Species Profile for No common name(Phlegmariurus stemmermanniae)

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No common name (Phlegmariurus stemmermanniae)

Taxonomy:

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Listing Status: Endangered

Where Listed: WHEREVER FOUND

General Information

Huperzia stemmermanniae is an epiphytic (growing on another plant) hanging fir-moss (lycophyte) in the club moss family (Lycopodiaceae). The sterile stem bases are usually unforked or 1-forked, short and usually smaller than 15 cm (6 in) long and are pale yellow with fertile terminal strobili (cone like structures of small leaves). The sterile leaves are elliptic, 5 to 12 X 2 to 4 mm (0.2 to 0.5 X 0.08 to 0.16 in) long and separated. The transition to fertile leaves is somewhat gradual. The fertile leaves are ovate (egg shaped) to lanceolate (oval tapering to a point), and as long as or longer than the sporangia (enclosure in which spores are formed), which is about 1.5 to 5 mm (0.06 to 0.2 in) long. Strobili are much larger and longer than the sterile basal stem and are up to 30 cm (12 in) long and 1.5 to 2.2 mm (0.06 to 0.09 in ) in diameter and are unforked or forking (up to six times) at acute angles of 10 to 50 degrees. The branches of the strobili are usually straight.

Current Listing Status Summary

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Status	Date Listed	Lead Region	Where Listed
Endangered	10-31-2016	Pacific Region (Region 1)	Wherever found

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» Range Information

Current Range

Last Updated: 07-06-2021 - Wherever found

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Wherever found
Listing status: Endangered

States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Hawaii
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USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur:

State	County
Hawaii	Hawaii
Hawaii	Maui

» Candidate Information

No Candidate information available for this species.

No Candidate Assessments available for this species.

Candidate Notice of Review Documents

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Date	Citation Page	Title
12/05/2014	79 FR 72449 72497	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
11/22/2013	78 FR 70103 70162	Review of Native Species That are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
11/21/2012	77 FR 69993 70060	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
10/26/2011	76 FR 66370 66439	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
11/10/2010	75 FR 69222 69294	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
11/09/2009	74 FR 57804 57878	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
12/10/2008	73 FR 75176 75244	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
12/06/2007	72 FR 69034 69106	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
09/12/2006	71 FR 53756 53835	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
05/11/2005	70 FR 24870 24934	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule

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No Uplisting Documents currently available for this species.

» Federal Register Documents

Federal Register Documents

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Date	Citation Page	Title	Supporting Documents
03/20/2024	89 FR 19861 19864	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 100 species in American Samoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
02/02/2023	88 FR 7134 7177	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical Corrections for 62 Wildlife and Plant Species on the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants
06/11/2019	84 FR 27152 27154	Initiation of 5- Year Status Reviews for 91 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and American Samoa
09/30/2016	81 FR 67786 67860	Endangered Status for 49 Species From the Hawaiian Islands; Final Rule
01/22/2016	81 FR 3767 3768	Endangered Status for 49 Species From the Hawaiian Islands; Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, and announcement of public information meeting and hearing.
09/30/2015	80 FR 58819 58909	Endangered Status for 49 Species From the Hawaiian Islands; Proposed Rule
12/05/2014	79 FR 72449 72497	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions	Candidate Assessment
11/22/2013	78 FR 70103 70162	Review of Native Species That are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions	Candidate Assessment
11/21/2012	77 FR 69993 70060	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions	Candidate Assessment
10/26/2011	76 FR 66370 66439	Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions

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» Species Status Assessments (SSAs)

Species Status Assessments (SSAs)

No Species Status Assessments (SSA's) are currently available for this species.

Special Rule Publications

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» Recovery

Species with Recovery Documents Data Explorer
Recovery Priority Number: 5

Current Recovery Plan(s)

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Date	Plan Stage	Recovery Plan	Implementation Status	SSAs/Biological Reports	Recovery Implementation Strategies
12/14/2022	Final	Recovery Plan for 50 Hawaiian Archipelago Species	View Implementation Progress	Species Report: Huperzia stemmermanniae - 12/14/2022

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Date	Citation Page	Title	Document Type
03/20/2024	89 FR 19861 19864	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 100 species in American Samoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation
02/24/2022		Notice of Draft Recovery Plan for 50 Hawaiian Archipelago Species	Document Availability Notice, Draft Recovery Plan (non-FR)
06/11/2019	84 FR 27152 27154	Initiation of 5- Year Status Reviews for 91 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and American Samoa	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation

Date	Title
08/18/2021	Huperzia stemmermanniae 5-year Review

» Critical Habitat

No Critical Habitat Documents currently available for this species.

