[dev.floranorthamerica.org] Description, Phenology, Habitat, Range: Plants small to medium sized, green or sometimes pale whitish, somewhat shiny. Stems 0.3 - 1.5 cm. Leaves erect to ± spreading, lanceolate to narrowly ovatelanceolate, 0.8 - 1.6 mm; base not or scarcely decurrent; margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3; costa subpercurrent or percurrent; distal medial laminal cells linear-rhomboidal, 55 - 100 µm, walls thin. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonial leaves ovate; perichaetial leaves slightly differentiated, ovatelanceolate. Seta stramineous to orangebrown. Capsule inclined 35 - 90°, stramineous to orangebrown, narrowly cylindric, neck 1/2 - 1 time urn length; exothecial cells elongate - rectangular, walls straight; stomata superficial; annulus present; operculum conic; exostome teeth yellow to yellowbrown, acute-triangular; endostome hyaline, basal membrane 1/4 - 1/2 exostome length, segments tapered apically, narrowly keeled, narrowly to not perforate, cilia absent to rudimentary. Spores 16 - 26 µm, distinctly roughened. Phenology: Capsules mature summer (Jun– - Aug). Habitat: Dry alpine soil, soil-filled rock crevices Elevation: low to high elevations (link added by Mary Ann Machi)