Family: Amblystegianceae
Collection Date: Sept. 26, 2011
Habitat: damp soil
Location: South Chagrin Reservation, Ohio
Description: noticeably branched, yellowish green to green, creeping, sporophyte erect, lateral
Collector: Jennifer Friedler
Collector: Jennifer Friedler
Key used: Conard, H.S. and P.L. Redfearn, Jr. 1979. How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Boston, Mass.
Keying Steps:
Introduction key pg. 19
1a. has stem and leaves; erect, ascending, prostrate, or hanging...2
2b. No hayline cells...3
3b. Green...pg. 28. Order Bryidae
Key to Families/Genera Bryidae pg. 28
1b. Green, one layer of cells...3
3b. Leaves in three or more rows...7
7b. No isodiometeric cells...8
8b. Leaves well developed and persistent...9
9b. Has a seta...10
10b. Distinct stem; has operculum...17
17b. Large plant...20
20b. No lamellae...28
28b. Not growing on rich organic soil, bones, or other organic matter...33
33b. Branched stems...139
139b. Leaves smooth...174
174b. Paraphyllia or multicellular propagula few, not usually seen...182
182b. Costa single short or absent...183
183b. Costa lacking...184
184b. Costa lacking...230
230b. Terrestrial...231
231b. Median leaf cells long 5-20:1...239
239b. Hyaline alar cells...252
252b hyaline alar cells...260
260a. Leaves imbricate to erect open...261
261a. Stems and branches long, slender and stoloniferous at the ends, and bearing small distinct leaves...pg. 186 Hygrohypnum
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