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Habitat:
On bark, especially at the base of hardwood trees, also on logs or stumps and rock (Crum and Anderson)
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Species Description:
Moss.
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Phenology:
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
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Management:
Grazing or browsing pressure, vegetation removal, or hydrologic changes (i.e. stream alterations road construction) would be detrimental.
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Global Range:
From New Brunswick to Minnesota and south to North Carolina and Missouri; also reported from Newfoundland (Crum and Anderson 1981). Extending into Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and in the northeast, also occurring in New York. Ireland (1982) gives the range as Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Alberta, Maine, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mississippi, Minnesota, and Asia. Recently reported in Alabama (Buck 1993).
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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