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24-10-2007, 07:58 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hidden in the clover
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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!
Cheers
Doug |
24-10-2007, 09:42 AM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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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?
All the best
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http://www.orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk |
24-10-2007, 12:31 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hidden in the clover
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| | | Re: unidentified moss-type plant
Ello John!
Height- no more than an inch. A carpet really!
Cheers
Doug |
24-10-2007, 07:15 PM
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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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