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Hamatocaulis vernicosus

Slender green feather moss is a straggling moss, which has green to brown erect shoots, with hooked tips, reminiscent of a walking stick. This trait is referred to by the scientific name Hamatocaulis, which derives from the Latin for 'hooked stalk'.
Photo was taken in a springhead on Carn Ingli, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 2002.
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