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Herposiphonia plumula

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1910

First collected

1943

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1910s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1910 by Gardner, N.L. (Near Friday Harbor.). The Museum last collected it in 1943; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 13, 2025.

From the collection

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Alive today

2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.