Isothecium myosuroides
| Isothecium myosuroides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Brachytheciaceae |
| Genus: | Isothecium |
| Species: | I. myosuroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Isothecium myosuroides Brid. | |
Isothecium myosuroides, commonly known as slender mouse-tail moss[1] or tree moss, is a true moss that grows abundantly on both rocks and trees. It is native to Eastern North America.[2] It grows preferentially on angiosperms rather than on conifers because of the manner in which the former take in water creating an ideal moist habitat for the moss to grow on, and because many trees in the flowering plant families are less acidic than coniferous species of trees. Isothecium myosuroides also can grow on rocks.
References
- ↑ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
- ↑ Allen, BH (Winter 1983). "Isothecium myosuroides Brid. and I. stoloniferum Brid.: A Quantitative Study". The Bryologist. American Bryological and Lichenological Society. 86 (4): 358–364. doi:10.2307/3243249. JSTOR 3243249.
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