California Triquetrella (Triquetrella californica)
Resources
Status
- BC: Red – S1S2 (2018)
- COSEWIC: Not Ranked
- SARA: Not Ranked
- Global: Secure (2015)
- Galiano Island Status: Confirmed
Description
Distinctive moss with distal leaf margins sharply crenulate by projecting papillae and distal medial laminal papillae tall, branching from the base, and centered over each lumen.
Habitat
Roadsides, hillsides, rocky slopes, fields, and chaparral.
Range
Rare along the Pacific Coast, found in southwestern British Columbia, Oregon, and California.
Threats
Unknown.
Galiano Status
A population has been documented at Bluffs Park on Galiano Island, and was the subject of an article in the Tyee.