Pleurozium schreberi, the red-stemmed feathermoss[1] or Schreber's big red stem moss,[2] is a moss with a loose growth pattern.[3] The prefix 'pleuro-' is derived from the Latin word for ribs, possibly referring to the way the branches extend from the stem.
| Pleurozium schreberi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Hylocomiaceae |
| Genus: | Pleurozium |
| Species: | P. schreberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurozium schreberi | |
The species is commonly found on the floor of the boreal forests of Canada, Scandinavia, and northern Russia. It is a characteristic component of black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, which sometimes have a moderately dense overstory canopy and a forest floor dominated by feathermosses such as Hylocomium splendens and Ptilium crista-castrensis.[4]
In a study of the effect of the herbicide Asulam on moss growth found that Pleurozium schreberi exhibited intermediate sensitivity to exposure.[5]
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Pleurozium schreberi carpeting the floor of black spruce (Picea mariana) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forest in New Brunswick, Canada.
References
edit- ↑ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
- ↑ NRCS. "Pleurozium schreberi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ Journal Linn. Soc. Bot. 1869. Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt., 12: 537. 1869.
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Rowntree, J. K.; Lawton, K. F.; Rumsey, F. J.; Sheffield, E. (2003). "Exposure to Asulox Inhibits the Growth of Mosses". Annals of Botany. 92 (4): 547–556. doi:10.1093/aob/mcg166. PMC 4243670. PMID 12933364.
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