Observations by calyptra

I actually found this simple thalloid liverwort a few weeks ago, but I had to go back to do a photo shoot with it! The streambank where it was growing was a mixture of gravel sized rocks. It was both submerged in the fast running water and up on the bank. the sizes of the thalli varied greatly. Some were probably 1cm in length while others like this one pictured were more than 6cm long! The midrib really thins out before the margins, and if you look closely the dark green color becomes somewhat translucent toward the edges.

I found this dendroid moss growing on the trunk of a Acer macrophyllum, or Big Leaf Maple tree. There are so many sporophytes on these mosses right now it was quite a sight! The conditions where I found this moss were very wet. The tree was less than a foot away from a large pond, and the moss was under the protective covering of not only the Maple, but of all the other dense overstory that was surrounding it. A lot of this area is cleared, but this moss was thriving in areas where there were stands of trees more than 5 thick.

I found this liverwort clinging to the bark of a Western Hemlock tree, I could see that there were under leaves on the plant. There was only this one small clump so I did not collect any samples. Does anyone know what it is?

This Sphagnum is what I think is a different species than the other Sphagnum that I observed today in this location. The red tips of this moss are not really accentuated here in my photo, but in the field, they were very bright reddish pink . The rest of the plant is almost clear in comparison. This species seemed to occupy a very small niche, comparatively to the lime green species that was also there. I did observe that while yes all mosses in this location were growing in an ombrotrophic bog, this redder species liked the more waterlogged depressions where the rainwater would collect, while the greener species of Sphagnum seemingly preferred the higher, dryer ground. This moss is very large compared to other bryophytes, and the leaves are very soft.

This moss was growing on the bottom side of the roots of what was probably Tsuga heterophylla. I wanted to post it because of the way that this feather-like moss was cascading down from this trees roots. This particular specimen was located in a peat bog, that surprisingly had high diversity of bryophyte species. I saw many types of mosses and liverworts there.
This Kindbergia was occupying a small nook of the tree roots, holding its own. The length of the shoots is quite long, although I did not take exact measurements.

This Porella was swelling like a balloon on the tree that it was hanging on, because it was so full of water.
It was a misty wet morning when I was out for a walk and noticed it. This leafy liverwort was hard to pass up since it looked like it was wax, dripping down the trunk of a Big leaf maple. The sporophytes are mostly dehisced in 4 valves making this specimen especially interesting to look at. Since the Porella was so full of water at the time that I found it, the underleaves were especially apparent, as well as the complicate bilobed leaves.

Look at this beautiful specimen! Found this lovely moss on a Douglas fir tree stump. The leaves are on average 1mm in length, and are fairly spaced out on the stem.There were no sporophytes present on any of the moss in this location, any thoughts on the ID?

I found this moss clinging to an apple tree that had fallen down under the weight of the snow. The moss was part of a large west- facing mat on the tree trunk. The moss is pleurocarp.Using my hand lens I can see the sharp tips of the leaves and the many branches coming off the stem, the leaves are all yellow green in color. Just keyed out under the scope, but would like to bounce the ID I came up with off others. Thanks