Creeping Feather-moss
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| Amblystegium serpens Schimp. |
Creeping Feather-moss (Amblystegium serpens) is a species of moss.
Its range includes Britain, where it is a common species.
It is pleurocarpous in form, matt in appearance, and with ovate to lanceolate leaves which end in a fine acute point.
It forms creeping mats on decaying tree stumps, hedgebanks and other shaded sites.
[edit] References
- Watson, E. V. (1981) British Mosses and Liverworts 3rd edn. pp. 340-341
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