Polytrichastrum formosum (Hedw.) G. L. Sm. var. densifolium (Mitten) Z. Iwatsuki & A. Noguchi

Locations ofPolytrichastrum formosum (Hedw.) G. L. Sm. var. densifolium (Mitten) Z. Iwatsuki & A. Noguchi in Virginia

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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)
Polytrichum formosum Hedw.
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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