Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
(Great Hairy Screw-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSyntrichia ruralis (Great Hairy Screw-moss)
GenusSyntrichia (a genus of screw-mosses)
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Syntrichia ruralis (Great Hairy Screw-moss) :
1: Syntrichia ruralis (Great Hairy Screw-moss)
21 Jan 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England

on concrete at side of asphalt roadway

Image 1: GametophyteImage 2: Gametophyte (2)Image 3: Gametophyte (3)Image 4: Gametophyte - close-upImage 5: Gametophyte - close-up (2)Image 6: Gametophyte - close-up (3)Image 7: Gametophyte - close-up (4)

Syntrichia ruralis (Great Hairy Screw-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Syntrichia ruralis (Great Hairy Screw-moss)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Syntrichia ruralis (Great Hairy Screw-moss)
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