Selected material studied: Moratalla, Macizo de Revolcadores, pr. pico El Obispo, 30SWH6514,1900m, 7-III-2004, Cano 1430 (MUB 16670).
Humiferous soils and calcareous rocks.
Previous records: Allorge & Allorge (1946) sub Tortula ruraliformis; Ros & Guerra (1987) sub T. ruraliformis; Cano et al. (2004).