Brachythecium starkei
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Brachythecium starkei:
Taxonomic Info:
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Genus: Brachythecium
Specific Epithet: starkei
Rank: species
Abundance: Not known to occur
Southeast Alaska: and
Global Distribution:
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: Not reported. However, the species is known from Lake Lindeman, British Columbia (just across the Alaska - British Columbia border near the White Pass) and reported by Williams (1901).
Habitat: A mesic forest and lower subalpine species. Known from logs, roots, tree trunks, decaying wood, soil and similar forest habitats.
Comments: Although this species may have Interior tendencies in much of western North America this is certainly not the case in Alaska.
