Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp.
Detail
- Family
- Hylocomiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp.
- Common Name
- Stairstep Moss
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- Habitat
- Various substrates (soil, humus, rotting wood, rocks) in cool, mostly high-elevation forests; most common in northern hardwood, spruce, and spruce -fir forests. Found locally, and often abundantly, throughout the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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