23 January 2012

14:30 hours. The Evergreen State College. GPS: 47.065583, -122.975326.
Collected from the trail between the Seminar 11 Building and Parking Lot C. It was very cold outside, 0.5 degrees Celsius, and there was snow on the ground. It was cloudy but there were a few sun breaks. The habitat consisted of conifer trees and maples. I collected a light green, leafy, feathery moss from the base of a Doug Fir. I collected a slightly darker moss that looked very similar but had different coloring and bushiness. I wonder if these may two different types of Kindebergia or Rytidiadelphus? They both came from a fallen Doug Fir tree. I collected a liverwort that resembled a Porella from a living Doug Fir tree. I collected a moss that looks like a Palm tree. I believe this life form is called Dendroid. It grew in a very large mat on the forest floor. I collected a moss that looked like tiny flowers off of a fir tree. I believe this moss may be one of the common mosses to know. I collected a few different species of moss off of the same living Doug Fir tree. I collected a tiny, bushy feeling moss. Most likely a Bryum species. I collected a moss with sporophytes that had seta and capsule in tack. I wonder if I will be able to dissect the sporophyte in order to help identify this tiny moss? I wonder if these mosses would be available if it was not for the storm? I collected the majority of these off of fallen trees or branches that came down during the storm. I believe that if it was not for the storm, I would not be able to see these mosses.

Publicado el 06 de febrero de 2012 por dkennedy