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Polytrichastrum alpinum typically grows to 15cm high and is a dioecious moss in the family Polytrichaceae. Polytrichastrum alpinum, also known as Alpine haircap, is a species of moss from the family Polytrichaceae. [1] It is widely distributed and may be found growing among other moss species.
Diphasiastrum alpinum, the alpine clubmoss, is a species of clubmoss. [2] This plant is a glaucous scale-leaved perennial pteridophyte. In Finland, the spores are produced June to September. [3] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his Flora Lapponica, 1737, from specimens obtained in Finland.
Moss is thought to add a sense of calm, age, and stillness to a garden scene. Moss is also used in bonsai to cover the soil and enhance the impression of age. [53] Rules of cultivation are not widely established. Moss collections are quite often begun using samples transplanted from the wild in a water-retaining bag.
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum, synonym Lycopodium fastigiatum, commonly known as alpine club moss or mountain club moss, is a species of club moss native to New Zealand and Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The genus Austrolycopodium is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), [ 4 ] but not in other classifications which ...
Alpine plants use both sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction has limits in high alpine areas, especially in areas with a short growing season in alpine zones at high latitudes. In tropical alpine zones with a year-round growing season, such as the northern Andes, plants can flower year-round. Regardless of when ...
Plagiomnium medium, commonly known as Alpine thyme-moss [3] or intermediate plagiomnium moss, [4] is a moss found in montane habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.. Research published in 1988 showed that is a hybrid of P. ellipticum and P. insigne via an allopolyploid process, previously considered to be absent in bryophyte evolution.
Fissidens serrulatus – large Atlantic pocket-moss; Fissidens taxifolius – common pocket-moss; Fissidens viridulus – green pocket-moss; Fontinalis antipyretica – greater water-moss; Fontinalis squamosa – alpine water-moss; Funaria hygrometrica – common cord-moss; Glyphomitrium daviesii – black-tufted moss; Grimmia anodon ...
Arctic moss is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Calliergon giganteum, an aquatic moss; Cladonia, a genus of lichens