University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Bryophyte Collection (COLO:B)
COLO-B-0043684
5133e71b-5d8d-47f8-a29d-fcb474c6b676
B-112459
Pohlia obtusifolia (Vill. ex Brid.) L.F. Koch
Bryaceae
W. A. Weber; R. Wittmann and R. Tidball
s.n.
2002-06-01
United States, Colorado, Grand, Summit of Berthoud Pass, just north of the anchor of the chair lift; 3450 msm
3450 meters
3450 msm
Small fen with a few small rivulets; lower two thirds dominated by Sphagnum and Carex.
The young growth a clear green, and the older growth black, a very characteristic Pohlia, recognizable even when sterile, and almost always found in fens and along stream banks in the subalpine.