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Encalypta streptocarpa
Spiral extinguisher-moss is a small moss that grows on limestone, chalk and other calcareous rocks, and also on mortar. It does best in good light rather than deep shade and is not grown as a garden or houseplant.
Encalypta streptocarpa, the spiral extinguisher-moss, is a species of moss.
This species is a calcicole, most easily found on limestone and calcareous rocks. However it can grow on several different substrates, such as sandstone, igneous rocks, chalk soil to beech roots in woods. Artificial environments include mortar and limestone surfaces, especially crumbling ones. It prefers good lighting rather than deep shade and it is found from sea level up to 650 meters.
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