Entodon cladorrhizans

Scientific Name: Entodon cladorrhizans

Phylum: Bryophyta

Order: Hypnales

Family: Entodontaceae

Common Name:

Location: Woods behind Dining Hall, Hiram College

Habitat:Dead Log

Notes:

Collected on:9/17

Collected by:David Platt

Collection #: 11

Keying Path:

Common Moss of NE Ohio:

-Pleurocarpus Ovate Leaves no-midrib:                                                                      Key IX

Key IX

1. Leaves come off plant flat                                                              2

2. Leaves crowded on a 45 degree angle                                            3

3. Plants on rotting log                                                                        4

4. Leaf tips sharply pointed                                                    Entodon cladorrhizans

Figure 1: Leaves crowded

Figure 2: Leaves pointed at tips

Figure 3: Leaves at 45 degree angle

Links:

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=16399

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2418358?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

References:

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.