Twisted oak moss (Syntrichia laevipila) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 17

Collections Examined

Collections examined 1 - 6 are housed in the Herbarium at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Collections 7 - 10 will be deposited there at a later date. A large number of collections of Syntrichia laevipila var. meridonalis by Miles (2001) in the Herbarium at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria were also confirmed by T. McIntosh. For sake of brevity, these are not listed here, although detailed information from these collections is presented in Table 1.

  1. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Schwaegr. var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Wijk & Margad.

    Accession number: B177600
    Location: Vancouver Island: Oak Bay, Victoria
    Habitat: Urban, by road. On branches of Quercus garryana
    Collector: Wynne Miles
    Collection number: 37
    Collection date: 11 January 2001
    Determination by: W. B. Schofield
    Confirmation: T.T. McIntosh 2002

    Notes: a second collection from this site is housed at the Royal British Columbia Museum; # VC011968; this specimen was also examined)

  2. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr. var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Wijk & Marg.

    Accession number: B151607
    Locality: Vancouver Island: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria.
    Habitat: On bark of Oaks.
    Collector: J. W. Bailey?
    Collection number: s.n.
    Collection date: 14 September 1930
    Determination by: J. A. Harpel (25 June 1996)
    Confirmation: T.T. McIntosh 2002

    Notes: (originally determined by W. B. Schofield as T. laevipila)

  3. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr. var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Wijk & Marg.

    Accession number: B159098
    Locality: Vancouver Island: Victoria, Beacon Hill Park, North section of park
    Habitat: On Garry oak, base of trunk, east exposure. Partially shaded. Elevation: ca. 20m
    Collector: N. Djan-Chékar & C. Norris.
    Collection number: 2070
    Collection date: 10 May 1996
    Determination by: N. Djan-Chékar, November 1996
    Confirmation: T.T. McIntosh 2002

    Notes: cfr. some plants with leaf-like gemmae, autoicous.

  4. Tortula laevipila(Brid.) Schwaegr.

    Accession number: B986
    Location: Berg Tzuchalem s Duncan. Insel Vancouver.
    Habitat: Epiphytisch an Baumrinde von Quercus garryana in Sonnlagen.
    Collector: A. V. Hübschmann
    Collection number: s.n.
    Collection date: October, 1978
    Determination by: O. Lee 1979
    Confirmation: T.T. McIntosh 2002

    Notes: -

  5. Tortula ? laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr.

    Accession number: B151606
    Locality: Vancouver Island: Pedder Bay.
    Habitat: Trunk of Quercus garryana.
    Collector: W. B. Schofield with J. H. Lyford.
    Collection number: 59567
    Collection date: 7 March 1976
    Determination by: W. B. Schofield
    Confirmation: T.T. McIntosh 2002

    Notes: C.fr.

  6. Tortula laevipila var. laevipila ?

    Accession number: B10528
    Location: Nanoose Hill, Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island.
    Habitat: On Quercus garryana trunk
    Collector: W. B. Schofield
    Collection number: 74818
    Collection date: 3 May 1980
    Determination by: W. B. Schofield
    Confirmation: T.T. McIntosh 2002

    Notes: -

  7. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr.

    Accession number:
    Locality: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
    Habitat: On bark of large Garry oak
    Collector: T.T. McIntosh
    Collection number: 8057
    Collection date: June 7, 2002
    Determination by: T.T. McIntosh 2002

  8. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr

    Accession number:
    Locality: Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve, Duncan, British Columbia
    Habitat: On bark of large Garry oak in open field
    Collector: W. Miles
    Collection number: Miles 26
    Collection date: Nov. 16, 2001
    Determination by: T.T. McIntosh 2002

  9. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr. var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Wijk & Marg.

    Accession number:
    Locality: Topaz Park, Victoria, British Columbia
    Habitat: Abundant in rain tracks on bark of large Garry oak
    Collector: W. Miles
    Collection number: WM 030057
    Collection date: Nov. 30, 2003
    Determination by: W. Miles 2003
    Confirmation by: T.T. McIntosh 2003

  10. Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Shwaegr. var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Wijk & Marg.

    Accession number:
    Locality: Topaz Park, Victoria, British Columbia
    Habitat: In rain tracks on bark of large big-leaf maple (Acer grandiflorum)
    Collector: W. Miles
    Collection number: WM 030058(b)
    Collection date: Nov. 30, 2003
    Determination by: W. Miles 2003
    Confirmation by: T.T. McIntosh 2003

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