Identification notes
Even people with no interest in mosses love Rhodobryum. There is something at once striking and cheerful about its large, rosettes of bright green leaves and it is just uncommon and elusive enough to retain an air of mystery. Also, Rhodobryum always indicates nice habitat and other interesting species are usually not very far away.
Rhodobryum seems relatively indifferent to habitat, although it always lives in open places on well-drained and nutrient-poor soils. Although ant-hills in old grassland are its best known habitat, it is oddly missing from many where the habitat appears suitable.
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