Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Kindb.
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Detail
- Family
- Bryaceae
- Botanical Name
- Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Kindb.
- Common Name
- Rose Moss
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- Virginia material has often been called R. roseum (Hedw.) Limpr., a western species not known to occur in the state.
- Habitat
- Moist soil, logs, tree bases, and humus-covered, mostly calcareous or basic rocks. Widespread in mesic forests of the mountains, apparently rare (or rarely collected) in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain; in the latter province, it occurs on calcareous ravine slopes underlain by Tertiary shell deposits.
- Native Status
- Native
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