Dicranum scoparium

Scientific Name: Dicranum scoparium

Phylum: Bryophyta

Order: Dicranales

Family: Dicranaceae

Common Name: Dicranum Moss, Brook Moss

Location:  Triangle Lake

Habitat:

Notes:

Collected on: 9/10/15

Collected by: David Platt

Collection #: 5

Keying Path:

Common Moss of the NE and Appalachians:

-Acrocarpus with Hairlike Leaves:                                                                                             Key I (page 341)

Key I

1. Less than 1 cm tall     3

3. Leaves Swept to one side of the stem     4

4. Dark green leaves swept primarily in one direction     Dicranum scoperium

Pictures:

Links:

http://ohiomosslichen.org/moss-dicranum-scoparium/

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=disc71

http://www.bbsfieldguide.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/mosses/Dicranum_scoparium.pdf

http://www.borealforest.org/lichens/lichen5.htm

References:

United States Department of Agriculture,. Plant Profile for Dicranum scoperium. Retrieved from: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=disc71
McKnight, K. B., Rohrer, J. R., Ward, K. M., Perdizet, W. J. (2013). Common Mosses of the North East and Appalachians. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.