[3] It is endemic to the Pacific Coast in Canada and the United States.

[3] Leucolepis acanthoneura is found frequently in moist lowland rainforests, where it can form large populations on logs, boulders, wet organic soil, compacted soil and humus.

Occasionally it extends upwards onto the lower portions of tree trunks.

[citation needed] The plants are light green, glossy, tree-shaped, and about 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) high.

[citation needed] The Saanich people used this moss to make yellow dye for their baskets.