Tortella-tortuosa_2

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Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr., syn.: Tortula tortuosa Hedw., Barbula tortuosa (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr, Tortella bambergeri auct., Barbula brotheri (Lindb. ex Broth.) ParisFamily: PottiaceaeEN: Frizzled Crisp-moss, Tortured tortella moss, DE: Gekruseltes Spiralzahnmoos, Echtes Kruselmoos, Gewelltes SpiralzahnmoosSlo.: valovita zvitkaDat.: April 23. 2021Lat.: 46.35910 Long.: 13.70411Code: Bot_1361/2021_2158 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.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta; Matev's gorge, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. 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. Dell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 239.(3) V. Wirth, Die Mooose Baden-Wrttembergs, Teil.1., Ulmer (2000), p 369.(4) 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.