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Bryum argenteum
Silvergreen Bryum Moss
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0422 0014 (2022-04-02)Copyright © 2022 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Mar 16, 2022
latitude 46.35976 longitude 13.70495
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location
Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča, next to Skokar farmhouse, Trenta 2, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Bryaceae
notes Slo.: srebrna hrušica, srebrnkasto mahovje - Habitat: Dry, former pasture near an abandoned farm house, semiruderal, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry, mostly sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 553 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: shallow, sandy, poor soil. - Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Bryum argenteum): Bryum argenteum is a common and cosmopolitan moss (absent only from Antarctica). It can be easily recognized by its typical growth: cylindrical shoots about 1 cm or less long with adpressed leaves grow in usually compact, low cushions or mats sometimes of considerable size. They have a characteristic silvery-whitish appearance particularly if dry. This I due to the fact that the cells of the upper part of the leaves lack chlorophyll, hence the shots look greenish silvery-whitish (see Fig. 2M). The moss frequently grows in anthropogenic habitats and on disturbed ground, but also in the wild in many different habitats like on poor soils, and rocks. - Ref.: (1) Ian Atherton, Ed., Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide, British Bryological Society (2010), p 596. (2) M. Lüth, Mosses of Europe – A Photographic Flora, Michael Lüth, Vol. 3., 2019, p 877. (3) M. Nebel, G. Philippi, eds., Die Mosse Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 2., (2002), Ulmer, p 55. (4) V. Wirth, R. Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer, (2000), p 253.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_1442/2022_DSC6214 photo category: Plant - mosses/etc
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