Stair-step moss, Hylocomium splendens, also called glittering woodmoss, is a moss of the family Hylocomiaceae recognizable by its branches, which arch upward each year from the midpoint of the previous year's growth, building a stepped, feathery structure whose annual layers can be counted to estimate the plant's age. Olive green to reddish in color, it dominates the forest floor of boreal and subalpine forests across Europe, Russia, Alaska and Canada, and also grows in Arctic tundra and at high elevation in more southern regions including California, Sichuan, East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies; in Scotland it is a defining ground-layer species of the Caledonian Forest.
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1. Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
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Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests.
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Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere bore
- In Biome: Boreal Forest, Wikipedia intro: "ountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests. It is commonly found in Europe, Russia, Alas..."
In Ecosystem: Arctic Tundra, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 313802, target E291542
It also grows in the Arctic tundra and further south at higher elevations in, for example, northern California, western Sichuan, East Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies.
In Ecosystem: Canadian Boreal Forest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 313802, target E266744
Hylocomium splendens, commonly known as glittering woodmoss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, and mountain fern moss, is a perennial clonal moss with a widespread distribution in Northern Hemisphere boreal forests.
View the Source2. NatureServe Explorer: Hylocomium splendens
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
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4. Wikipedia: Hylocomium splendens
5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Hylocomium splendens
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2679696, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 2679696, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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Wikidata: Feather Moss
- Wikidata Q149101, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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