True Mosses

La Chapelle-Pres-Sees, Lower Normandy, France

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

2011-07-17 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen (780 msm Quadrant 8261/1).German name (moss): EtagenmoosThis moss is growing in "storeys" (hence the German name - "Etage" = storey), here right in the stream, on rocks.The shot was taken above the Fadenbach waterfall shown here.

2011-07-17 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen (780 msm Quadrant 8261/1).German name (moss): EtagenmoosSee remarks here.

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

A couple of stems of the moss Pleurozium schreberi are visible in the upper left third of the image, and the bright green upright moss at center right is a Polytrichum sp. (?P. commune). In shrubby hollows in coastal dunes north of Coos Bay, Oregon, March 1999. Scanned slide 021 004

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

Zeeland, Netherlands

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

Hylocomium splendens, syn: Hylocomium proliferum, Hypnum splendensE: Glittering Wood-moss, DE: EtagenmossSI: bleee sedjeDat.: Nov. 17. 2012Lat.: 46.35952 Long.: 13.69819Code: Bot_679/2012_IMG2046 Habitat: Mixed wood, under Picea abies, rocky, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, humid place, in half-shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (1.770 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rocks and ground soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, west of Na Melu place, near Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing in large patches among larger rocks and trees. Branch leafs have no nerves. This is a quite common but large and beautiful moss with characteristic red stems. Capsules are uncommon and I havent seen them yet.Ref.:(1) V.Wirth, R.Dll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 304. (2 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 821. (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Wrttembergs, Vol: 1.2.3. (2000, 2001, 2005), p 517. (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 56.

2011-07-17 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen (780 msm Quadrant 8261/1).German name (moss): EtagenmoosSee remarks here.

Zeeland, Netherlands

Tiny mosses are always a kind of hard for me to identify - many of them are pretty similar and I'm not really willing to spend hours examining cells structure to find out, which species I'm dealing with. But in this case, it was quite easy because of distinctive capsules.You can figure out how small is it keeping in mind that "boulders" in this photo are grains of sand on a surface of concrete block.

Seen here in dry condition on a tree near the edge of a wood, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California, October 27th 2009. Image I09-4843.

Paluma, Queensland, Australia

Paluma, Queensland, Australia

Tully, Queensland, Australia

Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom

Cooper, Michigan, United States

Crowes, Victoria, Australia