Campylium stellatum
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Campylium stellatum are mosses that grow in dense yellow-green to lush green lawns.
Identifying features
Their mostly ascending stems are irregularly branched. The leaves are bulky and protruding and bent back and run relatively suddenly into a fine point. The leaf wing cells form a broader group of predominantly rectangular, inflated cells that turn yellowish-brown with age. A leaf vein is at most recognizable as an indicated, short double rib. The tortuous, yellow-red Seta becomes up to 3.5 cm long and has curved, elongated-cylindrical capsules that appear furrowed when empty. Sporogons have only rarely been trained in recent times.
Varieties
From Campylium stellate more broadly two forms are distinguished which are construed according (var.) By author as varieties, as subspecies (subsp.) Or as separate species:
- Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) CEOJensen, also Campylium stellatum subsp. stellatum or Campylium stellatum var. stellatum ; Characteristics: leaves less strongly bent back, gradually narrowing towards the tip
- Campylium protensum (Brid.) Childb., Also Campylium stellatum subsp. protensum (Brid.) CEOJensen or Campylium stellatum var. protensum (Brid.) Bryhn; Characteristics: leaves strongly bent back, suddenly narrowed into the long and fine leaf tip
Locations and distribution
Campylium stellatum can be found in lime-rich, wet, light or partially shaded, mesotrophic locations on the ground, less often on moist rocks (especially var. Protensum ). Campylium stellatum var. Stellatum is mainly widespread in Kleinseggenrieden ( Caricetum davallianae ) and dune valleys. Typical accompanying mosses are Bryum pseudotriquetrum , Cratoneuron commutatum , Drepanocladus cossonii or Plagiomnium elatum . The moss is common throughout Europe, in large parts of Asia and in North and Central America.
literature
- Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Special part, (Bryophytina II, Schistostegales to Hypnobryales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3530-2 .
- Wolfgang Frey , Jan-Peter Frahm , Eberhard Fischer, Wolfram Lobin : The moss and fern plants of Europe (= small cryptogam flora. Vol. 4). Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart et al. 1995, ISBN 3-437-30756-8 .
