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Time: 1400

Beautiful sunny day at Glacial Heritage Preserve. Temperature around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Racomitrium canescens growing in abundance in the soil in open sunny prairie. Awns glowing in ecstasy, YAAAOOO!

Weather: Grey cloud cover but no rain

I found this in the front yard at a house right beside Mclean Creek Park. The house is located right on the edge of a clear cut. The dominate overstory species in the area range from Douglas fir, Grand fir, and Western Redcedar to Alder and baby Douglas fir growing in the clear cut. Around the edge of the property the most dominant understory species where Red huckleberry, salal, swordfern and some invasive species of blackberry and closer to the road scotch broom.

In the front of the property is an old apple tree orchard. I have no idea what kind of apple trees they were but they seemed older and had not been pruned in at least 10 years. The largest patches where toward the middle of the tree, with some growing further up on branches.

I really like this cute little cushion moss. I think the way that it keeps it's sporophytes tucked in is really cute. But I can't see this without a hand lens or a microphotograph.

This was hanging out on a brick wall with it's friend Tortula muralis. Tortula has the upright sporophytes in the background. I always see those two mosses growing together. They like the same niche I think.

Why does Tortula muralis get all the press when this moss is so much more adorable?

found on the ground. pinnatly branched in loose mats with stiff stems. the leaves were somewhat curved and noticably pleated with an indistinct leaf margin. the cells were narrow and long about 17-25 um long.

Time: 1400

Beautiful sunny day at Glacial Heritage Preserve. Temperature around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Racomitrium canescens growing in abundance in the soil in open sunny prairie. Awns glowing in ecstasy, YAAAOOO!

Weather: Grey cloud cover but no rain

I found this in the front yard at a house right beside Mclean Creek Park. The house is located right on the edge of a clear cut. The dominate overstory species in the area range from Douglas fir, Grand fir, and Western Redcedar to Alder and baby Douglas fir growing in the clear cut. Around the edge of the property the most dominate understory species where Red huckleberry, salal, swordfern and some invasive species of blackberry and closer to the road scotch broom.

I found this on the ground all around the house and through out most of the backyard. It formed dense mats that where so thick they where spongy.

Weather: Grey cloud cover but no rain

I found this in the front yard at a house right beside Mclean Creek Park. The house is located right on the edge of a clear cut. The dominate overstory species in the area range from Douglas fir, Grand fir, and Western Redcedar to Alder and baby Douglas fir growing in the clear cut. Around the edge of the property the most dominant understory species where Red huckleberry, salal, swordfern and some invasive species of blackberry and closer to the road scotch broom.

In the front of the property is an old apple tree orchard. I have no idea what kind of apple trees they were but they seemed older and had not been pruned in at least 10 years. The largest patches where toward the middle of the tree, with some growing further up on branches.

Got that Polytrichum commune! Time was 1300 hours. Behind the library on a wooded trail. Near Acer macrophylum and Alnus rubra with some Trametes versicolor growing nearby. Also present were some Gaultheria shalon and Mahonia nervosa. Weather was sunny and beautiful. Temperature 58 degrees.