April 28, 2012: My moss class took a field trip to the Arboretum.
My instructor fetching a sample from the side of the bridge.
Moss does not often have the most interesting common names, but this one is making an effort. "Electrified Cat's Tail Moss" (Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus)
Tree moss, so named for looking like a tree.
A denizen of Tiny Town
Liverwort
I forget what this one is, but we all agreed it's pretty.
Lichens - not part of this class.
I disturbed a pill bug (Armadillidiidae) who promptly rolled himself into a ball. The Buster Bluth of the bug world.
Once again distracted by not-mosses: I think this is thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)?
Lover’s moss (Aulacomnium androgynum)
Distracted by not-mosses. This is part of a skunk cabbage.
Another kind of Rhytidiadelphus
"Are you taking a picture of an English daisy?" another person on the tour asked, momentarily incredulous that I would bother with something so common. I said, "Yes, they are pretty," and she conceded that they are, despite their ubiquity.
Tortula princeps