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Antitrichia curtipendula (also known as pendulous wing moss or hanging moss) is a species of feather-moss found predominantly in western North America and the western coast of Europe. Description [ edit ]
Platyhypnidium riparioides, the long-beaked water feathermoss, [2] is a species of aquatic moss commonly found in many regions. This species is among the largest aquatic mosses growing up to 15 cm long. P. riparioides grows in a procumbent or pendulous fashion along rocks and tree roots and may form extensive lax mats of many intermingled ...
Anomodon viticulosus – rambling tail-moss; Antitrichia curtipendula – pendulous wing-moss; Aongstroemia longipes – sprig-moss; Aphanorrhegma patens – spreading earth-moss; Aplodon wormskjoldii – carrion-moss; Archidium alternifolium – clay earth-moss; Arctoa fulvella – Arctic fork-moss; Atrichum angustatum – lesser smoothcap
The scientific study of grasses, in the strictest sense only those species which are members of the family Poaceae. Broader usages sometimes also include grass-like or graminoid species from the families Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, and Typhaceae. alate Having a wing or wings. albumen Older name for the endosperm of flowering plants.
Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, [2] splendid feather moss, [3] stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss [4] with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests. It is commonly found in Europe, Russia, Alaska and Canada, where it is often the
Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China's western region of Xinjiang that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars, a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
The new species is sexually dimorphic, so males and females differ in “wing size, shape and pattern.” The male specimen was a mostly gray and white with a “few yellowish-brown scales ...
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, the big shaggy-moss [1] or rough goose neck moss, [2] is a species of moss in the family Hylocomiaceae. It is often the dominating moss species in moderately rich forest habitats in the boreal regions and the Pacific Northwest .