Moss Specimen

Date2007

Dimensions1 x 6 x 5 cm (3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Object numberHF.2012.49.18

DescriptionA fan-shaped piece of Climacium dendroides [Hedw.] Web. & Mohr plus Atrichum altercristatum [Ren. & Card.] Smyth & Smyth moss with brown coloured branches, and thin feather-like leaves. Leaves are bunched together towards the top half of the branch. Base of the branches narrow and are connected to dark, grey-brown sediment. The reverse is dark, red-brown in colour.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Viridiplantae
Class: Bryopsida
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Plagiomnium
Species: Climacium dendroides [Hedw.] Web. & Mohr

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