This bryophyte was found in the Shadow Lake Bog on Tuesday 14 February 2012 at approximately 12:00. The conditions in which it was discovered includes open forest/flitered light, found off of trail on hummocks in bog, substrate seemed to be leaf litter. Clearly identified by the stair-step growth pattern and twice-pinnately branched stems. Also, found growing alongside several other mosses in the bog inculding what appeared to be Dicranum, Plagiothecium, Brachythecium, and Sphagnum.