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Plagiomnium venustum, also known as magnificent leafy moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Mniaceae. [2] It is found mainly in western North America along the coastal region. [ 3 ] This moss can be identified from other members of the Plagiomnium genus by dark coloured stomata guide cells and the absence of sterile stems. [ 2 ]
It is the most common species of leafy moss in low-elevation forests. [2] References This page was last edited on 25 April 2023, at 14:24 (UTC). Text is available ...
Plagiomnium insigne, the badge moss or coastal leafy moss, [1] is a species of moss found on humus in moist, shaded, lowland forests. It can also be found on soil along trails and other shaded, open areas. The moss sometimes forms lush, extensive mats.
Moss leaf under microscope, showing gemmae and a hair point (40x) Moss gametophytes have stems which may be simple or branched and upright (acrocarp) or prostrate (pleurocarp). The early divergent classes Takakiopsida, Sphagnopsida, Andreaeopsida and Andreaeobryopsida either lack stomata or have pseudostomata that do not form pores.
Rhizomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae [1] commonly referred to as leafy mosses. [2] They grow nearly worldwide, mostly in the northern hemisphere. [1]
Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses.This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. [1] The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them the largest order of mosses.
Some of the more familiar species grow as a flattened leafless thallus, but most species are leafy with a form very much like a flattened moss. Leafy species can be distinguished from the apparently similar mosses on the basis of a number of features, including their single-celled rhizoids .
Gametophyte (leafy vegetation) and sporophyte (upright stalks) generations of Plagiomnium cuspidatum. Plagiomnium cuspidatum, also known as toothed or “baby-tooth” plagiomnium moss and woodsy thyme-moss, is a species of thyme-moss that originated in North America, but can now also be found throughout Middle America, Africa, Northern and Southern Asia (excluding China), and Europe.