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  2. Plants
  3. Mosses
  4. Joint-toothed Mosses
  5. Pottiales
  6. Pottiaceae
  7. Tortula Moss

genus

Tortula Moss

Tortula

Includes
2 native 8 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children 24 of 28

  • Wall Screw-moss
  • Common Pottia present
  • Cuspidate Earth Moss native
  • Awl-leaved Screw-moss native
  • Rib-leaf Moss native
  • Blunt-fruited Pottia
  • Tall Pottia
  • Lance-leaved Pottia
  • Tortula obtusifolia
  • Tortula inermis
  • Mucronate Screw Moss native
  • Bolander's Tortula Moss
  • Wideleaf Desmatodon Moss native
  • Tortula plinthobia
  • Tortula Moss
  • Tortula brevissima
  • Porter's Screw Moss
  • Flamingo Moss
  • California Screw Moss
  • Alpine Pottia
  • Wilson's Pottia
  • Clay Screw-moss
  • Systylous Screw Moss
  • Nevada Pottia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native tortula moss All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Rib-leaf Moss Tortula atrovirens
  • Cuspidate Earth Moss Tortula acaulon
  • Wideleaf Desmatodon Moss Tortula hoppeana
  • Mucronate Screw Moss Tortula mucronifolia
  • Awl-leaved Screw-moss Tortula subulata

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