MOSS
Order:
PolytrichalesFamily:
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)