Toothless Grimmia (Grimmia anodon)

Key Details

Taxonomic Groups: Non-vascular plant (incl. chromists) > moss > Moss
Red List Status: Critically Endangered (Not Relevant) [CR(nr)]
D5 Status: Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022)
Section 41 Status: (not listed)
Taxa Included Synonym: (none)
UKSI Recommended Name: Grimmia anodon
UKSI Recommended Authority: Bruch & Schimp.
UKSI Recommended Qualifier: (none specified)
Red List Citation: Callaghan, 2023
Notes on taxonomy/listing: (none)

Criteria

Question 1: Does species need conservation or recovery in England?
Response: No
Justification: Extinct in England, where only ever known from artificial habitat (on a bridge in Cumbria), so possible reintroduction seems inappropriate.
Question 2: Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions?
Response: No
Justification: Extinct in England, where only ever known from artificial habitat (on a bridge in Cumbria), so possible reintroduction seems inappropriate.
Question 3: At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages?
Response: N/A
Justification:

Species Assessment

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Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.