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Which type of moss is like "hairy cap moss", but has hairs that point down?
I am hoping to find a moss that my friend saw long ago. It is like hairy cap moss, but the hairs are angled downward rather than up.
We would very much appreciate it if someone could tell us the name of such a moss. If you have links to a supply source, they would be greatly welcomed as well.
thanks.
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- ~tn~Lv 42 decades agoFavorite Answer
The name of the moss which is the Bryophyte, is Polytrichum.Which is a gametophyte.It occurs in the moist coniferous forests; widespread across Northwestern Ontario and boreal forests; cosmopolitan.It is a dark green, robust, unbranched, 4 - 15 cm tall or more; single-sexed, males have enlarged heads at plant tips, females produce sporophytes; lower portion covered by grey rhizoids. Leaves - 6 - 10 mm long, lance-shaped, sharply pointed; spread at right angles when moist, erect-flattened and rolled when dry; membranous, sheathing base; edges coarsely toothed; midrib covered on inner surface with 20 - 55 vertical tiers of cells (lamellae) 4 - 9 cells high, each tier ends with U-shaped cell.The sporophytes - common, at plant tips; stalk wiry, very long; capsules horizontal, 4- sided, 64 short, rounded teeth and expanded central membrane around capsule mouth; capsule hood has tuft of hair at tip, covers entire capsule.
The hair-caps are the largest unbranched mosses in western Canada. Common hair-cap could be mistaken for alpine hair-cap (Pogonatum alpinum, also called Polytrichastrum alpinum), but that moss has round (not square) capsules. Tea made from common hair-cap was once taken to dissolve kidney and gall bladder stones. Based on the Doctrine of Signatures, this moss should be good for the hair, so a strong tea of common hair-cap was used as a rinse to 'strengthen and beautify' ladies' tresses. *The stems of common hair-cap often reach 30 - 45 cm or more in length. when the leaves are removed, the central stems form tough, pliable strands that have been used to make brooms and brushes or have been woven or plaited to make mats, rugs, baskets, and hassocks. Apparently this was quite an art in ancient Europe. A hair-cap moss basket from the remains of an early Roman fort at Newstead, England, dates from 86 AD.
- myrtguyLv 52 decades ago
There are other mosses with hair-tips to their leaves. On this site, you can see pics of Hairy Screw Moss (Tortula ruralis) and Roadside Rock Moss (Racomitrium canescens) that both seem to have this feature ...
- Anonymous5 years ago
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