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Ceratodon purpureus
Redshank
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1121 0731 (2021-11-21)Copyright © 2021 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jun 8, 2021
latitude 46.36013 longitude 13.69954
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location
Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soča, Na Melu place, near the abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Trenta 47, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Ditrichaceae
notes Slo.: škrlatni rogatec - Habitat: Abandoned alpine pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground with very thin soil layer; open, dry, sunny place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: gravelly and sandy soil. - Comment (pertains to the pictures of the Flicker album Ceratodon purpureus): Ceratodon purpureus is a very common moss and a true cosmopolitan species. It is found worldwide. It loves dry, low competition and high light places, but inhabits also many different, natural and man-made substrates, some of them quite exotic like old skulls of animals and old boots. Ceratodon purpureus is able to tolerate much higher pollution levels than most other mosses. It is very variable, particularly in color. However, red color is most often dominant (see pictures 4. and 7.) except when it is very moist and without red setae. Then it is vividly green (see pictures 8. and 10.). It is about 3 cm high and usually abundantly fertile. One can recognize it by narrowly triangular leaves, which have strongly recurved margins almost from the base to the tip and a strong nerve extending just to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are nearly square. The setae are red and the capsules are strongly furrowed when dry (see picture 5b.). - Ref.: (1) V.Wirth, R.Düll, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p 234. (2) I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet, M. Lawley, eds., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, British Bryological Society, (2010), p 354 (3) M. Nebel, G.Philippi, eds., Die Moose Baden-Württembergs, Vol: 1. (2000), p 199. (4) M. Lüth, Mosses of Europe – A Photographic Flora. ML Publ., Vol.2., Freiburg, Germany (2019), p 365.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_1380/2021_DSC3520 photo category: Plant - mosses/etc
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
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| common names
Redshank, Fire Moss, Purple Horn Toothed Moss (photographer)
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