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Category: Bryophyta (Mosses)

Scleropodium cespitans

March 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

When I first saw this patch of moss, at Oxbow Regional Park along the Sandy River, during my weekly hike…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Plants, Scleropodium, Species Profiles Filed under: Scleropodium cespitans

Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium

February 28, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The other day, while waiting in her courtyard for a very nice, older client to put on her sweater, I…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Plants, Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium, Species Profiles Filed under: Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium

Kindbergia praelonga

February 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

A couple years ago, on one of my first moss walks, the leader pointed out a moss and said it…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Kindbergia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Kindbergia praelonga

Hypnum subimponens

February 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

There are a couple of reasons why I’m going to discuss the comedy of errors surrounding my identification of this…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnaceae, Hypnales, Hypnum, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Hypnum subimponens

Isothecium stoloniferum

February 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This is a very common moss in the forests of our region, and a fairly recognizable one, once you’ve identified…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Isothecium, Lembophyllaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Isothecium stoloniferum

Homalothecium fulgescens

February 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I spent a good chunk of yesterday unsuccessfully trying to identify a moss I had thought would be relatively easy.…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Homalothecium, Hypnales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Homalothecium fulgescens

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

February 10, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

When I wrote about Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus last month I mentioned that it added chaos to the texture of the forest…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hylocomiaceae, Hypnales, Plants, Rhytidiadelphus, Species Profiles Filed under: Rhytidiadelphus loreus

Kindbergia oregana

February 6, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Kindbergia oregana is a very common forest floor moss west of the Cascades in coniferous and mixed woodlands. It forms…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Kindbergia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Kindbergia oregana

Niphotrichum elongatum (Racomitrium elongatum)

February 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

There is much taxonomic and nomenclatural discussion still ongoing about this species. It has only been in the last 20…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Grimmiaceae, Grimmiales, Niphotrichum, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Niphotrichum elongatum

Dendroalsia abietina

January 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

So, this was very cool. When I found this moss I knew I’d seen pictures of something similar before. When…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Cryphaeaceae, Dendroalsia, Hypnales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dendroalsia abietina

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