Crooked foot moss

Crooked foot moss
	Crooked foot moss ( Plagiopus oederianus )
Systematics
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Bryidae
Order :	Bartramiales
Family :	Bartramiaceae
Genre :	Plagiopus
Type :	Crooked foot moss
Scientific name of the genus
	Plagiopus
	Brid.
Scientific name of the species
	Plagiopus oederianus
	( Sw. ) HACrum & LEAnderson

The crooked foot moss ( Plagiopus oederianus , syn .: Plagiopus oederi ) is an acrokarpes ( summit fruited ) moss that forms dark green to olive green lawns.

features

It has 3–10 cm long stems with brown root felt in the lower area. With the microscope it can be seen that these rhizoids are warty. Its leaves have a distinct rib that extends to the tip of the leaf and a serrated edge in the upper quarter of the leaf. The leaves are about 3–5 mm long. The round straw-yellow to yellow-brown capsule, which stands on a 1–2.5 cm long stem at the end of a stem, is particularly striking.

Distribution and occurrence

The Krummfußmoos is native to the temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere, but is also found in Bolivia and New Zealand. Its main distribution area is between 500 and 2500 m. It needs shady locations and rather calcareous soil. It is therefore often found on limestone and dolomite rocks and populates there the more dry areas; however, it can also be found in slightly acidic areas of the alpine dwarf shrub heather.

proof

↑ ^a ^b Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
↑ Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , p. 189.

Web links

Commons : Plagiopus oederianus - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[frahm-1] Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .

[syll-2] Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , p. 189.