*1: Sunset, Kea nearTruro,
1839, EAW (TRU) (Paton 1969a:
738).
*2: Hay Wood, St
Breock, 1906, RVT (B) (Paton 1969a:
738).
Habitat notes from C&S are as follows. Acidic
soil on banks, slopes and among rocks in deciduous woodlands,
edges of conifer woodland, groves of trees, shaded
stream-banks, river banks (extending into flood-zones), Grey
Willow carrs, 'hedges', laneside banks, on tors. Extends onto
rotted wood and living tree bases in woodlands and old damp
Grey Willow carrs, etc. Also grows
in open on sea-cliffs, often as diminutive form. Soil at edge
of short lawn in churchyard, at top of low retaining wall;
unshaded. Partly shaded grave in cemetery. Base of Molinia caerulea tussocks in
wet hollow in china clay spoil, with Campylopus pyriformis.
Sides of fern tussocks in swampy deciduous woodland and Grey
Willow carrs. Occasional in
open mires with sphagna, on sides of hummocks and bases of Molinia tussocks.
Occasional on banks of metalliferous mine-spoil. Small patch
on heathy bank of old china-clay spoil. Local on serpentinite
bedrock: W. of Trevenwith in wooded valley seen on bark at
base of old pine and on exposed roots of Beech trees, but
absent from rocks and most of woodland floor. Unusual record
of large patch c.fr. on wood of old railway sleeper projecting
above stream, part shaded. Occurs locally as epiphyte on bases
of woodland trees, especially in humid sheltered locations
such as near pools, and on Grey Willow trunks and boughs in
damp or wet carr. Associates recorded include Calypogeia arguta, Calypogeia fissa, Cephalozia
bicuspidata,
Kindbergia praelonga, Fissidens bryoides
var.
bryoides,
Plagiothecium denticulatum var. denticulatum, Plagiothecium
succulentum,
Rhizomnium punctatum, Thuidium
tamariscinum, less often e.g. Bryum dichotomum, Dicranum scoparium, Didymodon
insulanus,
Epipterygium tozeri, Fissidens bryoides
var.
caespitans,
Fissidens exilis,
Fissidens polyphyllus, Heterocladium
heteropterum var.
heteropterum,
Tortula truncata,
Trichostomum tenuirostre.
Commonly c.fr.: capsules immature 1-4, 10-12;
dehiscing 3, 4 [5]; dehisced 3-10.