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Ptilium crista-castrensis

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Species of moss

Ptilium crista-castrensis
P. crista-castrensis in Finland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Pylaisiaceae
Genus: Ptilium
Species: P. crista-castrensis
Binomial name
Ptilium crista-castrensis
(Hedw.) De Not.

Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss or ostrich-plume feathermoss, is a moss species within the family Pylaisiaceae, 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.

References

Line notes

  1. NRCS. "Ptilium crista-castrensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang (2008). "A morpho-molecular classification of the mosses (Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia. 86 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001. ISSN 0029-5035.
  4. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (4 March 2014). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. C. Michael Hogan. 2008
Taxon identifiers
Ptilium crista-castrensis
Hypnum crista-castrensis


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