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Silver Moss

Mosses and Liverworts

Silver Moss is a moss species in the family Bryaceae, identifiable without a microscope by the characteristic silvery-white sheen its shoots take on when dry, a trait reflected in its scientific name argenteum, from the Latin for silver. It is one of the most widely recognized mosses in the world and one of the most common mosses found growing in urban environments, colonizing pavement cracks, walls, and other disturbed city surfaces.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Scientific Name
Bryum argenteum 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Bryopsida, Taxa
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Bryum argenteum
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Found In

Africa

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Silver MossDistributions
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"locality": "Africa", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Silver MossDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Southern Asia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Silver MossDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Australia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
North America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Silver MossDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
South America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Silver MossDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "South America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Bryum argenteum
  • Lead, living organism
    Bryum argenteum (common names: silver moss, silver-green moss, silvery thread moss) is a species of moss in the family Bryaceae.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Bryum argenteum (common names: silver moss, silver-green moss, silvery thread moss) is a species of moss in the family Bryaceae.
  • Habitat and distribution
    In less disturbed settings, the species also occurs in woodland, on sand dunes, along eroding stream and river banks, in rocky gorges, in alpine herbfields, and on unstable lowland cliff faces.
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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Bryum argenteum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon record
Quote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Bryum argenteum"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, 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.
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