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Hanging fir-moss, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador Growing on a Polylepis sp. tree.<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/132361/polylepis_sp_pramo_tree_cayambe_coca_ecological_reserve_ecuador.html" title="Polylepis sp, P&aacute;ramo tree, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/132361_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=6EeyMdqa%2BW9QJurdMVOpdmBmkSQ%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Polylepis sp, P&aacute;ramo tree, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador A gorgeous tree in the Polylepis genus. This genus consists of high altitude trees that all have this gnarly shape and multi-layered bark. They are wind-pollinated. Some species in this genus occur over 5,000m altitude, far above the normal tree line, making them the highest occuring wood-producing plant in the world. Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,P&aacute;ramo,South America,Spring,World" /></a></figure> Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Hanging fir-moss,Phlegmariurus dichotomus,South America,Spring,World Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

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  1. It looks like clubmoss. Posted 3 years ago
    1. Possibly Phlegmariurus dichotomus or something similar. Really cool photo, btw. Posted 3 years ago
      1. Awesome. I checked the entire genus, and dichotomus seems the only candidate. Will go with it tentatively for now. Thanks again! Posted 3 years ago
        1. Sounds good! You're welcome. Posted 3 years ago

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Shoots pendent, 1--3-forked, clustered at base, 10--30 cm, long-lived. Roots densely covered with fine grayish uniseriate hairs, to 1 mm. Leaves spreading to ascending, 15--20 X 0.5--12 mm, very gradually narrowed from base to long-attenuate apex; margins entire. Fertile leaves reduced, 7--12 X 0.2--0.5 mm. Sporangia 2--3 times width of subtending leaf.

Similar species: Lycopodiales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Mar 27, 2022. Captured Nov 19, 2021 16:02 in 67F4W5G7+Q8.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/250s
  • ISO6400
  • 400mm