Glow Moss, also called ribbed bog-moss or bog groove-moss, is a moss species with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution across North America, Hispaniola, Venezuela, Eurasia and New Zealand. In North America it ranges across the southern Arctic, subboreal and boreal regions from Alaska and British Columbia to Greenland and Quebec, with scattered populations reaching south into states such as Washington, Wyoming, Georgia and Virginia.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Schistostega pennata
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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Glow 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: Glow MossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Schistostega (Wikipedia)
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The chloroplasts absorb the useful wavelengths of the light and reflect back the remainder towards the light source, giving the moss a greenish-gold glow.
2. Schistostega pennata (Wikipedia)
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Schistostega pennata, also called goblin gold, Dragon's gold, luminous moss or luminescent moss, is a haplolepidous moss (Dicranidae) known for its glowing appearance in dark places.
3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Schistostega pennata
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"canonicalName": "Schistostega pennata"
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