University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Bryophyte Collection (COLO:B)
COLO-B-0043781
2f278b04-a487-4a97-8f32-d0a97f1b5ef9
B-104082
Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedw.) G.L. Sm.
Polytrichaceae
W. A. Weber; J. Corbridge & R. Wittmann
1998-07-15
1998-7-15
United States, Colorado, Clear Creek, Rocky Mountain Front Range: saddle between Mount Evans and Mount Epaulet; 13500 ft alt.
4115 meters
13500 ft
Moss tundra with scattered granite boulders, small ponds and sandy bars just below the highway, irrigating by melting snow; Dominant mosses here are: Oreas martiana, Aulacomnium palustre var. imbricatum, Bryum wrightii, Schistidium gracile, Oncophorus virens, Warnstorfia sarmentosa, Campyliadelphus squarrosus, Entodon concinnus, and Voitia nivalis