Brachythecium albicans
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Brachythecium albicans:
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- FNA page for Brachythecium albicans The species is distinguished by the pale color, julaceous foliage, filiform and somewhat secund acumina, entire leaf margins that are often recurved along most of the leaf length, and elongate alar region. This species is variable, often producing very thin shoots, with stem leaves as small as 1.3 × 0.4 mm, but usually such collections include some larger shoots that imply more typical B. albicans.
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Brachythecium albicans
- Search Arctos Database for Brachythecium albicans (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Brachythecium albicans (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Brachythecium albicans
- iNaturalist Observations for Brachythecium albicans in Southeast Alaska
Other References
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: See Map 139. Throughout.
Habitat: Most frequent in sunny places on sea shores, roadsides, meadows, lawns, rock outcrops; from sea level to the subalpine, rarely alpine.
Comments: Occasionally with sporophytes. In southeastern Alaska this species is most common on beaches and shores.
