Hypnaceae

Hypnaceae
Hypnum cupressiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae
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Genera

See Classification

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

See also

References

Line notes

  1. ITIS Report. 1999
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2008
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