Polytrichopsida
CONTORTED HAIRY CAP MOSS
Pogonatum contortum
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Image Description: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of the sporangium which has a pepper shaker mechanism for spore dispersal.
cool, warm
Graphic by Jennifer Deol & Diana W.
Plants medium-sized to large, in loose tufts or scattered, olive green to dark green. Stems 3-12 cm, erect, mostly simple. Leaves 5-9 mm, strongly crisped and contorted when dry, plane and broadly spreading when moist, loosely sheathing at base, linear-lanceolate, ending in a short spine; sheath not strongly differentiated, with gradually sloping shoulders, toothed nearly […] read more