Plagiomnium affine

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Plagiomnium affine
Habit of plagiomnium affine

Habit of plagiomnium affine

Systematics
Class : Bryopsida
Subclass : Bryidae
Order : Bryales
Family : Mniaceae
Genre : Plagiomnium
Type : Plagiomnium affine
Scientific name
Plagiomnium affine
( Funck ) Kop.

Plagiomnium affine ( Syn. Mnium affine ) is in Central Europe common Laubmoosart from the family of Mniaceae . In German the species is also called Gewöhnliches Sternmoos or related Kriechsternmoos.

description

Plagiomnium affine is a deciduous moss that can grow up to 10 cm. It grows prostrate or ascending. Its trunks, however, are often bent down. Plagiomnium affine has flattened leaves. Its rounded leaves are ovate and clearly serrated or serrated on the edge. The leaf vein ends just below or in the leaf tip. The large, up to 1 mm long, hexagonal lamina cells are about 1.5 to 2 times longer than wide and always (often indistinctly) spotted . The fertile plants are leafy and form one to three sporogons that grow from the same rosette of leaves .

distribution

Plagiomnium affine is a common moss. It prefers moist, mostly nutrient-rich forest soils. It grows in shady places in the forest, but is also found on roadsides, on overground rocks or in embankments. Its distribution is mainly in the cool and temperate regions of Europe and Asia .

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. Plagiomnium affine on www.moose-deutschland.de

Web links

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