Specimen #5 Silver Broom Moss

Figure 1. Paraleucobryum longifolium in natural habitat

Figure 2. Paraleucobryum longifolium leaves up close

Name: Paraleucobryum longifolium

Common name: Silver Broom moss

Family: Dicranaceae

Collection date: September 10, 2015

Habitat: Moist bog floor

Location: Triangle Lake in Ravenna, Ohio
Description: Dark green with long stalks and all leaves sweeping to one side 

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, hair-like

1b) plants larger than 1cm tall; usually in forest on soil, rock, logs, or trees

3a) leaves swept to one side of stem w/ tips more of less pointing in one direction

4b) plants gray green or whitish green; individual plants w/ leaves swept to one side, but not all plants swept the same direction; capsule 2-3mm; stalk 1-2cm

Links:

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200001018

https://books.google.com/books?id=jvpWGRQVhhgC&pg=PA390&lpg=PA390&dq=silver+broom+moss&source=bl&ots=20uBbo7A6v&

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