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Carl Farmer |
Frequent on high ground among heather, moss, rocks etc.. Can be found well below the zone in which truly alpine plants occur, but not generally down to sea-level. Leaves c 5-7 mm long ID: No creeping stems, all upright or ascending, stiff, green or yellowish, not bluish. Leaves untoothed or with very tiny non-hairlike teeth. Leaf-tip sharply pointed but not extended into a hair or spine. Cream-coloured spore-capsules among upper leaves, as in pic on left, rather than in a terminal cone. Other features: Detachable buds (gemmae) also found at base of some leaves, by which the plant reproduces vegetatively. Many of the stems fork into two just above the base. |
