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Moss species growing on or under trees are often specific about the species of trees they grow on, such as preferring conifers over broadleaf trees, oaks over alders, or vice versa. [12] While mosses often grow on trees as epiphytes , they are never parasitic on the tree.
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.
Climacium dendroides, also known as tree climacium moss, [1] [2] belongs in the order Hypnales [3] and family Climaciaceae, [4] in class Bryopsida and subclass Bryidae.It is identified as a "tree moss" due to its distinctive morphological features, and has four species identified across the Northern Hemisphere.
Tortula cernua, the narrowleaf screw moss, [2] or flamingo moss, [3] is a widely-distributed species of moss in the family Pottiaceae.First described in 1833, it is characterised by elliptical leaves with distinctive bordered margins and spore capsules that bend downward at an angle.
[2] It grows preferentially on angiosperms rather than on conifers because of the manner in which the former take in water creating an ideal moist habitat for the moss to grow on, and because many trees in the flowering plant families are less acidic than coniferous species of trees. Isothecium myosuroides also can grow on rocks.
Tree moss is a common name for several organisms and may refer to: Climacium, a genus of mosses which resemble miniature trees Climacium dendroides, a common species of Climacium; Evernia, a genus of lichens which grow on trees; Usnea, a genus of lichens which grow on trees
This moss is found in low to high elevation forests, ranging from around 0–2100 meters in elevation that are predominantly coniferous type trees. They can be found in the forest canopy growing on limbs, branches, stumps and sometimes rocks.
Orthotrichum lyellii, also known as Lyell's bristle moss, [1] is a species of acrocarpous moss belonging to the family Orthotrichaceae. [1] [2] O. lyellii can be found throughout western North America and Europe. [3] [4] It is found most commonly growing epiphytically on a variety of trees, and less commonly on rocks or boulder substrates. [5]