. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. ii6 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS. Figure 53. a, Hypnum crista-castrensis X i. b, H. hnponens X i- c. Portion of branch o£ H, crista-castrensis X 10. e, Capsules X 10. d, Capsules of H. imponens X 10. easily recognized mosses of this group are the Plume Moss and the Pinnate Hypnum. H. CRISTA-CASTRENSIS L., the Plume Moss, is common on decayed wood and stumps in cool moist woods in New England and New York, and probably throughout our range. A few starve
. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. ii6 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS. Figure 53. a, Hypnum crista-castrensis X i. b, H. hnponens X i- c. Portion of branch o£ H, crista-castrensis X 10. e, Capsules X 10. d, Capsules of H. imponens X 10. easily recognized mosses of this group are the Plume Moss and the Pinnate Hypnum. H. CRISTA-CASTRENSIS L., the Plume Moss, is common on decayed wood and stumps in cool moist woods in New England and New York, and probably throughout our range. A few starved specimens have been collected on Long Island. To be appreciated this moss should be seen in the cool moist recesses of the primeval mountain forests, where it covers the fallen and decaying trunks of huge trees with ample robes of richest tex- ture. The shoots are ascending and as regularly pinnate as any feather, even to the triangular apex of the shoot. Its color is a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Grout, Abel Joel, 1867-. New York, The Author and The O. T. Louis Company
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