A new species of moss from the arid southwest; an addition to the biodiversity of Madera Canyon
Schistidium is a genus of plants in the moss family. While most of the species seem to be Holarctic, there are Middle American and southern
a natural history of imperiled sky islands
The Santa Rita Mountain Range and Copper World
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