Species: Orthotrichum holzingeri
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Orthotrichum
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Non-Vascular - Mosses
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Bryophyta - Bryopsida - Orthotrichales - Orthotrichaceae - Orthotrichum
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Plants in tufts, dark green. Stems simple or branched. Leaves imbricate when dry, spreading when moist, ovate-lanceolate, acute to obtuse; margins recurved from base nearly to apex; costa ending in the apex. Autoicous. Capsule exserted with a tapering neck, ribbed in the upper half when dry; stomata near the middle of the capsule, superficial; peristome single or double, the 16 teeth in pairs, erect when dry, not papillose, usually with a short preperistome (Lawton 1971).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3
Global Status Last Reviewed
2004-05-17
Global Status Last Changed
2004-05-17
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Known from northeastern Oregon, one in western Washington, one in northwestern Wyoming, and the type locality in western Idaho (Vitt 1991).