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15. Wet Cliffs, Rocky Seeps
This community occupies cliffs and outcrops where sheets of water run during the rainy season, from October-June (6+ months). It may include sites with full sun, where Bryum pseudotriquetrum and Philonotis fontana are abundant. There is much more diversity if cliffs are stream canyon walls in deep valleys.
Bartramia pomiformis.
Blindia acuta.
Bryum miniatum.
Bryum pseudotriquetrum.
Heterocladium macounii.
Marsupella emarginata.
Philonotis fontana.
Plagiochila porelloides.
Scapania americana.
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