Hypnaceae
| Hypnaceae | |
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| Hypnum cupressiforme | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Hypnaceae Schimp. |
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Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence[1] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum and Ptilium.
Ecology
Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; 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.[2]
Classification
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See also
- Feathermoss
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
- ITIS Report. 1999. Family: Hypnaceae