Aulacomnium palustre Plants medium-sized, unbranched to occassionally branched, stems upright, 3-9 cm high, with abundant, reddish covering of hairs, often tipped by a short, leafless stalk that has small, lance-shaped gemmae along its entire length (although there may be more towards the tip). Found on organic soils and occassionally on rotten l;ogs; most common on disturbed, peaty banks in peatlands, whre it occurs on acid peat in bogs and on acidic m,ocrohabitats in rich fens; also on organic soils in tundra and subalpine habitats. Ours grow in the big circle under the woodland canopy. Several patches of Broom moss can be seen on the lower right.