Moss Specimen

Date2007

Dimensions0.5 x 4 x 5 cm (3/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Object numberHF.2012.49.12

DescriptionA circular shaped piece of dark green Plagiomnium cuspidatum [Hedw.] T. Kop moss intermixed with brown sediment. Leaves and stems are tightly clumped together. Stems are thin and red-brown in colour with small, thin, light-green coloured leaves branching off. A small stick is caught on the ourter edge and points inward. The reverse is dark brown in colour with a grey-brown section along a section of the outer edge.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Plagiomnium
Species: Plagiomnium cuspidatum [Hedw.] T. Kop.

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