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Polytrichastrum alpinum (alpine polytrichastrum moss)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Polytrichum alpinum, also known as Alpine haircap, is a species of moss from the family Polytrichaceae. It is widely distributed and may be found growing among other moss species.
View Wikipedia Record: Polytrichastrum alpinum

Infraspecies

Polytrichastrum alpinum var. alpinum (alpine polytrichastrum moss)
Polytrichastrum alpinum var. fragile (fragile polytrichastrum moss)
Polytrichastrum alpinum var. septentrionale

Attributes

Light Preference [1]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [1]  Very Acid
Soil Moisture [1]  Moist

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tapantí-Macizo de La Muer National Park II 12767 Costa Rica

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0