Knights Plume Moss
Ptilium crista-castrensis (Hedw.) De Not.
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Synonyms
Ostrich-Plume Moss 
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Ptilium crista-castrensis
P. crista-castrensis in Finland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Pylaisiaceae
Genus: Ptilium
Species:
P. crista-castrensis
Binomial name
Ptilium crista-castrensis
(Hedw.) De Not.

Ptilium crista-castrensis, the knights plume moss[1] or ostrich-plume feathermoss,[2] is a moss species within the family Pylaisiaceae,[3][4] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.

Ecology

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This species occurs on the floor of Canadian boreal forests as well as many forests of northern Europe; 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.[5]

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Line notes

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Ptilium crista-castrensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
  3. ^ Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang (2008). "A morpho-molecular classification of the mosses (Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia. 86 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001. ISSN 0029-5035.
  4. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (4 March 2014). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008


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