Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss or mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with an extensive distribution across Northern Hemisphere boreal forests. It thrives across Europe, Russia, Alaska and Canada, where it is often the most abundant moss species, and also inhabits Arctic tundra and higher elevations from northern California and western Sichuan to East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies. In Scotland it is a characteristic component of the Caledonian Forest, and the UK's national vegetation classification names the pinewood community Pinus sylvestris-Hylocomium splendens woodland after it.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceGenerally olive green, yellowish or reddish green with reddish stems and branches 1 Scientific Name Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
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Source Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
Source Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
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1. Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
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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.
Description section
It is generally olive green, yellowish or reddish green in colour, with reddish stems and branches
- moss of boreal forests
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295822
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 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: Arctic Tundra, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 295822, 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.
In Ecosystem: Canadian Boreal Forest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 295822, 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.
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Wikidata: Feather Moss
- Wikidata Q149101, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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