Mosses & Clubmosses List |
Mosses Family [Thuidiaceae] |
20th Jan 2012, Great Wood, Keswick, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Grows in damp forests on soil, banks on clay and amidst grass, usually in forests. |
20th Jan 2012, Great Wood, Keswick, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Forms a loose mat with long tri-pinnate bright yellowish-green shoots. |
20th Jan 2012, Great Wood, Keswick, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Very fern-like due to the length, the triangular taper and the tri-pinnate nature of the shoots that look like fronds. |
20th Jan 2012, Great Wood, Keswick, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Shoots between 5 and 25cm long. |
20th Jan 2012, Great Wood, Keswick, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Wet specimens look semi-translucent. Your Author does not know if the capsule in the top left belongs to this moss, since they are un-common and form in autumn and winter, but since it is not large nor curved then it is probably not. |
20th Jan 2012, Great Wood, Keswick, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Close-up of tip of shoot. |
Almost visually identical to :
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Thuidium | tamariscinum | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Thuidiaceae |
Thuidium (Tamarisk-Mosses) |
Mosses Family [Thuidiaceae] |