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A close up of apple moss.

Category: The Wildflowers | Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:38 pm

As the name suggests, apple moss, it just looks like a few apples on the end of some stalks. It grows on rock and usually in the shade,


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Comments

 

eileen wrote on Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:40 pm:


I can see just how this moss got its name. I don't think I've come across anything quite so interesting here.




 

Frank wrote on Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:04 am:


Looks like a Christmas tree from up-close. Thanks for posting Kildale.




 

Jerry Sullivan wrote on Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:45 pm:


Do the berries turn a different color or do they stay green?




 

Kildale wrote on Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:01 pm:


They are so small that you can hardly see them. Apple Moss is a moss with unique spherical sporophytes and yes they do turn red, although I will have to find some when that happens.





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