Mosses and Lichens 



Aulacomnium palustre, Schwaegr. 



Habit and habitat. In loose or dense tufts i to 5 inches 

 deep, yellow or dirty-green above, red-brown within. Found on 

 borders of swamps, on plains, or on mountains. 



Name. The specific name palustre, Latin, palus, a swamp, 

 refers to the habit of the moss. 



Whip-like "branch 

 with gemmae. 



Stem with whip- 

 like branch. 



Female plant with sporophyte and two 

 sterile branches with rhizoids at their 

 base. 



A. palustre. 



Plants (gametophyte}. Robust, closely covered with red- 

 brown felted filaments, often producing whip-like branches with 

 clusters of bud-like growths at the apex. 



Leaves. Usually crowded, more or less crisped and twisted 

 when dry, narrowly lance-shaped; apex obtuse or pointed; 

 margin finely toothed toward the apex, rolled back below; vein 

 vanishing below the apex; cells with tiny projections on both 

 faces. 



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