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Ptilium crista-castrensis (knights plume moss)

Synonyms: Ctenidium crista-castrensis; Hypnum crista-castrensis; Hypnum hedwigii; Hypnum scalare; Stereodon crista-castrensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss or ostrich-plume feathermoss, is a moss species within the family Hypnaceae, in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.
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Infraspecies

Ptilium crista-castrensis f. crista-castrensis
Ptilium crista-castrensis f. gracilescens
Ptilium crista-castrensis var. crista-castrensis
Ptilium crista-castrensis var. pseudomolluscum

Attributes

Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [1]  Mostly Acid
Soil Moisture [1]  Moist

Protected Areas

Predators

Myopus schisticolor (wood lemming)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 2Diet of the wood lemming Myopus schisticolor, Olavi Eskelinen, Ann. Zool. Fennici 39: 49–57
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0