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Meesia uliginosa
Also called Broad Nerved Hump Moss, Broadnerved Humpmoss, Capillary Thread Moss
Meesia uliginosa is a small, rare peat moss of wet, calcium-rich habitats such as fens, seeps and damp banks, found across the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes. It is a wild bryophyte rather than a garden plant, and the key to 'growing' it is keeping its substrate constantly moist and alkaline.
Meesia uliginosa, the broad-nerved hump-moss, is a rare moss of the Western U.S. It occurs all around the Northern Hemisphere in higher latitudes, and in some places is not as rare as in the Western U.S.
This species has a bipolar distribution, meaning that it exists in both hemispheres. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is circumboreal, being found in Greenland, Canada, the northern United States, the Baltic, Russia, and Mongolia. It is also known from South America and nearby places in Antarctica.
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