Tortula ruralis (Hedw.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
[= Syntrichia ruralis]

Oregon: Malheur: Vale District Bureau of Land Management, Malheur Resource Area, Rome Cliffs Area, approx. 6.5 km SW of Rome, OR and the Owyhee River, and 85 km SW of Jordan Valley, OR. Elev. 3679 ft
42.826441° N, 117.711362° W,
Datum: NAD83.
Dominated by Atriplex nuttallii S. Watson, Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq., Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey, Poa secunda J. Presl.; where burned on south edge of plot, dominated by Halogeton glomeratus and Lepidium perfoliatium, with a few biological soil, crusts.; on alkaline, clay-silt soil of swale area (pH 8) with no detectable aspect. Atriplex nuttallii, Grayia spinosa, Elymus elymoides, Poa secunda, Halogeton glomeratus, Lepidium perfoliatum This collection is part of an Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species Program Inventory Project. The report can be found at: https://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/documents4/inv-rpt-soil-crusts-vale-rome-cliffs-2016.pdf. Https://oregonflora.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4936717.

Ann DeBolt 2396, 14-Jun-09
OSC, Catalog: OSC-B-27112