This moss is commoner further east in California but is known from near Highway 20 in Lake County, California. This specimen was obtained there by B. Mishler and photographed by me soon after collection.
This was gathered by others during the West Coast Bryophyte Workshop and photographed by me at the CYO camp where we stayed. The vertical green spike-like developing sporophytes of a hornwort are also visible.
in large open acidic wetland with Trientalis europea, Drosera rotundifolia, Triantha glutinosa, Vaccinium oxyoccos bordered by dwarfed Pinus contortus, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. SYN: S. cymbifolium
Forming dense green mats and mounds in very wet spots. This image shows a close view of the whorl of branches at the apex of a single stem. Note the long narrow branch leaves.