Drepanocladus aduncus
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Drepanocladus aduncus is a deciduous moss found in moors, swamps and small standing water. It usually forms small yellow-green colored lawns there, but can also occur individually.
Identifying features
The deciduous moss has about 5 cm to 10 cm long stems on which are irregularly distributed, mostly sickle-shaped, extended, not wrinkled, whole-edged leaves that can also be slightly serrated at the tip. Their basal lamina cells on the leaf surface are colored yellow-green and only rarely have pores. The large number of thick-walled leaf wing cells hardly reach the long leaf vein , which extends to the tip. Sporophytes are extremely rare.
Occurrence
The moss grows mainly in damp places such as moors (especially fens), swamps, on damp, partially flooded meadows, on the edges of small streams or lakes. It can be found all over the northern hemisphere, but also in some places in South America, New Zealand, and Australia.
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
- 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 .
