Cephalozia bicuspidata
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Cephalozia bicuspidata:
Taxonomic Info:
Family: Cephaloziaceae
Genus: Cephalozia
Specific Epithet: bicuspidata
Rank: species
Synonyms: Cephalozia ambigua
Abundance: ?
Southeast Alaska: and
Global Distribution:
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: Throughout. [as Cephalozia ambigua] Known only from Yakovi [Yakobi?] Island (Persson, 1946).
Habitat: Diverse; on decaying wood, peaty soil in forests, often as pure colonies. In western North America it is more common on decaying wood than elsewhere in its range.
Comments: The species is commonly fertile. [as Cephaloziaambigua] In Fennoscandia the species is usually on moist soil in the alpine and subalpine regions, descending to the conifer forests on paths, etc., and in mires (Arnell, 1956). An oxylophyte, either on acidic rocks in the mountains, or in moory, sandy areas (Schuster, 1953).
Cephalozia ambigua -> C. b. ssp. ambigua
