Bird's-Claw Beard-Moss
Barbula unguiculata Hedw.
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Barbula unguiculata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Barbula
Species:
B. unguiculata
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Barbula unguiculata
Hedw.
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  • Barbula amoena Schumach.
  • Barbula apiculata Hedw.
  • Barbula aristata (Dicks.) Brid.
  • Barbula dubia Schumach.
  • Barbula ericetorum (Dicks. ex With.) P. Beauv.
  • Barbula fastigiata Schultz
  • Barbula gattefossei P. de la Varde
  • Barbula himantina Besch.
  • Barbula incerta Schumach.
  • Barbula indigens (Renauld & Cardot) Renauld & Cardot
  • Barbula linoides (Hedw.) Brid.
  • Barbula mucronulata Hoffm. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr
  • Barbula nervosa Crome
  • Barbula ochracea Broth.
  • Barbula saundersii Cardot & Thér.
  • Barbula stricta Hedw.
  • Barbula subunguiculata Schimp. ex Besch.
  • Barbula tokyensis Besch.
  • Barbula trichostomifolia Müll. Hal.
  • Barbula unguiculata var. apiculata (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.
  • Bryum aristatum Dicks.
  • Bryum ericetorum Dicks. ex With.
  • Bryum linoides Hedw.
  • Bryum mucronulatum Dicks. ex With.
  • Dialytrichia canariensis Bryhn
  • Dicranum laxum Brid.
  • Didymodon mildei Schimp.
  • Orthopyxis aristata (Dicks.) P. Beauv.
  • Orthopyxis barbata P. Beauv.
  • Tortula dubia (Schumach.) P. Beauv.
  • Tortula linoides (Hedw.) P. Beauv.
  • Tortula tenuis P. Beauv.
  • Trichostomum indigens Renauld & Cardot
  • Trichostomum pensylvanicum Spreng.

Barbula unguiculata is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[1]

Barbula unguiculata is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Niagara Cave[2] and Crystal Cave in Wisconsin.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Barbula unguiculata Hedw". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ Thatcher, Edward P. (1947). "Observations on Bryophytes Living in an Artificially Illuminated Limestone Cave". The American Midland Naturalist. 37 (3): 797–800. doi:10.2307/2421476.
  3. ^ Thatcher, Edward P. (1949). "Bryophytes of an Artificially Illuminated Cave". The Bryologist. 52 (4): 212–214. doi:10.2307/3239480.


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