Inland dune moss (?)

Sorry for the confusion, Malcolm - the inland dunes area of Hamburg is indeed a very special region. Thats why it's a nature reservation, too. The soil itself is indeed dry and sandy - but it's overall marshy land with high humidity. Also special about this region is that three habitats meet here: Sandy dunes, marsh/woodland and swamps. And all that basicly in urban area.

Lars, your description confused me, it says dry/sand ground, now you say moist. But the size helps, the plant species I was thinking of is 10 times bigger, about 10 cm tall! Your picture makes it appear much larger. Perhaps you could incorporate part of the comments into the description.

There where no flowers on it, Malcolm. The area is marshy land (Hamburg, nature reservation with Dunes, Marsh and swamps), so basicly it's moist enough for a moss to grow. I did not check if they where growing on the northern side of the dunes, though. Each plant was about 5-10 mm tall. As I said - I am not certain about it being a moss, too - but the first impression was exactly that and it looks also very close to the German Drehzahn-Moos.

I don't think they are moss Lars, AFAIK moss only grows in damp places with no sun, like the north side of things in the northern hemisphere. How big are these, they look similar to what we get here, with purple or yellow flowers at times.

Thanks Maria - yea, the other plant is looking like a miniature Baobab :)

beautiful. I love the first shot the most.