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Calyptrae (seedpods) of Polytrichastrum formosum
A moss with brown to green capsule.
Pretty common "star burst" moss.
Old pasture succeeding back to forest. Mixed into a huge area of
Natural falls state park upland area above the falls on limestone outcrops
woods at Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains NP
Most likely Polytrichum formosum, a common moss around.
Commonly known as juniper haircap or ...
Green moss with small star shape
Leaf margins are smooth and the tips taper into a narrow red point. Spore ...
This moss forest was adjacent to the previous spotting. About 40mm tall and ...
Upward growing green moss that grows in sheets.
Lovely moss with male reproductive structures present. Could also be ...
A close up of the bog haircap moss from my ...
Juniper Haircap Moss growing on stone wall. ...
blue-green moss, 9-12 mm long, (2-6 cells width), thin leaves on a 4-9 cm tall ...
Green, fairly tall for a moss. Looks a bit like small pine trees.
characteristic allows them to be separated from the bristly
This is a species of moss found in many regions with high humidity and rainfall.
The Polythrichum genus has a number of closely related sporophytic characters. ...
6-12 inches tall. wiry plants, tall. Leaves slender, toothed, held straight ...
A moss with leaflike phyllids. Similar in general appearance to
A common moss. Leaves are toothed, as shown in the first picture. The ...
In these mosses you can appreciate the capsules, hollow structures that ...
moisture to flourish. There are many types of moss--sheet moss, cusion moss, ...
Like all mosses, the green plant that you see is the gametophyte (haploid) ...
A medium-sized plant with erect, unbranched, scattered shoots in loose tufts, ...
Female plant with setae. P. nanum resembles a small Aloe, with short, stiff, ...
Male plants with inflorescences. Female plant with inflorescences were spotted ...
Polytrichum commune is a medium to large moss. It is dark green in colour, but ...
