Figure 1: Plagiopus oederiana
Name: Plagiopus oederiana
Common Name: Oeder's Plagiopus Moss
Family: Bartramiceae
Family: Bartramiceae
Collection Date: October 4, 2011
Habitat: Found in a dense tuft in soil, on a rock.
Location: West Woods
Description: Erect moss, a darker green. Leaves serrated with prominent costa. Found among other types of moss.
Collector: Jamie Frost
Key used: Conard, H.S, 1956. How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts Revised Edition, WM. C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
Collector: Jamie Frost
Key used: Conard, H.S, 1956. How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts Revised Edition, WM. C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
Introduction Key pg. 22
1a. Plants with stem and leaves; erect.... 2
2a. Leaves equally spaced all around the stem, with midrib; margins entire or toothed; cells elongate to isodiametric. Class Musci.... pg. 23
Key to Musci pg. 23
1c.All the common mosses. Leaf cells in one layer. Capsule opening by a operculum. Eubrya.... 9
9a. Stems erect, unbranched..... 10
10b. Green plants... 13
13b. Plants with leaves, with or without capsules... 14
14b. Leaves attached all around the stems.... 29
29b. With demonstrable stem, short or long... 33
33c. Leaves without such outgrowths.... 49
49b. Without gemma cups.... 50
50c. Not having either of the above combinations of characters... 52
52c. Leaf cells smooth.... 124
124b. On soil, rocks.... 126
126b. Larger than 4 mm. tall..... 137
137a. Leaves 3-ranked. Stems triangular, the out cells thin-walled, colorless.... Plagiopus oederi
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