Leptodontium viticulosoides (P. Beauvois) Wijk & Margadant var. sulphureum (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander

Locations ofLeptodontium viticulosoides (P. Beauvois) Wijk & Margadant var. sulphureum (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander in Virginia

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Family
Pottiaceae
Botanical Name
Leptodontium viticulosoides (P. Beauvois) Wijk & Margadant var. sulphureum (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander
Common Name
Synonym(s)
Leptodontium excelsum (Sullivant) E. Britton
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Not applicable
Comments
This moss occurs at the highest elevations of the Southern Appalachians, hence south to population centers in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Habitat
Known in Virginia from old collections by A.M. Vail and E.G. Britton: on red spruce at summit of Whitetop Mountain (elev. ~5500 ft) on the Southern Blue Ridge (Biodiversity occurrence data published by NY, TENN. Accessed through Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (CNABH) Data Portal, http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php, 2015-01-31). Since the species is reported to be associated with fir trees damaged or killed by the balsam woolly adelgid, it should also be sought at the summit of Mount Rogers, Virginia's only site for Abies fraseri (Fraser fir).
Native Status
Native

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