Species: Tortula laevipila
Twisted Oak Moss
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
tortule à poils lisses
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Non-Vascular - Mosses
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Bryophyta - Bryopsida - Pottiales - Pottiaceae - Tortula - which was one distinction between the two varieties.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
spp.), and rarely on rocks. It is characterized by generally coarse plants growing in small to large tufts with infolded, somewhat twisted (when dry) or erect-spreading (when moist) spathulate leaves (B.D. Mishler 2007).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-02-23
Global Status Last Changed
2009-02-23
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Twisted oak moss has a widespread but scattered global distribution: southern South America, Europe, Asia, North Africa, and western North America. In North America, it is found along the coast only on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, then southwards and inland through Washington, Oregon and California (COSEWIC 2004).