Juniper-Leaved Hair Moss

Description:

The Juniper-leaved Hair Moss are robust, wiry mosses of upright growth. This moss often forms extensive areas of attractive close "turf". When fertile, the tips of the plants are surmounted by a rosette of brightly colored bracts which surround the sexual organs; these look like tiny flowers.

Habitat:

On heathland, particularly where the soil has at some time been burnt or denuded of its vegetation.

Notes:

Stonewalls and on ground.