#lycophytes

[spatheandspadix]

Diphasiastrum digitatum soaking up the February sun

[ghost-symphony]

Celery cross section

Lycophyte spores

Fern underside

Moss sporophyte (first three pictures) and gametophyte (last two)

I'm unsure of the species of any of these.

I hadn't realized how beautiful the underside of ferns were under a microscope.

You can really see the fern's stomata on the second picture (the flattened donut looking things). Stomata are used for gas exchange. You can sort of think of them as pores the plant breathes with.

[chemistfail]

Lycophytes my beloved

[biology-geology-beaches-india]

The Scientific Research Diaries of S. Sunkavally. Page 211.

[winkingrain]

To the best of your knowledge, which of these IS a moss (non-vascular plant in the division Bryophyta)?

Spanish moss

Clubmoss

Reindeer moss

Spikemoss

Peat moss

Spanish moss and peat moss

Reindeer moss and spikemoss

Spanish moss and reindeer moss

Clubmoss and peat moss

None of the above

Voting ended onFeb 27, 2023

This is for science; I want to know how many people know what moss is!

Please reblog when you vote and indicate your reasoning in the tags or comments! I'm trying to see what a good avenue for outreach would be.

[gasolineweirdo]

Interrupted clubmoss (Spinulum annotinum) groundcover in an old-growth hemlock stand

[neat-deadandlive-things]

Selaginella sp.

Selaginella is the only living genus of the order Selaginellales, a group that goes back all the way to to the Devonian (400 million years ago).

[deathtek]

11/7/20