Syntrichia latifolia
Description:
This moss formed mats on the trunk of an oak tree near Mariah Meadows Resort (in hills Near Cobb, Lake County, California, March 29th 2012). Photographed at home later from a collected piece, this is image I12-0497 (see adjoining image I12-0482 for capsules). The small green specks seen on the upper leaf surfaces are gemmae that enable vegetative propagation (seen best at high resolution in this image).
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Bryophyta (mosses)
- Bryopsida (True Mosses)
- Pottiales
- Pottiaceae
- Syntrichia
- Syntrichia latifolia (Wideleaf Tortula Moss)
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