Thuidium delicatulum, also known as the delicate fern moss or common fern moss, is a widespread species of moss in the family Thuidiaceae, found across North and South America from Alaska to Brazil.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Thuidium delicatulum
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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Fern MossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "Southern Asia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Fern MossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Fern MossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "South America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Thuidium delicatulum (Wikipedia)
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Thuidium delicatulum, also known as the delicate fern moss or common fern moss, is a widespread species of moss in the family Thuidiaceae.
2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species profiles for Thuidium delicatulum
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"taxonKey": 2679445, "habitat": "terrestrial", "source": "Protected Areas - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Prince Edward Island and Marion Island, South Africa"
3. Fern moss (Wikipedia)
4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Thuidium delicatulum
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"canonicalName": "Thuidium delicatulum"
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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