ITS MOSSES
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Sphagnum rubellum. Forming rosy tufts, on the margin
of boggy places. By the side of Copped Hall Lodge
Road.
Dicranella heteromalla. This little gem of early spring,
with its hair-like foliage and glowing orange fruit, grows
under oaks and by the side of old gravel-pits.
Dicranum scoparium. A pretty light green plant, with
foliage slightly curved, in dense masses, as soft as a
cushion.
Leucobryum glaucum. Glaucous green, quite a departure
from the usual run of mosses, appearing like mounds
rather than moss ; rarely found in fruit. In and near
Monk Wood.
Ceratodon purpureus. Most abundant by the side of the
Theydon Road on old charred mounds where the heather
has been burned.
Funaria hygrometrica. On charred places where fires have
occurred.
Philinotis fontana. A curious forked plant; very local;
grows in a bog by the Wake Arms, Theydon Road,
and Loughton Road.
Bryum argenteum. A pretty silvery plant. On banks near
Theydon.
Mnium undulatum. Moist places. Epping Lower Forest.
Mnium hornum. Sometimes called Swan's Neck Moss,
from the curvature of the upper part of the fruit-stalk,
Aulacomnium palustre. Damp and boggy places.
Tetraphis pellucida. On old stumps and damp places.
Close by Ambresbury Banks.
Polytrichum commune. In bogs.
Polytrichum juniperum. Gravel-pits by Wake Arms.
Thuidium tamariscinum. Very handsome, bright green,
fern-like.
Eurynchium striatum. Epping Lower Forest.
Hypnum cuspidatum. Damp places. Bogs.
Hypnum schreberi. In masses amongst heath. Common.
Hypnum splendens. Often shaded with bronze. Very
elegant, like the frond of a fern.
Hypnum triquetrum. This is the well-known " French
Moss " sold at Covent Garden for decorations.
Lycopodium clavatum. Club moss, sometimes called
Stag's-horn Moss. Between Monk Wood and Cowper's
Camp.
The following mosses have also been gathered
in the Forest, but it is probably far from an ex-
haustive list of those inhabiting the locality—
Atrichum undulatum. Bryum carneum.
Aulacomnion androgynum. B. pseudotriquetrum.
A. palustre. Campylopus flexuosus.
Bartramia fontana. Ceratodon purpureus.
B. pomiformis. Dicranum cerviculatum.
Bryum argenteum. D. heteromallum.
B. caespiticium. D. fuscescens.
B. capillare. D. scoparium.