[floranorthamerica.org] Description, Habitat: Plants 0.5 – 1.5 (–6) cm. Stem leaves flexuose when dry, erect to wide-spreading when moist, lanceolate proximally, abruptly long-linear distally, to 4 – 5 mm; base elliptic, not decurrent; margins entire or sometimes denticulate near apex; apex narrowly acuminate; costa wide, ending in apex; laminal cells clear. Specialized asexual reproduction by red, rounded brood bodies in leaf axils or on rhizoids. Sexual condition synoicous, occasionally apparently dioicous. Seta 1 – 4.5 cm. Capsule 1.5 – 2.5 mm. Spores 9 – 13 µm. Habitat: Soil, wood, rock, disturbed habitats, greenhouses Elevation: low to high elevations (link added by Mary Ann Machi)