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Juniper-Leaved Hair Moss
Polytrichum juniperium Hedw.
44.1217, -72.5415
Field Notes
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.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 6, 2014
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