Aulacomnium androgynum
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Taxonomic Info:
Family: Aulacomniaceae
Genus: Aulacomnium
Specific Epithet: androgynum
Rank: species
Abundance: Common
Observed at: Totem Park
Southeast Alaska: and
Global Distribution:
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: See Map 130. Throughout. Previously infrequently reported.
Habitat: In southeastern Alaska on decaying wood, especially stranded driftwood on sunny beaches, on stumps at maritime forest margins, sometimes on peaty banks, and on old wharfs and buildings. Always where sunny and dryish.
Comments: This species is commonly with gemmae. The species, in this district, is as restricted to maritime environments as Grimmia maritima and Ulota phyllantha, a tendency which may prevail throughout the Alaskan portion of its range.
|Microhabitat=Drift Log
