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Sphagnum compactum
Plant small and compact, yellow-green; capitulum and sometimes branches poorly developed; plant sometimes without branches; stems dark brown; stem leaves small, less than 1mm; branch leaves 1.4 -3 mm squarrose, ovate and abruptly involute in distal portion, pores numerous;
Small cushion forming colony on top of Easy Ridge. 1838 meters. North Cascades NP. Associates: Sphagnum, Carex and Kalmia species.
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So interesting Miles! For everyone's education can you specify what part of the moss we're looking at in the cross-section, as well as the type of cells we see? Thanks in advance!