Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
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MOSSES<br />
in dense cushions you may make up your mind that<br />
you have some kind of a hypnum. Examine it closely<br />
with a magnifying glass. If it is quite large <strong>and</strong> has<br />
bright-red stems showing through the leaves, it is a<br />
Schreber's Hypnum.<br />
This is a<br />
beautiful moss<br />
which grows in<br />
abundance in pastures<br />
<strong>and</strong> open<br />
woods. We have<br />
seen almost the<br />
entire surface of<br />
decaying logs<br />
covered with its<br />
dense green cush-<br />
ions. If you gath-<br />
er some of this, it<br />
will keep for a<br />
long time. .When<br />
placed in water<br />
the fresh, green look will return, <strong>and</strong> the red of the<br />
stems will be quite bright again.<br />
The stems of this moss are often from four to six<br />
inches long <strong>and</strong> nearly erect. They crowd very close<br />
together. The capsules ripen in the fall. One would<br />
think that such large <strong>plants</strong> would have many capsules,<br />
but they do not.<br />
Schreber's Hypnum.<br />
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