Ceratodon purpureus, commonly called fire moss, redshank, purple forkmoss or purple horn toothed moss, is a dioicous moss whose color ranges from yellow-green to red and which reaches about three centimetres in height. It grows worldwide and is especially adept at colonizing disturbed ground, from polluted highway shoulders and mine tailings to land recently burned by wildfire and even sunlit Antarctic slopes.
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Source Wikidata: Fire Moss
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Taiwan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikipedia: Ceratodon purpureus
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Ceratodon purpureus is a dioicous moss with a color ranging from yellow-green to red.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Fire Moss
- Wikidata Q1752834, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Bryopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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