Small fair-billed moss
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Little fair- billed moss ( Oxyrrhynchium hians ) |
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The Little Schönschnabelmoos ( Oxyrrhynchium hians , Syn .: Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac.) Is a very variable, diocesan deciduous moss species from the Brachytheciaceae family that grows in strong, yellow-green lawns.
features
The pleurocarp deciduous moss forms creeping stems that are leafy to dense, flattened to screwy. Its protruding or loosely adjoining leaves are lanceolate, gradually pointed, only slightly sloping down and 1 mm long. The leaf margin is serrated or serrated. The strongly developed central rib reaches about 3/4 the length of the leaf and emerges as a thorn at the base of the leaf. The lamina cells are rhombic to linear in shape. The rectangular, thick-walled, stippled leaf wing cells are clearly set off at the base of the leaf.
Occurrence
The moss colonizes nutrient-rich, moderately dry to moist, base-rich, lime-poor or -rich, sunny to shady locations. It grows on earth, rarely on rock or on tree bases. It is a common moss that occurs particularly on meadows and along roadsides. The moss is common in almost the entire northern hemisphere. It is only missing in North 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 .
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
