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Polytrichum formosum
Polytrichum formosum
Bank Haircap
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0613 1952 (2013-06-24)

Copyright © 2013 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 12, 2013
  • latitude 46.35944   longitude 13.70065     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Lower Trenta valley, upstream from Soča village, between abandoned farmhouses Strgulc and Koc, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: lasasti kapičar - Habitat: long time ago abandoned pasture, south oriented mountain slope, among bushes, dominant Corylus avellana, and young Picea abies, Fraxinus ornus and Ostrya carpinifolia, thin sandy soil layer, calcareous ground but possibly superficially acid(?), partly in shade, warm and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 605 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Determination not completely certain. Possibly a stunted Polytrichum commune var. perigoniale which sometimes grows also on dry places (Ref.:(2)). - Ref.: (1) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Württembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 73. (2) V.Wirth, R.Düll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 223. (3 ) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 320 (4) B.Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p50.
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_724/2013_DSC6605
  • photo category: Plant - mosses/etc

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  • common names   Bank Haircap (photographer)
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