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Red-stemmed Feathermoss

Mosses and Liverworts

Red-stemmed feathermoss, Pleurozium schreberi, is a moss of the family Hylocomiaceae named for the reddish color of its stem beneath a loose covering of glossy green leaves, with side branches radiating outward in a feathery pattern. It is one of the most abundant ground-cover mosses of the boreal forest floor across Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia, commonly forming thick carpets beneath black spruce alongside other feathermosses, and it is considered a characteristic component of the black spruce and feathermoss climax forest community of the northern boreal zone.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Scientific Name
Pleurozium schreberi 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Red-stemmed Feathermoss

In Biome

Boreal Forest, Biomes
Source Pleurozium schreberi (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Canadian Boreal Forest, Ecosystems
Source Pleurozium schreberi (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Pleurozium schreberi (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Pleurozium schreberi
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    It is a characteristic component of black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, which sometimes have a moderately dense overstory canopy and a forest floor dominated by feathermosses such as Hylocomium splendens and Ptilium crista-castrensis.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 313800
    Pleurozium schreberi, the red-stemmed feathermoss or Schreber's big red stem moss, is a moss with a loose growth pattern.
  • In Biome: Boreal Forest, Wikipedia intro: "ing to the way the branches extend from the stem. The species is commonly found on the floor of the boreal forests of Canada, Scandinavia, and northern Russia...."
  • In Ecosystem: Canadian Boreal Forest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 313800, target E266744
    The species is commonly found on the floor of the boreal forests of Canada, Scandinavia, and northern Russia.
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Red-stemmed Feathermoss
  • Wikidata Q1646440, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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