Mossy

Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background

Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet

Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip

Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris showing stoloniferous growth

Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica showing low growing parasitic plant with root

Bog Rosemary Andromeda polifolia showing distinctive bell-like flowers

Heath Milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia showing sprawling habit and calyx and seed detail

Changing forget-me-not Myosotis discolor showing yellow and pink and blue flowers

Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum for identification chart

Habit sketch of Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus growing on limestone boulder.

Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus illustrations showing wet moss with white apical hairs.

Heath Star-moss study showing the moss in wet and dry states, and botanical details

Heath Star-moss study with notes showing the moss in dry and wet form and with botanical details

Watercolour of Bare feet on soil with marigolds and forget me nots, showing the roots below the soil

Hooked Scorpion moss Scorpidium scorpioides tuft with detail of one fascicle and of a leaf

Magellenic Bog moss Sphagnum magellicum a tuft of this crimson moss then further details of one leaf and of several fascicles or shoots

Pointed Spear moss Calliergonella cuspidata ruft, individual shoot, stem leaf and shoot tip leaf

Red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium tuft, shoot, clump pf shoots, fasicle, stem leaf and branch leaf

Rusty Hook moss Scorpidium revolvens tuft, individual shoot, and one recurved leaf

Soft bog moss Sphagnum tenellum a clump of this tiny delicate yellow moss and details of a shoot tip, one leaf, one shoot, and a few shoots together

Woolly Fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum tuft with one hairy shoot and one lone leaf

Yellow starry feather moss Campyllium stellatum with detail of one shoot and of one leaf with cells at the base and a stem leaf

Common haircap moss Polytrichum commune tuft of moss with detail of wet and dry moss fascicle, individual leaf, immatire capsule with calyptra and a wet mature spore capsule held horizontally

Cypress leaved Plait moss Hypnum cupressiforme with detail of one leaf, the spore capsule, and a fascicle