Common Name: MossScientific Name: Calliergon giganteum
Clade: Moss is nonvascular, it is neither angiosperm or gymnosperm.
Data Collected: I took this picture last year on a camping trip. June 18, 2011.
Location collected: I took this picture at Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. It was a very moist environment and some sunlight was shining on it but it was mostly shady. It looked as though underneath was rock but we were not very sure. There was a little body of water about ten feet to the side.
Habitat: Moss has adopted to cold climates by storing nutrients but it is usually very humid where this was growing.
Special Notes: There are some forms of moss that grow very slowly. They do not have flowers or seeds. They grow leaves that are only one cell thick.Sometimes mosses grow spore capsules.
Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
http://www.mossacres.com/info.asp
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