Fork moss is the common name for Dicranum, a genus of mosses also called wind-blown moss, which forms in densely packed clumps. Its stems may fork but do not branch, and upright stems typically grow singly while packed closely together with others; the genus is distributed globally and in North America is commonly found in jack pine or red pine stands.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Dicranum
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1. Wikipedia: Dicranum
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Dicranum
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Dicranum is a genus of mosses, also called wind-blown mosses or fork mosses.
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Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
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.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Dicranum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Bryopsida, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Bryopsida, Taxon record
"class": "Bryopsida"
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