Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedw.) G. L. Sm. var. alpinum
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- Family
- Polytrichaceae
- Botanical Name
- Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedw.) G. L. Sm. var. alpinum
- Common Name
- Alpine Haircap Moss
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- This moss, common across northern and boreal North America, is evidently rare in Virginia.
- Habitat
- Known in Virginia from a single, high-elevation, Blue Ridge site: cliff shelf, Stony Man Mountain, Shenandoah National Park (Biodiversity occurrence data published by DUKE. 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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