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Field Notes

Description:

A liverwort? Or moss found growing by a stream, mixed with delicate fern moss.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
MilesBerkey
oh yeah definately in the Mniaceae family. I can see faint teeth on the leaf margins as well. Looks to me like it is either in the Plagiomnium or mnium genus.
GraceWhite
Thanks Miles. I've changed the pictures to be more cropped and close up. I forgot how small they show here. It looks to me like they have a costa. What do you think?
MilesBerkey
okay it is possible there is a liverwort in there.... if the leaves have a costa (midrib) then it is a moss
GraceWhite
Thank you Miles. Yes, I meant the one in the middle with the rounder leaves. I think the other is Delicate Fern moss. I'll go back and try to see if the leaves have teeth or not.
MilesBerkey
Its hard to tell what particular moss this picture is trying to capture. It looks like there is a pleurocarp moss on the perimeter of the photo, but in the middle it looks like moss within the family of Mniaceae (broadly oval leaves; limbidium etc). If the leaves have teeth on the margins then it is possibly within the Plagiomnium genus or mnium. If no teeth, then it Rhizomnium genus.

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Biodiversity of SouthEastern US
Mission
Moss & Moss Allies of Southeast USA

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PublishedFebruary 4, 2014

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