Calliergon Megalophyllum Mik.

Scientific Calliergon megalophyllum Mik.
Common calliergon moss
Family Amblystegiaceae



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Calliergon giganteum 'Giant Water Moss'
Calliergon giganteum 'Giant Water Moss', ID by Sandra Davis. Always found in or very near water, Bryophyta, Bryopsida, Hypnales, Amblystegiaceae, West Bragg Creek, Kananaskis Country, 5280August_12__2010.
Alaskan Tundra Plants
Tundra Moss. Genus: Calliergon Species:giganteum. The Calliergon giganteum grows in the arctic tundra which is a harsh cold environment in the Northern Hemisphere within the arctic circle. ...
What is arctic moss ?
There are few uses for the Calliergon giganteum. In the arctic, moss covers the ground and warms it up allowing other plants to grow. It is eaten by migrating animals such as birds. Some type of arctic moss was frozen for thousands of ...
229.Arctic Moss The Calliergon giganteum grows in the arctic ...
It is "the slowest growing longest living freshwater macrophyte ever recorded" (Amazing Arctic Moss.The Calliergon giganteum has adapted well to its cold climate. When it is not growing, it stores nutrients so new leaves can be made ...
Roger Lake Research Natural Area: Guidebook Supplement 29
Moss species typically include sphagnum moss and the moss species Calliergon stramineum and Aulacomnium palustre. All of the species mentioned here as indica- tors of a poor fen occur at Roger Lake (Chadde et al. 1998). ...


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