Ostrich-plume Moss
Ptilium crista-castrensis
Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss or ostrich-plume feathermoss, is a species of moss within the family Pylaisiaceae, in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.
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What it does
This species occurs on the floor of Canadian boreal forests as well as many forests of northern Europe; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 136604.