Tortula muralis Hedw., 1801

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Wall Screw-moss
• 🇫🇷 Tortule des murailles, Barbule des murs

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Setaphytes
• Clade: Bryophytes
• Class: Bryopsida
• Subclass: Dicranidae
• Order: Dicranales
• Family: Pottiaceae
• Genus: Tortula
• Species: Tortula muralis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• T. muralis subsp. muralis
  • var. aestiva Brid. ex Hedw., 1801, P;
  • var. muralis Hedw., 1801, P;
• T. muralis subsp. obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Culm., 1921, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 479). British Bryological Society.

• Baisheva, E. (2019). Tortula muralis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87564247/87757663