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Scopelophila cataractae (Mitt.) Broth.  
Family: Pottiaceae
cataract scopelophila moss
[Anoectangium gedeanum (Sande Lac.) M. Fleisch., moreDesmatodon africanus P. de la Varde, Fissidens sikkimensis (Müll. Hal.) P. Syd., Hyophila cataractae (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Hyophila coreensis Cardot, Hyophila crispula (Sakurai) Sakurai, Hyophila gedeana (Sande Lac.) Broth., Merceya cataractae (Mitt.) Müll. Hal., Merceya crispula Sakurai, Merceya gedeana (Sande Lac.) Nog., Merceya sikkimensis (Müll. Hal.) Broth., Merceya subminuta Broth., Merceyopsis angustifolia Broth. & Dixon, Merceyopsis formosica Broth. ex Sakurai, Merceyopsis gedeana M. Fleisch., Merceyopsis macrocarpa Dixon, Merceyopsis mexicana E.B. Bartram, Merceyopsis minuta Broth. & Dixon, Merceyopsis minutissima Dixon, Merceyopsis pellucida Broth. & Dixon, Merceyopsis sikkimensis (Müll. Hal.) Broth. & Dixon, Merceyopsis tokioensis Reimers & Sakurai, Pottia gedeana Sande Lac., Scopelophila minuta Brühl, Scopelophila sikkimensis Müll. Hal., Tortula williamsii Bartr., Weisiopsis coreensis (Cardot) Broth., Weissia cataractae Mitt.]
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Richard H. Zander in FNA Volume 27
Scopelophila cataractae
Stems: with red rhizoids or red-tomentose. : Cauline leaves brown proximally; margins seldom bordered by thick-walled cells; apex acute or short-acuminate; costa with 2 layers of parenchymatous cells adaxial to the stereid band. Sporophytes: not seen in area of the flora.

Rock or thin soil over rock. moderate to high elevations (800-2000 m). Ariz., Calif., N.C., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Mexico, Central America, w South America, Europe, Asia, c Africa.

Scopelophila cataractae has the appearance of Tortula but is distinguishable by the dense red tomentum and small, smooth distal laminal cells. Sulphurous smell at a North Carolina station (McDowell County, Newberry Creek gorge, below Mount Mitchell) indicates presence of associated mineral ores. The disjunctive California station (A. J. Steen 1986) is at an old copper mine. Male plants are apparently very rare (A. J. Shaw 1993).
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This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards: #1115116, #2001500, #2001394
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