Mosses

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.Family: DitrichaceaeEN: Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss, DE: Purpurstieliges HornzahnmossSlo.: krlatni rogatecIn fairly dry state and fertile.Dat.: June 8. Lat.: 46.360133 Long.: 13.69954Code: Bot_1380/2021_DSC3520 Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234.(2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354(3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199.(4) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.Family: DitrichaceaeEN: Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss, DE: Purpurstieliges HornzahnmossSlo.: krlatni rogatecIn fairly moist state.Dat.: Nov. 17. 2021Lat.: 46.360133 Long.: 13.69954Code: Bot_1418/2021_DSC1418.Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234.(2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354(3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199.(4) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.Family: DitrichaceaeEN: Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss, DE: Purpurstieliges HornzahnmossSlo.: krlatni rogatecIn fairly dry state and fertile.Dat.: June 8. Lat.: 46.360133 Long.: 13.69954Code: Bot_1380/2021_DSC3520 Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234.(2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354(3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199.(4) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.Family: DitrichaceaeEN: Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss, DE: Purpurstieliges HornzahnmossSlo.: krlatni rogatecIn fairly dry state and fertile.Dat.: June 8. Lat.: 46.360133 Long.: 13.69954Code: Bot_1380/2021_DSC3520 Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234.(2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354(3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199.(4) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.Family: DitrichaceaeEN: Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss, DE: Purpurstieliges HornzahnmossSlo.: krlatni rogatecIn fairly dry state and fertile.Dat.: June 8. Lat.: 46.360133 Long.: 13.69954Code: Bot_1380/2021_DSC3520 Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234.(2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354(3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199.(4) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.Family: DitrichaceaeEN: Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss, DE: Purpurstieliges HornzahnmossSlo.: krlatni rogatecIn fairly dry state and fertile.Dat.: June 8. Lat.: 46.360133 Long.: 13.69954Code: Bot_1380/2021_DSC3520 Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234.(2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354(3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199.(4) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.

57-stack 3.7X LOMO ObjectivePolytrichum juniperinum2011-11-25-15.26.27 ZS retouched

Mitchell Canyon, Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California. Feb. 14th 2010, image I10-5882

Juniper Moss, Polytrichum juniperinum

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum growing on retaining wall built of concrete blocks. As you can see, this nice silver-green moss turns completely white when dry (wall looks West and receives enough sun to be completely dry). This photo was taken as stack of 11 frames using tripod and my DIY translation stage. Lens - 20mm Panasonic prime, attached to camera via Kenko extension ring.I'm pretty happy with result - it's my first stack taken outdoors with this setup, and I'm still concerned about lousy cheap Vanguard ballhead (which is as part of kit with my carbon fiber tripod). But tightening the locking knob with pliers helps to get enough friction.All the processing performed in ImageJ 2, using Linear SIFT-based registration and Extended Depth of Field plugin. Some ripple, visible around brightest points, is pretty subtle, so I'm happy with choice of settings (exposure time, mainly). It's easy to avoid situations like that using diffuser to remove direct light and lower the contrast, fitting it into dynamic range of camera.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.

Bryum argenteum Hewdw.Family: BryaceaeEN: Silvergreen Bryum Moss, DE: Silber-Birnmoos, SilbermoosSlo.: srebrna hruica, srebrnkasto mahovjeDat.: March 16. and March 17. 2022Lat.: 46.35976 Long.: 13.70495Code: Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 and Bot_1443/2022_DSC6298Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. Ref.:(1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lth, Mosses of Europe A Photographic Flora, Michael Lth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877.(3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.