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Exploring Mosses, Lichens & Liverworts in Temperate Rainforests

Delve into the fascinating world of non-vascular plants like mosses, lichens, and liverworts in temperate rainforests. Discover their unique characteristics, roles in the ecosystem, and diverse species in PNW. Learn about their morphologies, reproduction methods, and their significance in nature.

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Exploring Mosses, Lichens & Liverworts in Temperate Rainforests

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  1. Mosses, Lichens, and Liverworts Daniel A. Salomon March 9, 2016

  2. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Mosses are non-vascular • Remain small and grow in wet places • They give the temperate rainforest its lush, rich, verdant appearance

  3. Nps.gov

  4. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Apple moss exception to the rule • Picture

  5. Apple Moss(Exception to the Rule) Southern Illinois University

  6. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Difference between seed and spore • Rhizoid and substrate • Peat mosses and true mosses

  7. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Peat mosses (40 species native to PNW) • Diagram of a peat moss

  8. Moss Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • True mosses vs. peat mosses • 700 species of true mosses in PNW • Photo slide

  9. Liverwort Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Sub-family of bryophytes • 6000 species of liverwort worldwide • 220 native to PNW

  10. Lung Liverwort

  11. Common Scissor Leaf

  12. Cedar Shake

  13. Snake Liverwort

  14. Maple Liverwort

  15. Hard-scale Liverwort

  16. Liverwort Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Same basic morphology as mosses

  17. Club Mosses, Spikemosses, and Quillworts • Families within fern and fern allies orders • Club mosses and spikemosses are slow growing

  18. Clubmosses

  19. Spikemosses

  20. Quillworts

  21. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • More than 1000 kinds in PNW • Lichenology relatively new field • Many species of lichen live in old growth forests • Along the coastline • Rocky headlands • Ventilated forests • Alpine

  22. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Technically classified in fungus kingdom • Lichens are composite creatures • Mutualistic relationships

  23. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • What separates lichens from other members of the fungus kingdom? • How to tell the difference between lichen: • That have mutualistic relationships with algae • That have mutualistic relationships with bacteria

  24. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Lichens reproduce in 3 ways • Show diagram

  25. Lichen Systematics and Temperate Rainforests • Many different shapes

  26. Rag Lichen

  27. Rag Lichen

  28. Rag Lichen

  29. Ethnolichenology • Radical Mycology-A Treatise on Seeing and Working with Fungi • Peter McCoy • Lichenologist Natassja Noell

  30. Ethnolichenology • Lichens as medicine • Lichens as a dye source • Lichens as food • Lichen harvesting ethics and tips

  31. Ethnobotany of Mosses and Liverworts • Ring Pella Liverwort • Snake Liverwort • Common Green Sphagnum

  32. Snake Liverwort University of Victoria Environmental Studies

  33. Cladonia Scales

  34. Hooded BoneHooded Tube Lichen 2004, Richard Droker 2015, Craig Althen

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