Ptilium crista-castrensis
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| P. crista-castrensis in Finland | |
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| Species: | P. crista-castrensis
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Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss[1] or ostrich-plume feathermoss,[2] is a moss species within the family Hypnaceae,[3] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.
Ecology
This species occurs on the floor of Canadian boreal forests as well as many forests of northern Europe; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.[4]
See also
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
- ITIS Report. 1999. Family: Hypnaceae
Line notes
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ptilium crista-castrensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
- ^ ITIS Report. 1999
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
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