Bryum Moss (Rosulabryum erythroloma)
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Status
- BC: Blue – S2S3 (2011)
- COSEWIC: Not Ranked
- SARA: Not Ranked
- Global: Apparently Secure (1999)
- Galiano Island Status: Confirmed
Description
A distinctive coastal endemic moss, characterized by reddish decurrent leaves with a short awn. The capsules often become strikingly bright red and nutant as they mature; the limbidia are red to sometimes yellowish in older leaves.
Habitat
Moist shaded soil, soil banks, rotting wood, lowland forests, protected sites near Pacific coast
Range
Pacific coastal North America from British Columbia south to Costa Rica.
Threats
Unknown.
Galiano Status
A population has been documented at Laughlin Lake.
Photo Credit
Andrew Simon