Hypnaceae

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Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrenceITIS Report. 1999 in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

Ecology

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; 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.C. Michael Hogan. 2008

Classification

The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-7000000293|website=www.worldfloraonline.org|title=Hypnaceae Schimp.|access-date=2 April 2024}}

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See also

References

  • C. Michael Hogan. 2008. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005174426/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=44751 Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg]
  • ITIS Report. 1999. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=16299 Family: Hypnaceae]

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Category:Moss families

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