Species: Orthotrichum rivulare
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 tuft, dark green to nearly black. Stems often branched. Leaves imbricate when dry, spreading when moist, oblong-lingulate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse to rounded at apex; margins strongly recurved to the apex or nearly so, entire or toothed at the apex; costa ending before the apex. Autoicous. Seta shorter than the immersed capsule. Capsule strongly ribbed and shrunken under the mouth when dry (Lawton 1971).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
1999-11-26
Global Status Last Changed
1999-12-17
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Restricted to northern and central California, western Oregon, and Washington eastward to northeastern Oregon and northern Idaho with a disjunct population in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Reported from England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, France, and western Germany (Vitt 1973).