Polytrichastrum alpinum

Scientific Name: Polytrichastrum alpinum

Phylum: Bryophyta

Order: Polytrichales

Family: Polytrichaceae

Common Name:

Location:  Squaw Rock

Habitat: Forest near stream

Notes:

Collected on: 9/17/15

Collected by: David Platt

Collection #: 2

Keying Path:

Common Moss of the NE and Appalachians:

-Acrocarpus with Lancelike leaves (no costa):                                                                                     Key II

Key II

1. Dark green in colour     3

3. Found in forest      4

4. Leaf not rippled when wet     9

9. Leaves greater the 4mm long     10

10. Leaves reminiscent of conifer needles     14

14. Leaf margin toothed     17

17. Capsule Cylindrical     18

18. Resembles a conifer     Polytrichastrum alpinum

Pictures:

Links:

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

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=poal24

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065218

http://blogs.ubc.ca/biology321/?page_id=1757

References:

United States Department of Agriculture,. Plant Profile for Polytrichastrum alpinum. Retrieved from: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=poal24
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.