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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.
Isothecium myosuroides, commonly known as slender mouse-tail moss [1] or tree moss, is a true moss that grows abundantly on both rocks and trees. It is native to Western and Eastern North America, as well as parts of Western Europe.
Moss species can be classed as growing on: rocks, exposed mineral soil, disturbed soils, acid soil, calcareous soil, cliff seeps and waterfall spray areas, streamsides, shaded humusy soil, downed logs, burnt stumps, tree trunk bases, upper tree trunks, and tree branches or in bogs. Moss species growing on or under trees are often specific about ...
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
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi is ostensibly very similar to Dendrolycopodium obscurum which overlaps with D. hickeyi in range. While D. obscurum has reduced leaves on the underside of the branches, D. hickeyi has leaves of equal length around the branches [6] [8] [7] (as reflected by its former name, Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum: [9] [10] iso-[“equal”] + -phyllum [“leaf”]).
Pseudevernia furfuracea, commonly known as tree moss, is a lichenized species of fungus that grows on the bark of firs and pines. The lichen is rather sensitive to air pollution, its presence usually indicating good air conditions in the growing place. The species has numerous human uses, including use in perfume, embalming and in medicine ...
Dendrolycopodium obscurum, synonym Lycopodium obscurum, commonly called rare clubmoss, [2] ground pine, [3] or princess pine, [4] is a North American species of clubmoss in the family Lycopodiaceae. [5] It is a close relative of other species such as D. dendroideum and D. hickeyi, also treelike.
Marchantia, an example of a liverwort (Marchantiophyta) An example of moss (Bryophyta) on the forest floor in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Bryophytes (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ə ˌ f aɪ t s /) [1] are a group of land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic division, that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants: the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. [2]