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Icy Rock Moss

Andreaea frigida

Icy Rock Moss
Photo: (c) Carminda Santos, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Andreaeaceae (Andreae family)

About

Andreaea frigida, commonly known as icy rock moss, is a species of moss endemic to Europe.

Where it grows

Endemic to the mountains of Europe between 37 degrees north and 67 degrees north, A. frigida can be found in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France (mainland France and Corsica), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. It grows in humid, rocky areas in alpine or subalpine habitats at altitudes of 385–2,800 m (1,263–9,186 ft) above sea level.

Other Andreaea plants

Lantern Moss · Blytt's andreaea moss · Andreaea depressinervis · Andreaea gainii · Andreaea lorentziana · Andreaea moss · Andreaea regularis · Roth's andreaea moss · Andreaea moss · Andreaea willii · Andreaea moss

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Andreaea frigida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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