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Fire moss prefers low competition and high light; however, it is somewhat shade tolerant, [15] [16] and has, for example, been reported to grow in artificially illuminated caves. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] It is a colonizer of disturbed sites and readily invades mineral soil by spores.
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 .
Massed moss protonemata typically look like a thin green felt, and may grow on damp soil, tree bark, rocks, concrete, or almost any other reasonably stable surface. This is a transitory stage in the life of a moss, but from the protonema grows the gametophore ("gamete-bearer") that is structurally differentiated into stems and leaves. A single ...
[clarification needed] The goose-necked moss's branches are shorter than the lanky moss branches. The Kindbergia species that is located in British Columbia is smaller Rhytidiadelphus loreus and has more complex branch structure. Kindbergia oregana is a yellow- light green moss compared to lanky moss and grows in a similar loose mat structure.
It grows in both hot and cold climates in well-drained, open environments. Found primarily in areas of alpine tundra , it is extremely cold-hardy. Other common names include reindeer moss , deer moss , and caribou moss , but these names can be misleading since it is, though somewhat moss-like in appearance, not a moss .
Azolla (mosquito fern, water fern, fairy moss) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, looking nothing like other typical ferns but more resembling the form of some mosses or even duckweeds .
Its leaves are scale-like and appressed, like a mature cedar, and it is glossy and evergreen. It normally grows to a height of about four inches (10 cm), with the spore-bearing strobili held higher. This plant was once widely harvested and sold as Christmas greenery, and populations were widely depleted for this reason.
Fontinalis antipyretica, [2] greater water-moss, [3] or common water moss, is a species of submerged aquatic moss belonging to the subclass Bryidae. It is found in both still and flowing freshwater in Europe, Asia, Greenland and Africa. In North America it is found in most Canadian provinces with a seaboard and most US states except the most ...