Moss IDs please

Discussion in 'Identification Area' started by Fof, Feb 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM.

  1. Fof

    Fof Gardener

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    My darling daughter decided that I wanted a bonsai, so on my birthday, guess what I got. OK. So I now had something new to learn about.
    When it arrived the chinese elm was growing in coir peat - yuck!! (Have to repot) - in a small plastic training pot(?), in a chinese style outer container (undrained).
    Chinese elm are, apparently, repotted in spring.
    Leaf buds started to burst so it is now repotted in bonsai compost, in a new bonsai container.
    I decided I needed moss on the soil.
    Moss 01
    Lifted from the base of a tree, and suspect it won't like full sun.
    Moss 01  02 - small.jpg Moss 01  03 - small.jpg

    Moss 02
    A lump of moss that fell from the roofing tiles. Should like sun.
    Moss 02  01 - small.jpg Moss 02  02 - small.jpg

    Moss 03

    Collected from concrete steps out the back. Probably same as #02
    Moss 03  01 - small.jpg Moss 03  02 - small.jpg

    This was near to #03, but very wet and fell to bits. Again I suspect same as #03.

    Moss 03 - Seta  01 - small.jpg
    I'm still studying Common mosses on walls - British Bryological Society. but the more brains the better.

    So, any ideas, guys?

    TIA

    Fof

    EDIT: All have been pressed down to enhance contact, so they may be a bit squashed.
     
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  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Looks like the stuff that grows on my shed roof and in the gutters, I'm afraid moss is mostly moss to me.:smile:
    Apart from sphagnum.
     
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