To David Oppenheim and other plant-edders,
The leaves on mosses are called phyllids, but most bryologists simply
call them leaves. You will find that most of the moss literature refers
to them as leaves. I suspect they were dubbed leaves long before some
vascular botanist decided to narrow the definition to blades with vascular
tissue to distinguish "true" leaves from enations.
Janice
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Janice M. Glime, Professor (and bryologist)
Department of Biological Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
jmglime at mtu.edu
906-487-2546
FAX 906-487-3167
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