Rhizomnium appalachianum

Rhizomnium appalachianum is a species of moss in the family Mniaceae native to the Eastern United States and Canada, from Manitoba to Newfoundland and south to South Carolina.[1] It grows 4-8cm tall, and has relatively large leaves for a moss which are typically 6.5mm wide and 10mm long. The stems are covered in reddish hairs. It grows in wet areas such as along streams and in seeps and especially the edges where there is a transition from wet to dry.[3]

Rhizomnium appalachianum
Rhizomnium appalachianum growing from a seep in Dolly Sods Wilderness WV
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Rhizomnium
Species:
R. appalachianum
Binomial name
Rhizomnium appalachianum
T. J. Koponen
Synonyms
  • Mnium punctatum var. appalachianum (T. J. Koponen) H. A. Crum & L. E. Anderson[1]
  • Mnium punctatum Hedw. var. elatum auct. non Shimp.[2]

References
  1. McIntosh, Terry (2014). "Rhizomnium appalachianum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 28. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. Rhizomnium appalachianum, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Profile, April 30, 2020
  3. Koponen, Timo (1973). "Rhizomnium (Mniaceae) in North America". Annales Botanici Fennici. 10 (1): 1–26. ISSN 0003-3847. JSTOR 23724636.
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