Tayloria_acuminata

<i>Tayloria acuminata</i>

Tayloria acuminata

Species of moss

Tayloria acuminata, commonly known as acuminate dung moss[2] and acuminate trumpet moss, is a bright-green dung moss species with violet radicles that age to a dark red.[3] It is native to North America[4] and Iceland, where it is found in bird cliffs in Hornstrandir.[5] In Iceland it has the conservation status of a vulnerable species (VU).[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Tayloria acuminata". The Plant List. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tayloria acuminata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    Howard Alvin Crum; Lewis Edward Anderson (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America. Vol. 1. Columbia University Press. p. 489. ISBN 0231045166.
  4. [4]
    "Tayloria acuminata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  5. [5]
    Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.


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