Polytrichum commune

MOSS
Order: Polytrichales
Family: Polytrichaceae

Capsules with constriction. In the forest, Scotland


Habitus, here growing together with red coloured Scapania undulata

Helpful in the field: the stem seems silvery at an angle from below. Habitus dry/frozen. In the forest, Løvstakken, Norway

Cross section of branch leaf (100x)

Assimilation cells (sinuated end cells) of cross sectioned branch leaf (400x)