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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss

Mosses and Liverworts

Cypress-leaved plait-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme, is a moss of the family Hypnaceae whose creeping stems form smooth, dense mats, with overlapping branch leaves that give each shoot the tapering, layered look of a miniature cypress branch. It is one of the most widespread mosses on Earth, found on every continent except Antarctica across an unusually broad range of habitats and climates, typically growing on tree trunks, logs, walls and rocks in acidic conditions, and it tolerates air pollution better than many other mosses.

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Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Scientific Name
Hypnum cupressiforme 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
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Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
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1. Wikipedia: Hypnum cupressiforme
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q245867 (P225 taxon name)
  • infobox status=LC
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 313806
    Hypnum cupressiforme, the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss, is a common and widespread species of moss belonging to the genus Hypnum.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 313806
    It typically grows on tree trunks, logs, walls, rocks and other surfaces.
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Wikidata: Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
  • Wikidata Q245867, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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