Specimen #6 Greater Tongue Moss

Figure 1. Anomodon viticulosus with dry leaves 

Figure 2. Anomodon viticulosus with wet leaves

Name: Anomodon viticulosus

Common name: Greater Tongue Moss

Family: Anomodontaceae

Collection date: September 12, 2015

Habitat: Tree base in soil

Location: Newbury, Ohio
Description: Light green color with a carpet-like 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: 

pleurocarp, lance, costa

1b) plants creeping or creeping w/ ascending shoot tips, tops of plants rarely marathon 3cm above substrate

7b) plants terrestrial on soil, rocks, trees, or logs

8b) leaves 2-4mm long 

17b) older shoots w/ green, yellow green, golden, or brownish green leaves; growing on various substrates; capsules usually bent over on stalks from short side branches

19a)  leafs at stem tips curve in one direction

Links: 

http://www.bbsfieldguide.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/mosses/Anomodon_viticulosus.pdf

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200002074