Pseudoscleropodium-purum
Pseudoscleropodium purum

Montado de azinhocinza formacoesrochosaspouco preoc

Neat Feather Moss

 

ORDER: Hypnales
FAMILY: Brachytheciaceae
SIZE: 15 cm
GROWTH FORM: weft
LIFE STRATEGY: perennial
CHOROLOGY: temperate


GROWTH FORM: pleurocarpous moss.
CHARACTERISTICS: leaves overlapping as scales, very concave and with single nerve; horizontal and oblong capsule; long shoots, forming yellowish or glossy green lax wefts; widely used in Christmas cribs, excessive collection can cause conservation problems.
ECOLOGY: on soils of shady, humid slopes.
DISTRIBUTION: widespread in Portugal.

TOLERANCE:

condEutroficas
poluicao
dessecacaodessecacao

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