Rusty cord-moss (Entosthodon rubiginosus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 17

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Collections Examined

Duplicates of collection 1 (in possession of T. McIntosh) as well as collection 4 will be deposited into the UBC Herbarium.

1. Entosthodon rubiginosus (Williams) Grout
   Accession number: B89097
   Locality: Around White Lake West of Okanagan Falls
   Habitat: Clay soil crust near lake
   Collector: T. T. McIntosh with A. Kruckeberg
   Collection number: 4131
   Collection date: 7 June 1980
   Determination by:  T.T. McIntosh (1982)
   Confirmation: A. Fife
   Notes: By A. Fife: “Material scant but comparing very well with William’s type at the Field Museum.”
   
2. Entosthodon rubiginosus (Williams) Grout
   Accession number:
   Locality: Near Princeton
   Habitat: on soil near alkaline pond
   Collector: T. T. McIntosh and A. Kruckeberg
   Collection number: 4482
   Collection date: July 25, 1980
   Determination by: T.T. McIntosh
   
3. Entosthodon rubiginosus (Williams) Grout
   Accession number:
   Locality: N of Tranquille, NW Kamloops
   Habitat: on damp soil along track in grassland
   Collector: T. T. McIntosh
   Collection number: 7015
   Collection date: July 9, 1981
   Determination by: T.T. McIntosh
   
4. Entosthodon rubiginosus (Williams) Grout
   Accession number:
   Locality: Cariboo Forest Region, south of Riske Creek
   Habitat: on soil amongst mosses and litter in widespread seasonally wet, alkaline area on east facing gentle slope; in alkali salt grass (Distichlis stricta) and field sedge (Carex praegracilis) sward; associated mosses: Pottia heimii, Drepanocladus sp., Funaria sp., and Conardia compacta.
   Collector: T. T. McIntosh with F. Knezevich
   Collection number:  8078
   Collection date: October 17, 2002
   Determination by: T.T. McIntosh

Record of work

Field work related to this Report was completed in 2002, on or during the following dates and at the locations noted in brackets: May 15 – 18 (south Okanagan Valley, including White Lake), July 29 – 31 (Okanagan area), October 7 - 9 (Okanagan area), October 14 (Ashcroft area), October 16 – 20 (Cariboo Region and Kamloops area), November 9 – 10 (Cranbrook area), and December 22 – 24 (south Okanagan area).

Total search effort at specific sites for this report: Riske Creek 3 hrs; Princeton 4 hrs; White Lake 5 hrs. This represents minimum search at White Lake, where more than 24 hours have been spent in prior years.