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Habitat:
On damp or wet acid rocks, mostly on cliffs and often near waterfalls in the mountains (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:
The habitat for this species is especially sensitive to changes in hydrology and not likely to withstand much alteration. Grazing or browsing pressure, vegetation removal, or any hydrologic changes (i.e. stream alterations road construction) would be detrimental.
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Global Range:
Known from Pennsylvania and, perhaps disjunctively, the southern Appalachians (in Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee); also reported from West Virginia (Crum and Anderson 1981). Range extends into Virginia.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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