Leucodon andrewsianus (H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson) W.D. Reese & L.E. Anderson
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- Family
- Leucodontaceae
- Botanical Name
- Leucodon andrewsianus (H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson) W.D. Reese & L.E. Anderson
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Leucodon brachypus var. andrewianus H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson; Leucodon sciuroides (Hedw.) Schwägr., misapplied
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- Several Virginia herbarium specimens bear the name Leucodon sciuroides (Hedw.) Schwägr., which, according to FNA, is a species of Eurasia and Africa that has been frequently confused with Leucodon andrewsianus in North America.
- Habitat
- On rocks and hardwood bark, mostly above 3000 ft in the mountains. Represented in Virginia by just a few, widely scattered collections (Biodiversity occurrence data published by DUKE, NCU, NY. Accessed through Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (CNABH) Data Portal, http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php, 2015-02-10).
- Native Status
- Native
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