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This moss is rare in California and was growing in patches on wet rock, mostly in sheltered recesses but in an open section of the Feather River Canyon, interspersed with patches of with Mielichhoferia elongata.
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Endemic to Hawaii and only known from a single area near Kilauea volcano. Similar to S. ligulata from North America. Unusual in Hawaiian plants with its' tolerance to high temperatures and high concentrations of mercury (Mashuri Waite, 'Mosses of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park', Univ. Hawaii Manoa,Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Tech. Report #153, Oct, 2007)
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This moss is rare in California and was growing in patches on wet rock, mostly in sheltered recesses but in an open section of the Feather River Canyon, interspersed with patches of with Mielichhoferia elongata. The moss was seen in the field on March 26th, this is an image taken at home few days later from a small piece.
