*1: Near Trengwainton,
Penzance, 1861, WC
(PNZ) (Paton 1969a: 749).
*2: Helman Tor Moor,
1888, RVT (B) (Paton 1969a:
749).
Usually grows as scattered stems amongst other
bryophytes (including sphagna), less often as short lawns. In
mainly short vegetation (but sometimes at base of taller Molinia caerulea or Juncus) on wet areas
in acid flushes and mires, unshaded or almost so. A bit seen
in unshaded shallow water of ditch in old china clay works.
Associates recorded include Aneura pinguis, Aulacomnium palustre,
Brachythecium
rivulare, Calliergonella
cuspidata, Calypogeia fissa, Campylopus flexuosus,
Cephalozia
bicuspidata, Cladopodiella
fluitans, Kurzia
pauciflora, Riccardia multifida,
Sphagnum
capillifolium, Sphagnum denticulatum,
Sphagnum fallax, Sphagnum fimbriatum,
Sarmentypnum
exannulatum; Anagallis tenella, Drosera rotundifolia,
Erica ciliaris, Juncus effusus, Molinia caerulea, Narthecium ossifragum,
Schoenus
nigricans.
Not seen c.fr.
