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Syntrichia laevipila
S. laevipila grows in bright, yellow-green patches, going greyish when dry, around 1–1.5 cm tall. The leaves are 2.5–3.5 mm long, spread when moist, and become twisted when dry. Each leaf is constricted just below the middle, and has a blunt, rounded tip. The leaf margins are plane, or slightly recurved in the middle. The nerve is excurrent in a long, silvery hair point. Occasionally, the hair point may have a few obscure teeth. Cylindrical capsules are quite common. Some forms have clusters of small, leaf-like gemmae at the shoot tip.
Grows most frequently on a wide variety of trees and occasionally on walls and rocks. It is common and widespread. Spotted on the bark of a Holm oak tree
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32 ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired
Spotted on Mar 28, 2012
Submitted on Jun 7, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks ceherzog
thanks ceherzog
Neat! You can see how it got it's common name in the first photo.