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Old 24-10-2007, 07:58 AM
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unidentified moss-type plant
I wonder if anyone could identify this for me.


Large carpets of it were covering areas of the woodland floor (and stumps etc...) in a coniferous/mixed part of the New Forest in Hampshire.
Its like moss, but not really, if you see what I mean.
I know its common, and I feel I should know it, but I don't!
Any help appreciated please!
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Old 24-10-2007, 09:42 AM
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Re: unidentified moss-type plant
Hi Doug

Not like a moss!! It is a moss, looks to me like a Polytrichum species but it is a long time since I spent any time on mosses. How tall is it?

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Old 24-10-2007, 12:31 PM
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Ello John!
Height- no more than an inch. A carpet really!
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Re: unidentified moss-type plant
I'd agree that it appears to be one of the Polytrichum sp or hair mosses.
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