Specimen #3 Lipstick Thyme Moss

Figure 1. Mnium hornum in natural habitat

Figure 2. Mnium hornum dry 

Figure 3. Mnium hornum wet

Figure 4. The toothed leaf edge of the Mnium hornum

Name: Mnium hornum

Common name: Lipstick Thyme 

Family: Mniaceae

Collection date: September 12, 2015

Habitat: Soil, grassy area under a tree

Location: Newbury, Ohio

Description: Dark 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

1b) plants darker green, shoots loosely associated, leaves flat or folded with midrib usually visible at least at base of leaf

3b) plants on soil, rocks, trees or logs in dry areas, leaves not folded at base

4b)leaf surface not rippled/wavy when wet 

9b) leaves <4mm long

21b) leaves spreading in various directions or barely diverging from stem when wet; plants lacking brood branchlets 

22a) 2-10cm tall23a) leaf margins toothed

Links:

http://www.bbsfieldguide.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/mosses/Mnium_hornum.pdf
http://ohiomosslichen.org/moss-mnium-hornum/
http://www.plantguide.org/mnium-hornum-moss.html