Platygyrium repens

Scientific Name: Platygyrium repens

Phylum: Bryophyta

Order: Hypnales

Family: Hypnaceae

Common Name: Oil Spill Moss, Flat-brocade Moss

Location:  Squaw Rock

Habitat:

Notes:

Collected on: 9/17/15

Collected by: David Platt

Collection #: 6

Keying Path:

Common Moss of the NE and Appalachians:

-Pleurocarpus Lance-like leaves (no costa)                                                                                           Key VII

Key VII

1. Terrestrial     5

5. On dead log     8

8. Stem leaves less then 2mm long     9

9. Leaves 0.2-1.3mm long     10

10. Radially arranged leaves     Platygyrium repens

Pictures:

Links:

http://ohiomosslichen.org/moss-platygyrium-repens/

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLRE5

http://blogs.ubc.ca/biology321/?page_id=138

http://eol.org/pages/887117/overview

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

References:

United States Department of Agriculture,. Plant Profile for Platygyrium repens. Retrieved from: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLRE5
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.