
''Hylocomium splendens'', commonly known as Glittering Wood-moss, Stairstep Moss and Mountain Fern Moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests. It is commonly found in Europe, Russia, Alaska and Canada, where it is often the most abundant moss species. It also grows in the Arctic tundra and further south at higher elevations in, for example, northern California, western Sichuan, East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies. In.. more
Similar species: Hypnales
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Uploaded Mar 4, 2015. Captured Mar 3, 2015 11:12 in Cedar Butte Trail, North Bend, WA 98045, USA.