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Lanky Moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus)Observer
remremremyDescription
Growing in a mat completely covering a sizable nurse log. A single plant grows long with wispy arms, they are covered in papery textured leaves that are light green and light brown at the base with a red stem at the center that shows through the leaves. Growing along side Douglas neckera, sections of fan moss, and some Oregon beaked moss.
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Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)Observer
remremremyDescription
Very large tree, with bark that is dark red-brown and peels in strips. The trunk of the tree was covered in patches of moss and lichen, including a section of branches in the canopy that were entirely covered in cat-tail moss. I found a very small sapling of the ceder growing out of a nurse log near the adult trees base.
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Cat's Tail Moss (Pseudisothecium stoloniferum)Observer
remremremyDescription
Growing on the branches of a small hemlock tree, hanging in long sections. Saturated in rain water, it is pale green and brown.
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Cascade Oregon-Grape (Berberis nervosa)Observer
remremremyDescription
Found growing in clusters, many grouped together at the base of several large conifers. It was growing close to the ground, and each leaf is once pinnate. They were shiny due to fresh rain.
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Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)Observer
remremremyDescription
Young Madrone growing horizontally and close to the ground. Leaves are large, waxy, and light green. Meristem is pinkish along the edges of the axillary bud. Small red bumpy textured berries grow hanging in clusters together. Bark is light orangish brown and is very smooth with thin layers peeling off.
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Stairstep Moss (Hylocomium splendens)Observer
remremremyDescription
Wide fan like leaves that were x2 pinnate, arranged in two levels/a stair-step like manner on the stem.
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Fan Moss (Rhizomnium glabrescens)Observer
remremremyDescription
Found it growing on a dead log. The males looks like wet, small, translucent, light green flowers, with five petals and blackish centers.
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Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)Observer
remremremyDescription
Young tree, with dark green, short, irregularly spaced needles with uneven lengths and rounded tips.
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Douglas' Neckera Moss (Neckera douglasii)Observer
remremremyDescription
Olive-green twords the end and brown-green at base, glossy, irregularly branched, flat and wide, swooping outwards from where it is growing on the trunk of a tree.
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Oregon Beaked Moss (Kindbergia oregana)Observer
remremremyDescription
Small with light green and brown coloration. Once pinnate with evenly spaced branches and strong midrib. Grows a lightly shaded area in a mat covering the ground, and on the base of surrounding trees. Soil is very damp and rocky.