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Balsam-tree Moss (Dendroalsia abietina, above) looks like any other moss when growing in mats on a tree. Individually, however, they look quite distinctive and almost tree-like in two-dimensions. When it dries, Balsam-tree Moss curls up like the scroll on a violin (above, right).
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The sporophyte grows on a very short stalk (left).
I do not know the identity of the other mosses pictured here (left and above right). Perhaps you could help.
- Class: Musci (true mosses)
Subclass: Bryidae- Order: Isobryales
Family: Cryphaeaceae
