Grimmia sp.
A moss at Hughes, ACT
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| Grimmia sp. | Heino | 19 Apr 2017 | |
| Grimmia sp. | Heino | 19 Apr 2017 | |
| Didymodon torquatus | ruthkerruish | 16 Apr 2017 | |
| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 12 Apr 2017 |
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User's notes
The second photo shows old moss on the left, lichens and moss seem to live quite happily together!
2 comments
19 Apr 2017
I'd say the genus Grimmia is highly plausible for this sighting. In the local area, when I see a moss that forms tight, furry cushions on rock I think of Grimmia, for it is a very common genus on rock (especially, but not only, very exposed rock that can get baked by the sun) and more so if I see that is greyish when dry. The furry look is created by the fact that each leaf finishes in a relatively long, tapering, colourless hairpoint. As the cushion dries out and the moss becomes dormant, the colour becomes duller, the leaves fold in and the hairpoints dominate the view, giving the greyish tinge. In parts of these photos (in particular photo 2) you can see a grey-white fringe or halo, created by numerous long hairpoints. Didymodon torquatus grows on soil or sand (even sand dunes) and the leaves lack the long hairpoints. It is one of the mosses in which, when dry, the leaves are typically twisted spirally around the stem.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097717-35.338853
- Altitude 617.4m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Apr 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
Collections
- ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes Grimmia sp.
Species information
- Grimmia sp. Scientific name
- A moss Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 808.42m Recorded at altitude