Polytrichastrum formosum (Hedw.) G. L. Sm. var. densifolium (Mitten) Z. Iwatsuki & A. Noguchi
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- Family
- Polytrichaceae
- Botanical Name
- Polytrichastrum formosum (Hedw.) G. L. Sm. var. densifolium (Mitten) Z. Iwatsuki & A. Noguchi
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- A northern and boreal moss, apparently rare and local in the Southern Appalachians.
- Habitat
- Several collections from red spruce and red spruce - Fraser fir forests at the summits of Whitetop Mountain (elev. ~ 5500 ft) and Mount Rogers (elev. ~5700 ft) on the southern Blue Ridge (Biodiversity occurrence data published by FLAS, MO, NY. Accessed through Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (CNABH) Data Portal, http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php, 2015-01-31).
- Native Status
- Native
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