Imbribryum laevigatum J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay

Imbribryum laevigatum (Hook.f. & Wilson) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

RECORDED ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AS. — Bryum laevigatum Hook.f. & Wilson.

One of the most common southern hemisphere species, found throughout the region except for South Africa and some subantarctic islands. To date it has not been reported from Îles Crozet, Heard Island and South Georgia. Primarily an alpine to subantarctic cold-climate species, it also extends north in the Andes to Columbia. In the Falklands and southern South America, it reaches sea level so is categorized as primarily a temperate species. A southern hemisphere/southern pantemperate species.