Specimen #2 Pincushion Moss

Figure 1. Leucobryum glaucum dry

Figure 2. Leucobryum glaucum wet

Name: Leucobryum glaucum

Common name: Pincushion moss

Family: Leucobryaceae

Collection date: September 12, 2015

Habitat: Grassy soil area under a tree

Location: Newbury, Ohio

Description: light green with a dome-shaped appearance

Collector: Katie Trushel

Key used: McKnight, Karl B. and Rohrer, Joseph R. 2013. Common Mosses of the NorthEast and Appalachians. Princeton University Press. New Jersey.

Keying steps: 

acrocarp, lance w/o midrib

1a) plants whitish green(dry) to light green (wet); shoots densely packed together forming domed mounds; leaves tubular in upper half and seemingly w/o midrib

2a) stems 1-9cm tall; leaves 4-8mm long; rarely with capsules

Links: 

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white_cushion_moss.htm
http://eol.org/pages/889250/details
http://www.bbsfieldguide.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/mosses/Leucobryum_glaucum-juniperoideum.pdf