Calflora Taxon Report
Grimmia alpestris  (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Schleich.
Grimmia alpestris is a moss that is native to California.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Grimmia
Family: Grimmiaceae  
Category: bryophyte  
PLANTS group:Moss

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[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: Grimmia is a genus of mosses (Bryophyta), originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart[citation needed][1] in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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