Knight's plume moss, also called ostrich-plume feathermoss, Ptilium crista-castrensis, is a species of moss in the family Pylaisiaceae, within the order Hypnales, that grows on the floor of coniferous and mixed forests across the boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Its regularly branched, feather-like fronds curve to one side in a shape resembling an ostrich plume, the feature behind both of its common names, and it typically forms loose, glossy carpets among other forest-floor mosses.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 Living or Extinct Scientific NamePtilium crista-castrensis 2 Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ptilium crista-castrensis
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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Knight's Plume 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: Knight's Plume MossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
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1. Ptilium crista-castrensis (Wikipedia)
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Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss or ostrich-plume feathermoss, is a species of moss within the family Pylaisiaceae, in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.
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Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss or ostrich-plume feathermoss, is a species of moss within the family Pylaisiaceae, in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ptilium crista-castrensis
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Ptilium crista-castrensis"
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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