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'''''Andreaea frigida''''', commonly known as '''icy rockmoss''',<ref name=BBS>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Sean R.|date=2012|title=English Names for British Bryophytes|location=Wootton, Northampton|publisher=British Bryological Society|isbn=978-0-9561310-2-7|issn=0268-8034|series=British Bryological Society Special Volume|volume=5|edition=4}}</ref> is a [[moss]] endemic to Europe which is found in mountainous regions in [[Austria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Norway]], [[Romania]], [[Poland]], and [[Spain]].<ref name=zip/><ref name=BAP/> In the [[UK]] its occurrence is widespread in the [[Cairngorms National Park]], where it is typically found on rocks in burns fed by snow patches, but it is not found elsewhere except at a single site in the [[Lake District]] of [[England]].<ref name=Roth200>Rothero, Gordon "Bryophytes", in Shaw, Philip and Thompson, Des (eds.) (2006) ''The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a changing environment.'' Edinburgh. The Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-497326-1. p. 200.</ref><ref>[http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/naturallyscottish/mossesliverworts/snowbeds.asp "Snow beds – Scotland’s Arctic"] SNH. Retrieved 10 June 2008.</ref>
'''''Andreaea frigida''''', commonly known as '''icy rockmoss''',<ref name=BBS>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Sean R.|date=2012|title=English Names for British Bryophytes|location=Wootton, Northampton|publisher=British Bryological Society|isbn=978-0-9561310-2-7|issn=0268-8034|series=British Bryological Society Special Volume|volume=5|edition=4}}</ref> is a [[moss]] endemic to Europe which is found in mountainous regions in [[Austria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Norway]], [[Romania]], [[Poland]], and [[Spain]].<ref name=zip/><ref name=BAP/> In the [[UK]] its occurrence is widespread in the [[Cairngorms National Park]], where it is typically found on rocks in burns fed by snow patches, but it is not found elsewhere except at a single site in the [[Lake District]] of [[England]].<ref name=Roth200>Rothero, Gordon "Bryophytes", in Shaw, Philip and Thompson, Des (eds.) (2006) ''The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a changing environment.'' Edinburgh. The Stationery Office. {{ISBN|0-11-497326-1}}. p. 200.</ref><ref>[http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/naturallyscottish/mossesliverworts/snowbeds.asp "Snow beds – Scotland’s Arctic"] SNH. Retrieved 10 June 2008.</ref>


The earliest records for the UK date to 1854, (although its existence was not formally recognised until 1988), and it is classified as "Vulnerable". The greatest threat to its continuing existence is assumed to be [[global warming]].<ref name=BAP>[http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=92 "Species Action Plan: Icy Rock Moss (Andreaea frigida)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107144143/http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=92 |date=November 7, 2007 }} UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Retrieved 10 June 2008.</ref>
The earliest records for the UK date to 1854, (although its existence was not formally recognised until 1988), and it is classified as "Vulnerable". The greatest threat to its continuing existence is assumed to be [[global warming]].<ref name=BAP>[http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=92 "Species Action Plan: Icy Rock Moss (Andreaea frigida)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107144143/http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=92 |date=November 7, 2007 }} UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Retrieved 10 June 2008.</ref>

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Icy rockmoss
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A. frigida
Binomial name
Andreaea frigida
Hedwig.[1]

Andreaea frigida, commonly known as icy rockmoss,[2] is a moss endemic to Europe which is found in mountainous regions in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Romania, Poland, and Spain.[1][3] In the UK its occurrence is widespread in the Cairngorms National Park, where it is typically found on rocks in burns fed by snow patches, but it is not found elsewhere except at a single site in the Lake District of England.[4][5]

The earliest records for the UK date to 1854, (although its existence was not formally recognised until 1988), and it is classified as "Vulnerable". The greatest threat to its continuing existence is assumed to be global warming.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Andreaea frigida" Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ZipcodeZoo.com Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  2. ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
  3. ^ a b "Species Action Plan: Icy Rock Moss (Andreaea frigida)" Archived November 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  4. ^ Rothero, Gordon "Bryophytes", in Shaw, Philip and Thompson, Des (eds.) (2006) The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a changing environment. Edinburgh. The Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-497326-1. p. 200.
  5. ^ "Snow beds – Scotland’s Arctic" SNH. Retrieved 10 June 2008.