Pointed spear-moss
Latin name: Calliergonella cuspidata
Family: Calliergonaceae
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Description
One of commonest and most recognisable mosses.
How to identify: It is medium-sized and grows mixed with other bryophytes, or it forms green, yellow-green or occasionally orange- brown patches. Shoots are commonly 3–8 cm long, but sometimes more. The main stem is usually erect and has side branches that are more or less pinnately arranged, the whole shoot having a flattened appearance. The most distinctive field character is the shape of the shoot and branch tips: the leaves are closely rolled-up to form a smooth needle-like or spear-like point. Stem leaves are usually 2–2.5 mm long, narrowly egg-shaped, never curved, bluntly rounded at the tip, and with a short, double nerve. They have a strongly differentiated, colourless patch of cells in the basal corners. Branch leaves are smaller, but otherwise similar to the stem leaves.
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Family: Calliergonaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time:
Height:
Growing conditions:
Nectar source for:
Food source for:
Description
One of commonest and most recognisable mosses.
How to identify: It is medium-sized and grows mixed with other bryophytes, or it forms green, yellow-green or occasionally orange- brown patches. Shoots are commonly 3–8 cm long, but sometimes more. The main stem is usually erect and has side branches that are more or less pinnately arranged, the whole shoot having a flattened appearance. The most distinctive field character is the shape of the shoot and branch tips: the leaves are closely rolled-up to form a smooth needle-like or spear-like point. Stem leaves are usually 2–2.5 mm long, narrowly egg-shaped, never curved, bluntly rounded at the tip, and with a short, double nerve. They have a strongly differentiated, colourless patch of cells in the basal corners. Branch leaves are smaller, but otherwise similar to the stem leaves.
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