Ecology: Páramo and puna; exposed wet sites, on soil and humus. Elevation: 3150-4550 m (Venezuela: 3800-4100 m, Colombia: 3700-3930 m, Ecuador: 3600-4100 m, Peru: 3150-4500 m, Bolivia: 4000-4450 m). Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes.
Campylopus edithae is characterized by the equally foliate stems, appressed lanceolate leaves 4-5 mm long, apices incurved, costa excurrent and tips hyaline, smooth, not ridged on back, in cross-section ventral hyalocysts thick-walled, dorsally stereids in 2-3 rows, upper cells oval to oblong, basal cells thin(firm)-walled, and alar cells well developed. The type of this species was collected by Edith Knoche in the early 20th century from Cordillera Real. Synonyms Campylopus andicola Thér., C. harpophyllus Herzog and C. thysanomitrioides Thér.
Specimens: VENEZUELA. Mérida: Griffin et al. 1064 (FLAS). COLOMBIA. Boyacá: Cleef 5773, 8551 (MO, U); Valle: Churchill et al. 15294-A (CUVC, MO, NY). ECUADOR. Napo: Løjtnant & Molau 11592 (AAU). PERU. Ayacucho: Frahm s.n. (MO); Junín: P. & E. Hegewald 5436 (MO). BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Churchill & Atahuachi B. 20544 (BOLV, LPB, MO, USZ); La Paz: Lewis 88-778 (MO).