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Tortella tortuosa
Frizzled Crisp-moss
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1221 0006 (2021-12-01)Copyright © 2021 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Apr 23, 2021
latitude 46.35910 longitude 13.70411
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location
Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soča, between villages Soča and Trenta; Matevž's gorge, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: valovita zvitka - syn.: Tortula tortuosa Hedw., Barbula tortuosa (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr, Tortella bambergeri auct., Barbula brotheri (Lindb. ex Broth.) Paris - Habitat: Mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground with scattered rocks and large boulders; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevations 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Half buried calcareous rock. - Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Tortella tortuosa): The rounded, dense, when moist vividly yellowish-green, cushions or mats of Tortella tortuosa are beautiful and easy to recognize. The species is widespread and in many places common. It is a Boreo-temperate circumpolar element (growing all around the north hemisphere in forests with moderate to cold climate). Its leaves are extremely tortured and look like 'interwoven'. In the Alps the moss can be found from colline to nival elevations but it is most common in montane and alpine zones. Capsules are relatively seldom reported. - Ref.: (1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 428. (2) V. Wirth, R. Düell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 239. (3) V. Wirth, Die Mooose Baden-Württembergs, Teil.1., Ulmer (2000), p 369. (4) https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=161155# (accessed Dec. 1. 2021) (5) Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2005 onwards. The moss families (Bryophyta, Musci) of Britain and Ireland. Version: 5th August 2019, delta-intkey.com (accessed Dec. 1. 2021) (6) M. Luth, Mosses of Europe – A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 551.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Tortella tortuosa photo category: Plant - mosses/etc
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
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Frizzled Crisp-moss, Tortured Tortella Moss (photographer)
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