Bryum argenteum
Pretty, compact little moss that is one of very few plants native to all seven continents - including Antarctica. It can be found on crumbling walls and gritty bitumen in Moscow, for instance, as well as here in tropical rainforest in Queensland Australia.
This colony has a rather loose formation because it is growing on the edge of a road in forest, and not in full daylight. In open places it makes a much more dense cushion, and then the silvery colour of the shoot tips is more prominent.
A second moss species that I don't know is mixed in with it here.
Bryum argenteum
Pretty, compact little moss that is one of very few plants native to all seven continents - including Antarctica. It can be found on crumbling walls and gritty bitumen in Moscow, for instance, as well as here in tropical rainforest in Queensland Australia.
This colony has a rather loose formation because it is growing on the edge of a road in forest, and not in full daylight. In open places it makes a much more dense cushion, and then the silvery colour of the shoot tips is more prominent.
A second moss species that I don't know is mixed in with it here.