Rocky Talus/Rock Outcrop: Bryophytes and Lichens

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Juniper haircap moss

Bristly bluish-green leaves with reddish tips make this moss look very much like young juniper seedlings. Don’t be fooled! The fruiting capsules help to dispel the confusion, sitting as white hairy popsicle heads on the top of upright red-brown stalks.

Rockfrog lichen

This is a medium to large, pale yellowish green and shiny leaf lichen with rather broad lobes. The underside is brown and somewhat shiny with many holdfasts attaching the lichen to its growing site. Rockfrog lichen is  commonly found on rocks at low elevations.

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Here are some more representative species in rocky talus slopes and rock outcrops:

Golden curls moss
Lichens:
Pixie-cup
Peltigera species

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