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Anomodon apiculatus Bryol. Eur. closely resembles 

 A . minor in general appearance, but is not so common, 

 and occurs chiefly in mountainous districts. 



Range, Ontario and New England south to Georgia; 

 Europe; Asia. 



Anomodon attenuatus (Schreb.) Hiiben. is the com- 

 mon species in most localities. It is olive-green or 

 brownish, sometimes becoming yel- 

 low-brown with age. The leaves are 

 more finely pointed than those of A . 

 minor and A . apiculatus, less spread- 

 ing when moist, sometimes slightly 

 turned to one side, and more closely 

 Anomodon attenuatus folded whcu dry. Some of the 

 branches are long and very slender at the ends, almost 

 hair-like, which suggested the name attenuatus for the 

 species. In the spring the plants are covered with 

 numerous short young branches, rounded and curved 

 at the ends. 



Range, Newfoundland to Florida, west to British Colum- 

 bia and Kansas; Cuba; Europe; Asia. 



Anomodon forms rather loose, thick mats at the base 

 of trees and on rocks, and is usually olive-green or 

 quite brown, except in A. rostratus. When it has a 

 flattened appearance it suggests Fissidens (p. 97) and 

 some of the hepatics (p. 7), but the growth of Anom- 

 odon is often thicker, with leafless, creeping stems, and 

 the color is browner. See Leskea, the following genus. 



