Name: Brachythecium velutinum
Common Name: Brachythecium Moss
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Collection Date: September 15, 2016
Habitat: Found on tree base/tree roots
Location: Nelson Ledges
Description: Appears to look like Velcro, very rough and hard leaves
Key Used: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Mosses_USID
Key Steps: 4 Narrow, 6 Mat, 7 Tree Bases and Tree Roots, 8 Light. Found the picture that best suits the sample I have.
You need to use more specific terms; is it pleurocarpous or acrocarpous? What is the leaf shape? Is there a costa? Etc.., Keying is incomplete. Also you need some microscopic pictures of the leaves to support your identification.
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