Isothecium myosuroides

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tree moss
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 know as tree moss, is a true moss that grows abundantly on both rocks and trees. It is native to Eastern North America.^[1] 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. I. myosuroides also can grow on rocks.

[edit] References

1. ^ Allen, BH (Winter, 1983). "Isothecium myosuroides Brid. and I. stoloniferum Brid.: A Quantitative Study". The Bryologist 86 (4): 358–364. American Bryological and Lichenological Society. doi:10.2307/3243249.