by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum does not have the long, green-stemmed horizontal branches that characterize the genus Plagiomnium. It does have cells that are called “micronemata”. These can be recognized as cells in the stem that are broader and shorter, more...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Marchantia polymorpha is a species of large thalloid liverwort in the class Marchantiopsida.[1] M. polymorpha is highly variable in appearance and contains several subspecies. This species is dioicous, having separate male and female plants. M. polymorpha has a wide...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Its beautifully recurved leaves (when moistened) earn it the local name of “Star Moss”. Large. Hair-point is hyaline; stems not conspicuously reddish, the leaves densely clothing the stem and the sheaths not usually visible; leaves strongly squarrose...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Climacium dendroides is commonly called Tree Moss. The name ‘Climacium dendroides’ already gives one of the characteristics of this moss: It looks like a small tree: Below with a more or less unbranched trunk, above with branches. What is concealed is the lying...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Orthotrichum hallii is found on rock at middle to upper elevation. The leaves are acute at the apex without an awn. The leaves are erect when dry and spreading when wet. The stomata are immersed. The most striking feature though of O. hallii is the completely...
