General: Evergreen perennial from a short rhizome; stems dark olive green, 5 to 25 cm tall; shoots single or in loose clusters of 2 to 5, without noticeable annual constrictions, the young plants often arching with the tops pointing down.
Leaves: Lanceolate awl-shaped, less than 1 mm wide, 5-10 mm long, spreading to loosely ascending.
If more than one illustration is
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Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
Mesic to wet rocky places, cliff shelves, forests, and coastal bogs in the lowland to alpine zones; frequent in coastal BC; amphiberingian, N to AK and S to WA; E Asia.
