Thamnobryum alleghaniense

Thamnobryum alleghaniense, the Allegany thamnobryum moss,[1] is located in temperate regions, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere. This moss has drooping branches at the top of a standing stem, resembling small trees in a micro forest. T. alleghaniense is common on rocks in moist, wet, and shady gorges and ravines. Leaf shape is ovate (-oblong), sometimes lanceolate or ligulate. Seta is 10-25mm. Contain dioecious reproduction, and rarely polyocious.

Thamnobryum alleghaniense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Neckeraceae
Genus: Thamnobryum
Species:
T. alleghaniense
Binomial name
Thamnobryum alleghaniense
(Müll. Hal.) Nieuwl

Distribution

Thamnobryum alleghaniense is native to the United States and Canada. Montane and the southeast North America; Piedmont and upper coastal plain; southern Appalachian Mountains, New Brunswick to Ontario and west across Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, south to Georgia, northern Alabama, northeastern Mississippi and Arkansas (Crum et al. 1981).[2]

Habitat and ecology

Coarse and robust plants, green to brownish collections. Found on wet/ moist rocks in shady environments and especially on the face cliffs. Also found in deep gorges on limestone or more acidic, siliceous rock.[2]

References
  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thamnobryum alleghaniense". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. Crum, H. (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America. Vol. 1.


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