Wideleaf Crumia Moss (Crumia latifolia)

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Status

  • BC: Blue – S3 (2015)
  • COSEWIC: Not Ranked
  • SARA: Not Ranked
  • Global: Vulnerable (1999)
  • Galiano Island Status: Confirmed

Description

A greenish acrocarpous moss that has 4mm long leaves. Individuals turn reddish-brown in color when growing in exposed situations.

Habitat

Limestone, calcareous shale, siliceous and conglomeritic rock, roadbank, wet areas.

Range

Widespread in California, and occasionally found elsewhere west of the Rockies.  The Salish Sea of British Columbia hosts a number of disjunct populations.

Threats

Unknown

Galiano Status

A population has been documented at Georgeson Bay on Galiano Island.

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