This small moss with long, bright green capsules is rare in California. The associated brownish moss with hyaline points on the leaves is Pleuridium sp.
Description: Bruchia flexuosa (bruchia moss). This small moss with long, bright green capsules is rare in California and was photographed here on soil near a trail in Middletown Trailside County Park, (Lake County, California). The associated brownish moss with hyaline points on the leaves is Pleuridium. Date: 29 March 2012, 11:08. Source: Bruchia flexuosa. Author: John Game (fl. 1965–) . . Description: British photographer. Work period: 1965–. Work location: United States of America; Australia; Polynesia; Fiji; United Kingdom; Switzerland. Authority control: : Q58195447. creator QS:P170,Q58195447 John Game from Berkeley, United States.
This small moss with long, bright green capsules is rare in California and was photographed here on soil near a trail in Middletown Trailside County Park, (Lake County, California). The associated brownish moss with hyaline points on the leaves is Pleuridium. March 29th 2012, Image I12-0056.