Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr.
Tall tornado moss, tortured tortella moss
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8/21/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
8/21/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/16/2020 · Cathance River Nature Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Division | Bryophyta | Mosses |
| Subdivision | Musci | Mosses (all 12,000 of them) |
| Class | Bryopsida | Mosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them |
| Subclass | Bryidae | Mosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments |
| Order | Pottiales | Mosses that have gametophores with many-ranked leaves having a distinct midrib, from Pottia, the type genus |
| Family | Pottiaceae | New Latin, from Pottia, the type genus |
| Genus | Tortella | From Latin tortus, ”twisted,“ and -ella, ”diminutive,“ alluding to the nature of the peristome teeth |
| Species | tortuosa | From Latin tortuosus, ”full of twists and turns, crooked, bent“ |
Tortella tortuosa description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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