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|accepted_name=Scopelophila cataractae
|accepted_authority=(Mitten) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam.
|place=215[I,3]: 436. 1902,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Weissia cataractae
|authority=Mitten
|publication_title=J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
|publication_place=12: 135. 1869
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula williamsii
|authority=E. B. Bartram
}}
|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Merceyoideae;Scopelophila;Scopelophila cataractae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pottiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Pottiaceae subfam. Merceyoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scopelophila]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Scopelophila cataractae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 484
|treatment_page=page 485
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>with red rhizoids or red-tomentose. <b>Cauline</b> leaves brown proximally; margins seldom bordered by thick-walled cells; apex acute or short-acuminate; costa with 2 layers of parenchymatous cells adaxial to the stereid band. <b>Sporophytes</b> not seen in area of the flora.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rock or thin soil over rock
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (800-2000 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;N.C.;Pa.;Tenn.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America;w South America;Europe;Asia;c Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Scopelophila cataractae</i> has the appearance of <i>Tortula</i> but is distinguishable by the dense red tomentum and small, smooth distal laminal cells. Sulphurous smell at a North Carolina station (McDowell County, Newberry Creek gorge, below Mount Mitchell) indicates presence of associated mineral ores. The disjunctive California station (A. J. Steen 1986) is at an old copper mine. Male plants are apparently very rare (A. J. Shaw 1993).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=shaw1993a
|text=Shaw, A. J. 1993. Morphological uniformity among widely disjunct populations of the rare “copper moss,” Scopelophila cataractae (Pottiaceae). Syst. Bot. 18: 525–537.
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name=Scopelophila cataractae
|author=
|authority=(Mitten) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tortula williamsii
|basionyms=Weissia cataractae
|family=Pottiaceae
|habitat=Rock or thin soil over rock
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (800-2000 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;N.C.;Pa.;Tenn.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America;w South America;Europe;Asia;c Africa.
|reference=shaw1993a
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Merceyoideae
|genus=Scopelophila
|species=Scopelophila cataractae
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