Polytrichum ohioense

A large and distinctive moss of moist, open slopes.

Plant habit near Griffy Lake, 12/30/03. The smaller moss near the bottom is Hypnum imponens.

Old sporangia near Griffy Lake, 4/11/03.

A lone sporangium, 4/11/03.

An immature sporangium with its calyptra, 5/16/03.