Foxtail moss
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Foxtail moss ( Thamnobryum alopecurum ) |
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The foxtail moss or foxtail tree moss ( Thamnobryum alopecurum , also Thamnium alopecurum ) is a pleurocarpes (side fruited) moss . It has 5–15 cm long, dark to olive-green stems that stand loosely next to each other and branch out in a particularly characteristic tree-like manner. Its leaves are ovate and briefly pointed. The leaf margin is serrated at the bottom and serrated in the upper part. The leaf vein does not reach all the way to the middle of the leaf.
Its capsule stalk is 1–1.5 cm long, slightly curved and arises from lateral short shoots. The brown, egg-shaped capsule is inclined to horizontal on the stem. It has a conical, short-billed lid. Spores ripen in winter.
The foxtail moss needs shady, moist and chalky subsoil and occurs from the lowlands up to 1000 m mostly in deciduous forests and on the banks of streams.
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literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thamnobryum alopecurum on www.moose-deutschland.de
