Fern Moss
Drying
Bristly Screw-moss
Closer
| Fern Moss Drying | | Bristly Screw-moss Closer | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Mosses & Liverworts (Bryophyta) - Mosses (Bryopsida) | |||
| Order: | Mosses (Pottiales) | ||||
| Family: | Moss (Pottiaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Bristly Screw-moss (Syntrichia antarctica) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Whole🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Reddish-leaved Moss | ||||
Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for identifying and Andrew Thornhill for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Alan said "From Mosses of Dry Forests, by Read and Slattery, 'robust, strap-shaped leaves have a rounded tip with a long, whitish toothed hairpoint.....the nerve is usually a distinct reddish brown. The long cylindrical capsules sit erect on reddish stalks. The lid is long and conical...' Matches your observation to a T." | |||||
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