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Genus SchistidiumObserver
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w at least two liverworts growing amongst; seepy, acidic rock, north exposure; will add more info in a week or so when time allows to key out
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Hoary Fringe-Moss (Racomitrium canescens)Observer
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10-13-21
Niphotrichum canescens
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Scaleworts (Genus Frullania)Observer
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3-5-21---1; Thuja; asagrayana vs. selwyniana
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Asa Gray's Scalewort (Frullania asagrayana)Observer
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6-26-22---2
8 inch Cw
Rich conifer swamp
When time allows will take another look at specimen and FNA key to eliminate F selwyniana and F. tamarisci, both of which would be rare
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Asa Gray's Scalewort (Frullania asagrayana)Observer
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Eastern white cedar
photos from plant pulled from specimen
7-30-21-LSPP-MECP-11a
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Asa Gray's Scalewort (Frullania asagrayana)Observer
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Eastern white cedar
photos from plant pulled from specimen
ASA vs. SEL
7-30-21-LSPP-MECP-11b
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Asa Gray's Scalewort (Frullania asagrayana)Observer
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2
Thuja log; intact bark
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Sphagnum subfulvumObserver
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Keyed via Ayotte and Rochefort (2021); br lf length not in range [FNA] 2.0 to 2.5mm but Ayotte and Rochefort state longer than 1.3mm
7-14-22---20
Loose patch in extremely rich (patterned) fen on string edges
Stem lvs: 1.2 to 1.3mm, n 10
Branch lvs (plant 1): 1.3 to 1.7mm, median 1.4, n 9
Branch lvs (plant 2): 1.5 to 1.9mm, median 1.6, n 9
Dried plants with metallic sheen, tried to capture in images
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Golden-eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus)Observer
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Growing on Abies balsamea about 4in dbh right on the lakeshore. Only one found otherwise I'd have taken a collection. Photo #4 habitat shot
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Elegant Silk-Moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans)Observer
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12-11-20--14; rock; leaves not decurrent like Plagiothecium; propagules scattered along length of stems at base of leaves; costa double but weak (FNA says should be strong), entire; rhizoids last image
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Two-ranked Moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum)Observer
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4-17-21---2 granite
Surprisingly propagules still present; they are along length of stem not at tips
Dec. 20, 2021: P. subfalcatum: Li et al. (2015). Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation among the taxa with propagula in Pseudotaxiphyllum (Plagiotheciaceae, Bryophyta). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53:179–190. P. distichaceum "distributed in Asia and Oceania"
syn. Isopterygium subfalcatum
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Family HypnaceaeObserver
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Pseudotaxiphyllum potential... likely Plag; collection
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Fontinalis hypnoidesObserver
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10-24-21---22c
w/ freshwater sponge
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Barometer Earthstars (Genus Astraeus)Observer
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I think these were fungus but maybe they were plants?
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Observer
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3-16-21---9; granite, lake shore
Bucklandiella sp.
leaves entire; costa 2-3 stratose with 2-3 large adaxial cells
leaf tips small toothed, epap, hyaline tip
leaf surface appears smooth
Alar / supra alar margin with thin walled, rectangular cells forming border 10-20 cells long (last image)
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Five-ranked Bogmoss (Sphagnum quinquefarium)Observer
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7-24-21-1d plants pull apart easily
Update 12-29: fascicles 3:1(2) branching (BUT branch cortex red-tinged when rehydrated - FNA: "Stems pale green or yellowish, rarely red-tinged"); leaves appear 5 ranked; stem cortex cells w distal oval pores
conifer forest edge, mineral soil, north aspect, push out along gravel road w/ S. girgensohnii and S. russowii
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Moon-leaved Pincerwort (Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia)Observer
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via FNA keys
Perianth mouth w teeth (image 4, 5)
Abundant chloroplasts, 0 oil bodies
mid-leaf cells (4 leaves; 7 cells total): length 26.3-50.0, median 37.5 um; width 22.5-41.3, median 30.0 um
w Calypogeia neogaea 9-1-21
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Toothed Peatmoss (Sphagnum cuspidatum)Observer
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proximal to medial branch leaves: mean 1.64 mm; 1.38 to 1.88 mm
distal branch leaves elongated
stem leaves: fibrillose 50-60%; length 1.13 mm mean; n 8; 1.10 to 1.19; flush with stem
sparse treed fen NEAR trenches in peatland (ATVs)
8-5-21-GRBRCR-MECP-2C
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Toothed Peatmoss (Sphagnum cuspidatum)Observer
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1.2 mm; 1.1 to 1.3; n 9 stem leaves
sparse treed fen where pools were created by ATVs
8-5-21-GRBRCR-MECP-3
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Sphagnum Subg. Cuspidata (Subgenus Cuspidata)Observer
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8-9-21---8
S. annulatum
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Girgensohn's Peatmoss (Sphagnum girgensohnii)Observer
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PIMA THOC swamp; S. girgensohnii abundant in image 1 alongside S. russowii
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Bearded Pawwort (Barbilophozia barbata)Observer
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11-14-20--2; no obvious under leaves; Barbilophozia sp
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Bearded Pawwort (Barbilophozia barbata)Observer
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11-14-20--8
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Bearded Pawwort (Barbilophozia barbata)Observer
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11-14-20--10
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Wavy Starburst Moss (Atrichum altecristatum)Observer
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20201129--1
Additional images added 2-15-22 clearly showing lamellae; leaf sections mid leaf to ~2/3rds
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American Marten (Martes americana)Observer
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Camera UWAY-5
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Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)Observer
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juvenile; under log 5 feet from log with Ambystoma maculatum juvenile; in old log landing
