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Portuguese Feather Moss

Platyhypnidium alopecuroides

Portuguese Feather Moss
Photo: Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0
Family
Brachytheciaceae (Brachytheci family)
Grows as
Aquatic

About

Platyhypnidium alopecuroides, or Portuguese feather-moss, is a species of moss from the family Brachytheciaceae, first described in 2000. It is an aquatic moss and is normally found growing in rocky streams.

Where it grows

It grows on rocks in fast flowing streams and can be found in both open and wooded areas.

Other Rhynchostegium plants

Long Beaked Water Feather Moss · Platyhypnidium moss · Platyhypnidium moss · Wall Feather Moss · Serrulate Leaved Long Beaked Moss · Rhynchostegium

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

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