Description: Robust, branched, usually prostrate moss, pleurocarpous, occurring in loose yellow-green, silky, clumps, 3 - 5 cm (to 2 in.) high, with dense, felt-like reddish-brown tomentum (fine densely matted hair) of rough rhizoids on the lower stems. At this time, Clark County, Nevada, populations are not known to reproduce sexually .
Habitat: Known to occur in pinyon-juniper and blackbrush communities. The Nevada populations are found only in deep, remote canyons with heavily shaded north-facing sandstone rock outcrops. Elevation: 1,463 m (4,800 ft).
Range: In Clark County, Nevada, known only from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Also known to occur in Utah. Otherwise, this moss is a Pacific Coast species.
Comments: This is one of the more robust species of moss in Clark County.