai-1, ai-2, ai-3, and ai-4. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.

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