Tortula acaulon (With.) R.H.Zander
(Cuspidate Earth-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTortula acaulon (Cuspidate Earth-moss)
GenusTortula (a genus of pottia and 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 Tortula acaulon (Cuspidate Earth-moss) :
1: Tortula acaulon (Cuspidate Earth-moss)
31 Jan 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on vertical soil face
Image 1: In situ - enlargedImage 2: In situ - enlarged (2)

Tortula acaulon (Cuspidate Earth-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tortula acaulon (Cuspidate Earth-moss)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tortula acaulon (Cuspidate Earth-moss)
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