Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss[1] or ostrich-plume feathermoss,[2] is a moss species within the family Pylaisiaceae,[3][4] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.
| Ptilium crista-castrensis | |
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| P. crista-castrensis in Finland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Pylaisiaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilium |
| Species: | P. crista-castrensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptilium crista-castrensis (Hedw.) De Not.
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Ecology
editThis 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.[5]
References
edit- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
- ITIS Report. 1999. Family: Hypnaceae
Line notes
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ptilium crista-castrensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
- ^ Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang (2008). "A morpho-molecular classification of the mosses (Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia. 86 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001. ISSN 0029-5035.
- ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (4 March 2014). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
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