Thamnobryum alleghaniense
| Thamnobryum alleghaniense | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Neckeraceae |
| Genus: | Thamnobryum |
| Species: | T. alleghaniense |
| Binomial name | |
| Thamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll. Hal.) Nieuwl | |
Thamnobryum alleghaniense, the Allegany thamnobryum moss,[1] is located in temperate regions, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere. This moss has drooping branches at the top of a standing stem, resembling small trees in a micro forest. T. alleghaniense is common on rocks in moist, wet, and shady gorges and ravines. Leaf shape is ovate (-oblong), sometimes lanceolate or ligulate. Seta is 10-25mm. Contain dioecious reproduction, and rarely polyocious.
Distribution
Thamnobryum alleghaniense is native to the United States and Canada. Montane and the southeast North America; Piedmont and upper coastal plain; southern Appalachian Mountains, New Brunswick to Ontario and west across Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, south to Georgia, northern Alabama, northeastern Mississippi and Arkansas (Crum et al. 1981)[2]
Habitat and ecology
Coarse and robust plants, green to brownish collections. Found on wet/ moist rocks in shady environments and especially on the face cliffs. Also found in deep gorges on limestone or more acidic, siliceous rock.[2]
References
- ↑ "Thamnobryum alleghaniense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- 1 2 Crum, H. (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America. 1.
- "Bryophytes: Illinois Bryophytes Poster". bryophytes.plant.siu.edu. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
- "Comprehensive Report Species - Thamnobryum alleghaniense". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2014-05-06.