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Abietinella abietina – fir tamarisk-moss; Acaulon muticum – rounded pygmy-moss; Acaulon triquetrum – triangular pygmy-moss; Aloina aloides – common aloe-moss; Aloina ambigua – tall aloe-moss; Aloina brevirostris – short-beaked aloe-moss; Aloina rigida – rigid aloe-moss; Amblyodon dealbatus – short-tooth hump-moss
It grows most conspicuously in heavily grazed pastures and on the regularly mown fairways on golf courses, [6] and is the most common moss found in lawns in the United Kingdom. [9] It is almost always found in association with humans, leaving its original habitat unclear; it may have evolved as a plant of coastal meadows. [7]
Cryphaea lamyana is an aquatic moss found in unpolluted rivers, [1] It is local or rare throughout its range and in the UK is restricted to a few sites in Cornwall and Devon and a number of sites on the River Teifi where it is most commonly found. Its common name is multi-fruited river moss so named because of the spherical orange capsules in ...
Chloroplasts (green discs) and accumulated starch granules in cells of Bryum capillare. Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are usually small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.
English name: Scientific name: Communities: Brown bent: Agrostis vinealis: H6: Common bent: Agrostis capillaris: MG3, MG5, SD12, CG10, W11: Bristle bent: Agrostis ...
Kindbergia praelonga, known as common feather-moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. It is a medium to large size moss with pinnate leaves. [2] The species is of interest for having properties that may be beneficial for human health. [3] The species is found worldwide in moist to wet habitats. [2]
Thamnobryum angustifolium, the Derbyshire feathermoss, [2] is a species of moss in the Neckeraceae family. It is endemic to Derbyshire, England, [1] being restricted to a single SSSI, where the main colony covers about 3 square metres (32 sq ft) of a single rock face, with small subsidiary colonies nearby.
Bryum argenteum, the silvergreen bryum moss or silvery thread moss, [1] is a species of moss in the family Bryaceae. It is one of the most common mosses of urban areas and can be easily recognized without a microscope.