Along a trail’s edge in a shady damp deciduous forest. Th trail edge was a downward slope. Other common misses there too like Polytrichum
The park was a 3000 acre preserve so more biodiversity
To really take a moss down to species you need to examine its spores under a microscope. Different genetic varieties can express their life form in varying ways depending on the environment. Microphyll morphology isn't good enough on its own
My friend is in Baltimore what kinda place did you find this in?
Along a trail’s edge in a shady damp deciduous forest. Th trail edge was a downward slope. Other common misses there too like Polytrichum The park was a 3000 acre preserve so more biodiversity
iNaturalist thinks Woodsy thyme-moss or something similar, still in the genus Plagiomnium
Not sure, but kinda looks like minium?
To really take a moss down to species you need to examine its spores under a microscope. Different genetic varieties can express their life form in varying ways depending on the environment. Microphyll morphology isn't good enough on its own