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Heath pearlwort is a low-growing prostrate perennial plant forming a thick, dense mat with stems less than 10 cm long, and slender subulate (awl-shaped) leaves up to 1 cm long. The flowers are 4–5 mm in diameter, with five white petals the same length as the green sepals; they are produced singly on erect stems 2–4 cm long.
Chondrus crispus—commonly called Irish moss or carrageenan moss (Irish carraigín, "little rock")—is a species of red algae [1] which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America. In its fresh condition it is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark ...
Sphagnum papillosum – papillose bog-moss; Sphagnum platyphyllum – flat-leaved bog-moss; Sphagnum pulchrum – golden bog-moss; Sphagnum quinquefarium – five-ranked bog-moss; Sphagnum riparium – cleft bog-moss; Sphagnum russowii – Russow's bog-moss; Sphagnum skyense – Skye bog-moss; Sphagnum squarrosum – spiky bog-moss; Sphagnum ...
Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus: a relict plant of the Ice Age. Ice-sheets covered most of Ireland until 13,000 years ago when the Holocene began. The majority of Ireland's flora and fauna has only returned as the ice sheets retreated and sea level rose accompanied by post-glacial rebound when 10,000 years ago the climate began to warm.
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Irish moss may refer to: Chondrus crispus, a commonly gathered seaweed; a clarifying agent in beer brewing; Mastocarpus stellatus, a less commonly gathered seaweed; Sagina subulata, a terrestrial plant with needle-like leaves; Soleirolia soleirolii, a terrestrial plant with round leaves; Arenaria verna, a terrestrial plant in the genus Arenaria
The Marchantiophyta (/ m ɑːr ˌ k æ n t i ˈ ɒ f ə t ə,-oʊ ˈ f aɪ t ə / ⓘ) are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts.Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information.
Flowering moss is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox stolonifera, native to the United States; Phlox subulata, native to the United States;