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Post by stigofthedump on Sept 17, 2015 16:51:41 GMT
Well I thought I would take a turn posting a plant ID puzzle.
This specimen was found within a woodland on a rotten log growing on humus.. A typical habitat, along with grassy banks and woodland soil. Never grows on rocks or stones themselves, (should never say never I know.) I do believe it has been recorded in every Vice County in the UK.
Size, about 80mm. The average leaf size in this instance was c.12mm. The species can grow a fair bit larger. It covers its substrate like a carpet.
Nothing complicated here, no tricks, it is what it looks like, 1st one and all that!
vince
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Post by faith on Sept 17, 2015 20:10:40 GMT
As I said, I find bryophytes incredibly difficult, but you have forced me to go back to the book, at least, and try to revise what little I have learned about them. I remembered about the central veins, and the width to length proportion of leaves, transparency, and finally the undulating margins. Does it begin with P?
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Post by stigofthedump on Sept 18, 2015 7:39:54 GMT
As I said, I find bryophytes incredibly difficult, but you have forced me to go back to the book, at least, and try to revise what little I have learned about them. I remembered about the central veins, and the width to length proportion of leaves, transparency, and finally the undulating margins. Does it begin with P? Yes Faith you have got it.
Following on from Faith's appraisal of it. The leaf tip shape is something to take note of.
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Post by faith on Sept 18, 2015 8:01:43 GMT
But that doesn't stop someone else having a go, which is why I only put the initial – plenty of mosses begin with P, after all.
I for one would welcome more of these because the challenge makes me determined to work out what it is!
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