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Bryophytes and Beauty at UBC Botanical Garden

A Photo Essay

Author: Daniel Mosquin

Background

This photo essay and associated presentation were completed as part of coursework for UBC Biology 321 - Bryology.

Colour

Bryum sp.
Atrichum undulatum
Kindbergia sp.
Kindbergia sp.
Liverwort and moss medley
Pohlia nutans
Sphagnum squarrosum

Shape

Orthotrichum lyellii
Atrichum undulatum
Buckiella undulata
Dicranum scoparium
Dicranum sp.
Grimmia pulvinata
Lunularia cruciata
Marchantia polymorpha
Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum sp.
Porella cordeana

The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Ferns and mosses medley
Dicranum sp. and fungus
Liverwort, moss and fungus medley

Light

Dicranum sp.
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus
Pohlia nutans
Liverwort setae
Unidentified moss
Polytrichum sp.

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