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From: ERNST HAECKEL: 'The Art Forms of Nature" (1899)


Detail of the moss plate. A number of indigenous species is depicted. In the middle of the picture: Splachnum luteum, on the top right Polytrichum commune, next to it bog moss (Sphagnum cymbilifolium). On the left of Splachnum is the pearlwort (Mnium undulatum) shown. In the lower part of the picture can three Physcomitrium-species be recognized.




plate: liverworts



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