Can you help me identify this moss?

Question

i took this photo of a moss growing on a tree outside my house and was just wondering if anyone knew the species. i know absolutely nothing about botany by the way. if having info about the habitat helps, i live in upstate new york, between nyc and albany.

http://us.share.geocities.com/moonwffl/Moss5.JPG

Answer 1

It looks like it might be some young burned ground moss, but I'm not entirely sure since I can't find my book.  I am positive that there is some crack lichen mixed in under it though.

Answer 2

It is most probably  Polytrichum  moss

I am not sure as my attemts to get a photo deid not yield desired result.

see one of the Polytrichum mosses below=

http://www.lamedon.de/moosbilder/images/...

http://www.highlandguides.com/images/mos...

See another one   Campylopus sp . below =

http://www.calflora.net/specialpages/ima...