Campylium polygamum
Campylium polygamum (Schimp.) C.E.O. Jensen
Campyliaceae
Conservation status. Vulnerable [VU D2].
Morphology and biology. Perennial pleurocarpous moss forming light green or sometimes reddish green slightly glossy tufts. Stems irregularly pinnately branched, prostrate or growing upwards, 2–8 cm long. Leaves erect, slightly spreading, with elongated ovoid base, upwards narrowed and with long awl-like channelled point. Nerve single, extending 1/2–3/4 way up leaf, occasionally short and double. Sporophytes on long stalk, incline, ellipsoid to cylindrical. Bisexual.
Habitats and populations. Plants grow among grass in humid meadows and in permanent or periodically moist mires.
Distribution in Bulgaria. Pirin Mts (along springs of Chiza River).
General distribution. Balkan Peninsula (Bulgaria, R Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia) and other parts of Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Scandinavia, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Svalbard, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Baltic, European part of Russia), Caucasus, Asia, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica. Boreal species.
Threats. Limited distribution, drying up and climate changes.
Conservation measures taken. Species locality is in the area of Pirin National Park and in a site of the European ecological network Natura 2000 in Bulgaria.
Conservation measures needed. Long-term study, assessment of trends in habitat changes, and prognosis for population development.
References. Mickiewicz et al. 1966.
Author: Anna Ganeva
