Pleurozium schreberi

A moss of steep, moist slopes. I've seen it with Dicranum scoparium and Polytrichum ohioense.

A nice red stem near the south shore of Griffy Lake, 12/30/03. The long, thin leaves in background are of Dicranum.



Microscopic view of a leaf apex, 1/9/04.



Microscopic, mid-leaf, 1/9/04.



Cells towards the leaf base, 1/9/04.

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