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  2. Spanish moss - Wikipedia

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    Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is native to much of Mexico , Bermuda , the Bahamas , Central America , South America (as far south as northern Patagonia ), [ 4 ] the Southern United States , and West Indies .

  3. Moss - Wikipedia

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    There is a period in the moss life cycle when they do have a double set of paired chromosomes, but this happens only during the sporophyte stage. Life cycle of a typical moss ( Polytrichum commune ) The moss life-cycle starts with a haploid spore that germinates to produce a protonema ( pl. protonemata), which is either a mass of thread-like ...

  4. Sporophyte - Wikipedia

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    Young sporophytes of the common moss Tortula muralis. In mosses, the gametophyte is the dominant generation, while the sporophytes consist of sporangium-bearing stalks growing from the tips of the gametophytes Sporophytes of moss during spring In flowering plants, the sporophyte comprises the whole multicellular body except the pollen and ...

  5. Pleopeltis polypodioides - Wikipedia

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    The fern can also reproduce by the division of its rhizomes. On the underside of the blades, the sori (reproductive clusters) are round, discrete, and sunken. Their outline can be seen as raised dimples on the upper surface. They are typically near the outer edge, and occur on all but the lowest pinnae of fertile fronds. Indusia are absent ...

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  7. Usnea - Wikipedia

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    The name Usnea is probably derived from the Arabic word Ushnah, meaning moss or lichen, though it may also mean "rope-like". [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Based on a fossil Usnea found in Baltic amber , the genus is known to date back to at least the late Eocene , about 34 million years ago.

  8. Fragmentation (reproduction) - Wikipedia

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    Small pieces of moss "stems" or "leaves" are often scattered by the wind, water or animals. If a moss fragment reaches a suitable environment, it can establish a new plant. [2] They also produce gemmae, for example in the splash-cups of Marchantia polymorpha, [3] that are easily broken off and distributed.

  9. Tillandsia recurvata - Wikipedia

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    Tillandsia recurvata, commonly known as small ballmoss [3] or ball moss, is a flowering plant (not a true moss) in the family Bromeliaceae that grows upon larger host plants. It grows well in areas with low light, little airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the southern live oak ( Quercus ...