Plagiochila porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb.
Detail
- Family
- Plagiochilaceae
- Botanical Name
- Plagiochila porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb.
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dum., misapplied; Plagiochila asplenioides subsp. porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) R. M. Schust.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- According to Stotler & Crandall-Stotler (1977 - Checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America), the name Plagiochila asplenioides has been misapplied everywhere except in the Pacific Northwest; all other occurrences are referable to P. porelloides.
- Habitat
- Moist to wet rocks and soil, usually along streams. Widely distributed in the mountains and Piedmont, apparently rare in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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