Species: Ulota megalospora
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Ulota
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Non-Vascular - Mosses
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Bryophyta - Bryopsida - Orthotrichales - Orthotrichaceae - Ulota
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Mosses green to yellow-green, with inconspicuous prostrate, creeping stems and erect, bushy branches, forming clumps. Leaves narrowly lanceolate from a spoon-shaped base, crisped when dry, erect-spreading when wet, with long, slender, tapering apices; margins plane or sometimes recurved. Costa ending before the apex. Capsules exserted with eight conspicuous longitudinal ribs when dry. Calyptra bell-shaped, wrinkled longitudinally, with long, bristly hairs (Christy 1996).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1999-06-09
Global Status Last Changed
1999-06-09
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Endemic to the Pacific Northwest, occurs from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia south to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and northern California (Christy 1996).