Tiny Moss - Aulacomnium androgynum

3/23/07

Seahurst Beach Park, Burien, Washington, U.S.A.

Aulacomnium androgynum

A very tiny, unusual moss growing on a well-rotted driftwood log well above high-tide line at beach. The round structures are gemmae, a vegetative reproduction method. (Thank you GORGEous nature!!!)

Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)

Division: Bryophyta (Mosses)

Subdivision: Musci

Class: Bryopsida (True Mosses)

Subclass: Bryidae

Order: Bryales

Family: Aulacomniaceae

Genus: Aulacomnium (Aulacomnium Moss)

Species: androgynum

(Aulacomnium androgynum) Aulacomnium Moss

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