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Fire Moss

Ceratodon purpureus

Description:

Dense clumped bright green feathery leaf with numerous red stems, capsules olive in colour with either long pointed tip or short red.

Habitat:

Covering a stump of mixed woods.

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3 Comments

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 11 years ago

they only explode Cammie (:

Cammie C. Jeffries
Cammie C. Jeffries 11 years ago

Looks like it would sting!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Interesting!

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Spotted on Oct 26, 2012
Submitted on Oct 30, 2012

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