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Ptychostomum moss

(Ptychostomum creberrimum syn. Bryum lisae var. cuspidatum)

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Fern and moss photos > Moss > Ptychostomum creberrimum syn. Bryum lisae var. cuspidatum (Ptychostomum moss)

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Ptychostomum creberrimum syn. Bryum lisae var. cuspidatum (Ptychostomum moss) with sporophytes (Photo 1)

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My short words

In the dark forest, the fresh sporophytes were shining by the sunlight.
It looked a tiny mossy forest in the forest ;)

I felt some kind of connections between the forest and the moss.

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Memo

• I found the moss in the forest in MacKinnon Ravine Park (Edmonton, AB, Canada).
• Mosses are one group of bryophytes[1,3].
• It had fresh sporophytes that can reproduce. [2,5,7].

Ptychostomum moss in the forest in MacKinnon Ravine Park, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada(Photo 2)

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Data
Common name:	Ptychostomum moss
Scientific name:	Ptychostomum creberrimum syn. Bryum lisae var. cuspidatum, Bryum creberrimum
Family name:	Bryaceae
Date taken:	April 25, 2019
Place:	MacKinnon Ravine Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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References

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica 15th edition - Bryophyta
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica 15th edition - Sporophyte
3. Wikipedia.org - Bryophyte
4. Wikipedia.org - Moss
5. Wikipedia.org - Sporophyte
6. Motana State Information Technology Services in the U.S. 'Montana Field Guide' - A Ptychostomum Moss - Ptychostomum creberrimum, Bryum lisae var. cuspidatum, Bryum creberrimum
7. Ohio Plants - bryophytes lifecycle; Bryum lisae var. cuspidatum