Sanionia uncinata
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Sickle Moss (Sanionia uncinata):
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Sanionia uncinata
- Search Arctos Database for Sanionia uncinata (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Sanionia uncinata (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Sanionia uncinata
- iNaturalist Observations for Sanionia uncinata in Southeast Alaska
Other References
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: Throughout.
Habitat: Common and often abundant; most frequent on disturbed mineral soils, tills, moraines, beach deposits and among grasses and sedges in meadows. Also on subalpine slopes and in boulder slopes, occasionally into the alpine. An aggressive colonizer, especially in areas of glacial recession.
Comments: Occasionally with sporophytes. The species displays some morphological variation in southeastern Alaska.
Related Files
Sickle Moss (Sanionia uncinata) infected with Eocronartium muscicola
Worley's map of Sickle Moss (Sanionia uncinata) collections