Pleurozium schreberi
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 root name pleuro comes from the Latin for ribs, possibly describing how the parts branch from the stem.
| Pleurozium schreberi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Hylocomiaceae |
| Genus: | Pleurozium |
| Species: | P. schreberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurozium schreberi | |
The species occurs on the floor of the boreal forests of Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, sometimes having moderately dense overstory canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens and Ptilium crista-castrensis.[4]
In a study of the effect of the herbicide Asulam on moss growth, Pleurozium schreberi was shown to have intermediate sensitivity to Asulam exposure.[5]
Gallery
Pleurozium schreberi carpeting the floor of black spruce (Picea mariana) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forest in New Brunswick, Canada.
References
- 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.
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pleurozium schreberi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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.
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