Hylocomium splendens, commonly called glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, or mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss found across Northern Hemisphere boreal forests, including Europe, Russia, Alaska and Canada, where it is often the most abundant moss species. It also grows in Arctic tundra and at higher elevations further south, including northern California, western Sichuan, East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies. In Scotland it is a characteristic species of the Caledonian Forest, and the United Kingdom's national vegetation classification names an entire pinewood community type after its pairing with Scots pine.
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1. Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 342654
Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests.
lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 342654
Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere bore
- In Biome: Boreal Forest, Wikipedia intro: "ountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests. It is commonly found in Europe, Russia, Alas..."
In Ecosystem: Canadian Boreal Forest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 342654, target E266744
Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests.
In Ecosystem: Arctic Tundra, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 342654, target E291542
It also grows in the Arctic tundra and further south at higher elevations in, for example, northern California, western Sichuan, East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies.
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Wikidata: Feather Moss
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