» Conservation Plans

No Conservation Plans currently available for this species.

» Petitions

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Petition Title	Date Received by the FWS	Where the species is believed to or known to occur	Petitioner Name	Requested Action	Petition Finding(s)	Active	Petition Documents
List 225 Candidate Species with Critical Habitat	05/11/2004	AL, American Samoa, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, Guam, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NM, Northern Mariana Islands, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, SC, TN, TX, US Minor Outlying Islands, UT, VA, Virgin Islands, WA, WI, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Tonga, United States, Western Samoa	Biodiversity Conservation Alliance Dr. Thomas Eisner, Dr. Jane Goodall Xerces Society Martin Sheen, Dr. Robert Hass, Dr. E.O. Wilson Dr. Paul Ehrlich Center for Biological Diversity, Dr. John Terborgh, Dr. Niles Eldredge Barbara Kingsolver, Charles Bowden,	APA: Petitioned to designate Critical Habitat ESA - Petitioned for Listing: Threatened or Endangered ESA - Petitioned for Listing: Threatened	12m petition finding Not Warranted on 11/09/2009 12m petition finding Warranted But Precluded: Resubmitted on 11/21/2012 12m petition finding Not Warranted on 10/03/2012 90 day petition finding Substantial on 12/16/2009 12m petition finding Warranted But Precluded on 01/22/1993 12m petition finding Warranted But Precluded on 12/09/1993 12m petition finding Warranted But Precluded on 10/26/2011 12m petition finding Warranted But Precluded on 05/07/1993 90 day petition finding Substantial on 12/16/1991 90 day petition finding Substantial on 09/21/1989 90 day petition finding Substantial on 01/21/1987 90 day petition finding Substantial on 09/27/2011 12m petition finding Warranted But Precluded: Resubmitted on 10/26/2011	No - Not Withdrawn	list-225.pdf coverletter.pdf

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» Biological Opinions

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» Life History

Habitat Requirements

Huperzia stemmermanniae occurs in wet montane forest at 914 to 1,219 m (3,000 to 4,000 ft). The understory of this area lacks the Cibotium menziesii (hapuu, tree fern) layer and resembles assemblages from drier areas on the island. Associated native species include but are not limited to Dryopteris wallichiana (laukahi), Cheirodendron trigynum (olapa), Coprosma rhynchocarpa (pilo), Kadua centranthoides (manono), Zanthoxylum dipetalum (kawau), Myoporum sandwicense (naio), Myrsine lessertiana (kōlea), Melicope clusiifolia (alani), Ranunculus hawaiensis (makou), Sophora chrysophylla (mamane), Leptecophylla tameiameiae (pukiawe), and Vaccinium reticulatum (ohelo).

Movement / Home Range

Huperzia stemmermanniae is a narrow endemic species that is known only from the Laupahoehoe Natural Area Reserve (NAR) on the island of Hawaii. One individual occurred in Kaapahu Valley on east Maui but has not been relocated since 1995 and may be extirpated.

Reproductive Strategy

Huperzia stemmermanniae reproduces by forming strobili (fertile portion of leaf stems) that abruptly differentiate from the sterile portions of the stems and produce kidney-shaped sporangia in the leaf axils.

Other

Huperzia stemmermanniae has short sterile portions of stems usually less than 15 cm (6 in) long with long (up to 30 cm; 12 in) fertile strobili. It can be distinguished from H. mannii by its thicker and straighter strobili and narrower angles of strobilus forkings. Ranker et al. (2019) published nomenclatural updates to the fern and lycophyte flora of the Hawaiian Islands in which five Hawaiian species were found not to be true Huperzia. Species of the Phlegmaria and Verticillata groups are now Phlegmariurus. We recognize this taxonomic change and will update the taxonomy for Huperzia stemmermanniae to Phlegmariurus stemmermanniae in a revision to the list of endangered and threatened plants at 50 CFR 17.12. Previously, this species was referred to as a fern ally. The term fern ally became obsolete when molecular data showed that these earlier plants are not closely related to the ferns. The groups do share a unique life cycle but are millions of years apart in evolutionary history (phylogeny). Plants of this older lineage are now called lycophytes.

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