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Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 Endangered in North Carolina and endemic to the Carolina sandhills, Sandhills Pyxie-moss grows on dry sandy hilltops & ridges. | |
Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 Flowers and leaves of this plant are tiny! | |
Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 |
Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 With a Scarlet Kingsnake enjoying the patch of flowers! |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Mar 17, 2007 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com