Plagiochila echinata R.M. Schuster
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- Family
- Plagiochilaceae
- Botanical Name
- Plagiochila echinata R.M. Schuster
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Plagiochila euryphyllon Carl subsp. echinata (R.M. Schuster) Inoue
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- The first Virginia population was discovered in August 2021 along Cove Creek, Scott County. Coincidentally, this small population was associated with a colony of Acrobolbus ciliatus, also a new species for Virginia. Plagiochila echinata is restricted to the Appalachian Plateaus and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (http://www.southernappalachianbryophytes.org/). Range-wide, it is generally found in stream ravines in cove hardwood forests; moist boulder slopes in northern hardwood forests at moderate elevations; sheltered, vertical rock walls; on ceilings of cave-like boulder crevices; and in shaded rock crevices often wet from seepage and the proximity of falling water (Zartman and Pittillo 1998, http://www.southernappalachianbryophytes.org/).
- Habitat
- Rock grotto in deep gorge of Cove Creek. The creek is surrounded by hardwood forests, thickets of Rhododendron maximium, and is lined with massive rock outcrops and boulders. Given the abundance of shaded, rocky recesses in the area, additional colonies of this species may be found. Due to the depth of the gorge, direct sunlight is much more limited than in the surrounding landscape.
- Native Status
- Native
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