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Palientiae. See Hypnuni Palienliae. 

 reptile. See Hypniim reptile. 

 Thelia. 



T. asprella. 



Plants of light green color. Habitat, the base of trees. Capsule ovate 

 cylindrical, erect. Leaves ciliate all around, julaceous about the stems. 

 Costate half way. Leaves ovate running into an abrupt point. Plants 

 not pinnate. 

 T. Lescurii. 



Strongly resembles the last. Habitat, usually sandy soil. Color white- 

 green. Leaves with shorter acumen. Mature in autumn. 

 Thuidium. 



The common name of this moss truly describes it. It is called the fern 

 moss because of its very regular pinnae. The paraphyllia variations which 

 determine the species cannot be determined with a hand lens. The 

 capsulse is cylindric, horizontal or inclined. Plants large and fern like. 

 Principal stems are rooting, secondary stems pinnate branching. Leaves 

 costate, serrate acuminate, decurrent. Stem leaves cordate triangular. 

 Branch leaves smaller. Seta long. Mature in summer or autumn or 

 winter. 

 T. delicatulum. 



A common form, bipinnately branching. Stem leaves erect when 

 moist. Found on moist decaying logs or humus. 

 T. paludosum. 



Found in moist fields or swampy places. Leaves open erect, cordate 

 at base. 

 T. scitum. 



Found on the base of trees in thin mats, appressed, light or yellow-green 

 in color. Very pinnate. Leaves cordate, short acuminate, concave with 

 a pellucid costa. 



MATURITY TABLE 



ACROCARPUS 



SPRING 



Aulacomnium heterostichum 



Barbula 



Bartramia pomiformis 



Bryum argenteum 



caespiticium 

 Ceratodon purpureus 

 Ditrichum pallidum 

 Funaria hygrometrica 

 Hedwigia albicans 

 Mnium 

 Orthotrichum anomalum 



strangulatum 

 Phascum cuspidatum 

 Philonotis fontana 

 Pohlia nutans 

 Polytrichum commune 

 Ohioense 



Pottia truncatula 

 Ptychomitrium incurvum 

 Rhacomitrium aciculare 

 Torlella caespitosa 

 Ulota americana 



crispa 

 Weisia viridula 



SUMMER 



Aulacomnium palustre 

 Bryum bimum 

 Dicranum scoparium 

 Ditrichum pallidum 

 Leptobryum pyriforme 

 Leucob/yum glaucum 

 Sphagnum 

 Tortella tortuosa 

 Webera sessilis 



