PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Funaria hygrometrica (Z.) Sibth. 

 Bare ground and places where fire has been. Common. June. Mrs 

 Britton says that this species, which is called cord moss, charcoal moss or 

 cinder moss, is common but sporadic, requiring suitable but varying loca- 

 tions. In cities it is frequently found on stone walls or masonry and 

 seems to acquire a lime-loving habit, being associated with such species 

 as Bryum caespiticium and Tortula muralis. Near Lake Placid it was 

 found on an old stone wall growing with Ceratodon purpureus, but it was 

 most abundant on charred logs and wet ground, growing with Marchan- 

 tia polymorpha. 



Bartramia pomiformis (L.) Hedw. 



Ground and rocks. Common. A beautiful moss with soft yellowish 

 green leaves and a capsule so globose as to suggest the common name 

 apple moss. 



Philonotis fontana Brid. 

 W et rocks near Lake Placid. Miss Marshall. This and the preced- 

 ing species form dense cushions on rocks to the exclusion of all other 

 species, the former preferring dry rocks in woods, the latter, wet rocks in 

 open places. They usually fruit abundantly, their round capsule* 

 becoming horizontal and ribbed when dry. Mrs Britton. 



Leptobryum pyriforme (L.) Wils. 

 Decaying wood and ground recently overrun by fire. Lake Placid. 

 Mrs Britton. Ausable valley near the upper iron bridge and near Free- 

 mans Home. June and July. 



Webera elongata Schwaegr. 



Bryum elongatum Dicks. 



Crevices of rocks. Mt Mclntyre and Rocky falls. August. Easily 

 recognized by its long necked suberect capsule. 



Webera nutans Hedw. 



Bryum uuta?is Schreb. 



Damp earth, crevices of rocks and burnt ground. Very common. 

 June. 



Webera cruda Schimp. 

 Bryum crudum Schreb. 

 Damp ground and wet rocks. Lake Placid. Mrs Britton. Mt Pitchoff 

 and Ausable valley. June. 



Bryum bimum Schreb. 

 Ground. Mt Jo. Mrs Britton. 



