Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Arable moss at Overton

This moss had about 80% cover in an arable field that's been left fallow for almost a year. Pretty sure it's Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) [confirmed SDSB], though margins only thinly and weakly recurved. Long-beaked capsule bourne on a red seta seems a good character.

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